{"product_id":"literacy-and-the-politics-of-representation-9780415686167","title":"Literacy and the Politics of Representation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mary Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literacy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiteracy is a key indicator for comparing individuals and nations in contemporary society. It is central to public debates about the nature of the public sphere, economic markets, citizenship and self-governance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiteracy and the Politics of Representation\u003c\/em\u003e aims to uncover the constructed nature of public understandings of literacy by examining detailed examples of how literacy is represented in a range of public contexts. It looks at the ways in which knowledge about literacy is created and distributed, the location and relative power of the knowledge-makers, and examines the different semiotic resources used in such representations: images and metaphors, numerical and statistical models, and textual narratives and how they are related to one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book focuses on the UK from 1970 to the present, but includes a range of international comparisons and examples. In addition, exemplar chapters offer a model of analysis that can be used to deconstruct the representations of social policy issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is vital reading for postgraduate students in the areas of education studies, literacy, discourse analysis and multimodality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45236062945431,"sku":"9780415686167","price":4150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415686167.webp?v=1769211790","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/literacy-and-the-politics-of-representation-9780415686167","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}