Vision, Rhetoric, and Social Action in the Composition Classroom

by Kristie S. Fleckenstein

In this innovative volume, Kristie S. Fleckenstein explores how the intersection of vision, rhetoric, and writing pedagogy in the classroom can help students become compassionate citizens who participate "in" the world as they become more critically aware "of" the world. Fleckenstein argues that all social action behavior designed to increase human dignity, value, and quality of life depends on a person s repertoire of visual and rhetorical habits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809329557
• ISBN13: 9780809329557
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"