03638nam 2200829Ia 450 991079136820332120230207232520.01-84769-394-61-282-65713-597866126571391-84769-264-810.21832/9781847692641(CKB)2560000000012034(EBL)543904(OCoLC)645099551(SSID)ssj0000415546(PQKBManifestationID)12130716(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415546(PQKBWorkID)10418270(PQKB)10457661(MiAaPQ)EBC543904(DE-B1597)513624(DE-B1597)9781847692641(Au-PeEL)EBL543904(CaPaEBR)ebr10393255(CaONFJC)MIL265713(EXLCZ)99256000000001203420100210d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDecolonizing literacy[electronic resource] Mexican lives in the era of global capitalism /Gregorio Hernandez-ZamoraBristol, UK ;New York Multilingual Matters20101 online resource (235 p.)Critical language and literacy studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84769-262-1 1-84769-263-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Against the Winds -- Chapter 2. The Un-Making of the Illiterate -- Chapter 3. Agents -- Chapter 4. Transnationals -- Chapter 5. Survivors -- Chapter 6. Literacy Politics and Policies -- Chapter 7. Decolonizing Literacy -- Notes -- References -- IndexMillions of descendants of the former colonized and enslaved peoples around the world are now classified as poor readers, bad writers, and slow learners. Are they illiterate or silenced people? Are they global citizens or global outcasts? Drawing from case studies of flesh and blood individuals in Mexico and the U.S., this book questions the colonizing images of the “illiterate”, and explores the ways in which the long social history of conquest and colonization, plunder and globalization, is inscribed in the personal histories of today’s subjugated people. It argues that rather than “limited literacy skills” they face systematic lack of freedom to speak, act, and make decisions about their own lives. Literacy, thus, is understood as a key practice of voice and citizenship.Critical language and literacy studies.LiteracyMexicoLiteracyUnited StatesLiteracyEconomic aspectsMexicansSocial conditionsMexicansUnited StatesSocial conditionsDecolonizing literacy.Globalisation.Illiteracy.Literacy education.Literacy policies.Literacy politics.Literacy.Mexico.Postcolonialism.LiteracyLiteracyLiteracyEconomic aspects.MexicansSocial conditions.MexicansSocial conditions.302.2/2440972Hernandez-Zamora Gregorio1515408MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791368203321Decolonizing literacy3751095UNINA