City Literacies
Learning to Read Across Generations and Cultures
Price: $150.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-19115-9
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 27th July 2000
- Pages: 256
- Illustrations: 1 line drawing and 16 b+w photos
About the Book
City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of the 20th century: Spitalfields and the City. This contrast symbolizes the huge difference between poverty and wealth existing in Britain at this time. The book presents a study of living, learning and reading as it has taken place in public settings, including the school classroom, clubs, places of worship, theatres, and in the home. Over fifty people recount their memories of learning to read in different contexts and circumstances.Reviews
'The book must be widely read and used as a basis for discussion. I hope it will be used as a model for further investigation of language in inner cities.' - Harold Rosen, Times Education Supplement'City Literacies is so fresh, instructive and clear because, unlike so many books on reading, it not only eschews academic jargon but is written from within the authentic lives of its subjects ... A humane and profoundly original work.' - Morning Star