Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy |
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| Editor:
| Street, Brian V. |
| Contribution by:
| Burke, Peter
Finnegan, Ruth |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-40964-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1993 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $76.99 |
Book Description:
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Investigation of the meanings and uses of literacy in different cultures and societies reveals that accounts of literacy practices vary from one context to another, and challenges the view that literacy is a single, uniform skill, essential to functioning within a modern society.
Investigation of the meanings and uses of literacy in different cultures and societies reveals that accounts of literacy practices vary from one context to another, and challenges the view that literacy is a single, uniform skill, essential to functioning within a modern society.