Literacy and literacies :
Additional authors:
Blot, Richard K.
Published by :
Cambridge University Press,
(New York :)
Physical details: xx, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780521596619.
Year: 2006
Item type:
Books
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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.
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