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Hourigan, Maureen M. – 1994
Examining the intersection of culture and literacy education, this book explores the roles that class, race, ethnicity, and gender play in students' learning to negotiate the conventions of academic discourse. A foreword by Gary A. Olson is followed by an introductory chapter, in which it is claimed that recent literacy scholarship has tended to…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, Cultural Context, Feminism
