Literacy in Cross-Cultural Perspective [electronic resource] : Implications for Policy and Practice / B. Street.

This paper reviews some of the issues in the new literacy studies and the questions, from an anthropological perspective, of self, person, and identity that affect literacy practices. It is suggested that in discussing literacy, it is better to start from a cultural viewpoint rather than an educatio...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Street, B.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992.
Subjects:	Adult Literacy. Cross Cultural Studies. Cultural Context. Developing Nations. Educational Policy. Ethnography. Foreign Countries. Language Planning. Literacy Education. Policy Formation.