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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777352703321

Autore

Zaboly Gary S

Titolo

(Re)Visioning Composition Textbooks [[electronic resource] ] : Conflicts of Culture, Ideology, and Pedagogy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 1999

ISBN

1-4384-0364-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GaleFredric G

GaleXin Liu

Disciplina

808/.042/0711

Soggetti

Cultural pluralism

Culture conflict

English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Political aspects

English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects

English language -- Rhetoric -- Textbooks -- History -- 20th century

English language -- Rhetoric -- Textbooks -- Publishing

Report writing -- Study and teaching

English language - History - Rhetoric - Textbooks - 20th century

English language - Study and teaching - Rhetoric - Social aspects

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - Political aspects

English language - Publishing - Rhetoric - Textbooks

Report writing - Study and teaching

English Language

English

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS-- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS-- FOREWORD by Gary A. Olson-- I. OVERVIEW-- 1. Introduction by Xin Liu Gale and Fredric G. Gale-- 2. In Case of Fire, Throw In (What to Do with Textbooks Once You Switch to Sourcebooks) by David Bleich-- II. TEXTBOOKS, CULTURE, AND IDEOLOGY-- 3. The Great Way: Reading and Writing in Freedom by Kurt Spellmeyer-- 4. Self, Other, In-Between: Cross-Cultural Composition



Readers and the Reconstruction of Cultural Identities by Yameng Liu   -- 5. Appreciating Narratives of Containment and Contentment: Reading the Writing Handbook as Public Discourse by Joseph Janangelo -- 6. A Textbook's Theory: Current Composition Theory in Argument Textbooks by Lizbeth A. Bryant-- III. TEXTBOOKS AND PEDAGOGY-- 7. Teaching from a Single Textbook Rhetoric : The Potential Heaviness of the Book by Michael W. Kleine-- 8. Imitations of Life: Technical Writing Textbook and the Social Context by Fredric G. Gale   --  9. The Full Toolbox and Critical Thinking: Conflicts and Contradictions in The St. Martin's Guide to Writing by Xin Liu Gale -- IV. MATERIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS OF PUBLISHING TEXTBOOKS-- 10. Of Handbooks and Handbags: Composition Textbook Publishing After the Deal Decade by Peter Mortensen-- 11. Textbook Advertisements in the Formation of Composition: 1969 - 1990 by James Thomas Zebroski --  12. Writing Writing Lives: The Collaborative Production of a Composition Text in a Large First-Year Writing Program by Sara Garnes, David Humphries, Vic Mortimer, Jennifer Phegley, and Kathleen R. Wallace -- CONTRIBUTORS-- INDEX.