The Word and the World: The Cultural Politics of Literacy in Brazil (Understanding Education and Policy)

Drawing on two years of ehtnographic research in Brazil, the author examines how cultural politics shpae the teaching, learning and uses of leteracy. Drawing on the fields of anthropology, comparative and international education and literacy studies, Lesley Bartlett offers apwoerful critique of development discourses surrounding literacy even as she contributes a constructive re-imagining of critical literacy and critical pedagogy.