Literacy, Narrative and Culture

Written language is closely related to other cultural practices such as narrative and painting. This book suggests that there is no theory or history of writing that does not presuppose a theory of culture and social development.

Author: Jens Brockmeier
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/31/2002
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.38h x 6.48w x 1.17d
ISBN: 9780700714971

About the Author

Jens Brockmeier teaches at the Free University of Berlin. Since 1995 he has also been a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto/OISE. He has published in the fields of psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and the history of culture.

Min Wang has a post-doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to work at the Learning Research and Development Center of the University of Pittsburgh.

David R. Olson is University Professor at the University of Toronto/OISE. He is past-president of the Canadian Psychological Association and was co-director of the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto. His research on cognition, language development, and literacy has resulted in numerous books.