{"product_id":"literacy-as-moral-obligation-among-african-americans-in-the-rural-southeast-9781498511926","title":"Literacy as Moral Obligation among African","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiteracy as Moral Obligation among African Americans in the Rural Southeast provides detailed descriptions of contemporary African American experiences with literacy and education in the rural South. In doing so, this book extends current understandings of sociocultural perspectives on literacy by illustrating how literacy practice is morally valenced, embodied, and narrative in quality. Johnson Lachuk argues that meaningful and ethical literacy instruction engages with perspectives that are embedded within a social and cultural communitythat is, since literacy is linked to greater social mobility through institutional access for many persons, it is educators' ethical responsibility to ensure that learners have the literacy knowledge required to do so. Recommended for scholars of literacy, education, and sociology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy Johnson Lachuk’s Literacy as Moral Obligation among African Americans in the Rural Southeast is literacy research at its best and most readable.  She dives deep into people’s lives to uncover something many of us have forgotten: literacy as force for liberation in the face of oppression. -- James Paul Gee, Arizona State University\u003cbr\u003eAmy Johnson Lachuk offers a wide-ranging critique of historical racism, schooling, and a paucity of health care and other services in a small Southern town. She frames life histories of African Americans living in Pinesville within a morally-nuanced exchange of obligations and responsive practices, and shows how despite the challenges they face, all have forged literate lives. Drawing on Bakhtinian theory, she shows how each of her research participants is ‘answerable’ to others and details intricate webs of relationships among community members. This highly engaging text is a must-read for scholars of literacy, as well as those concerned with the rich history of African Americans in the South. -- Mary Louise Gomez, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education\u003cbr\u003eAmy Johnson Lachuk’s scholarly career is festooned with scholarly awards; each recognizes the significance of her research to our knowledge about literacy within cultural and social contexts. Yet none of these awards can attest to her stature as a writer in quite the way this newest book will for her avid readers. In the same way that Amy allows personal narratives to guide her own understandings, she has woven a compelling narrative that will touch the emotions and create a new tapestry of literacy and life to challenge previously held assumptions about the lives, experiences, talents, and worthiness of rural African Americans living in the Southeast United States. It reads like a professional novel, and its main characters will remain with each reader long after they’ve finished reading the last page. -- Diane DeFord, University of South Carolina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Acknowledgments  Introduction: The Back Story  Chapter 1: From the Rural South to the Front Street: A Narrative Backdrop For Literacy and Education Within Pinesville  Chapter 2: The Moral Responsibility of Literate Practice  Chapter 3: Literacy Practices as Material and Embodied  Chapter 4: Literacy Practice as Narrative Experience  Chapter 5: Sacred Stories on Literacy and Education  Chapter 6: A Communion of Advocacy  Chapter 7: Toward a More Person-Centered Literacy Scholarship  Appendix A: Life History in Practice  Appendix B: Life History Interview Protocol  References  About the Author","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040648036695,"sku":"9781498511926","price":67.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498511926.jpg?v=1750947381","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/literacy-as-moral-obligation-among-african-americans-in-the-rural-southeast-9781498511926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}