Radical Writing Center Praxis: A Paradigm for Ethical Political Engagement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781607328438)

In Radical Writing Center Praxis Laura Greenfield calls for a paradigm change in writing centers, imagining a field whose very reason for being is to facilitate justice and peace. The book calls on readers to more critically examine power and agency in writing centers and to imagine new possibilities for the field's theories and practices.

Large, intersecting systems of oppression manifest in the everyday practices of institutions, classrooms, and writing centers. Local practices in turn influence the surrounding world. Radical Writing Center Praxis therefore challenges the writing center field to resist assumptions of political neutrality and instead to redefine itself in terms of more explicit ethical commitments. In this paradigm it is clear that to engage in anti-oppression work is not merely a special interest but rather a vital interest to all.

Introducing the concepts and vocabulary of radical politics, Radical Writing Center Praxis examines the tensions between the field's professed beliefs and everyday practices and offers a process by which the writing center discipline as a whole might rebuild itself anew. It will be invaluable to writing center directors, tutors, scholars, and students as well as to administrators and compositionists.


Author: Laura Greenfield
ISBN-10: 1607328437
ISBN-13: 9781607328438
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2019
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2019