4 The Historical and Social Context of Literacy/Education

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 Il/Literacy: Some Theoretical Considerations 20
6. 3 The Intersections of Gender, Literacy and Power 40
7. 4 The Historical and Social Context of Literacy/Education 61
8. 5 A Critcal Literacy Research 86
9. 6 Perceiving Il/literacy: Impact, Constraints and Possibilities: Literate Women's Accounts 102
10. 7 Perceiving Il/literacy: Non-Literate Women's Accounts 123
11. 8 Literacy and Life Chances: Examining the Evidence 146
12. 9 From Rhetoric to Praxis: (Re)constructing Women's Life Chances and Bridging the Gender Gap in Literacy/Education 171
13. References 189
14. Index 202