Literacy Myths, Legacies, and Lessons: New Studies on Literacy

Synopsis

In his latest writings on the history of literacy and its importance for present understanding and future rethinking, historian Harvey J. Graff continues his critical revisions of many commonly held ideas about literacy. The book speaks to central concerns about the place of literacy in modern and late-modern culture and society, and its complicated historical foundations.Drawing on other aspects of his research, Graff places the chapters that follow in the context of current thinking and major concerns about literacy, and the development of both historical and interdisciplinary studies. Special emphasis falls upon the usefulness of "the literacy myth" as an important subject for interdisciplinary study and understanding. Critical stock-taking of the field includes reflections on Graff's own research and writings of the last three decades, and the relationships that connect interdisciplinary rethinking and the literacy myth.The collection is noteworthy for its attention to Graff's reflections on his identification of "the literacy myth" and in developing LiteracyStudies@OSU (Ohio State University) as a model for university-wide interdisciplinary programs. It also deals with ordinary concerns about literacy, or illiteracy, that are shared by academics and concerned citizens. These nontechnical essays will speak to both academic and nonacademic audiences across disciplines and cultural orientations.

Copyright:

2010

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781351508599

Related ISBNs:

9780203787090, 9781412849661, 9781412849661, 9781412814751, 9781412814751

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

03/24/20

Copyrighted By:

Routledge

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Language Arts, Philosophy

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Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Harvey J. Graff