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Literacy and Racial Justice: The Politics of Learning after Brown v. Board of Education
Catheri Prendergast
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Paperback. Catherine Prendergast draws on various insights from legal studies and literacy studies to interrogate contemporary multicultural literacy initiatives, providing a historical basis that informs debates over affirmative action, school vouchers, reparations and high-stakes standardized testing. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFC; JFSL1; JNK; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
In anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, Catherine Prendergast draws on a combination of insights from legal studies and literacy studies to interrogate contemporary multicultural literacy initiatives, thus providing a sound historical basis that informs current debates over affirmative action, school vouchers, reparations, and high-stakes standardized testing.
As a result of Brown and subsequent crucial civil rights court cases, literacy and racial justice are firmly enmeshed in the American imagination— so much so that it is difficult to discuss one without referencing the other. Breaking with the accepted wisdom that ... Read more
In anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, Catherine Prendergast draws on a combination of insights from legal studies and literacy studies to interrogate contemporary multicultural literacy initiatives, thus providing a sound historical basis that informs current debates over affirmative action, school vouchers, reparations, and high-stakes standardized testing.
As a result of Brown and subsequent crucial civil rights court cases, literacy and racial justice are firmly enmeshed in the American imagination— so much so that it is difficult to discuss one without referencing the other. Breaking with the accepted wisdom that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809325252
SKU
V9780809325252
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About Catheri Prendergast
Catherine Prendergast is an associate professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her articles have appeared in Harvard Educational Review, Written Communication, CCC, and JAC; and she is the recipient of the 1999 CCCC Richard Braddock Award for her article, “ Race: The Absent Presence in Composition Studies.”
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