Youth Cultures, Language, and Literacy

A special issue of the Review of Research in Education edited by Stanton Wortham, this volume reviews contemporary research on the interplay between youth cultures, educational practices, and the accounts that adults and youth tacitly and explicitly give of each other. Chapters examine varying types of practice—ranging from computer programming to verbal rap battles to canonical literacy activities—that take place in various settings around the world—from schools to playgrounds, homes, clubs, and through the Internet. Most chapters describe the historical and material conditions within which these practices occur, exploring the distribution of material and symbolic resources among different types of youth and adults. Each chapter also tells a story about how adult accounts and youth accounts intersect with some domain of youth practice and with each other. Contributors include Penn GSE Professors Yasmin Kafai and Betsy Rymes.

Publication Information
Sage Publications, March 2011
Review of Research in Education, 35(1)