Literacy, Economy, and Power Writing and Research after "Literacy in American Lives" |
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| Editor:
| Duffy, John
Christoph, Julie Nelson
Goldblatt, Eli
Graff, Nelson
Nowacek, Rebecca S.
Trabold, Bryan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8093-3302-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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In 2001 Deborah Brandt published Literacy in American Lives, a groundbreaking look at how ordinary Americans have been affected by changes in literacy, public education, and structures of power. Now, almost fifteen years after Deborah Brandt's award-winning work, Literacy, Economy, and Power expands Brandt's vision, exploring the relevance of her theoretical framework as it relates to literacy practices in a variety of current and historical contexts, as...
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In 2001 Deborah Brandt published Literacy in American Lives, a groundbreaking look at how ordinary Americans have been affected by changes in literacy, public education, and structures of power. Now, almost fifteen years after Deborah Brandt's award-winning work, Literacy, Economy, and Power expands Brandt's vision, exploring the relevance of her theoretical framework as it relates to literacy practices in a variety of current and historical contexts, as well as in literacy's expanding and global future. Bringing together scholars from rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies, the book offers thirteen engrossing essays that extend and challenge Brandt's commentary on the dynamics between literacy and power. The essays cover a variety of topics, including the editor of the first Native American newspaper, the role of a native Hawaiian in bringing literacy to his home islands, and the future of digital literacy in an internationally connected world. An excellent resource for academic literacy studies, Literacy, Economy, and Power provides readers with a wide-ranging view of the work being done in literacy studies today and points to ways researchers might approach the study of literacy in the future.