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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kirkendall, Andrew J. (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Paulo Freire & the cold war politics of literacy [Texte imprimé] / Andrew J. Kirkendall
Publication : Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, copyright 2010
Description matérielle : xvi, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"In the twentieth century, illiteracy and its elimination were political issues important
enough to figure in the fall of governments (as in Brazil in 1964), the building of
nations (in newly independent African countries in the 1970s), and the construction
of a revolutionary order (Nicaragua in 1980). This political biography of Paulo Freire
(1921-97), who played a crucial role in shaping international literacy education,
also presents a thoughtful examination of the volatile politics of literacy during
the Cold War ; A native of Brazil's impoverished northeast, Freire developed adult
literacy training techniques that involved consciousness-raising, encouraging peasants
and newly urban peoples to see themselves as active citizens who could transform their
own lives. Freire's work for state and national government agencies in Brazil in the
early 1960s eventually aroused the suspicion of the Brazilian military, as well as
of U.S. government aid programs. Political pressures led to Freire's brief imprisonment,
following the military coup of 1964, and then to more than a decade and a half in
exile. During this period, Freire continued his work in Chile, Nicaragua, and postindependence
African countries, as well as in Geneva with the World Council of Churches and in
the United States at Harvard University."-- Pub. desc
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Paulo Freire and the cold war politics of literacy
Sujet(s) : Freire, Paulo (1921-1997)
Alphabétisation -- Aspect politique -- Amérique latine
Guerre froide
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780807834190. - ISBN 080783419X. - ISBN 9781469622248. - ISBN 1469622246
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455328606
Notice n° :
FRBNF45532860
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : Paulo Freire and the twentieth-century drive for development ; 1. Entering
history ; 2. The revolution that wasn't and the revolution that was in Brazil, 1961-1964
; 3. Reformist Chile, peasant consciousness, and the meaning of Christian democracy,
1964-1969 ; 4. Paulo Freire and the World Council of Churches in the first and third
worlds, 1969-1980 ; 5. The Sandinistas and the last utopian experiment of the Cold
War, 1979-1980 ; 6. The long, slow transition to democracy in Brazil and the end of
utopia, 1980-1997 ; Epilogue : Legacies of a Cold War intellectual in a post-Cold
War world
