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Subject(s)

• Literacy—Social aspects [Browse]
• Popular culture [Browse]
• Computers and literacy [Browse]
• Postmodernism and education [Browse]

Series

• Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.); v. 394. [More in this series]
• Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education ; 394
• Counterpoints, 1058-1634 ; v. 394

Summary note

From the Publisher: Big changes have been taking place in reading in recent years. While American society has become more visual and digital, the general state of literacy in America is in crisis, with educators and public officials worried about falling educational standards, the rising influence of popular culture, and growing numbers of non-English-speaking immigrants. But how justified are these worries? By focusing on "reading," this book takes a serious look at public literacy, but chooses not to blame the familiar scapegoats. Instead, The End of Reading proposes that in a diverse and rapidly changing society, we need to embrace multiple definitions of what it means to be a literate person.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The disappearing word
• The crisis in public literacy
• The rise of media culture
• When machines do the reading
• The future of reading.

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ISBN

• 9781433110153 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781433110160 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010008626

OCLC

551198254

RCP

H - S

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