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The Aesthetics of Everyday Literacies: Home Writing Practices in a B ritish A sian Household
Author(s) -
Pahl Kate
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1111/aeq.12069
Subject(s) - ethnography , sociology , literacy , coproduction , gender studies , relation (database) , everyday life , harassment , aesthetics , pedagogy , anthropology , social science , psychology , social psychology , art , political science , database , computer science , law
This article explores young people's home literacy practices drawing on an ethnographic study of writing in the home of a B ritish A sian family living in northern England. The theoretical framework comes from the New Literacy Studies, and aesthetic and literary theory. It applies an ethnographic methodology together with an engaged approach to coproduction with young people. The article explores three instances of home writing in relation to textiles, gardening, and the experience of racial harassment.