Situated Literacies

<p><em>Situated Literacies</em> is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution written in a clear accessible style makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices.<br>Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations all involving real texts and lived practices are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues:<br>* the visual and material aspects of literacy<br>* concepts of time and space in relation to literacy<br>* the functions of literacies in shaping and sustaining identities in communities of practice<br>* the relationship between texts and the practices associated with their use<br>the role of discourse analysis on literacy studies<br>These studies along with a foreword by Denny Taylor make a timely and important contribution to literacy theory and suggest directions for the further development of the field. <em>Situated Literacies</em> is essential reading for anyone involved in literary education.</p>