negotiating alternative composition bibliography

books:

The Rhetorical Tradition: Readings from Classical Times to the Present

5 reviews
Patricia Bizzell, Bruce Herzberg

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000

Rhetorical theory
This book was tremendously helpful in establishing the history and current thought about rhetoric. The only complaint was that the feminist rhetoric section was grossly underrepresented. Excellent for ancient as well as modern studies.

ALT DIS: Alternative Discourses and the Academy
Christopher Schroeder, Helen Fox, ...

Heinemann, 2002

Patricia Bizzell has argued that teachers of composition, if they are going to prepare students for success in other classrooms and other contexts, cannot afford to ignore alternative forms of discourse that are appearing now in the academy.

Philosophy, Rhetoric, Literary Criticism: (Inter)views (Interviews)

Southern Illinois University Press, 1994

Gary A. Olson presents six in-depth interviews with internationally prominent scholars outside of the discipline and twelve response essays written by noted rhetoric and composition scholars on subjects related to language, rhetoric, writing, philosophy, feminism, and literary criticism. The interviews are with philosopher of language Donald Davidson, literary critic and critical legal studies scholar Stanley Fish, cultural studies and African ...

Rhetorical Agendas: Political, Ethical, Spiritual
Patricia Bizzell

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005

This edited collection offers a broad consideration of contemporary rhetorical scholarship, tied to political, ethical and spiritual themes. Originating from the 2004 conference of the Rhetoric Society of America, the contents of this volume reflects the conference themes of rhetorical agendas in current theory and research. The volume starts off with transcripts of the talks presented by the conference's featured speakers. The essays that ...

Negotiating Difference: Cultural Case Studies for Composition
Patricia Bizzell, Bruce Herzberg

Bedford/St. Martin's, 1995

A new kind of multicultural composition reader that focuses on contact zones ? historical moments when contending groups have negotiated across boundaries of race, class, gender, and ideology ? by offering 6 casebooks that explore conflicts in American history. Assignment sequences and research kits are included at the end of each unit.

The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing
Nedra Reynolds, Patricia Bizzell, ...

Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003

The Bedford Bibliography for Teachers of Writing (Composition Studies) (Sixth Edition)
Nedra Reynolds, Patricia Bizzell, ...

Bedford/St. Martin, 2004

For the most part, we have attempted to adhere to the same guidelines in the sixth edition that shaped the first: selecting materials that represent the theoretical and pedagogical concerns in composition studies today and those that will be useful to the working teacher of composition. We recognize, however, that the Bibliography has been used in graduate courses in composition and that there are now many teachers who are specialists in the ...

Academic Discourse and Critical Consciousness (Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture)
Patricia Bizzell

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993

Academic Discourse and Critical Consciousnes traces the attempts of one writing teacher to understand theoretically - and to respond pedagogically - to what happens when students from diverse backgrounds learn to use language in college. Critical of even her own previous work, Patricia Bizzell presents a picture of how she has grappled with major issues in composition studies over the past decade and offers suggestions for the development of ...