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ERIC Number: EJ478702
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-7761
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Literacy and "Empowerment"? A Case Study of Literacy behind Bars.
Shethar, Alissa
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, v24 n4 p357-72 Dec 1993
The progress of a Chicano prison inmate in a tutorial literacy course demonstrates ways in which writing can negotiate and reorganize race, class, gender, and power identities for both tutor and student, and legitimize the voice, native language, and discourse stance of the student. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Empowerment, Hispanic Americans, Literacy, Orientation, Power Structure, Prisoners, Racial Identification, Sex Differences, Social Class, Tutoring, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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