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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807968903321

Titolo

Literacy, Economy, and Power [[electronic resource] ] : Writing and Research after "Literacy in American Lives" / / edited by John Duffy, Julie Nelson Christoph, Eli Goldblatt, Nelson Graff, Rebecca Nowacek, Bryan Trabold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale : , : Southern Illinois University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8093-3303-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TraboldBryan

NowacekRebecca S

GraffNelson

GoldblattEli

ChristophJulie Nelson

DuffyJohn <1955->

Disciplina

302.2

302.2/244

Soggetti

Composition (Language arts)

Literacy programs - United States

Literacy - Social aspects - United States

Electronic books.

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

part one. Looking back at literacy : what it did to us, what we did with it -- part two. Looking now at literacy : a tool for change? -- part three. Looking forward at literacy : the global and multimodal future.

Sommario/riassunto

Following on the groundbreaking contributions of Deborah Brandt's Literacy in American Lives-a literacy ethnography exploring how ordinary Americans have been affected by changes in literacy, public education, and structures of power-Literacy, Economy, and Power expands Brandt's vision, exploring the relevance of her theoretical framework as it relates to literacy practices in a variety of current and historical contexts, as well as in literacy's expanding and global future.



Bringing together scholars from rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies, the book offers thirteen