The links between literacy and development have been the focus
of research conducted by both economists and anthropologists. Yet
researchers from these different disciplines have tended to work in
isolation from each other. This book aims to create a space for new
interdisciplinary debate in this area, through bringing together
contributions on literacy and development from the fields of
education, literacy studies, anthropology and economics. The book
extends our theoretical understanding on the ways in which people s
acquisition and uses of literacy influence changes in agency,
identity, social practice and labour market and other outcomes. The
chapters discuss data from diverse cultural contexts (South Africa,
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Peru, and Mexico), and from contrasting
research paradigms. The contributors examine the significance of
culture and socio-economic contexts in shaping such processes. As
such, they contribute to our understanding of the role of literacy
in processes of poverty reduction, and its importance to people s
capabilities and wellbeing. The themes covered include: the
dynamics of literacy use in the production of agency, the
enactment, negotiation and embodiment of new social identities -
including gendered and religious identities; the impacts of
literate identities and use on institutional relations and social
participation; the dynamics of literacy sharing and their
externalities within and beyond households; formal analysis of the
impacts of proximate illiteracy on labour market and health
outcomes across men and women and social contexts.
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of
Development Studies.
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