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Peer reviewedCushman, Ellen – Research in the Teaching of English, 1999
Uses activist ethnographic field work to explore institutional language skills used by inner-city residents as they negotiated social services institutions. Shows residents' critical awareness and political acumen as they complied with and resisted the structuring ideology of institutional agents. Raises questions about the methods of key critical…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Disadvantaged, Ethnography, Higher Education
