An Immigrant Alphabet (Visual Essay)
Like most everyone, I first encountered written language in children's alphabet primers. I see now that the words and visual examples used to represent letters reinforced the worldview of the middle-class white girl I happened to be. The letter C, for example, was illustrated by a picture of a...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Studies in social justice 2019-01, Vol.13 (1), p.10-19 |
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| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Like most everyone, I first encountered written language in children's alphabet primers. I see now that the words and visual examples used to represent letters reinforced the worldview of the middle-class white girl I happened to be. The letter C, for example, was illustrated by a picture of a shiny new car. |
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| ISSN: | 1911-4788 1911-4788 |
| DOI: | 10.26522/ssj.v13i1.2147 |