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Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only

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Description for Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: CBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.

One teacher's dispatches from the front lines of the culture wars.

In the early 1990s, Linda Brodkey ended up on the front page of the New York Times and in the columns of George Will and other conservative pundits. The furor was over the “Writing about Difference” syllabus she helped create at the University of Texas, an effort that came to be one more casualty in the debate over multiculturalism in the academy. Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only is made up of Brodkey’s dispatches from the front lines of the culture wars.

The essays in this book raise provocative questions about ... Read more

Comprising specific examples of student work in addition to Brodkey’s own essays, Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only works against this dynamic. Ranging from personal essay (“Writing on the Bias”) to hard-hitting polemic (“Writing Permitted in Designated Areas Only”) and touching on many of the major issues in the teaching of writing today, this volume explores alternatives to the standard methods for teaching composition. The result is a passionate plea for the loosing of writing to achieve its full power and potential; to unharness writing—and its teachers—from the institutional strictures that stifle both creativity and independent thought. Show Less

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816628070
SKU
V9780816628070
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About Linda Brodkey
Linda Brodkey is a prominent thinker on the teaching of writing. She is director of the Warren College Writing Program and associate professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California, San Diego.

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