Situated Literacies: Theorising Reading and Writing in Context (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415206716)

Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices.
Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues:
* the visual and material aspects of literacy
* concepts of time and space in relation to literacy
* the functions of literacies in shaping and sustaining identities in communities of practice
* the relationship between texts and the practices associated with their use
the role of discourse analysis on literacy studies
These studies, along with a foreword by Denny Taylor, make a timely and important contribution to literacy theory and suggest directions for the further development of the field. Situated Literacies is essential reading for anyone involved in literary education

Author: David Barton
ISBN-10: 0415206715
ISBN-13: 9780415206716
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/21/1999
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.14w x 0.51d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2000 pg. 138