{"product_id":"literacy-and-literacies-texts-power-and-identity-paperback-9780521596619","title":"Literacy and Literacies; Texts, Power, and Identity (Paperback) 9780521596619","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLiteracy and Literacies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTexts, Power, and Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiteracy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Collins (Author), Richard Blot (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521596619, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 8 May 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e238 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.387 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Literacy and Literacies offers a coherent and critical review of the different areas of controversy in contemporary literacy studies … Literacy and Literacies offers an excellent overview of the existing literatures, theoretical discussions and case studies. The book will prove an essential addition to courses on language and literacy in both linguistics, anthropology and other related fields.' Journal of Sociolinguistics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLiteracy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a 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 in-depth critical discussion of particular cases and discuss the role of literacies in the formation of class, gender, and ethnic identity. Through their analysis of two domains - those of literacies and power, and of literacies and subjectivity - they challenge received assumptions about literacy, intellectual development and social progress and argue that neither 'universalist' nor 'particularist' accounts offer satisfactory approaches to the phenomenon. This is a sustained exploration of the domain of power in relation to literacy. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in anthropology, linguistics, literacy studies and history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e Foreword Brian V. Street\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: texts, power and identity\u003cbr\u003e 2. The literacy thesis: vexed questions of rationality, development and self\u003cbr\u003e 3. Situated approaches to the literacy debate\u003cbr\u003e 4. Literacies and power in modern nation states: Euro-American lessons\u003cbr\u003e 5. Literacies and identity formation: American cases\u003cbr\u003e 6. Literacy, power and identity: colonial legacies and indigenous transformations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion: literacy lessons - beginnings, ends and implications\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004622754072,"sku":"9780521596619","price":33.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521596619i_da6fde48-b6de-4010-93ba-a7220dee94f7.jpg?v=1691370178","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/literacy-and-literacies-texts-power-and-identity-paperback-9780521596619","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}