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ERIC Number: EJ601659
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1441-0559
Literacy Narratives of Crisis and Blame.
Kamler, Barbara
Literacy and Numeracy Studies, v9 n1 p65-73 1999
Traces how the individualizing of literacy problems is constructed through dominant discourses of blame and victimization, and how these detract attention from both the nature of literacy as a cultural and variable construct and from broader socioeconomic explanations for literacy difficulties. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Mass Media
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Blame