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UNISA996202229903316 |
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Autore |
Mace Jane |
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Titolo |
Playing with time : mothers and the meaning of literacy / / Jane Mace |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, Pa. : , : UCL Press, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-000-65887-2 |
1-000-67459-2 |
0-585-45688-7 |
0-203-50228-0 |
1-280-40680-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mother and child |
Literacy |
Mothers - Books and reading |
Reading - Parent participation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and boxes; Acknowledgements; Picture credits; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Literacy, mothers and time; Chapter 3 Registers of memory; Chapter 4 Domestic reading and writing; Chapter 5 Hide and seek: the search for illiteracy; Chapter 6 Family is more than mum and literacy is more than school; Chapter 7 Images and certificates: traces of a life; References; Appendix 1 Mass Observation Directive No. 46, November 1995; Appendix 2 Holy literacy; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With a background of a reported decline in literacy standards, the author investigates the relationship between gender and literacy, revealing how families, and women in particular, feel pressurized to be responsible for their children's literacy. |
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