Writing as a problem: African grassroots writing, economies of literacy, and globalization

Language in Society

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 643-671

  Blommaert, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Burundi; Ethnography of writing; Globalization; Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744228123     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047404504045014     Document Type: Review

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