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

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.

• | Author: Iris D. Ruiz
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jun 16, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 238 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Education
• | ISBN-10: 1137536721
• | ISBN-13: 9781137536723