Rhetoric and Writing on the US-Mexico Border and Beyond
Barry Thatcher(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2021
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-138-64545-5 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing on intercultural rhetoric and composition, second-language/bilingualism studies, and cultural and border studies, this book proposes a US-Mexico border theory and methodology of multilingual writing. Assessing how US, Mexican, and border cultures encourage distinct rhetorical patterns and expectations in writing classrooms, this book develops a theory of multilingual border rhetoric based on a framework of six rhetorical capabilities and explores how students develop these capabilities and function across many rhetorical contexts. Advancing research, theory, and practice for the teaching of writing on both sides of the US-Mexico border, this volume at the same time offers institutional and programmatic suggestions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-138-64545-5 (9781138645455)
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Person
Barry Thatcher is Department Head and Professor of English, New Mexico State University, USA.
Content
1. Introduction to border inquiry and g aps in current rhetorical and linguistic theory 2. Importance of boundaries, etic and emic forms of writing, and contingent universalities for robust theories of border rhetoric and culture 3. Spanish and English and rhetoric and writing in Mexico, U.S., and the border 4. Human Capability Approach-Agency, functionings, capabilities, and interpersonal well-being on the border 5. Six border writing capabilities and needed developments in writing curriculum and pedagogy 6. Capability sets of professionals along the U.S-Mexico border 7. Capability sets of writers at U.S. border universities 8. Capability sets of Spanish-dominant writers at three non-border U.S. universities 9. Capability sets of undergraduate writers at three Mexican universities 10. Developing U.S. academic writing courses for Spanish-English multilingual students 11. Developing English writing courses in Latin America and elsewhere for global human capability and development 12. Institutional and program development on U.S. universities working with Spanish-English multilinguals