The Emergence of a New Rhetoric Since the 1960s: A History of the Linguistic Reformation of American Culture - Hardcover

Borkowski, David

9780773451308: The Emergence of a New Rhetoric Since the 1960s: A History of the Linguistic Reformation of American Culture

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ISBN 10: 0773451307 ISBN 13: 9780773451308

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd, 2008

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Out of the various reform movements of the 1960s, says Borkowski (English, William Paterson U., New Jersey), expressivism emerged, and writing instruction in the US is the better for it. In particular, he believes that the US is a more just and open society than before the 1960s, and shows how writing teachers now have a much more diverse, democratic, and nuanced tool kit to carry with them to work. Annotation �2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Review

"I expect this book to be praised and attacked vigorously because of what is at stake in this discourse. I weigh in now with my praise and look forward to the contentions that will follow." - Professor Ira Shor City University of New York Graduate Center "Borkowski is doing some of the much neglected historical work needed in the field.... While he acknowledges the critics who claim that expressivism is not part of the counter-culture and rather sits comfortably within it, [the author] raises issues of co-optation and is able to conclude that expressivism has left an important imprint on composition studies." - William H. Thelin, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English Director English Composition Program the University of Akron"

About the Author

Dr. Borkowski is Assistant Professor of English at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. He completed his Ph.D. at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

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