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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, Tony, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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' 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 "fast-capitalism." Since the 1980s and the "social turn" in composition studies and other
Descripción Física:1 online resource (202 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199).
ISBN:9780874217353
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0874217342
9780874217346