A Is for Ox
The Collapse of Literacy and the Rise of Violence in an Electronic Age
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
26 September 1995
Summary
The twin crises of illiteracy and youth violence haunt our age; the failure of increasing numbers of young people to attain even minimal levels of literacy signals a catastrophe at the deepest levels of our culture.
A is for Ox is an important and impassioned work that both proves this conclusion and suggests what can be done to change it. Sanders argues that because of the omnipresence of electronically generated images and sounds in contemporary culture, children grow up la…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679742852 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679742859 |
| Author: | Barry Sanders |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 1995 |
| Weight: | 227g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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“A brilliant, disturbing reflection on the collapsing moral order of post-modern America. If literacy is the wellspring of selfhood, as Sanders makes clear, our aggressive, image-addicted society is unwittingly committing cultural suicide.”–Mike Davis
About The Author
Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders teaches at Pitzer College, The Claremont Colleges, in California. He lives in Southern California.
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