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The Brothers and Sisters Learn to Write: Popular Literacies in Childhood and School Cultures

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Based on 17 Ratings and 2 Reviews

Book Description
Here, Anne Dyson traces the influence of a wide-ranging set of "textual toys" from children's lives - church and hip-hop songs, rap music, movies, TV, traditional jump-rope rhymes, the words of professional sports announcers and radio deejays - upon school learning and writing.
Book Information
PublisherTeachers College Press
BindingPaperback (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages264
ISBN-100807742805
ISBN-13978-0807742808
Publication Date01/01/2003
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About Anne Haas Dyson (Author) : Anne Haas Dyson is a published author. Some of the published credits of Anne Haas Dyson include On The Case: Approaches To Language And Literacy Research (Language and Literacy Series), The Brothers a... more
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