Popular culture and representations of literacy /
Williams, Bronwyn T.
Zenger, Amy A.
New York ; London : Routledge,
c2007.
Includes filmography: p. [177]-180.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-175) and index.
Literacy in everyday life, literacy on the screen -- Representations of literacy and identity -- The pragmatic and the sentimental : literacy and gender roles -- Who's allowed to read and write? literacy and social class -- Writing others : images of race and literacy -- Literacy and social contexts -- Control and action : literacy as power -- The perils of misreading : literacy as danger -- Literacy myths in the movies -- The passions of the romantic author : literacy as individualism -- The triumph of the word : literacy as salvation and commodity -- Life is not like the movies (or is it?) : literacy on film and in our lives.
Literacy
Popular culture
Motion pictures
Motion pictures
Culture in motion pictures.