Literacy and Literacies: Texts, Power, and Identity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521596619)

Developing a new synthesis of literacy studies, this book explores the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies. James Collins and Richard Blot present a critical discussion of particular cases and discuss the role of literacies in the formation of class, gender, and ethnic identity.

Author: James Collins, Richard Blot
ISBN-10: 0521596610
ISBN-13: 9780521596619
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2003
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.60d