Rewriting Identity: Social Meanings of Literacy and "Re-Visions" of Self.

Mahiri, Jabari; Godley, Amanda J.

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ERIC Number: EJ577046

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Publication Date: 1998

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Rewriting Identity: Social Meanings of Literacy and "Re-Visions" of Self.

Mahiri, Jabari; Godley, Amanda J.

Reading Research Quarterly, v33 n4 p416-33 Oct-Dec 1998

Studies the life story and perceptions of literacy of a highly literate Latina female college student who developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Finds that the woman's ability to write had been the foundation on which her social meanings of literacy rested: her life story revealed how her identity was influenced by societal values for writing and literacy. (RS)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Injuries, Literacy, Qualitative Research, Self Concept, Social Influences, Writing Attitudes, Writing Difficulties, Writing Research

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Language: English

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