Literacies of Power: What Americans Are Not Allowed to Know with New Commentary by Shirley Steinberg, Joe Kincheloe, and Peter McLaren and Literacy: Reading the Word and the World

Literacy: Reading the Word and the World

Literacies of Power: What Americans Are Not Allowed to Know with New Commentary by Shirley Steinberg, Joe Kincheloe, and Peter McLaren

Name: Literacies of Power: What Americans Are Not Allowed to Know with New Commentary by Shirley Steinberg, Joe Kincheloe, and Peter McLaren
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Author: Donaldo Macedo
ISBN: 9780813343389

by Donaldo Macedo

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Publisher: Routledge
15.4 x 22.8 x 1.8 cm

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Literacies of Power illustrates the many ways American schools, media, and other social institutions perpetuate ignorance. In this new, expanded edition, Donaldo Macedo shows why so-called common culture literacy is a form of dominant cultural reproduction that undermines independent thought and goes against the best interests of our students. Offering a wide-ranging counterargument, Macedo shows why cultural literacy cannot be restricted to the acquisition of Western heritage values, which sustain an ideology that systematically negates the cultural experiences of many members of society-not only minorities but also anyone who is poor or disenfranchised. Macedo calls on his own experience as a Cape Verdean immigrant from West Africa who had to surmount the barriers imposed by the world's most entrenched monolingual system of higher education. His eloquence in this book is testimony to the very idea that critical thinking and good education are not and must not be culturally or linguistically bounded.A new concluding chapter by the author critically challenges the crucial role of schools in ?the manufacture of consent? for the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act, and the ?charitable racism? that is too often evident in the field of ESL. In essays new to this edition, well-known and respected educators Joe Kincheloe, Peter McLaren, and Shirley Steinberg share their insights on Macedo's message, complementing Paulo Freire's Foreword to the original edition.

Author
Donaldo Macedo
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Routledge
Published
January 2006
Weight
355g
Dimensions
15.4 x 22.8 x 1.8 cm
ISBN
9780813343389
ISBN-10
0813343380
Eden Code
4732661

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