Holy Cards/Immaginette: The Extraordinary Literacy of Vernacular Religion

College Composition and Communication Dec 2008 Open Access

Holy Cards/Immaginette: The Extraordinary Literacy of Vernacular Religion

Diana George ; Mariolina Rizzi Salvatori

Abstract

Like other seemingly ordinary materials (cookbooks, street art, scrapbooks, etc.) the subject of our investigation “holy cards or (in Italian) immaginette” often function as rich repositories of personal and cultural memory as well as indicators of popular literacy practices. But to relegate them to the category of ephemera, as is customary with materials of this sort, diverts attention from their significant cultural and pedagogical value.

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2008-12-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc20086867
Open Access: OA PDF Green
Topics: multilingual writers

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