Literacy in Composition Studies Mar 2013 RSS Open Access

The Legacies of Literacy Studies

Harvey Graff

Abstract

In typical formulations, literacy studies embrace two more-or-less opposing positions: that of “many literacies” and that of dangerously low levels of literacy, their causes and their consequences. When conceptualized complexly—not the most common practice—their contradictory relationships form part of our subject of inquiry and part of the challenge for explication and explanation.

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Literacy in Composition Studies
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2013-03-01
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10.21623/1.1.1.4
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References (3)

  1. David Barton, Literacy: An Introduction to the Ecology of Written Language. 2nd ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 2007. Print.
  2. Graff, Harvey. Literacy Myths, Lessons, and Legacies: New Essays. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction, 2011. Print.
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