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# The Way Literacy Lives: Rhetorical Dexterity and Basic Writing Instruction

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Challenges an autonomous  model of literacy instruction in favor of one that recognizes and builds on  students’ facility in navigating other rhetorical contexts.Working  from the premise that literacy is a social process rather than an autonomous  practice, The Way Literacy Lives offers a curricular response to the political, material, social, and  ideological constraints placed on literacy education. Shannon Carter argues  that fostering in students an awareness of the ways in which an autonomous  model deconstructs itself when applied to real-life literacy contexts empowers  them to work against this system in ways critical theorists advocate. She builds  upon a theoretical framework provided by new literacy studies, activity theory,  and critical literacies to construct a new model for basic writing instruction,  one that trains writers to effectively read, understand, manipulate, and  negotiate the cultural and linguistic codes of a new community of practice  based on a relatively accurate assessment of another, more familiar one.“This slim but powerful volume deserves the attention of  anyone who assigns essays, particularly to first-year college students. But it  also raises a variety of fundamental questions about teaching and learning in  theology and religion.” — Teaching  Theology and Religion“The Way Literacy Lives … presents a groundbreaking new perspective  to Basic Writing Studies and to the field of Rhetoric and Composition.” — Issues in Writing“…Carter  provides a powerful lens to refocus the way literacy is taught and learned … A  challenging but worthwhile book.” — CHOICE“This book  is a critical addition to research in literacy studies and basic writing.  Weaving together contemporary theory with rich personal experiences, Carter’s  text offers a fresh perspective that is sure to engage many teachers and  researchers.” — Laura Gray-Rosendale, author of Pop Perspectives:  Readings to Critique Contemporary Culture

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