{"product_id":"language-and-literacy-in-social-practice-9781853592157","title":"Language and Literacy in Social Practice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains a collection of seminal articles and recent research which are important reading for anyone wanting to understand current theoretical developments within the field of language and literacy studies. The collection reflects a growing recognition over the past decade of the importance of social factors in language and literacy development. The focus has shifted from talking about skills and competences to investigating the relationships between language and literacy practices, personal identities and social and cultural processes. It provides an important resource of classic articles (some of which are not easily obtainable) and up-to-date research for teachers, students and researchers working in language studies, anthropology and education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Sources\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e PART 1: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND MEANING\u003cbr\u003e 1. Bronislaw Malinowski: The Problem of Meaning in Primitive Languages\u003cbr\u003e 2. Dell Hymes: Toward Ethnographies of Communication\u003cbr\u003e 3. M.A.K. Halliday: Language as Social Semiotic\u003cbr\u003e 4. V.N. Volosinov: Language and Ideology\u003cbr\u003e PART 2: STUDIES OF LANGUAGE PRACTICES\u003cbr\u003e 5. Denny Taylor: Family Literacy: Conservation and Change in the Transmission of Literacy Styles and Values\u003cbr\u003e 6. Shirley Brice Heath: What No Bedtime Story Means: Narrative Skills at Home and School\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mukul Saxena: Literacies Among the Panjabis in Southall (Britain)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Michele Sola and Adrian Bennett: The Struggle for Voice: Narrative, Literacy and Consciousness in an East Harlem School\u003cbr\u003e PART 3: LITERACY, CULTURE AND HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e 9. Brian V. Street: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Literacy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Harvey Graff: The Legacies of Literacy\u003cbr\u003e 11. James Paul Gee: Orality and Literacy: From The Savage Mind to Ways With Words\u003cbr\u003e PART 4: THE POLITICS OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY\u003cbr\u003e 12. Michael Stubbs: Educational Language Planning in England and Wales: Multicultural Rhetoric and Assimilationist Assumptions\u003cbr\u003e 13. Gauri Viswanathan: The Beginnings of English Literary Study in British India\u003cbr\u003e 14. Kathleen Rockhill: Gender, Language and the Politics of Literacy\u003cbr\u003e 15. Paulo Freire: The Adult Literacy Process as Cultural Action for Freedom\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Channel View Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043051241815,"sku":"9781853592157","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781853592157.jpg?v=1750956804","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/language-and-literacy-in-social-practice-9781853592157","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}