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Literacy and Power The Latin American battleground
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Routledge
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Routledge
232 Pages
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Routledge
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The often bloody struggles of Central America have dominated news reports for a long time. Behind the headlines lies an enormous population of the desperately poor, and it is axiomatic that they are rendered even more powerless by widespread illiteracy.
What actually counts as literacy is less clear. Archer and Costello describe some of the most exciting and innovative programmes designed to... Read more
Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Foreign Words
I Revolution: What is Popular Education?
1. El Salvador, Colomoncagua: Words and Bombs
2. Nicaragua, Lechecuagos: Literacy as a Political Crusade
3. Nicaragua, Batahola: The Paradox of Revolutionary Education
II Reform: Literacy and Organization
4. Honduras, San Antonio de Jura: Co-operative Literacy
5. Ecuador, Santa Lucia: Literacy and Human Rights
6. Mexico, San Miguel Teotongo: Reading and De-reading, Literacy and Debt
7. Chile, Santiago: Breaking the Culture of Silence
III Reclamation: Literacy and Indigenous Peoples
8. Guatemala, Cabrican: The New Frontier
9. Bolivia, El Alto: The Language of Power
10. Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast, Karata: Miskitu Dialogue
Appendix: The Life of Paulo Freire
Afterword
Index
Biography
Archer, David ; Costello, Patrick
