Posthumanism and Literacy Education: Knowing/Becoming/Doing Literacies (Expanding Literacies in Education)

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Synopsis
Covering key terms and concepts in the emerging field of posthumanism and literacy education, this volume investigates posthumanism, not as a lofty theory, but as a materialized way of knowing/becoming/doing the world. The contributors explore the ways that posthumanism helps educators better understand how students, families, and communities come to know/become/do literacies with other humans and nonhumans. Illustrative examples show how posthumanist theories are put to work in and out of school spaces as pedagogies and methodologies in literacy education. With contributions from a range of scholars, from emerging to established, and from both U.S. and international settings, the volume covers literacy practices from pre-K to adult literacy across various contexts. Chapter authors not only wrestle with methodological tensions in doing posthumanist research, but also situate it within pedagogies of teaching literacies. Inviting readers to pause, slow down, and consider posthumanist ways of thinking about agency, intra-activity, subjectivity, and affect, this book explores and experiments with new ways of seeing, understanding, and defining literacies, and allows readers to experience and intra-act with the book in ways more traditional (re)presentations do not.
Copyright:
2018

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
254 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781351603096
Related ISBNs:
9781315106083, 9781138094413, 9781138094413, 9781138094390, 9781138094390, 9781315106083, 9781138094413, 9781138094413, 9781138094390, 9781138094390, 9781315106083, 9781138094413, 9781138094390
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Education, Language Arts, Philosophy, Sociology
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Candace R. Kuby
Edited by:
Karen Spector
Edited by:
Jaye Johnson Thiel

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