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Stanford's CSRE 495 reveals how literacy is never neutral — theories of reading and writing are deeply tied to power, identity, and social reproduction.
Social Reproduction TheoryCritical Literacy TheorySociocultural Theory of LearningCritical Race Theory
Theory Briefing
- CSRE 495 at Stanford explores multiple theories and models of literacies, framing reading and writing as social and political acts.
- The course situates literacy within critical race and ethnic studies, connecting textual skills to systems of power and identity formation.
- Competing literacy models — from cognitive to sociocultural — reveal how definitions of 'being literate' can privilege or marginalize communities.