{"product_id":"local-literacies-reading-and-writing-in-one-community-paperback","title":"Local Literacies: Reading and Writing in One Community - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Barton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMary Hamilton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLocal Literacies\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique detailed study of the role of reading and writing in people's everyday lives. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Lancaster, England, the authors analyse how they use literacy in their day-to-day lives. It follows four people in detail examining how they use local media, their participation in public life, the role of literacy in family activities and in leisure pursuits. Links are made between everyday learning and education. The study is based on an ethnographic approach to studying everyday activities and is framed in the theory of literacy as a social practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Linguistics Classic\u003c\/em\u003e includes a new foreword by Deborah Brandt and a new framing chapter, in which David Barton and Mary Hamilton look at the connections between local and global activities, interfaces with institutional literacies, and the growing significance of digital literacies in everyday life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seminal text, \u003cem\u003eLocal Literacies\u003c\/em\u003e provides an explicit usable methodology for both teachers and researchers, and clear theorising around a set of six propositions. Clearly written and engaging, this is a deeply absorbing study and is essential reading for all those involved in literacy and literacy education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Barton is Professor of Language and Literacy and Director of the Literacy Research Centre at Lancaster University, UK. He is series editor of the \u003cem\u003eLiteracies\u003c\/em\u003e series (Routledge) and author and co-editor of numerous titles including \u003cem\u003eLiteracy, Lives and Learning\u003c\/em\u003e (2007, Routledge). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Hamilton is Professor of Adult Learning and Literacy and Associate Director of the Literacy Research Centre at Lancaster University, UK. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eLiteracy and the Politics of Representation\u003c\/em\u003e (forthcoming, Routledge). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133911404679,"sku":"9780415691741","price":124.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3a988280d000d223ee505d16f8f03798.webp?v=1732637650","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/local-literacies-reading-and-writing-in-one-community-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}