Gender, literacy and life chances in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bibliographic Information
Gender, literacy and life chances in Sub-Saharan Africa
（The language and education library, 16）
Multilingual Matters, c2000
- : hbk
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityアフリカ専攻
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Taking as a starting point the taken-for-granted assumption that literacy affects women's lives in very important ways, the author 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. The book concludes with macro and micro level policy options that are necessary for critical (re)construction of women's lives in the region and elsewhere.
Table of 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 Critical 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
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Index
by "Nielsen BookData"