%0 Journal Article
%T Alfabetiza£¿£¿o, linguagem e ideologia
%A Macedo
%A Donaldo
%J Educa£¿£¿o & Sociedade
%D 2000
%I Centro de Estudos Educa??o e Sociedade, CEDES
%R 10.1590/S0101-73302000000400007
%X this article conceives literacy as a form of cultural policy. it criticizes literacy theories in order to make room for a new approach. it also focuses on literacy campaigns, especially those carried out in former colonies of africa. finally, the paper argues that if literacy programs are to adopt a liberating perspective, they must be based on the students' own language.
%K literacy
%K language
%K ideology.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-73302000000400007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en