Literacy, economy, and power : writing and research after Literacy in American Lives / edited by John Duffy, Julie Nelson Christoph, Eli Goldblatt, [and 3 others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duffy, John, 1955- editor.

Christoph, Julie Nelson, editor.

Goldblatt, Eli, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--Social aspects--United States.

Literacy.

Literacy--Social aspects.

United States.

Literacy programs--United States.

Literacy programs.

Composition (Language arts).

Physical Description:

vi, 244 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale, [Illinois] : Southern Illinois University Press, [2014]

Summary:

In 2001 Deborah Brandt published Literacy in American Lives, a groundbreaking look at how ordinary Americans have been affected by changes in literacy, public education, and structures of power. Now, almost fifteen years after Deborah Brandt's award-winning work, Literacy, Economy, and Power expands Brandt's vision, exploring the relevance of her theoretical framework as it relates to literacy practices in a variety of current and historical contexts, as well as in literacy's expanding, global future. Bringing together scholars from rhetoric, composition, and literacy studies, the book offers thirteen engrossing essays that extend and challenge Brandt's commentary on the dynamics between literacy and power. The essays cover a variety of topics, including the editor of the first Native American newspaper, the role of a native Hawaiian in bringing literacy to his home islands, and the future of digital literacy in an internationally connected world. An excellent resource for academic literacy studies, Literacy, Economy, and Power provides readers with a wide-ranging view of the work being done in literacy studies today and points to ways researchers might approach the study of literacy in the future. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Looking Back at Literacy: What It Did to Us; What We Did with It

1 Elias Boudinot and the Cherokee Phoenix: The Sponsors of Literacy They Were and Were Not / Ellen Cushman Cushman, Ellen 13

2 Testimony as a Sponsor of Literacy: Bernice Robinson and the South Carolina Sea Island Citizenship Program's Literacy Activism / Rhea Estelle Lathan Lathan, Rhea Estelle 30

3 Beyond the Protestant Literacy Myth / Carol Mattingly Mattingly, Carol 45

4 Writing the Life of Henry Obookiah: The Sponsorship of Literacy and Identity / Morris Young Young, Morris 61

Part 2 Looking Now at Literacy: A Tool for Change?

5 Sponsoring Education for All: Revisiting the Sacred/Secular Divide in Twenty-First-Century Zanzibar / Julie Nelson Christoph Christoph, Julie Nelson 79

6 Connecting Literacy to Sustainability: Revisiting Literacy as Involvement / Kim Donehower Donehower, Kim 97

7 Toward a Labor Economy of Literacy: Academic Frictions / Bruce Horner Horner, Bruce, Min-Zhan Lu Lu, Min-Zhan 111

8 The Unintended Consequences of Sponsorship / Eli Goldblatt Goldblatt, Eli, David A. Jolliffe Jolliffe, David A. 127

9 Making Literacy Work: A "Phenomenal Woman" Negotiating Her Literacy Identity in and for an African American Women's Club / Beverly J. Moss Moss, Beverly J., Robyn Lyons-Robinson Lyons-Robinson, Robyn 136

10 Seeking Sponsors, Accumulating Literacies: Deborah Brandt and English Education / Michael W. Smith Smith, Michael W. 155

11 Combining Phenomenological and Sociohistoric Frameworks for Studying Literate Practices: Some Implications of Deborah Brandt's Methodological Trajectory / Paul Prior Prior, Paul 166

Part 3 Looking Forward at Literacy: The Global and Multimodal Future

12 Beyond Literate Lives: Collaboration, Literacy Narratives, Transnational Connections, and Digital Media / Cynthia L. Selfe Selfe, Cynthia L., Gail E. Hawisher Hawisher, Gail E. 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780809333028

0809333023

OCLC:

839394506