A Critical Discourse Analysis of Family Literacy Practices: Power in and Out of Print

by Rebecca Rogers

Ethnographic case study of a "low income"/"low literate" family negotiating language and literacy; explores discourse forces that impact their lives, issues of power and identity, current debates about connections between literacy and society.

Genres: Education

244 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2003

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Rebecca Rogers is Associate Professor of Literacy at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her research focuses on language, identity, and power in and out of school contexts.

Reviews

[Burke Scarbrough · Rating 4 out of 5]

A strong example of Critical Discourse Analysis in action (though not a strong example of elegant prose), including a more clear-headed literature review and appendices that suggest approaches to research than most textbooks by authorities in the field.

[Sassy Sarah Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars

I think the last half of this book is much stronger than the first. I know rating academic research and discourse is probably taboo, but I liked this. It got me thinking and there were some great conversations in my class about the meetings June was forced to go through in regards to her daughter, Vicki, being placed into special education despite her desire to keep her out of it.