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Bibliographic information
| Title | Way Literacy Lives, The: Rhetorical Dexterity and Basic Writing Instruction |
| Author | Shannon Carter | | Publisher | SUNY Press |
| Publication Date | 3/27/08 |
| Subject | Composition and Rhetoric Studies, English Education, Higher Education, Literacy Studies |
| Pages | 208 |
Challenges an autonomous model of literacy instruction in favor of one that recognizes and builds on students' facility in navigating other rhetorical contexts.
Working from the premise that literacy is a social process rather than an autonomous practice, The Way Literacy Lives offers a curricular response to the political, material, social, and ideological constraints placed on literacy education. Shannon Carter argues that fostering in students an awareness of the ways in which an autonomous model deconstructs itself when applied to real-life literacy contexts empowers them to work against this system in ways critical theorists advocate. She builds upon a theoretical framework provided by new literacy studies, activity theory, and critical literacies to construct a new model for basic writing instruction, one that trains writers to effectively read, understand, manipulate, and negotiate the cultural and linguistic codes of a new community of practice based on a relatively accurate assessment of another, more familiar one.
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Shannon Carter ---
Shannon Carter is Associate Professor of English at Texas A&M University at Commerce.
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"This book is a critical addition to research in literacy studies and basic writing. Weaving together contemporary theory with rich personal experiences, Carter's text offers a fresh perspective that is sure to engage many teachers and researchers." - Laura Gray-Rosendale, author of Pop Perspectives: Readings to Critique Contemporary Culture
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