Literacy as involvement [electronic resource] : the acts of writers, readers, and texts / Deborah Brandt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brandt, Deborah, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Written communication.

Literacy.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

Pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Literacy as Involvement, Deborah Brandt examines the cultural and social roots of the acts of reading and writing. The book asks, for example, whether literacy is a natural growth of or a radical shift from orality. It questions the contrary views that literacy is either the learning of the conventions of language or is better understood as heightened social ability. Finally, it raises the possibility that knowing how to read and write is actually understanding how we respond during the acts of reading and writing. This examination of literacy a

Contents:

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Strong Text: Opacity, Autonomy, and Anonymity; 2. ""What Now?"" The Processes of Involvement; 3. The Language of Involvement; 4. Rhetorics of Involvement; 5. ""The Ties of the Moment"": Literacy as Involvement; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69744-X

9786613674401

0-8093-8785-9

OCLC:

856870360