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Section 2: Mediating literacies
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Preface 1
- Introduction 11
- Section 1: Literacies at work 31
- 1. Literacy, voter education and constructions of citizenship in the Western Cape during the firstdemocratic national elections in South Africa 33
- 2. Literacy, knowledge, gender and power in the workplace on three farms in the Western Cape 49
- 3. Literacy and communication in a Cape factory 65
- 4. Communicative practices of the service staff of a school 85
- Section 2: Mediating literacies 103
- 5. Literacy mediation and social identity in Newton, Easter Cape 105
- 6. Cultural brokers and bricoleurs of modern and traditional literacies 123
- 7. Literacy learning and local literacy practice in Bellville South 141
- 8. ‘We can all sing, but we can’t all talk’ 157
- Section 3: Contextualising literacies: policy lessons 173
- 9. Literacy, migrancy and disrupted domesticity 177
- 10. “We are waiting/ this is our home’ 197
- 11. Taking literacy for a ride — reading and writing in the taxi industry 213
- 12. Literacy practices in an informal settlement in the Cape Peninsula 235
- Afterword 257
- References 265
- Index 275
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Preface 1
- Introduction 11
- Section 1: Literacies at work 31
- 1. Literacy, voter education and constructions of citizenship in the Western Cape during the firstdemocratic national elections in South Africa 33
- 2. Literacy, knowledge, gender and power in the workplace on three farms in the Western Cape 49
- 3. Literacy and communication in a Cape factory 65
- 4. Communicative practices of the service staff of a school 85
- Section 2: Mediating literacies 103
- 5. Literacy mediation and social identity in Newton, Easter Cape 105
- 6. Cultural brokers and bricoleurs of modern and traditional literacies 123
- 7. Literacy learning and local literacy practice in Bellville South 141
- 8. ‘We can all sing, but we can’t all talk’ 157
- Section 3: Contextualising literacies: policy lessons 173
- 9. Literacy, migrancy and disrupted domesticity 177
- 10. “We are waiting/ this is our home’ 197
- 11. Taking literacy for a ride — reading and writing in the taxi industry 213
- 12. Literacy practices in an informal settlement in the Cape Peninsula 235
- Afterword 257
- References 265
- Index 275