City Literacies

Download or read book City Literacies written by Eve Gregory and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of the 20th century: Spitalfields and the City. This contrast outwardly symbolizes the huge difference between poverty and wealth existing in Britain at this time. The book presents a study of living, learning and reading as it has taken place in public settings, including the school classroom, clubs, places of worship, theatres, and in the home. Over fifty people recount their memories of learning to read in different contexts and circumstances.