(Re)visioning composition textbooks : conflicts of culture, ideology, and pedagogy / / edited by Xin Liu Gale and Frederic G. Gale ; foreword by Gary A. Olson

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.042/0711
• Soggetto topico: English language - Rhetoric - History - 20th century; English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - Social aspects; English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - Political aspects; English language - Rhetoric - Publishing; Report writing - Study and teaching; Cultural pluralism; Culture conflict
• Altri autori: GaleXin Liu <1952-> GaleFredric G. <1933->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Revisioning composition textbooks
• Titolo autorizzato: Re)visioning composition textbooks
• ISBN: 1-4384-0364-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812681003321
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