Preface by Charles I. Schuster
Acknowledgments
1. Another Brick in the Wall
A Brief History of Representations
A History of Testimonials
2. Can't Get No Satisfaction
The Tone of Testimonials
The Historical Context
The End Result
3. In Her Eyes You See Nothing
The Concept of Deviance
The Metaphor of Illness
The Introduction of the Beginner
4. Unforgettable
A Desire to Go Native
The Creation of Orientalized Students
The Construction of the Beast
A Laugh at the Natives
5. Angels in the Architecture
The Changing Fortunes of Testimonials
The Uses of Power in Discourse
Theory, Practice, and Teacher-Research
The Feminization of Discourse
A Woman Writing
The Rhetoric of Recovery
A Topoi for a Topoi
Notes
Bibliography
Index