Routledge Research in Literacy
About the Book Series
This series is the home for high quality monographs and edited collections in Literacy Studies. We publish books by leading-edge researchers engaged in international dialogues on a broad range of topics. Many of our volumes are by leaders in the field of Literacy Studies; others are by relatively new scholars. Please contact the editors if you would like to discuss your idea prior to submitting a proposal.
Please send ideas/proposals to Uta Papen ([email protected]), Professor of Literacy Studies, Julia Gillen ([email protected]), Professor of Literacy Studies, and Kirsty Murray ([email protected]), Routledge Commissioning Editor.
Literacy in Practice: Writing in Private, Public, and Working Lives
1st Edition
Edited
By Patrick Thomas, Pamela Takayoshi
May 18, 2017
The rise of New Literacy Studies and the shift from studying reading and writing as a technical process to examining situated literacies—what people do with literacy in particular social situations—has focused attention toward understanding the connections between reading and writing practices and ...
The Discourse of Reading Groups: Integrating Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives
1st Edition
By David Peplow, Joan Swann, Paola Trimarco, Sara Whiteley
May 18, 2017
Of interest in their own terms as a significant cultural practice, reading groups also provide a window on the everyday interpretation of literary texts. While reading is often considered a solitary process, reading groups constitute a form of social reading, where interpretations are produced and ...
New Literacies around the Globe: Policy and Pedagogy
1st Edition
Edited
By Cathy Burnett, Julia Davies, Guy Merchant, Jennifer Rowsell
November 18, 2016
The increasing popularity of digitally-mediated communication is prompting us to radically rethink literacy and its role in education; at the same time, national policies have promulgated a view of literacy focused on the skills and classroom routines associated with print, bolstered by regimes of ...
Romani Writing: Literacy, Literature and Identity Politics
1st Edition
By Paola Toninato
November 18, 2016
The Roma (commonly known as "Gypsies") have largely been depicted in writings and in popular culture as an illiterate group. However, as Romani Writing shows, the Roma have a deep understanding of literacy and its implications, and use writing for a range of different purposes. While some Romani ...
Women, Literacy and Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Anna Robinson-Pant
December 22, 2014
Women's literacy is often assumed to be the key to promoting better health, family planning and nutrition in the developing world. This has dominated much development research and has led to women's literacy being promoted by governments and aid agencies as the key to improving the lives of poor ...
Literacy and Globalization: Reading and Writing in Times of Social and Cultural Change
1st Edition
By Uta Papen
October 19, 2012
Using literacy practices in the newly independent post-apartheid Namibia as a lens through which to examine the effects of globalisation, this broad case study looks at issues surrounding tourism, state control and the new forces of consumerism. By placing literacy at the centre of an investigation...
Popular Culture and Representations of Literacy
1st Edition
By Bronwyn Williams, Amy Zenger
June 20, 2012
Movies are filled with scenes of people of all ages, sexes, races, and social classes reading and writing in widely varied contexts and purposes. Yet these scenes go largely unnoticed, despite the fact that these images recreate and reinforce pervasive concepts and perceptions of literacy. This ...