| A Culture of Refusal: The Lives and Literacies of Out-Of-School Adolescents Contributor(s): DeVitis, Joseph L. (Editor), Irwin-DeVitis, Linda (Editor), Blake, Brett Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820448710 ISBN-13: 9780820448718 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Secondary - Language Arts & Disciplines - Education | Adult & Continuing Education |
| Dewey: 373.129 |
| LCCN: 99046199 |
| Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures |
| Physical Information: 130 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Culture of Refusal is a unique attempt at representing a set of what William Ayers calls multiply-marginalized adolescents, situating the voices of migrant and incarcerated youth within out-of-school contexts - in the fields and the streets, and ultimately, in the jails - where these youth live and develop their own cultures of refusal. By exploring and analyzing these environments, this book searches for the ways in which a pragmatic, pro-active response to societal and institutional racism and violence may be nurtured through the adolescents' own lives and literacies. |