Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia : Dominant versus Local Voices
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change
ISBN-10
1350378119
ISBN-13
9781350378117
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 26th, 2025
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
360 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 15.40 x 1.40 cms
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Explores the politics of literacy and how dominant constructions of literacy can be used to oppress working-class people.
Adopting a ''social practice'' approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes).
Each chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.
Each chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.
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