Literacies of distinction: (Dis)empowerment in social movements

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 849-862

  Holland, Dorothy ^a   Skinner, Debra ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPOWERMENT; LITERACY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 52349103889     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802058180     Document Type: Article

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