Popular Literacy: Studies in Cultural Practices and Poetics

by John Trimbur

From the work of medieval spiritualist Margery Kempe and John Foxes\u2019 Book of Martyrs to nineteenth century American scrapbooks, Mexican ex-votos, and Italian-American cookbooks, the essays in Popular Literacy examine acts of reading, writing, and speaking that take place at the margins of official, institutionalized literacy. The contributors explore these noncanonical, unschooled, and unauthorized acts in order to explore how people make literacy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822957434
• ISBN13: 9780822957430
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"