TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barton,David
AU  - Hamilton,Mary
AU  - Ivanic,Roz
ED  - Askews & Holts
TI  - Situated literacies: reading and writing in context 
SN  - 9780203984963 (ebook) :
AV  - LC149 .S52 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Discourse analysis
KW  - Media Studies
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - thema
KW  - Language teaching & learning
KW  - Teaching of a specific subject
KW  - Language: reference & general
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This is a collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices; Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices.Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues:* the visual and material aspects of literacy* concepts of time and space in relation to literacy* the functions of literacies in shaping and sustaining identities in communities of practice* the relationship between texts and the practices associated with their usethe role of discourse analysis on literacy studiesThese studies, along with a foreword by Denny Taylor, make a timely and important contribution to literacy theory and suggest directions for the further development of the field. Situated Literacies is essential reading for anyone involved in literary education
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