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The social uses of literacy : theory and practice in contemporary South Africa / edited by Mastin Prinsloo and Mignonne Breier ; preface by Brian V. Street.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in written language and literacy ; 4.
- Studies in written language and literacy,0929-7324 ; v. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literacy--Social aspects--South Africa.
- Literacy.
- Adult education--Social aspects--South Africa.
- Adult education.
- Education and state--South Africa.
- Education and state.
- Popular education--South Africa.
- Popular education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bertsham, South Africa : Sached Books ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., [1996]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book details the findings of a research project investigating the social uses of literacy in a range of contexts in South Africa. This approach treats literacy not simply as a set of technical skills learnt in formal education, but as social practices embedded in specific contexts, discourses and positions. What this means is made clear through a series of fine-grained accounts of social uses and meanings of literacy in contexts ranging from the taxi industry in Cape Town, to family farms, urban settlements and displacement sites, rural land holdings, and various sites during the 1994 ele
- Contents:
- section 1. Literacies at work
- section 2. Mediating literacies
- section 3. Contextualising literacies : policy lessons.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-274) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-55619-320-3
- 1-283-22236-1
- 9786613222367
- 90-272-8299-4
- OCLC:
- 742333660
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