Students of color (in particular, those who are first-generation Chicano/a as well as first-generation college students), form a discourse community with a tendency to rely on dominant color-blind ideology concerning freedom of choice and equal opportunity to explain their positions within the academy. In this article, the author analyzes the…

Suggests that nineteenth-century divisions of the university are no longer an adequate grid for intellectual activity, and that, in response, many intellectual disciplines appear more open to external discourses. Proposes substituting the metaphor of river or current for that of territory when discussing interdisciplinarity. (RS)

Drawing on students' literacy autobiographies, this article critiques the premise that academic discourse and working-class identity are not only static but also in complete opposition. The author argues for a more performative theory of class, a theory that would, she explains, recognize that academic discourse creates social class distinctions…

Explores the history of what is now called Writing across the Curriculum (WAC), using the analogy of the university as discourse community to place the WAC movement in historical perspective and to begin to assess its significance for advanced literacy. (MG)