The Violence of Literacy

by J. Elspeth Stuckey and Elspeth Stuckey

Book Overview

This book counters most of our prevailing views about literacy. It says that literacy, rather than enfranchising people, is violent, ulterior, and uniquely devoted to Western economic ends. It claims that the literacy profession perpetuates injustice, whether it knows it or not.

This is a book for anyone who thinks that reading and writing are important to learning. In this respect, it's a book for everyone, but it's primarily for people on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086709270X
• ISBN13: 9780867092707
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary