{"product_id":"women-and-literacy-local-and-global-inquiries-for-a-new-century-paperback","title":"Women and Literacy: Local and Global Inquiries for a New Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Daniell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Mortensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePath-breaking research on women and literacy in the past decade established conventions and advanced innovative methods that push the making of knowledge into new spheres of inquiry. Taking these accomplishments as a point of departure, this volume emphasizes the diversity-of approaches and subjects-that characterizes the next generation of research on women and literacy. It builds on and critiques scholarship in literacy studies, composition studies, rhetorical theory, gender studies, postcolonial theory, and cultural studies to open new venues for future research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors discuss what literacy is-more precisely, what literacies are-but their strongest interest is in documenting and theorizing women's lived experience of these literacies, with particular attention to: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003ethe diversity of women's literacies within the U.S., including but not limited to the varying relations that exist among women, literacy, economic position, class, race, sexuality, and education;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003erelations among women, literacy, and economic contexts in the U.S. and abroad, including but not limited to changes in women's private and domestic literacies, the evolution of technologies of literacy, and women's experience of the commodification of literacies; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eemergent roles of women and literacy in a globally interdependent world. This broad, significant work is a must-read for researchers and graduate students across the fields of literacy studies, composition studies, rhetorical theory, and gender studies.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 6.1 x 8.87 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750857933088,"sku":"9780805860078","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d64fe1528f1b01d0b24752eaada08f6.webp?v=1779959427","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/women-and-literacy-local-and-global-inquiries-for-a-new-century-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}