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Literacy and literacies : texts, power, and identity / James Collins and Richard K. Blot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: xx, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521596619
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.2244
Summary: 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.
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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