TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stromquist,Nelly P.
TI  - Literacy for citizenship: gender and grassroots dynamics in Brazil 
SN  - 0791431657 (alk. paper)
AV  - LC155.B72  S267 1997
U1  - 374.012 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Literacy programs
KW  - Brazil
KW  - São Paulo (State)
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Women
KW  - Education
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Popular education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-243) and index;  	I. Development, Literacy, and Women --
II. MOVA as a State-Civil Society Partnership --
III. Analytical and Methodological Considerations --
IV. Characteristics of Women Students in Literacy Programs --
V. The Classroom Experience in Literacy --
VI. Outcomes from Literacy --
VII. The Civil Society-State Connection --
VIII. MOVA through a Feminist Lens --
IX. Drawing Conclusions; TOC; Sociology
N2  - Summary: 	
This book explores the involvement of nineteen women in an emancipatory literacy program conducted under the administration of Paulo Freire in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The study presents the classroom experiences of these women and the psychological, cognitive, and behavioral changes they undergo over a three-year period. Their low limited acquisition of literacy and their limited reading and writing practices are
UR  - https://www.worldcat.org/title/literacy-for-citizenship-gender-and-grassroots-dynamics-in-brazil/oclc/34190910&referer=brief_results
ER  -