Constructing Knowledges : The Politics of Theory-Building and Pedagogy in Composition.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Foreword by Patricia Bizzell -- 1. Composition and the Politics of Theory Building -- What is Theory? -- Big Ts and Little ts -- Anti-Foundationalism and Theory Fear -- Anti-Theory from Without -- Anti-Intellectualism and the Battle Within -- Theory, Knowledge Making, and Composition -- 2. Postmodernist Thought and the Teaching of Writing -- Toward Poststructuralist, Postmodernist Thought -- Foucault's Archaeology -- Contending with Poststructuralism in Composition -- Applying Foucault -- Finding Balance Between Theory and Praxis in Composition -- Postmodernism and Dialogic Pedagogy -- Perceiving Theory in Composition -- 3. Postprocess Theory and the Pedagogical Imperative -- New Pragmatism and Contingencies of Language -- Alternative Tools and Triangulation -- Post-Process Theory -- Postprocess and the Composition Classroom -- Postprocess Composition and Anti-Foundational Fear -- 4. Feminist Theory and Its Interaction with Composition Pedagogy -- Validating Feminist Theory -- Disrupting Composition -- Neutralizing Theory -- Writing (with) Feminisms -- Teaching Conflict -- Feminism and the "Identity" of Composition -- Feminist (Academic) Discourse -- 5. Ideology, Literacy, and Radical Pedagogy in Composition Studies -- Ideology -- False Alarm(?) -- Literacy Debates -- Cultural Literacy -- Literacy and Liberatory Learning -- Composition and Radical Pedagogy -- Getting it Right(?) -- 6. Continuing the Theory Debates -- Where are we Going? -- Theory, Theory, Theory -- Final Thoughts -- Afterword by Gary A. Olson -- Notes -- 2. Postmodernist Thought and the Teaching of Writing -- 3. Postprocess Theory and the Pedagogical Imperative -- 4. Feminist Theory and Its Interaction with Composition Pedagogy -- 5. Ideology, Literacy, and Radical Pedagogy in Composition Studies -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E.

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