Moving beyond academic discourse : composition studies and the public sphere / Christian R. Weisser ; with a foreword by Gary A. Olson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weisser, Christian R., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English language.

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

Academic writing--Study and teaching--Political aspects--United States.

Academic writing.

Interdisciplinary approach in education--United States.

Interdisciplinary approach in education.

Intellectual life.

Academic writing--Study and teaching.

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

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

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

United States.

Education, Higher--Political aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Political aspects.

United States--Intellectual life--21st century.

Physical Description:

xiv, 145 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2002]

Contents:

Foreword: Public Discourse and the Future of Composition Pedagogy / Gary A. Olson ix

Preface: Public Writing in Context xi

1. The Growth of a Discipline: Student-Centered Approaches to Writing Instruction 1

2. Radical Approaches to Composition: The Writing Classroom as a Political and Public Sphere 24

3. Social Theory, Discourse, and the Public Sphere: New Perspectives on Civic Space 57

4. Rethinking Public Writing: Discourse, Civic Life, and Composition Studies 90

5. Activism in the Academy: The Compositionist as Public Intellectual 116.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-142) and index.

ISBN:

0809324164

OCLC:

46732318