Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-326) and index.
Contents
A textual tradition : ordinary writing as cultural pedagogy -- A world lettered by codes : commonplace powers -- The schooled commonplace : writing along new lines -- Home improvements : culture as pedagogy -- True biases: "A defective and naturally bad system" -- The class on gender -- Gender as discourse -- Learning to spell patriarchy : fathers and sons -- Coda -- Fundamentals of authorship : rewriting commonplace desires.
