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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10145901 Title: Literacy in theory and practice Author: Brian V Street Publisher: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN/ISSN: 0521247853 9780521247856 0521289610 9780521289610 OCLC:10145901

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Literacy in theory and practice

Author:	Brian V Street
Publisher:	Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.
Series:	Cambridge studies in oral and literate culture, 9.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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 litera.
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Subjects	Literacy. Literacy -- Iran -- Case studies. Alphabétisation. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Case studies Estudio de casos
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Brian V Street Find more information about:
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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