Social linguistics is now in its second edition and has been integrated into aseries of publications edited by Allan Luke entitled Critical perspectives on literacy andeducation. Thoroughly revising his first edition, Gee offers researchers, teachers, andstudents a challenging compendium of theory and analysis of language use in society. Heintegrates social and political relations of power and dominance into his discussion ofliteracies, highlighting the potential ideological conflicts between non-mainstreamcommunities and schools, conflicts rooted in divergent uses, and evaluations of language.