Author

Publication

2008-03-03 - Southern Illinois University Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCPE1405.U6 G65 2008
  • LCCPE1405.U6G65 2008

Description

Rhetoric at the Margins: Revising the History of Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1873-1947 examines the rhetorical education of African American, female, and working-class college students in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The rich case studies in this work encourage a reconceptualization of both the history of rhetoric and composition and the ways we make use of it. Author David Gold uses archival materials to study three types of institutions historically underrepresented in disciplinary histories: a black liberal arts college in rural East Texas (Wiley College); a public women's college (Texas Woman's University); and an independent teacher training school (East Texas Normal College). The case studies complement and challenge previous disciplinary histories and suggest that the epistemological schema that have long applied to pedagogical practices may actually limit our understanding of those practices. --From cover.

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  • Rhetoric at the Margins: Revising the History of Writing Instruction in American Colleges, 1873-1947PaperbackSouthern Illinois University Press2008-03-03

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