Rural Working-Class Males in Sweden and Reading
Processes for Re-appropriating Written Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21729985 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stig-Börje Asplund (0000-0002-2231-6386, Karlstad University), Ivor Goodson (0000-0001-6839-9490) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 68-87 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1038-1562 • E-ISSN: 1839-4728 |
| Publisher | University of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.20360/langandlit29585 |
| OpenAlex | W4311189659 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
This article explores the intersection of place-based reading practices of rural working-class males and reading practices in school. Life story interviews have been conducted with six men in different ages (age 19-63) living in a rural region in Sweden, focusing on their reflections on their own relation to reading across a life span from the standpoint of the present. The analysis shows that there is a unique combination of factors at work when rural working-class men culturally re-appropriate written culture in ways that are sympathetic, and socially acceptable to a manual working-class culture. These factors include the processes of oralising and manualising and are often related to things learned in specific ancestral heartlands
Geography · Literacy · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social class · Sociology · Working class · Computer Science · Education Systems and Policy · Gender Studies · Indigenous and Place-Based Education · Literacy, Media, and Education
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |