Reclaiming Composition for Chicano/as and Other Ethnic Minorities

A Critical History and Pedagogy
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-53672-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4149 g

Winner of Honorable Mention for the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication Outstanding Book Award

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruiz, Iris D.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

Iris D. Ruiz is Lecturer at the University of California, Merced, USA. She is also the Co-Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication Latino/a Caucus.