essay
Literacy identity and literacy practice
images of contemporary iceland : everyday lives and global contexts • Iowa City • Published In 1996 • Pages: 191-214
By: Sizemore, Beverly A., Walker, Christopher H..
Abstract
In this work Sizemore and Walker examine the tradition of literacy in Iceland and the role this concept '… has continued to play over the centuries in society, culture, and national identity. Two aspects of literacy act on and influence each other, literacy practices and literacy identity. In Iceland literacy practices have been altering in step with other social changes, whereas the Icelandic literacy identity is just now in the beginning phase of breaking away from the traditional model dating back to the Middle Ages. The new literacy practices -- schooled literacy, electronic media literacy, and internationally influenced business literacy -- are beginning to change the ways in which Icelanders define their specific literacy identity, an important element of their national identity' (p. 191).
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Scandinavia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- City of Reykjavík, community of Blindgötudalur, Iceland
- Notes
- Beverly A. Sizemore and Christopher H. Walker
- For bibliographical references see document 20:[Gísli Pálsson and E. Paul Durrenberger]
- LCCN
- 9535078
- LCSH
- Icelanders