Literacies of Power: What Americans Are Not Allowed to Know With New Commentary by Shirley Steinberg, Joe Kincheloe, and Peter McLaren

This book illustrates the many ways American schools, media, and other social institutions perpetuate ignorance. It signifies why so-called common culture literacy is a form of dominant cultural reproduction that undermines independent thought and goes against the best interests of our students.

Author: Donaldo Macedo
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/24/2006
Pages: 271
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.06w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780813343389

About the Author
Donaldo Macedo is Professor of English and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Education at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is a leading authority in language studies and has published extensively in the areas of Creole languages, critical literacy, biligualism, and multiculturalism. His publications include Literacy: Reading the Word and the Word (with Paulo Freire, 1987), Dancing with Bigotry: Beyond the Politics of Tolerance (with Lilia Bartolome, 1999), Howard Zinn on Democratic Education (with Howard Zinn, 2005) and Globalization of Racism (edited with Panayota Gounari, 2005). He is a collaborator with Noam Chomsky on the recently published book, Chomsky On Miseducation. His published work has been translated into several languages.