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Volume 8 Number 1 Spring 2012. Editor Lindy L. Johnson what is Literacy ? A Critical Overview of Sociocultural Perspectives Kristen H. Perry University of Kentucky Abstract Sociocultural perspectives on Literacy include various theories focused on the myriad ways in which people use Literacy in context, which include a strong emphasis on power relations. Yet, these theories also have important differences, and many in the field of Literacy do not clearly differentiate among them. I provide a critical overview of influential sociocultural perspectives on Literacy , focusing on three major perspectives: (1) Literacy as social practice, (2).
Literacy as Social Practice The theory of literacy as a social practice has been heavily influenced by Street’s (1985) early work in Iran. Grounded in data that described the various ways in which people used reading and writing for different purposes in their everyday lives, Street’s theory contrasted autonomous
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