Rewriting Literacy: Culture and the Discourse of the Other

by Kathleen Weiler and Candace Mitchell

Book Overview

Rewriting Literacy makes a profound contribution to the developing field of literacy studies as it is the first book which seeks to link such disciplines as linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, education, English as a second language, and reading and writing theory.

The chapters in this edited collection, by some of the foremost scholars of the day, all focus on the nature of literacy. Each article brings to light important concerns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897892283
• ISBN13: 9780897892285
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"