Social Literacies: Critical Approaches to Literacy in Development, Ethnography and Education

Cover......Page 0
Half Title......Page 2
Real Language Series......Page 3
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
Section 1: Literacy, Politics and Social Change......Page 20
Introduction......Page 21
1 Putting Literacies on the Political Agenda......Page 24
2 Literacy and Social Change: The Significance of Social Context in the Development of Literacy Programmes......Page 36
Section 2: The Ethnography of Literacy......Page 55
Introduction......Page 56
3 The Uses of Literacy and Antllropology in Iran......Page 60
4 Orality and Literacy as Ideological Constructions: Some Problems in Cross-Cultural Studies......Page 78
Section 3: Litefacy in Education......Page 103
Introduction......Page 104
5 The Schooling of Literacy......Page 107
6 The Implications of the New Literacy Studies for Pedagogy......Page 133
Section 4: Towards a Critical Framework......Page 148
Introduction......Page 149
7 A Critical Look at Walter Ong and the ‘Great Divide’......Page 152
8 Literacy Practices and Literacy Myths......Page 159
Index......Page 178