Reading and the reading class in the twenty-first century

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2005, Pages 127-141

  Griswold, Wendy ^a   McDonnell, Terry ^a   Wright, Nathan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural practice; Culture; Literacy; Media use

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644474777     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.31.041304.122312     Document Type: Review

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