Writing at the Edge: Narrative and Writing Process Theory: v. 248 (Counterpoints Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education)

Park, Jeff

ISBN 10: 0820467855 / ISBN 13: 9780820467856

Published by Peter Lang Publishing Inc, New York, 2005

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A very good copy of the softcover edition. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding is bright and fresh in appearance, with no creasing to the spine. A sharp copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing at the Edge: Narrative and Writing Process Theory: v. 248 (Counterpoints Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education)
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820467855
• ISBN 13: 9780820467856
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

In Writing at the Edge, Jeff Park invites the reader to see personal writing as the metaphorical space where individuals negotiate meaning with others and the world. Drawing upon writing process theory, curriculum theory, narrative theory, and many years of practice, this book explores writing in relation to the «self», but dares to include the multiplicities and contradictions of social and cultural constructions of gender, power, and politics. Park uses the metaphor of the «riparian zone» to reconsider the value of writing as a site of negotiation of self, culture, and society. This book is the best of curriculum theory and narrative inquiry, as well as a stunning invitation to those working in language arts, writing, and teacher education to reconsider personal writing as a place of great diversity, beauty, and paradox.

About the Author

The Author: Jeff Park is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, and he teaches courses on writing, literacy, and teacher education. He has taught for over twenty-five years in secondary and post-secondary education in the areas of English language arts, creative writing, and drama. His current research interests include composition and writing theory, creativity and mavericity, alternate forms of literacy, gender issues in pedagogy and praxis, as well as arts-based and narrative inquiry research methodologies.