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Genre/Form: | Case studies |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Brian V Street |
ISBN: | 0521247853 9780521247856 0521289610 9780521289610 |
OCLC Number: | 10145901 |
Description: | xi, 243 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements -- Prolegomenon -- Introduction -- Part I. Literacy In Theory: 1. The 'autonomous' model: I. literacy and rationality -- 2. The 'autonomous' model: II. goody -- 3. Literacy and linguistics -- 4. The 'ideological model -- Part II. Literacy In Theory And Practice: 5. 'Maktab' literacy -- 6. 'Commercial' literacy -- Part III. Literacy In Practice: 7. Unesco and radical literacy campaigns -- 8. Adult literacy campaigns in the UK and the USA -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Series Title: | Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture, 9. |
Responsibility: | Brian V. Street. |
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Abstract:
This book challenges conventional theories about literacy, and the practices which often arise from them. It attempts to provide a new perspective through which the variety of literacy practices across different cultures can be viewed and from which the practical issues that arise in specific literacy campaigns and programmes can be approached.
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