Textual Tactics of Identification.

In this article we'merge de Certeau's theory of strategies and tactics with more recent work on socially situated identities to investigate how youth in one eighth-grade reading class withstood and resisted identities of “being remedial.” On the basis of observational and interview data collected du...

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Publicado en:Anthropology & Education Quarterly Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 391 - 411
Autores principales: Gomez, Mary Louise, Stone, Jennifer C., Hobbel, Nikola
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Dec2004
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Sumario:In this article we'merge de Certeau's theory of strategies and tactics with more recent work on socially situated identities to investigate how youth in one eighth-grade reading class withstood and resisted identities of “being remedial.” On the basis of observational and interview data collected during a year-long ethnographic study, we illustrate how students used various texts to participate in official school practices while subverting those practices. [youth, race, class, resistance, remediation] Reprinted by permission of the publisher.