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Gender, Literacy and Life Chances in Sub-Saharan Africa / Benedicta Egbo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Language and Education Library ; 16Publisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2000]Copyright date: 2000Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781800418042
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Il/Literacy: Some Theoretical Considerations -- 3 The Intersections of Gender, Literacy and Power -- 4 The Historical and Social Context of Literacy/Education -- 5 A Critcal Literacy Research -- 6 Perceiving Il/literacy: Impact, Constraints and Possibilities: Literate Women's Accounts -- 7 Perceiving Il/literacy: Non-Literate Women's Accounts -- 8 Literacy and Life Chances: Examining the Evidence -- 9 From Rhetoric to Praxis: (Re)constructing Women's Life Chances and Bridging the Gender Gap in Literacy/Education -- References -- Index
Summary: This book provides much needed evidence from research in a rural community in Sub-Saharan Africa, that show the value of literacy in increasing the life chances of women. It concludes with macro and micro level policy options that are necessary for critical (re)construction of women's lives in the region and elsewhere.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Il/Literacy: Some Theoretical Considerations -- 3 The Intersections of Gender, Literacy and Power -- 4 The Historical and Social Context of Literacy/Education -- 5 A Critcal Literacy Research -- 6 Perceiving Il/literacy: Impact, Constraints and Possibilities: Literate Women's Accounts -- 7 Perceiving Il/literacy: Non-Literate Women's Accounts -- 8 Literacy and Life Chances: Examining the Evidence -- 9 From Rhetoric to Praxis: (Re)constructing Women's Life Chances and Bridging the Gender Gap in Literacy/Education -- References -- Index

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This book provides much needed evidence from research in a rural community in Sub-Saharan Africa, that show the value of literacy in increasing the life chances of women. It concludes with macro and micro level policy options that are necessary for critical (re)construction of women's lives in the region and elsewhere.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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