City Literacies: Learning to Read Across Generations and Cultures

Gregory, Eve E. and Williams, Ann. 2000. City Literacies: Learning to Read Across Generations and Cultures. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415191166 [Book]

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City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of the 20th century: Spitalfields and the City. This contrast outwardly symbolizes the huge difference between poverty and wealth existing in Britain at this time. The book presents a study of living, learning and reading as it has taken place in public settings, including the school classroom, clubs, places of worship, theatres, and in the home. Over fifty people recount their memories of learning to read in different contexts and circumstances.

Item Type:

Book

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Educational Studies

Date:

2000

Item ID:

12106

Date Deposited:

15 Jul 2015 12:43

Last Modified:

27 Jun 2017 09:13

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/12106

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