1st Edition

Language, Culture, Identity and Citizenship in College Classrooms and Communities

By Juan C. Guerra Copyright 2016
196 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Language, Culture, Identity and Citizenship in College Classrooms and Communities examines what takes place in writing classrooms beyond academic analytical and argumentative writing to include forms that engage students in navigating the civic, political, social and cultural spheres they inhabit. It presents a conceptual framework for imagining how writing instructors can institute campus-wide... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Fixity and Fluidity

Part I. Building Theory through Lived Experience

2. Language Difference and Inequality

3. Navigating Cultures in Flux

4. The Rhetoric and Ideology of Self-Representation

5. Cultivating Citizens in the Making

Part II. Putting Theory into Play

6. Voices from the Front Lines

7. Enacting and Sustaining Institutional Change

Index

Biography

Juan C. Guerra is a Professor of English and Chair of the Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA.