Literacy and globalization : reading and writing in times of social and cultural change /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Papen, Uta
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Series:Routledge studies in literacy ; 2.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Literacy in Namibia: local and global dimensions of reading and writing
  • Introduction to the ethnographic context: Namibia 12 years after achieving independence
  • Studying literacy in Namibia: multiple methods and multiple roles
  • 'Everything is in English': literacies of work and public life in Katutura and Windhoek
  • Banks, loans and invoices: bureaucratic literacy practices
  • Shopping without money: literacies of consumerism
  • Visit 'one of the most untamed and beautiful parts of wild Africa' : introduction to literacy and tourism in Namibia
  • Signposts, flyers and brochures: promotional literacy practices
  • 'Anmire Damara Cultural Village' : the discourses of eco- and ethno-tourism
  • Face-to-face tours' experience with the Windhoek municipality: meeting literacies
  • The consultant's report: a further example of meeting literacies
  • Learning new literacies : a social literacies perspective
  • Literacy, power and change: implications for the theory and practice of adult literacy.