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The Way Literacy Lives: Rhetorical Dexterity and Basic Writing Instruction - Softcover

Carter, Shannon

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9780791473566: The Way Literacy Lives: Rhetorical Dexterity and Basic Writing Instruction
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ISBN 10: 0791473562 ISBN 13: 9780791473566
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2009

Synopsis

Working from the premise that literacy is a social process rather than an autonomous practice, The Way Literacy Lives offers a curricular response to the political, material, social, and ideological constraints placed on literacy education. Shannon Carter argues that fostering in students an awareness of the ways in which an autonomous model deconstructs itself when applied to real-life literacy contexts empowers them to work against this system in ways critical theorists advocate. She builds upon a theoretical framework provided by new literacy studies, activity theory, and critical literacies to construct a new model for basic writing instruction, one that trains writers to effectively read, understand, manipulate, and negotiate the cultural and linguistic codes of a new community of practice based on a relatively accurate assessment of another, more familiar one.

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About the Author

Shannon Carter is Associate Professor of English at Texas A&M University at Commerce.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791473562
ISBN 13 
9780791473566
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
198
Rating
  • 4.42 out of 5 stars
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