Composition as a Cultural Practice

by Alan W. France

France presents a comprehensive critique of composition theory and pedagogy from a leftist perspective. He contests the notion that composition courses have no content and are only skills courses, devoid of intellectual suppositions and cultural premises. Writing instructors should therefore focus on teaching students how to retextualize contemporary cultural practices and become proficient in dissenting from as well as affirming the status quo. Each...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897894030
• ISBN13: 9780897894036
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"