This concluding chapter surveys the themes and tensions surrounding critical literacies surfaced throughout the chapters of this Handbook. We open with a recap of the main goals and ethos driving this volume. We then discuss issues that arose in the exploration of the past and present of critical literacies praxis, the many ways critical literacies have historically been discussed and researched, and how conversations have shifted in light of the conceptual and cultural diversity. This initial discussion then shifts into some ideas salient to
