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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankliteracyandliteraciesLiteracyandLiteraciesoffersaunique,comprehensivesurveyofbothclassicalandcurrent(mainlyanthropological)literatureinthefieldofliteracystudies,combinedwithin-depthcriticaldiscussionofparticularcases.Itexploresques-tions
2、ofpower,culturalform,andhistoricalprocessastheyareraisedbyanddevelopedinstudiesofliteracy,anddrawsonthehistoryofliteracy,criticaleducationstudies,andtheanthropologyofliteracy,todevelopanewsynthesis.JamesCollinsandRichardK.Blotarguethatneitherthegeneralizing,universa
3、listclaimsofthe“consequencesofliteracy”thesis,northecontextualizing,situatedstudiesofthe“NewLiteracy”offersatisfactoryapproachestothephenomenonofliteracy.Throughtheiranalysisoftwodomains–thatofliteraciesandpowerandthatofliteraciesandsubjectivity–CollinsandBlotreveal
4、importanthistor-icalprocessesassociatedwithliteracypracticeswhilealsochallengingreceivedassumptionsaboutliteracy,intellectualdevelopment,andsocialprogress.jamescollinsisProfessorofAnthropologyandofReadingattheUniversityatAlbany,StateUniversityofNewYork.Heistheauthor
5、ofUnderstandingTolowaHistories:WesternHegemoniesandNativeAmericanResponses(1988),andhascontributedtoanumberofbooksandjournals.richardblotisAssistantProfessorattheGraduatePrograminLiteracyStudies,LehmanCollege,CityUniversityofNewYork.Hehaspublishedinanumberofjournals
6、,includingTESOLQuarterly,AnthropologyandEducationQuarterly,andLatinAmericanAnthropologyReview.studiesinthesocialandculturalfoundationsoflanguageTheaimofthisseriesistodeveloptheoreticalperspectivesontheessentialsocialandculturalcharacteroflanguagebymethodologicalande
7、mpiricalemphasisontheoccur-renceoflanguageinitscommunicativeandinteractionalsettings,onthesocioculturallygrounded“meanings”and“functions”oflinguisticforms,andonthesocialscientificstudyoflanguageuseacrosscultures.Itwillthusexplicatetheessentiallyethnographicnatureofli
8、nguisticdata,whetherspontaneouslyoccurringorexperimentallyinduced,whethernormativeorvariational,whethersynchronicordiachronic.Worksappeari