Literacies
About the Book Series
This series showcases innovative research and scholarship in the field of Literacy Studies.
Literacy practices are changing rapidly in contemporary society in response to broad social, economic and technological changes: in education, the workplace, the media and in everyday life. The Literacies series reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of research into reading and writing. The series aims to publish studies which consider literacy as a social practice. Work in this field has been developed and drawn together to provide books that are accessible, interdisciplinary and international in scope, covering a wide range of social and institutional contexts.
African American Literacies
1st Edition
By Elaine Richardson
December 06, 2002
African-American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of the problems faced by student writers from the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture.Drawing on personal experience, Elaine Richardson provides a compelling account of the language and literacy practices of ...
Silicon Literacies: Communication, Innovation and Education in the Electronic Age
1st Edition
Edited
By Ilana Snyder
May 17, 2002
Electronic communication is radically altering literacy practices. Silicon Literacies unravels the key features of the new communication order to explore the social, cultural and educational impact of silicon literacy practices.Written by leading international scholars from a range of disciplines, ...
Student Writing: Access, Regulation, Desire
1st Edition
By Theresa M. Lillis
May 29, 2001
Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from the US and 'academic literacies studies' from the UK, the book challenges current official discourse on writing as a 'skill'. Lillis argues for an approach which...
Literacy and Development: Ethnographic Perspectives
1st Edition
By Brian V. Street
February 22, 2001
Literacy and Development is a collection of case studies of literacy projects around the world.The contributors present their in-depth studies of everyday uses and meanings of literacy and of the literacy programmes that have been developed to enhance them. Arguing that ethnographic research can ...
City Literacies: Learning to Read Across Generations and Cultures
1st Edition
By Eve Gregory, Ann Williams
September 27, 2000
City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of the 20th century: Spitalfields and the City. This contrast outwardly symbolizes the huge difference between poverty and wealth existing in Britain at this ...
Multiliteracies: Lit Learning
1st Edition
Edited
By Bill Cope, Mary Kalantzis
December 29, 1999
Multiliteracies considers the future of literacy teaching in the context of the rapidly changing English language. Questions are raised about what constitutes appropriate literacy teaching in today's world: a world that is both a global village yet one which local diversity is increasingly ...
Global Literacies and the World Wide Web
1st Edition
Edited
By Gail E. Hawisher, Cynthia L. Selfe
December 02, 1999
The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon.Global Literacies and the World Wide Web provides a critical examination of the new on line literacy practices and values, and how these are determined by national, cultural and educational contexts....
Situated Literacies: Theorising Reading and Writing in Context
1st Edition
Edited
By David Barton, Mary Hamilton, Roz Ivanic
December 02, 1999
Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices.Detailed ethnographic ...