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Millions of descendants of the former colonized and enslaved peoples around the world are now classified as poor readers, bad writers, and slow learners. Are they illiterate or silenced people? Are they global citizens or global outcasts? Drawing from case studies of flesh and blood individuals in Mexico and the U.S., this book questions the colonizing images of the “illiterate”, and explores the ways in which the long social history of conquest and colonization, plunder and globalization, is inscribed in the personal histories of today’s subjugated people. It argues that rather than “limited literacy skills” they face systematic lack of freedom to speak, act, and make decisions about their own lives. Literacy, thus, is understood as a key practice of voice and citizenship.



Table of Contents

Part I: Winds

1 Against the Winds

2 The Un-making of the Illiterate

Part II: Voices

3 Agents

4 Transnationals

5 Survivors

Part III: Politics

6 Literacy Politics & Policies

7 Decolonizing Literacy

Decolonizing Literacy: Mexican Lives in the Era

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      Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9781847692627, 978-1847692627
      ISBN10: 1847692621

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Millions of descendants of the former colonized and enslaved peoples around the world are now classified as poor readers, bad writers, and slow learners. Are they illiterate or silenced people? Are they global citizens or global outcasts? Drawing from case studies of flesh and blood individuals in Mexico and the U.S., this book questions the colonizing images of the “illiterate”, and explores the ways in which the long social history of conquest and colonization, plunder and globalization, is inscribed in the personal histories of today’s subjugated people. It argues that rather than “limited literacy skills” they face systematic lack of freedom to speak, act, and make decisions about their own lives. Literacy, thus, is understood as a key practice of voice and citizenship.



      Table of Contents

      Part I: Winds

      1 Against the Winds

      2 The Un-making of the Illiterate

      Part II: Voices

      3 Agents

      4 Transnationals

      5 Survivors

      Part III: Politics

      6 Literacy Politics & Policies

      7 Decolonizing Literacy

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