| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
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Routledge Research in Literacy, v. 2 |
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Routledge Research in Literacy, v. 2
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction and background; 1 Literacy in Namibia: Local and global dimensions of reading and writing; 2 Introduction to the ethnographic context: Namibia 12 years after achieving independence; 3 Studying literacy in Namibia: Multiple methods and multiple roles; Part II: Everyday uses of literacy: Reading and writing at the workplace, in banks and shops; 4 'Everything is in English': Literacies of work and public life in Katutura and Windhoek |
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5 Banks, loans and invoices: Bureaucratic literacy practices6 Shopping without money: Literacies of consumerism; Part III: Literacy and tourism; 7 Visit 'one of the most untamed and beautiful parts of wild Africa': Introduction to literacy and tourism in Namibia; 8 Signposts, flyers and brochures: Promotional literacy practices; 9 'Anmire Damara Cultural Village': The discourses of eco- and ethno-tourism; 10 Face-to-Face Tours' experience with the W |
| Summary |
Examining the kind of texts and literacy practices encountered by local people in townships in Namibia, this book is an ideal entry point into a discussion of issues surrounding social and cultural change through global tourism |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Literacy -- Namibia
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Literacy programs -- Namibia
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Globalization.
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globalism.
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Globalization.
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Literacy.
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Literacy programs.
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Namibia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203016084 |
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0203016084 |
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1280620773 |
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9781280620775 |
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