{"product_id":"grassroots-literacy-jan-blommaert-9780415426305","title":"Grassroots Literacy: Writing, Identity and Voice in Central Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat effect has globalization had on our understanding of literacy? \u003cem\u003eGrassroots Literacy\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to address the relationship between globalization and the widening gap between 'grassroots' literacies, or writings from ordinary people and local communities, and 'elite' literacies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDisplaced from their original context to elite literacy environments in the form of letters, police declarations and pieces of creative writing, 'grassroots' literacies are unsurprisingly easily disqualified, either as 'bad' forms of literacy, or as messages that fail to be understood. Through close analysis of two unique, handwritten documents from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan Blommaert considers how 'grassroots' literacy in the Third World develops outside the literacy-saturated environments of the developed world. In examining these documents produced by socially and economically marginalized writers Blommaert demonstrates how literacy environments should be understood as relatively autonomous systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrassroots Literacy\u003c\/em\u003e will be key reading for students of language and literacy studies as well as an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in understanding the implications of globalization on local literacy practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Blommaert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415426308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415426305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 239","brand":"Jan Blommaert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119679172863,"sku":"9780415426305","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a88c10a8-ca91-4ab0-ba2b-38e9f6ad6742.jpg?v=1687410417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/grassroots-literacy-jan-blommaert-9780415426305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}