Isbn: 9780521593564 - literacy and literacies: texts, power, and identity (studies in the social and cultural foundations of language, no. 22.) (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Edition. U.S.A.: Cambridge University Press, 2003. First edition, first printing, with publisher's review slip laid in loosely at the front. Hardcover in fine condition, new and unused, no names or other markings. No dustjacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500. . 2003. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and exploring the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies. Collins and Blot offer in-depth critical discussion of particular cases and discuss the role of literacies in the formation of class, gender, and ethnic identity. Through their analysis of two domains - those of literacies and power, and of literacies and subjectivity - they challenge received assumptions about literacy, intellectual development and social progress and argue that neither 'universalist' nor 'particularist' accounts offer satisfactory approaches to the phenomenon. This is a sustained exploration of the domain of power in relation to literacy. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in anthropology, linguistics, literacy studies and history.…