Dangerous Writing: Understanding the Political Economy of Composition

by Tony Scott

Book Overview

Building on recent work in rhetoric and composition that takes an historical materialist approach, Dangerous Writing outlines a political economic theory of composition. The book connects pedagogical practices in writing classes to their broader political economic contexts, and argues that the analytical power of students' writing is prevented from reaching its potential by pressures within the academy and without, that tend to wed higher education...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874217342
• ISBN13: 9780874217346
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher