Reclaiming Composition for Chicano/as and Other Ethnic Minorities: A Critical History and Pedagogy

Ruiz, Iris D.

Winner of Honorable Mention for the 2018 Conference on College Composition and Communication Outstanding Book Award

This book examines the history of ethnic minorities particularly Chicano/as and Latino/as--in the field of composition and rhetoric; the connections between composition and major US historical movements toward inclusiveness in education; the ways our histories of that inclusiveness have overlooked Chicano/as; and how this history can inform the teaching of composition and writing to Chicano/a and Latino/a students in the present day. Bridging the gap between Ethnic Studies, Critical History, and Composition Studies, Ruiz creates a new model of the practice of critical historiography and shows how that can be developed into a critical writing pedagogy for students who live in an increasingly multicultural, multilingual society.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-06-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137536723

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-53673-0

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 227