Description: Further DetailsTitle: Grassroots Literacy and the Written RecordCondition: NewEAN: 9781788926805ISBN: 9781788926805Publisher: Multilingual MattersFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/08/2020Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 14mmItem Weight: 450gAuthor: John TrimburLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Textual History of Asbestos Activism in South AfricaDescription: This book examines how asbestos activists living in remote rural villages in South Africa activated metropolitan resources of representation at the grassroots level in a quest for justice and restitution for the catastrophic effects on their lives caused by the asbestos industry. It follows the Asbestos Interest Group (AIG) over a fifteen-year period through its involvement in grassroots research, in legal cases and in the compensation systems for asbestos-related disease. It examines how the AIG became grassroots technicians of translocal paperwork, moving texts back and forth between periphery and center, pushing documents through the textual mazeways of the courts, medical institutions, the compensation system and various government agencies. The book addresses rhetorical mobility and the extent to which, given the AIG’s position on the periphery, it has been able to enter the voices and interests of villagers into formerly inaccessible forums of deliberation and decision-making.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Studies in Knowledge Production and ParticipationTopic: Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Grassroots Literacy and the Written Record
Title: Grassroots Literacy and the Written Record
EAN: 9781788926805
ISBN: 9781788926805
Release Date: 04/08/2020
Release Year: 2020
Subtitle: A Textual History of Asbestos Activism in South Africa
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Grassroots Literacy and the Written Record : a Textual History of Asbestos Activism in South Africa
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Subject: Health, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Evidence, Literacy, Linguistics / General
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2020
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.9 Oz
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: John Trimbur
Item Length: 9.2 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Series: Studies in Knowledge Production and Participation Ser.
Format: Hardcover
