Publications
Publication details [#9310]
Szwed, John F. 1981. The ethnography of literacy. In Whiteman, Marcia Farr, ed. Writing: The nature, development, and teaching of written communication, vol. 1: Variation in writing: Functional and linguistic-cultural differences. L. Erlbaum. pp. 13–23.
Annotation
S. asks two questions: What is it that people read and write? Why and under what circumstances is reading and writing done?