Publications
Publication details [#17986]
Gregory, Eve and Ann Williams. 2000. City Literacies: Learning to Read across Generations and Cultures. (Literacies). Routledge. xix + 232 pp.
Annotation
A detailed account of various literacies of people in two adjacent yet contrasting areas of London. This ethnographic study analyzes literacy in relation to gender, religion, class, ethnicity and generation, dispelling a number of myths surrounding the teaching of literacies along the way.