{"product_id":"literacy-in-the-lives-of-stephen-black-9781350378117","title":"Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia: Dominant Versus Local Voices","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdopting a 'social practice' approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia.\u003c\/b\u003e It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350378119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350378117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2025\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","brand":"Stephen Black","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48484969611519,"sku":"9781350378117","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d15cd42d-06bb-4203-a6bd-8bf0a0e48f36.jpg?v=1778047041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literacy-in-the-lives-of-stephen-black-9781350378117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}