This manual provides comprehensive information on the subject of Literacy and Literacies, authored by James Collins and Richard Blot. Published by Cambridge University Press on May 7, 1999, this work delves into the intricate relationship between literacy and power. It offers a novel synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond established categories to explore themes of colonialism, state formation, educational systems, and the dynamics between official and popular literacies. The book critically examines specific cases and discusses how literacies shape class, gender, and ethnic identity, challenging conventional views on literacy, intellectual development, and social progress.
The scope of this manual encompasses a detailed exploration of literacies and their connection to power, as well as literacies and subjectivity. It aims to provide students and researchers in fields such as anthropology, linguistics, literacy studies, and history with a thorough understanding of the subject. The manual presents an in-depth critical discussion of particular cases and analyzes the role of literacies in forming identity. It argues against both 'universalist' and 'particularist' approaches, advocating for a more nuanced perspective on the phenomenon of literacy.
Literacy and Literacies is a new and engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a new 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 indepth 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 the first 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.
Author: Collins, James
Author: Blot, Richard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Literacy and Literacies
Pages: 00238 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 1999-05-07
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521593564
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Literacy
Literacy and Literacies is a new and engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a new 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 indepth 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 the first 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.
Author: Collins, James
Author: Blot, Richard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Literacy and Literacies
Pages: 00238 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 1999-05-07
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780521593564
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines : Literacy
