Literacy in Practice: Writing in Private, Public, and Working Lives

by Patrick Thomas

Book Overview

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 broader social goals and cultural practices these literacy practices help to shape. This collection brings together situated research studies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138086134
• ISBN13: 9781138086135
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"