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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778579403321

Autore

Janks Hilary

Titolo

Literacy and power / / Hilary Janks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-19784-9

1-282-37750-7

9786612377501

0-203-86995-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Language, culture, and teaching

Disciplina

302.2/2440968

Soggetti

Literacy - Political aspects - South Africa

Language and education - South Africa

Multilingualism - South Africa

Language policy - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Turning to literacy -- Orientations to literacy -- Language and power -- Reading texts critically -- Diversity, difference and disparity -- Access, gate-keeping and desire -- Critical text production: writing and design -- Redesign, social action and possibilities for transformation -- The future of critical literacy.

Sommario/riassunto

Hilary Janks addresses key questions about literacy and power in this landmark text that is both engaging and accessible.Her central argument is that competing orientations to critical literacy education ? domination (power), access, diversity, design ? foreground one over the other, but are crucially interdependent and need to work together to create possibilities for redesign and social action that serve a social justice agenda. She examines the theory underpinning each orientation, and develops new theory in the argument for interdependence and integration.Sit