The politics of writing studies : reinventing our universities from below /
Samuels, Robert, 1961-
The politics of writing studies : reinventing our universities from below / Robert Samuels. - Logan : Utah State University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Contingent labor, writing studies, and writing about writing -- The politics of transfer : grades, meritocracy, and genre in Anne Beaufort's College writing and beyond : a new framework for university writing -- Metacognition and cynical conformity in writing across contexts -- Genre as social conformity : Charles Bazerman after postmodernity -- Writing theory, forgetting labor : Sid Dobrin and the posthuman subject -- Conclusion : collective action to reinvent the university.
"Drawing from pivotal texts in the field of writing studies, The Politics of Writing Studies shows how the use and abuse of contingent faculty at institutions of higher education affect the efficacy and perceived status of composition programs at universities and colleges in the United States"--Provided by publisher.
9781607325840
Universities and colleges--Faculty.--United States
College teachers, Part-time--United States.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Electronic Books.
PE1405 / .P655 2017
The politics of writing studies : reinventing our universities from below / Robert Samuels. - Logan : Utah State University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Contingent labor, writing studies, and writing about writing -- The politics of transfer : grades, meritocracy, and genre in Anne Beaufort's College writing and beyond : a new framework for university writing -- Metacognition and cynical conformity in writing across contexts -- Genre as social conformity : Charles Bazerman after postmodernity -- Writing theory, forgetting labor : Sid Dobrin and the posthuman subject -- Conclusion : collective action to reinvent the university.
"Drawing from pivotal texts in the field of writing studies, The Politics of Writing Studies shows how the use and abuse of contingent faculty at institutions of higher education affect the efficacy and perceived status of composition programs at universities and colleges in the United States"--Provided by publisher.
9781607325840
Universities and colleges--Faculty.--United States
College teachers, Part-time--United States.
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Electronic Books.
PE1405 / .P655 2017