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Author Ruiz, Iris D., author

Title Reclaiming composition for Chicano/as and other ethnic minorities : a critical history and pedagogy / Iris D. Ruiz
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (ix, 227 pages)
Contents 1 Post Structuralism, Historical Theory and Critical Race Theory: A Pyramid for Critical Historical Analysis -- 2 Introduction to the Field of Composition: Politics from the Start -- 3 A History Untold: Composition's Connected Past to the Educational Reforms of the Reconstructive Era -- 4 Chicanos and African-Americans: In/Visibility in Composition -- 5 The Second Reconstruction: The Civil Rights Era and Composition's Response to the New "Egalitarian" University -- 6 Multiculturalism's Conflict: A Nation's Quest for Accommodation and Excellence in Education -- 7 Historiography in the Writing Classroom: A Case for Teaching Chicano/Chicana-Latino/Latina history -- 8 Guatemala as a Site for Critical Historiography -- 9 Conclusion
Summary This book examines the history of ethnic minorities--particularly Chicano/as and Latino/as--in the field of composition and rhetoric; the connections between composition and major US historical movements toward inclusiveness in education; the ways our histories of that inclusiveness have overlooked Chicano/as; and how this history can inform the teaching of composition and writing to Chicano/a and Latino/a students in the present day. Bridging the gap between Ethnic Studies, Critical History, and Composition Studies, Ruiz creates a new model of the practice of critical historiography and shows how that can be developed into a critical writing pedagogy for students who live in an increasingly multicultural, multilingual society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223) and index
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Subject Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
Rhetoric -- Political aspects
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137536730
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