Community literacy and the rhetoric of local publics
By: Elenore Long.
Series: Reference guides to rhetoric and composition
Publisher: Parlor Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: West Lafayette, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781602350564; 9781602350571; 9781602350588
Subjects: Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States; Communication in social action -- United States; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-251) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and overview; title: Definitions and distinctions; title: Locating community literacy studies; title: An impromptu theater: a local public that turns its back on formal institutions; title: The cultural womb and the garden: local publics that depend on institutions to sponsor them; title: The link and gate: local publics that intersect with public institutions; title: The community-organizing effort and the community think tank: local publics forged in partnership with formal institutions; title: The shadow system: a local public that defies formal institutions; title: Pedagogical practices; title: Glossary.