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Literacy is the second volume of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education, the first attempt to overview an area which has emerged as a coherent and exciting field of study in the last two decades. While forming part of a series of ten volumes, Literacy also stands on its own, drawing on some state-of-the-art reviews of current concerns in the study of literacy prepared by leading writers and researchers.

The book is organised in three main sections: Literacies and Social Theory, Literacies and Social Institutions and Living Literacies - Social and Cultural Experience. The approach is multidisciplinary, drawing on insights from fields as diverse as anthropology and computer science, sociolinguistics and
psychology. The international flavour of the volume is reflected not only in the choice of contributors from nine different countries but also in the emphasis throughout on the impact of globalization on our understanding of literacy.

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General Editor´s Introduction
Introduction to Volume 2: Literacy - Brian V. Street
Contributors
Reviewers
Section 1: Literacies and Social Theory
1. New Literacies, New Times: Developments in Literacy Studies - Brian V. Street
2. Critical Race Theory - Arlette Ingram Willis
3. Language, Literacy and Knowledge Production in Africa - Kwesi Kwaa Prah
4. Literacy Myths - Harvey J. Graff and John Duffy
5. Literacy and Internet Technologies - Kevin M. Leander and Cynthia Lewis
6. BICS and CALP: Empirical and Theoretical Status of the Distinction - Jim Cummins
7. Reading: Attitudes, Interests, Practices - John Edwards
8. Gender and Literacy - Gemma Moss
9. Ciritical Literacy Education: On Living with "Innocent Language"- Peter Freebody
10. Biliteracy and Globalization - Viniti Vaish
Section 2: Literacies and Social Institutions
11. Informal Learning and Literacy - Alan Rogers
12. Second Language Academic Literacies: Converging Understandings - Constant Leung
13. Family Literacy - Vivian Gadsden
14. Women, Literacy and Development: Overview - Anna Robinson-Pant
15. A Community Literacy Project: Nepal - Roshan Chitrakar and Bryan Maddox
16. Community Literacy Practices and Education: Australia - Trevor Cairney
17. Academic Literacies in Theory and Practice - Mary R. Lea
18. Literacies In and Out of School in the United States - Katherine Schulz and Glynda Hall
19. Literacies in the Classroom - David Bloome
Section 3: Living Literacies - Social and Cultural Experience
20. Literacies and Ethnolinguistic Diversity: Chicago - Marcia Farr
21. Language Diversity and Indigenous Literacy in the Andes - Inge Sichra
22. Literacies in the Lives of Urban Youth - Jabari Mahiri
23. Literacies In and Out of School in South Africa - Pippa Stein
24. Literacies in Latin America - Judy Kalman
25. African American Literacies - Elaine Richardson
26. City Literacies - Eve Gregory
Subject Index
Name Index
Tables of Contents: Volumes 1-10

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Brian V. Street is Professor of Language in Education in the School of Education at King´s College, London University and Visiting Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. He undertook anthropological fieldwork in Iran during the 1970s, and has since worked in the USA, Britain, and S. Africa. Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.

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