Literacy and Literacies: Texts, Power, and IdentityCambridge University Press, 2003 M05 8 - 217 pages Literacy and Literacies is a new and engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a new 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 indepth critical discussion of particular cases and discuss the role of literacies in the formation of class, gender, and ethnic identity. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION TEXTS POWER AND IDENTITY | 1 |
THE LITERACY THESIS VEXED QUESTIONS OF RATIONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF | 9 |
SITUATED APPROACHES TO THE LITERACY DEBATE | 34 |
LITERACIES AND POWER IN MODERN NATION STATES EUROAMERICAN LESSONS | 67 |
LITERACIES AND IDENTITY FORMATION AMERICAN CASES | 99 |
LITERACY POWER AND IDENTITY COLONIAL LEGACIES AND INDIGENOUS TRANSFORMATIONS | 121 |
CONCLUSION LITERACY LESSONS BEGINNINGS ENDS AND IMPLICATIONS | 155 |
NOTES | 177 |
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