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Defying the odds : class and the pursuit of higher literacy / Donna Dunbar-Odom.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dunbar-Odom, Donna.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Literacy--Social aspects--United States.
Literacy.
Social classes--United States.
Social classes.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (149 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2007.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Examines why some working-class students pursue higher literacy while others don't.
Contents:
Situating literacy
Boundaries and memories literacy narrative as genre
Identity, class, and higher literacy: theories of literacy, ways of knowing
Metaphors we write by
On the bias: literacies, lived, written, and owned
Reading with pleasure: what Oprah can teach us about literacy sponsorship.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-136) and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780791480717
0791480712
9781429471251
1429471255
OCLC:
137539938

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