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Identity papers : literacy and power in higher education /

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How do definitions of literacy in the academy, and the pedagogies that reinforce such definitions, influence and shape our identities as teachers, scholars, and students? The contributors gathered here reflect on those moments when the dominant cultural and institutional definitions of our identitie...

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Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Williams, Bronwyn T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan, UT : Utah State University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Literacy > Social aspects > United States.
Education, Higher > United States.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
EDUCATION > Teaching Methods & Materials > Arts & Humanities.
Education, Higher.
Literacy > Social aspects.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:How do definitions of literacy in the academy, and the pedagogies that reinforce such definitions, influence and shape our identities as teachers, scholars, and students? The contributors gathered here reflect on those moments when the dominant cultural and institutional definitions of our identities conflict with our other identities, shaped by class, race, gender, sexual orientation, location, or other cultural factors.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-206) and index.
ISBN:9780874215465
0874215463