Rural Literacies / Edition 2

by Kim Donehower, Charlotte Hogg, Eileen E Schell, Robert Brooke

Overview

Rural Literacies identifies the problems inherent in trying to understand rural literacy, addresses the lack of substantive research on literacy in rural areas, and reviews traditional misrepresentations of rural literacy.

 
This innovative volume frames debates over literacy in relation to larger social, political, and economic forces, such as the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on rural schools and the effects of out-migration, globalization, and the loss of small family farms on rural communities.   

 
Drawing upon traditional literacy and composition research and employing theory from education and sociology, the text engages compositionists in broader conversations regarding rural literacies. The authors share strategies that will help compositionists participate in pedagogies that are rooted in a richer understanding of rural literacies and work toward sustainability for all communities in a globalized age.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780809327492
Publisher:	Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date:	06/28/2007
Series:	Studies in Writing and Rhetoric Series
Edition description:	1st Edition
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Kim Donehower is an assistant professor of English and the director of the Red River Valley writing project at the University of North Dakota.
 
Charlotte Hogg is an assistant professor of English at Texas Christian University.
 
Eileen E. Schell is an associate professor of writing and rhetoric and the director of the composition and cultural rhetoric doctoral program at Syracuse University.

Table of Contents

Preface     xi
Acknowledgments     xv
Constructing Rural Literacies: Moving Beyond the Rhetorics of Lack, Lag, and the Rosy Past   Kim Donehower   Charlotte Hogg   Eileen E. Schell     1
Rhetorics and Realities: The History and Effects of Stereotypes about Rural Literacies   Kim Donehower     37
The Rhetorics of the Farm Crisis: Toward Alternative Agrarian Literacies in a Globalized World   Eileen E. Schell     77
Beyond Agrarianism: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Place   Charlotte Hogg     120
Toward a Sustainable Citizenship and Pedagogy   Kim Donehower   Charlotte Hogg   Eileen E. Schell     155
Selected Bibliography on Rural Issues and Rural Literacies     197
Notes     203
Works Cited     213
Index     227

Editorial Reviews

 “With its examination of the literacy practices of ordinary women and men in rural places, this book dispels the mischaracterization of rural literacy as lagging behind that of urban centers. Rural Literacies demonstrates that all educators concerned with environmental sustainability and economic justice have much to learn from the struggles and strategies of rural and small-town dwellers in the contemporary United States.”—Nancy Welch, University of Vermont
 
 

“Rural Literacies is an important piece of scholarship that challenges compositionists to think more critically about how rural America defines and is defined by our students.”—Bruce Ballenger, Boise State University

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