Mastin Prinsloo

List of John Benjamins publications in which Mastin Prinsloo is involved.

Titles

Literacies, Global and Local

Edited by Mastin Prinsloo and Mike Baynham

The articles collected in this volume draw on or relate to a body of work that has become known as the ‘New Literacy Studies’ (NLS), which studies literacy as situated semiotic practices that vary across sites in specific ways that are socially shaped. The collection offers a body of empirically… read more

[AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 2] 2008. vii, 218 pp.

The Social Uses of Literacy: Theory and Practice in Contemporary South Africa

Edited by Mastin Prinsloo and Mignonne Breier

This book details the findings of a research project investigating the social uses of literacy in a range of contexts in South Africa. This approach treats literacy not simply as a set of technical skills learnt in formal education, but as social practices embedded in specific contexts, discourses… read more

[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 4] 1996. viii, 279 pp.

Prinsloo, Mastin 2008 6. Children's games as local semiotic play: An ethnographic account Literacies, Global and Local, Prinsloo, Mastin and Mike Baynham (eds.), pp. 117–133 | Article

Prinsloo, Mastin and Mike Baynham 2008 Introduction: Renewing literacy studies Literacies, Global and Local, Prinsloo, Mastin and Mike Baynham (eds.), pp. 1–13 | Article

Prinsloo, Mastin 1996 1. Literacy, voter education and constructions of citizenship in the Western Cape during the firstdemocratic national elections in South Africa The Social Uses of Literacy: Theory and Practice in Contemporary South Africa, Prinsloo, Mastin and Mignonne Breier (eds.), pp. 33–48 | Chapter

Prinsloo, Mastin 1996 Introduction The Social Uses of Literacy: Theory and Practice in Contemporary South Africa, Prinsloo, Mastin and Mignonne Breier (eds.), pp. 11–30 | Miscellaneous