Cultural practices of literacy : case studies of language, literacy, social practice, and power / edited by Victoria Purcell-Gates.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Purcell-Gates, Victoria.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Literacy.

Sociolinguistics--Cross-cultural studies.

Sociolinguistics.

Literacy--Social aspects.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Larence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.

Summary:

This volume presents case studies of literacy practices as shaped by culture, language, community, and power. Covering a range of contexts and exploring a number of relevant dimensions in the evolving picture of literacy as situated, multiple, and social, the studies are grouped around four overarching themes: Language, Literacy, and Hegemony, The Immigrant Experience: Language, Literacies, and Identities, Literacies in and out of School and on the Borders, New Pedagogies for New Literacies.

It is now generally recognized that literacy is multiple and woven within the sociocultural lives of communities, but what is not yet fully understood is how it is multiple-how this multiplicity plays out across and within differing sociocultural contexts. Such understanding is critical for crafting school literacy practices in response to the different literacy sets brought to school by different learners. Toward this end it is necessary to know what those sets are composed of. Each of the case studies contributes to building this knowledge in new and interesting ways. As a whole the book provides a rich and complex portrait of literacy-in-use.

Cultural Practices of Literacy: Case Studies of Language, Literacy, Social Practice, and Power advances sociocultural research and theory pertaining to literacy development as it occurs across school and community boundaries and cultural contexts and in and out of school. It is intended for researchers, students, and professionals across the field of literacy studies and schooling, including specialists in family literacy, community literacy, adult literacy, critical language studies, multiliteracies, youth literacy, international education, English as a second language, language and social policy, and global literacy.

Contents:

Complicating the complex / Victoria Purcell-Gates

Language, literacy, and hegemony / Victoria Purcell-Gates

Appropriation and resistance in the (English) literacy practices of Puerto Rican farmers / Catherine Mazak

Language and literacy issues in Botswana / Annah Molosiwa

The immigrant experience: language, literacies, and identities / Victoria Purcell-Gates

Sharing stories, linking lives: literacy practices among Sudanese refugees / Kristen H. Perry

Multiple border crossings: literacy practices of Chinese American bilingual families / Gaoming Zhang

Literacy practices in a foreign language: two Cuban immigrants / Kamila Rosolová

Literacies in and out of school and on the borders / Victoria Purcell-Gates

Breadth and depth, imports and exports: transactions between the in- and out-of-school literacy practices of an "at risk" youth / Stephanie Collins

Literacy and choice: urban elementary students' perceptions of links between home, school, and community literacy practices / Jodene Kersten

"You have to be bad or dumb to get in here": reconsidering the in-school and out-of-school literacy practices of at-risk adolescents / J. David Gallagher

School and home: contexts for conflict and agency / Chad O'Neil

New pedagogies for new literacies / Victoria Purcell-Gates

Digital literac(ies), digital discourses, and communities of practice: literacy practices in virtual environments / Douglas Eyman

Comprehending complexity / Victoria Purcell-Gates

Appendix A : cultural practices of literacy study: semistructured literacy practices interview

Appendix B: demographic information.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805854916

9780805854916

0805854924

9780805854923

OCLC:

70106953

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