Contested terrain : diversity, writing, and knowledge / edited by Phyllis Kahaney, Judith Liu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kahaney, Phyllis.

Liu, Judith, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

United States.

Education, Higher--United States.

Education, Higher.

Minorities--Education (Higher)--United States.

Minorities.

Minorities--Education (Higher).

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States.

English language.

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

vi, 197 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2001]

Summary:

A challenge to the way we think about writing on university campuses.

Contents:

Recognizing diversity within a common historical narrative: culture, history, and the study of social life / John S. Wills and Hugh Mehan

From freedom to manners: African American literacy in the nineteenth century / Tom Fox

The view from here: toward a critical pedagogy in the multiethnic classroom / Gail Pérez

Exploring diversity in the writings of Asian American students / Franklin Ng

Designing writing assignments for exploring diversity / Terri A. Hasseler and John C. Bean

Linking assignment design to paper grading in classes about diversity / Mark L. Waldo and Amanda Espinosa-Aguilar

Out of the closet: writing to learn / Steven Hartwell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0472097865

0472067869

OCLC:

46678188