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Grassroots Literacy

Writing, Identity and Voice in Central Africa

Grassroots Literacy( )
Author: Blommaert, Jan
Series title:Literacies Ser.
ISBN:978-0-415-42630-5
Publication Date:Jun 2008
Publisher:Routledge
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $75.99
Book Description:

What effect has globalization had on our understanding of literacy? Grassroots Literacy seeks to address the relationship between globalization and the widening gap between 'grassroots' literacies, or writings from ordinary people and local communities, and 'elite' literacies.

Displaced from their original context to elite literacy environments in the form of letters, police declarations and pieces of creative writing, 'grassroots' literacies are unsurprisingly easily...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy
History / Africa / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.6 x 23.4 x 1.4 cm
Book Weight:0.386 Kilograms



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