| Description |
xviii, 214 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Language and literacy series |
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Language and literacy series.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Victor Villanueva -- 1. Abby's Lament: Does Literacy Matter? -- 2. Literacy in Our Lives: Contradiction and Possibility -- 3. Literacy, Discourse, and the Postmodern Subject: Individuals and Local Acts of Writing and Reading -- 4. Writing Roles for Ourselves: Local Literacies and Students' Lives -- 5. Technology, Subjectivity, and Local Literacies -- 6. "A Wider Project of Possibility and Empowerment": Teaching Literacy as a Local Act -- Postscript: Literacy and Pedagogles of Hope |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index |
| Subject |
Language arts -- United States.
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Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| LC no. |
99036582 |
| ISBN |
0807738921 (paper : acid-free) |
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080773893X (cloth : acid-free) |
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