Rural literacies

Donehower, Kim. (Author). Hogg, Charlotte, 1970- (Added Author). Schell, Eileen E. (Added Author).

Summary: Rural Literacies identifies the problems inherent in trying to understand rural literacy, addresses the lack of substantive research on literacy in rural areas, and reviews traditional misrepresentations of rural literacy. This innovative volume frames debates over literacy in relation to larger social, political, and economic forces, such as the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on rural schools and the effects of out-migration, globalization, and the loss of small family farms on rural communities. Drawing upon traditional literacy and composition research and employing theory from e.

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ISBN: 0809390787
ISBN: 9780809390786
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2007.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Constructing rural literacies : moving beyond the rhetorics of lack, lag, and the rosy past / Kim Donehower, Charlotte Hogg and Eileen E. Schell -- Rhetorics and realities : the history and effects of stereotypes about rural literacies / Kim Donehower -- The rhetorics of the farm crisis : toward alternative agrarian literacies in a globalized world / Eileen E. Schell -- Beyond agrarianism : toward a critical pedagogy of place / Charlotte Hogg -- Toward a sustainable citizenship and pedagogy / Kim Donehower, Charlotte Hogg and Eileen E. Schell -- Appendix: Selected bibliography on rural issues and rural literacies.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified NLC staff and students only.
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Language Note:	English.
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.