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1 online resource (xvi, 262 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
" ... a diverse collection of essays that consider literacy, rhetoric, and pedagogy in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The essays move beyond the typical arguments for preserving, abandoning, or modernizing by analyzing how rural communities sustain themselves through literate action. The contributors explore the rhetorics of water disputes in the western United States, the histories and influences of religious rhetorics in Mexico, agricultural and rural literacy curricula, the literacies of organizations such as 4-H and Academia de la Nueva Raza, and neoliberal rhetorics. Central to these examinations are the rural populations themselves, which include indigenous peoples in the rural United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as those of European or other backgrounds. The strength of the anthology lies in its multiple perspectives, various research sites, and the range of methodologies employed, including rhetorical analyses of economies and environments, media, and public spaces; classroom-based research; historical analysis and archival work; and qualitative research. The researchers engage the duality between the practices of everyday life in rural communities and the practices of reflecting on and making meaning. Reclaiming the Rural reflects the continually changing, nuanced, context-dependent realities of rural life while acknowledging the complex histories, power struggles, and governmental actions that have affected and continue to affect the lives of rural citizens. This thought-provoking collection demonstrates the value in reclaiming the rural for scholarly and pedagogical analysis."--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
A river runs by it : the performance of rural civic ethos in the Wind River water disputes / Marcia Kmetz -- Toward a critical agricultural legacy / Cori Brewster -- "Get more from your life on the land" : negotiating rhetorics of progress and tradition in a neoliberal environment / Cynthia Ryan -- Rural literacies, postindustrial countrysides : Resolana, Entre seco y verde, and the shadow of the atomic age / Damián Baca -- Women's words, women's work : rural literacy and labor / Jane Greer -- Latent abilities : the early grange as a mixed-gender site of rhetorical education / Carolyn Ostrander -- "I pledge my head to clearer thinking" : the hybrid literacy of 4-H record books / I. Moriah McCracken -- "They make a lot of sacrifices" : religious rhetorics in the formation of the Mexican rural education system / Susan V. Meyers -- Voices of young citizens : rural citizenship, schools, and public policy / Robert Brooke -- The Arkansas Delta oral history project : understanding poverty through literacy outreach / Christian Z. Goering [and others] -- For all students in this place / Valerie Mulholland -- Living with literacy's contradictions : Appalachian students in a first-year writing course / Sara Webb-Sunderhaus -- Sustaining a rural Pennsylvania community : negotiating rural literacies and sustainability / Thomas Butler and Jacqueline Edmondson. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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United States. |
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Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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Academic writing. |
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Rural population -- Education -- United States.
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Rural population. |
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Education. |
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Country life -- United States.
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Country life. |
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Electronic books.
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Donehower, Kim.
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Hogg, Charlotte, 1970-
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Schell, Eileen E.
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Print version: Reclaiming the rural. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012 9780809330652 (DLC) 2011014518 (OCoLC)711989047 |
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9780809330669 (electronic book) |
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0809330660 (electronic book) |
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9780809330652 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0809330652 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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