Assuming the positions
Subtitle: cultural pedagogy and the politics of commonplace writing
By: Susan Miller.
Series: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching -- United States.; Report writing -- Study and teaching -- United States.; Authorship -- Political aspects -- United States.; Authorship -- Social aspects -- United States.; Language and culture -- United States.; Books and reading -- United States.; Authorship -- Sex differences.; Commonplace-books -- History.; Critical pedagogy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: A textual tradition : ordinary writing as cultural pedagogy; title: A world lettered by codes : commonplace powers; title: The schooled commonplace : writing along new lines; title: Home improvements : culture as pedagogy; title: True biases: "A defective and naturally bad system"; title: The class on gender; title: Gender as discourse; title: Learning to spell patriarchy : fathers and sons; title: Coda; title: Fundamentals of authorship : rewriting commonplace desires.