Decolonizing Literacy : : Mexican Lives in the Era of Global Capitalism / / Gregorio Hernandez-Zamora.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Hernandez-Zamora, Gregorio,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Critical Language and Literacy Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)

Millions of descendants of the former colonized and enslaved peoples around the world are now classified as poor readers, bad writers, and slow learners. Are they illiterate or silenced people? Are they global citizens or global outcasts? Drawing from case studies of flesh and blood individuals in Mexico and the U.S., this book questions the colonizing images of the “illiterate”, and explores the ways in which the long social history of conquest and colonization, plunder and globalization, is inscribed in the personal histories of today’s subjugated people. It argues that rather than “limited literacy skills” they face systematic lack of freedom to speak, act, and make decisions about their own lives. Literacy, thus, is understood as a key practice of voice and citizenship.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part 1: Winds -- Chapter 1. Against the Winds -- Chapter 2. The Un-Making of the Illiterate -- Part 2. Voices -- Chapter 3. Agents -- Chapter 4. Transnationals -- Chapter 5. Survivors -- Part 3. Politics -- Chapter 6. Literacy Politics and Policies -- Chapter 7. Decolonizing Literacy -- Notes -- References -- Index