Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy
Brian V. Street
Brian Street's volume investigates the meanings and uses of literacy in different cultures and societies. These largely ethnographic essays bring together anthropological and linguistic work written over the past ten years by anthropologists and sociolinguists. Accounts of literacy practices vary from one context to another, and challenge the view that literacy is a single, uniform skill, essential to functioning in a modern society. The conclusions reached will be crucial for future researchers, and of interest to educators, developers and practitioners in the field.
Book 23 of the Cambridge Studies in Oral & Literate Culture series
- ISBN: 0521409640
- ISBN-13: 9780521409643
- Editor : Brian V. Street
- Language : English
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 3/1/1993
- Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
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