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Author: Evan Watkins
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.249kg
ISBN: 9780823264230
ISBN 10: 0823264238
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 01 July 2015
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Everyone, these days, seems to be an advocate of more and better schools in order to create a more literate workforce. Watkins effectively demonstrates that's simply not enough-not if we think seriously about literacies and the role they play in reproducing the kinds of economic and social inequalities that have emerged over the course of the past three decades. -David Ruccio, Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame Everyone, these days, seems to be an advocate of more and better schools in order to create a more literate workforce. Watkins effectively demonstrates that's simply not enough--not if we think seriously about literacies and the role they play in reproducing the kinds of economic and social inequalities that have emerged over the course of the past three decades. -David Ruccio, University of Notre Dame
Everyone, these days, seems to be an advocate of more and better schools in order to create a more literate workforce. Watkins effectively demonstrates that's simply not enough--not if we think seriously about literacies and the role they play in reproducing the kinds of economic and social inequalities that have emerged over the course of the past three decades. -David Ruccio, University of Notre Dame
...recommended for cultural sociologists and readers interested in an articulate, but complex, argument about contemporary organisational practices and how power relations have been changed by new organisational practices and demand for workers skilled in new literacies. * Cultural Sociology * Everyone, these days, seems to be an advocate of more and better schools in order to create a more literate workforce. Watkins effectively demonstrates that's simply not enough-not if we think seriously about literacies and the role they play in reproducing the kinds of economic and social inequalities that have emerged over the course of the past three decades. -- -David Ruccio * Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame *
Author Information
Evan Watkins is Professor of English at the University of California, Davis. He is the author of Class Degrees: Smart Work, Managed Choice, and the Transformation of Higher Education (Fordham); Everyday Exchanges: Marketwork and Capitalist Common Sense; Throwaways: Work Culture and Consumer Education; and Work Time: English Departments and the Circulation of Cultural Value.
