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Assembling Composition

Assembling Composition

Paperback

Series: Studies in Writing and Rhetoric

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ISBN10: 0814101984
ISBN13: 9780814101988
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte
Published: Mar 16 2017
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

Drawing on historical studies as well as on current innovations of composing, Assembling Composition provides a new framework for understanding composing.

As Kathleen Blake Yancey, Stephen J. McElroy, and their contributors detail, assemblage theory explains disparate composing practices--from postcard production in the early twentieth century to database-informed composing in the twenty-first, from museum-inspired collecting to creative repetitions of authentic Native American practices. And as a key concept, assemblage has been field tested in several settings, including first-year composition, upper-level writing courses, and graduate courses. Assembling Composition speaks particularly to four dimensions of assemblage:

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