College Composition and Communication, Vol. 51, No. 4, June 2000

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Porter, James E., et. al. “Institutional Critique: A Rhetorical Methodology for Change.” CCC 51.4 (2000): 610-642.

Abstract:

We offer institutional critique as an activist methodology for changing institutions. Since institutions are rhetorical entities, rhetoric can be deployed to change them. In its effort to counter oppressive institutional structures, the field of rhetoric and composition has focused its attention chiefly on the composition classroom, on the department of English, and on disciplinary forms of critique. Our focus shifts the scene of action and argument to professional writing and to public discourse, using spatial methods adapted from postmodern geography and critical theory.

Keywords:

ccc51.4 BraddockAward InstitutionalCritique Change Activism Spatial Action University Mapping PostmodernGeography Material Institution

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Blythe, Stuart. “Institutional Critique, Postmodern Mapping, and the Department of English.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 1998, Chicago, IL.

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Bacon, Nora. “Building a Swan’s Nest for Instruction in Rhetoric.” CCC 51.4 (2000): 589-609.

Abstract:

When a composition teacher incorporated community-based writing assignments into her course, she found that the curriculum did not support students’ transitions to nonacademic settings. Her success in transforming the curriculum suggests that the writing classroom can function not only as a site for “general writing skills instruction” but also for analysis of rhetorical variation.

Keywords:

ccc51.4 Students Writing Texts Community Curriculum NonAcademic Audience Course

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Gleason, Barbara. “Evaluating Writing Programs in Real Time: The Politics of Remediation.” CCC 51.4 (2000): 560-588.

Abstract:

A case study of the evaluation of a three-year pilot project in mainstreaming basic writers at City College of New York suggests that the social and political contexts of a project need to be taken into account in the earliest stages of evaluation. This project’s complex evaluation report was virtually ignored by college administrators.

Keywords:

ccc51.4 Students Writing Evaluation Courses Remedial BasicWriting Mainstreaming Research Politics

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Comfort, Juanita Rodgers. “Becoming a Writerly Self: College Writers Engaging Black Feminist Essays.” CCC 51.4 (2000): 540-559.

Abstract:

This article asserts that personal essays by black feminist writers such as June Jordan might be used to teach first-year and advanced student writers how to connect their personal and social identities in ways that will enhance the rhetorical impact of their writing while transcending mere “confession” or self-indulgence.

Keywords:

ccc51.4 JJordan AfricanAmerican Feminism Personal Writers Students Essay Women Essay Identity

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