Abstract of

Identity Matters

Sarah J. McCarthey

Elizabeth Birr Moje

In a conversation represented here in print, the authors ask why literacy theorists, researchers, and teachers should care about how readers' identities are constructed, represented, and performed during acts of reading. They share the believe that such questions are central to literacy theory and pedagogy.

Abstract from McCarthey, S.J., & Moje, E. (2002). Identity Matters. Reading Research Quarterly, 37(2), 228–238. doi: 10.1598/RRQ.37.2.6