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Article: Literacy and Literacies: Texts, Power, and Identity.(Book review)
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- Southwest Journal of Linguistics
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
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By James Collins and Richard K. Blot. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pp. 238.
The present volume attempts to trace the relationship between traditional and modern interpretations of literacy and the impact that the role of text has had on societal structure. Although not specifically stated by the authors, the audience best suited for this book is that of scholars of linguistics and/or literacy studies.
In the first chapter, the authors lay the theoretical groundwork for the book by outlining the overarching themes that will be addressed in the volume. Here the authors concern themselves with distinguishing between the notions of 'Literacy' ...