Situated Literacies - Theorising Reading and Writing in Context (Paperback)

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 studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues:
* the visual and material aspects of literacy
* concepts of time and space in relation to literacy
* the functions of literacies in shaping and sustaining identities in communities of practice
* the relationship between texts and the practices associated with their use
* the role of discourse analysis on literacy studies.
These studies, along with a foreword by Denny Taylor, make a timely and important contribution to literacy theory and suggest directions for the further development of the field. Situated Literacies is essential reading for anyone involved in literary education.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Literacies
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	2000
Editors:	David Barton • Mary Hamilton • Roz Ivanic
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-20671-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject
LSN:	0-415-20671-5
Barcode:	9780415206716

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