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Theorising and Understanding Young People’s Everyday Literacies

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This chapter outlines the theoretical background framing the investigations in this book. In particular, in this chapter I make clear my understanding of the social practice viewpoint of literacy to which this book subscribes, drawing in large part on the New Literacy Studies approach. Then, I set my focus of attention on the notion of “everyday literacies” and discuss in brief the growing research literature documenting young peoples’ everyday literacies

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Rothoni, A. (2019). Theorising and Understanding Young People’s Everyday Literacies. In: Teenagers’ Everyday Literacy Practices in English. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33592-2_2

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