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The present chapter outlines the main current arguments circulating in academic discourses relating to important issues of adult literacy acquisition. This is followed by a review of the definitions and conceptions of adult literacy in general and narrows down to the role of gender and issues of empowerment in female literacy in particular. The purpose of this overview is to provide the necessary theoretical and methodological information about literacy from research-oriented findings made by previous scholars in order to set the stage for the approach taken for this study.
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Laaredj-Campbell, A. (2016). Theoretical and Conceptual Overview of Literacy. In: Changing Female Literacy Practices in Algeria. Edition Centaurus - Sozioökonomische Prozesse in Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-11633-0_3
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