Local Literacies: Reading and Writing in One Community

by Mary Hamilton, David Barton, David Barton

Book Overview

Local Literacies is a unique detailed study of the role of reading and writing in people's everyday lives. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Lancaster, England, the authors analyse how they use literacy in their day-to-day lives. It follows four people in detail examining how they use local media, their participation in public life, the role of literacy in family activities and in leisure pursuits. Links are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415691745
• ISBN13: 9780415691741
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"