Identity matters

In a conversation represented here in print, the authors ask why literacy theorists, researchers, and teachers should care about how readers' identities are constructed, represented, and performed during acts of reading. They share the believe that such questions are central to literacy theory...

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Published in:Reading research quarterly 2002-04, Vol.37 (2), p.228-238
Main Authors: McCarthey, Sarah J., Moje, Elizabeth Birr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Failure
adolescence
childhood
Classroom Communication
Conference Papers
crit theory
early adolescence
Education
Electronic Mail
Elementary Secondary Education
Ethnicity
Females
Feminism
Focus Groups
learner
Learning
Literacy
Researchers
Self image
sociocultural
socioeconomic
sociolinguistic
theoretical
Theory
topic
type
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Summary:In a conversation represented here in print, the authors ask why literacy theorists, researchers, and teachers should care about how readers' identities are constructed, represented, and performed during acts of reading. They share the believe that such questions are central to literacy theory and pedagogy.
ISSN:0034-0553
1936-2722
DOI:10.1598/RRQ.37.2.6