Decolonizing Literacy: Mexican Lives in the Era of Global Capitalism by Hernandez-Zamora, Gregorio

Decolonizing Literacy: Mexican Lives in the Era of Global Capitalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847692627)

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Decolonizing Literacy: Mexican Lives in the Era of Global Capitalism by Hernandez-Zamora, Gregorio

Decolonizing Literacy: Mexican Lives in the Era of Global Capitalism

$39.95
Decolonizing Literacy: Mexican Lives in the Era of Global Capitalism by Hernandez-Zamora, Gregorio

Decolonizing Literacy: Mexican Lives in the Era of Global Capitalism

$39.95
Format: Paperback
Description
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Drawing from case studies of marginalized individuals in Mexico and the U.S., this book explores the colonizing concept of illiteracy, as well as how the long social history of conquest and colonization, plunder and globalization, is inscribed in the personal histories of today's global outcasts.



Author: Gregorio Hernandez-Zamora
ISBN-10: 1847692621
ISBN-13: 9781847692627
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2010
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 04/01/2011 pg. 215
By Gregorio Hernandez-Zamora
By Gregorio Hernandez-Zamora
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Gregorio Hernandez-Zamora was born in Mexico City. He holds a PhD in Language, Literacy, and Culture from University of California Berkeley, is a former Fulbright fellow in the U.S., and current independent scholar and professor at the National University of Mexico (UNAM). His research focuses on postcolonialism, symbolic power, and the politics of literacy. He has published essays, chronicles, and book chapters.

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