What No Literacy Means: Literacy Events in the Absence of Literacy

Abstract

This essay argues that by expanding our conception of a “literacy act” to include the denial of literacy, it is possible to gain a greater understanding into how the politics of literacy are enacted both historically and in the current moment.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published
2010-07-01
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10.59236/rjv9i3pp52-74
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