As this book documents local, specific, and contextualized acts of resistance and offers a detailed analysis of varied forms of public literacies, it functions as a template to inform and inspire resistant practices in diverse communities.

As this book documents local, specific, and contextualized acts of resistance and offers a detailed analysis of varied forms of public literacies, it functions as a template to inform and inspire resistant practices in diverse communities.

Addresses the current "literacy crisis" by drawing together commissioned essays on the nature, history and philosophy of literacy by social historians, philosophers, literary scholars, linguists, educators and psychologists.