Literacy and Literacies
Literacy and Literacies
Texts, Power, and Identity
James Collins, State University of New York, Albany
Richard Blot, Lehman College, City University of New York
Richard Blot, Lehman College, City University of New York
June 2003
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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.
- A detailed exploration of the domain of power in relation to literacy
- Extended and in-depth analysis and discussion of anthropological cases
- Offers a synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories
Reviews & endorsements
"Collins and Blot aruge cogently that considerations of history, power, and subjectivity must inform any study of the complexity of orality and its inseperability from writing..... Recommended." Choice
Product details
June 2003Paperback
9780521596619
238 pages
228 × 153 × 17 mm
0.387kg
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Table of Contents
- List of figures
- Foreword Brian V. Street
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: texts, power and identity
- 2. The literacy thesis: vexed questions of rationality, development and self
- 3. Situated approaches to the literacy debate
- 4. Literacies and power in modern nation states: Euro-American lessons
- 5. Literacies and identity formation: American cases
- 6. Literacy, power and identity: colonial legacies and indigenous transformations
- 7. Conclusion: literacy lessons - beginnings, ends and implications
- Notes
- References
- Index.
