Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia - Dominant versus Local Voices

Adopting a ‘social practice’ approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes). Each chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change
Release date:	December 2023
Authors:	Stephen Black
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-350-37810-0
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-350-37810-0
Barcode:	9781350378100

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