
Mapping Multiple Literacies: An Introduction to Deleuzian Literacy Studies
Author(s): David R. Cole (Author), Diana Masny (Author)
- Publisher: Continuum
- Publication Date: 24 May 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 1441149201
- ISBN-13: 9781441149206
Book Description
Masny and Cole draw on Deleuze’s thinking to expand the repertoires of literacy research and understanding. They outline how we can understand literacy as asocial activity and map the ways in which becoming literate may take hold and transform communities. The chapters in this book weave together theory, data and practice to open up a creative new area of literacy studies and to provoke vigorous debate about the sociology of literacy.
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Review
[The authors present] a good balance between literacy practices and theories, as well as Deleuzian literacy. Their mapping offers a dynamic illustration of Deleuze’s plane of immanence. Deleuzian concepts are strongly re-territorialized within the ‘geography’ of multiple literacies including text, power, media, affect, groups and pedagogical relationships . A good introduction to how Deleuze operates and a strong contribution to what Deleuze brings to literacy. Teachers and scholars will benefit from this creative articulation. ―
Jacques Daignault, Professor of Education, University of Quebec at Rimouski, CanadaMasny and Cole offer an innovative and entertaining perspective on literacy studies, from the novel perspective of Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy. Deleuze has been more often associated with literary studies, but Masny and Cole mine his theories of affect and difference to illuminate the multiplicity of subjectivities and practices associated with literacy. The result is an intriguing tour amongst the diverse ideas about the field, as their Deleuzian map unfolds. ―
David Rose, Director, Reading to Learn, Australia
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