Literacy and literacies :
Collins, James.
Literacy and literacies : texts, power, and identity / James Collins and Richard K. Blot. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xx, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-207) and index.
Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and exploring the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies.
9780521596619
Literacy--Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
302.2244
Literacy and literacies : texts, power, and identity / James Collins and Richard K. Blot. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006. - xx, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-207) and index.
Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and exploring the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies.
9780521596619
Literacy--Social aspects.
Sociolinguistics.
302.2244