Dangerous writing : understanding the political economy of composition /
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 analy...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (202 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199). |
| ISBN: | 9780874217353 0874217350 0874217342 9780874217346 |