Other people's words : the cycle of low literacy / Victoria Purcell-Gates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purcell-Gates, Victoria.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--Social aspects--Appalachian Region, Southern--Case studies.

Literacy.

People with social disabilities--Education--Appalachian Region, Southern--Case studies.

People with social disabilities.

Educational anthropology--Appalachian Region, Southern--Case studies.

Educational anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Literacy researchers have rarely studied families of urban Appalachian background, yet, as Purcell-Gates demonstrates, their often severe literacy problems provide a unique perspective on literacy and the relationship between print and culture. A compelling case study details the author's work with one such family.

Contents:

""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction: Literacy, Schools, and Society ""; ""1. Nonliterate in an American City ""; ""2. Jenny and Donny's World ""; ""3. A World without Print ""; ""4. Becoming Literate: Donny ""; ""5. In Her Own Words: Jenny ""; ""6. Print Enters the World of Donny and Jenny ""; ""7. Who Reads and Writes in My World? ""; ""8. Exclusion and Access ""; ""9. The Complexities of Culture, Language, Literacy, and Cognition ""; ""Appendix: Research Procedures and Stances ""; ""Notes ""; ""References ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-07214-6

OCLC:

923119627