Reclaiming Powerful Literacies New Horizons for Critical Discourse Analysis

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Offering a unique reflexive framework for Critical Discourse Analysis focused on discourses of hope transformation and liberation this book showcases a variety of powerful literacies in action. Drawing from original research in a range of public educational spaces across the lifespan—from Kindergartners studying social justice movements to sixth graders designing a social justice museum exhibit focused on the environment and sustainability to teacher education students practicing racial literacy in response to the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri—Rogers makes the case that critical social theories often associated with Critical Discourse Analysis have not kept pace with a recent shift toward the positive referred to as Positive Discourse Analysis. Encouraging readers to reconsider their understanding of concepts such as power action context critique and reflexivity this book illustrates the potential of theorizing discourse analysis from a positive orientation. | Reclaiming Powerful Literacies New Horizons for Critical Discourse Analysis