Dangerous writing: understanding the political economy of composition
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Beteilige Person: Scott, Tony 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Logan, Utah Utah State University Press 2009
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199)
Introduction: embodying the social in writing education -- Professionals and bureaucrats -- Writing the program: the genre function of the writing textbook -- How "social" is social class identification? -- Students working -- Writing dangerously
Building on recent work in rhetoric and composition that takes an historical materialist approach, Dangerous Writing outlines a political economic theory of composition. The book connects pedagogical practices in writing classes to their broader political economic contexts, and argues that the analytical power of students & rsquo; writing is prevented from reaching its potential by pressures within the academy and without, that tend to wed higher education with the aims and logics of & ldquo;fast-capitalism. & rdquo; Since the 1980s and the & ldquo;social turn & rdquo; in composition studies and other
Umfang:202 pages
ISBN:9780874217353
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