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Literacy with an Attitude, written by Patrick J. Finn, attempts to redefine literacy as it exists within the education field. It outlines the differences between 'domesticating' and 'liberating' education, and proposes advice on how to fix the discrepancy between upper and lower class schools. In his professional life, Finn served as an Associate Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School of Education from the University of Buffalo and co-chairs a committee of Urban Education through Buffalo University that helps provide support for the schools and school districts in Buffalo, NY. [1 ^cite. The book references studies conducted by other published authors within the field of education, including Jean Anyon and James Gee.

Finn’s book also influenced the research for the novel Urban Education with an Attitude. ^cite

This novel seeks to empower and reform the individuals that are engrained in urban education curriculum. The authors use the basic principles of Finn’s Literacy with an Attitude to model their solutions for the problems that circulate in urban education.