Literacy and Literacies: Texts, Power, and Identity: 22 (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 22)

Collins, James

ISBN 10: 0521593565 / ISBN 13: 9780521593564

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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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. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literacy and Literacies: Texts, Power, and Identity: 22 (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 22)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521593565
• ISBN 13: 9780521593564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

James Collins is Professor of Anthropology and of Reading at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author of Understanding Tolowa Histories: Western Hegemonies and Native American Responses (1998), as well as of book and journal articles.

Richard Blot is Assistant Professor at the Graduate Program in Literacy Studies, Lehman College, City University of New York. He has published in a number of journals, including TESOL Quarterly, Anthropology and Education Quarterly and Latin American Anthropology Review.