| Cross-Cultural Approaches to Literacy Contributor(s): Street, Brian V. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521409640 ISBN-13: 9780521409643 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $73.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1993 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy - Education | Multicultural Education - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 302.224 |
| LCCN: 92004500 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Oral & Literate Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.93" W x 9" (1.03 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |