Critical Literacy and Institutional Language

Research in the Teaching of English Feb 1999

Critical Literacy and Institutional Language

Ellen Cushman University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

Uses activist ethnographic field work to explore institutional language skills used by inner-city residents as they negotiated social services institutions. Shows residents’ critical awareness and political acumen as they complied with and resisted the structuring ideology of institutional agents. Raises questions about the methods of key critical pedagogues and the appropriateness of their assumption of false consciousness among disenfranchised people.

Journal: Research in the Teaching of English
Published: 1999-02-01
DOI: 10.58680/rte19991670
Open Access: Closed
Topics: literacy studies

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (2)

Smagorinsky (2025)

Writing and Reading Qualitative Characters

Written Communication
Cushman (2011)

New Media Scholarship and Teaching

Pedagogy

Cites in this index (0)

No references match articles in this index.

CrossRef global citation count: 5 View in citation network →