EXPLORING AND EXPANDING LITERACY HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES a spotlight. [electronic resource] : - [S.l.] : ROUTLEDGE, 2024. - 1 online resource

Exploring and Expanding Literacy Histories of the United States brings together new scholarship and critical perspectives hitherto missing from dominant narratives to offer a racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse record of the history of American reading instruction. This book addresses the many important developments in the history of literacy in the United States that occurred outside of mainstream public education, in marginalized communities in and outside of traditional school contexts. Instead of a top-down approach of prominent thinkers and theorists, the book intends to cover key blind spots, including literacy education in Indigenous nations, and how marginalized groups have fought for access to education, by applying a critical lens to the under-recognized histories of literacy. This volume is essential reading for courses on History of Reading Education and Foundations of Literacy.

9781040122976 1040122973 9781003381334 1003381332 9781040123072 1040123074

10.4324/9781003381334 doi


Reading--United States.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy
HISTORY / North America

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