Composition and Rhetoric Studies
City of Rhetoric
Examines the relationship of civic discourse to built environments through a case study of the Cabrini Green urban revitalization project in Chicago.
Ecosee
Examines the rhetorical role of images in communicating environmental ideas.
Girls, Feminism, and Grassroots Literacies
Case study of the life of a feminist organization in a changing political and funding climate.
Death in the Classroom
Shows how death education can be brought from the healing professions to the literature classroom.
The Way Literacy Lives
Challenges an autonomous model of literacy instruction in favor of one that recognizes and builds on students’ facility in navigating other rhetorical contexts.
How the Gene Got Its Groove
Traces the rhetorical work of the gene in scientific and nonscientific discourse throughout the twentieth century.
Alterity and Narrative
Intertwines identity and culture to demonstrate how identity is negotiated over a given history.
Participation and Power
Takes a firsthand look at a case of public participation in environmental policy.
Teaching Writing with Latino/a Students
Engages the complexities of teaching Latino/a students at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
Critical Power Tools
The first sourcebook for rethinking technical communication theory, practice, pedagogy, and research through a cultural studies lens.
Sins against Science
Recounts the fake news stories, written from 1830 to 1880, about scientific and technological discoveries, and the effect these hoaxes had on readers and their trust in science.
Plagiarism
An in-depth look at the history of plagiarism in light of today’s Web-based plagiarism detection services.
Dying to Teach
Affirms the power of writing to memorialize loss and work through grief.
Defying the Odds
Examines why some working-class students pursue higher literacy while others don’t.
The Function of Theory in Composition Studies
Offers an extended critique of key assumptions in composition theory and a new paradigm for thinking about writing in an increasingly globalized and textualized world.
Postmodern Sophistry
An intensive examination of the theoretical writings of cultural and literary critic Stanley Fish.
The Dao of Rhetoric
Examines the ways Daoist (Taoist) thought may contribute to an understanding of human communication.
Trauma and the Teaching of Writing
Analyzing their own responses to national traumas, writing teachers question both the purposes and pedagogies of teaching writing.
Women and Children First
A critique of public policy rhetoric from multiple feminist perspectives.
Calling Cards
Explores personal and professional issues in the study of race, gender, and culture.
Writing Environments
Including interviews with several of America's leading environmental writers, this volume addresses the intersections between writing and nature.
The Viability of the Rhetorical Tradition
Interrogates the story of rhetoric promoted in standard historical accounts and reconsiders the relationship between rhetorical theory, practice, and pedagogy.
Radical Relevance
Exemplifies the struggles of scholars to work toward a more shared agenda for social change.
Radical Feminism, Writing, and Critical Agency
Links radical feminist writings of the 1960s and 1970s to contemporary online women's networks.
The Rebirth of Dialogue
Offers a fundamental rethinking of the rhetorical tradition as dialogue.