Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Local Publics - Paperbackby Elenore Long (Author) Offering a comparative analysis of "community literacy studies," COMMUNITY LITERACY AND THE RHETORIC OF LOCAL PUBLICS traces common values in diverse accounts of "ordinary people going public." Elenore Long offers a five point theoretical framework. Used to review major community literacy projects that have emerged in recent years, this local public framework uncovers profound differences, with significant consequence, within