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Literacy, Sexuality, Pedagogy: Theory And Practice For Composition Studies, Jonathan Alexander
Literacy, Sexuality, Pedagogy: Theory And Practice For Composition Studies, Jonathan Alexander
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Despite its centrality to much of contemporary personal and public discourse, sexuality remains infrequently discussed in composition courses and in our discipline at large. Moreover, its complicated relationship to discourse, to the very language we use to describe and define our worlds, is woefully understudied in our discipline. Talk and writing about sexuality surround us. Not only does the discourse of sexuality surround us, but sexuality itself forms a core set of complex discourses through which we approach, make sense of, and construct a variety of meanings, politics, and identities. In Literacy, Sexuality, Pedagogy, Jonathan Alexander argues for the development …
The Activist Wpa: Changing Stories About Writing And Writers, Linda Adler-Kassner
The Activist Wpa: Changing Stories About Writing And Writers, Linda Adler-Kassner
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One wonders if there is any academic field that doesn't suffer from the way it is portrayed by the media, by politicians, by pundits and other publics. How well scholars in a discipline articulate their own definition can influence not only issues of image but the very success of the discipline in serving students and its other constituencies. The Activist WPA is an effort to address this range of issues for the field of English composition in the aftermath of No Child Left Behind and the Spellings Commission. Drawing on recent developments in framing theory and the resurgent traditions of …