Politics of Language: Privilege vs. Access II

Dear All,

Here is our preparation for next week, given that we only just started our discussions of language as a site of resistance, privilege, and access where writing studies are concerned:

Here is how we'll divvy up the reading for the week:

• Everyone reads: Stuckey-French "An Essay on the Context of Essays" (CL) and Anzaldua's "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" (CL)
• Sam, Idaly, Daniel, Deanna read: Hartwell "Grammar, Grammar, and the Teaching of Grammars" (Cross-Talk pp. 209-228) [Note: as you read through Hartwell's "five grammars," realize that his entire essay is sardonic.]  
• Emma, Zahra, Andy, Robert, Maddie read: Lu "Professing Multiculturalism" (Cross-Talk pp. 469-482)

I'll have some discussion questions to help us actually map certain texts onto other texts so that we can find points of connection fairly early on. Remember that you'll be bringing 2 hard copies of the first part of TiRP 4 to class on Wednesday, and I'm building in some time for a few of you to share the results of your "equity" analysis.

Have a great week until then, and be in conversation with me about potential questions, dilemmas, issues, or unresolved problems that you'd like to consider as starting point for the final critical essay.

-Prof. Graban