Literacy myths, legacies, & lessons new studies on literacy / Harvey J. Graff ; with a foreword by Shirley Brice Heath.

Author/creator Graff, Harvey J.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, ©2011.
Descriptionxiv, 207 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Literacy.
Literacy--Research.

Variant title Literacy myths, legacies, and lessons
Contents Many literacies: reading signs of the times -- Literacy myths, co-authored with John Duffy -- The literacy myth at thirty -- Assessing the history of literacy: themes and questions -- National literacy campaigns and movements: historical and comparative perspectives--introduction to the transaction edition, co-authored with Robert F. Arnove -- Literacy studies and interdisciplinary studies: reflections on history and theory -- Literacystudies@OSU as theory and practice -- Bibliography of the history of literacy in Western Europe and North America.
Abstract In his latest writings on the history of literacy and its importance for present understanding and future rethinking, historian Harvey J. Graff continues his critical revisions of many common ideas about literacy among scholars and others. The eight wide-ranging and diverse essays speak to each other's central concerns about the place of literacy in modern and late-modern culture and society, and its complicated historical foundations. The introduction for Literacy Myths, Legacies, & Lessons sets the stage for connections between the principal concerns of this book. Drawing on other aspects of his research, Graff places the chapters that follow in the context of current thinking and major concerns about literacy, and the development of both historical and interdisciplinary studies. Special emphasis falls upon the usefulness of "the literacy myth" as an important concept and subject for interdisciplinary study and understanding. Critical stock-taking of the field includes reflections on Graff's own research and writing of the last three decades and the relationships that connect interdisciplinary rethinking and the literacy myth. The collection is noteworthy for its attention to Graff's reflections on his identification of "the literacy myth" and in developing the LiteracyStudies@OSU initiative as a model for university-wide interdisciplinary programs. The essays also deal with ordinary fears about literacy, or illiteracy, that are shared by academics and concerned citizens. The nontechnical essays will speak to both academic and nonacademic audiences across disciplines and cultural orientations. --Book Jacket.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2010030806
ISBN9781412814751 (alk. paper)
ISBN1412814758 (alk. paper)

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