The Managerial Unconscious in the History of Composition

The Managerial Unconscious in the History of Composition Studies (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)
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In this pointed appraisal of composition studies, Donna Strickland contends the rise of writing program administration is crucial to understanding the history of the field. Noting existing histories of composition studies that offer little to no exploration of administration, Strickland argues the field suffers from a â€œmanagerial unconsciousâ€ that ignores or denies the dependence of the teaching of writing on administrative structures.Â

The Managerial Unconscious in the History of Composition Studies is the first book to address the history of composition studies as a profession rather than focusing on its pedagogical theories and systems. Strickland questions why writing and the teaching of writing have been the major areas of scholarly inquiry in the field when specialists often work primarily as writing program administrators, not teachers.Â

Strickland traces the emergence of writing programs in the early twentieth century, the founding of two professional organizations by and for writing program administrators, and the managerial overtones of the â€œsocial turnâ€ of the field during the 1990s. She illustrates how these managerial imperatives not only have provided much of the impetus for the growth of composition studies over the past three decades but also have contributed to the stratified workplaces and managed writing practices the fieldâ€™s pedagogical research often decries.Â

The Managerial Unconscious in the History of Composition Studies makes the case that administrative work should not be separated from intellectual work, calling attention to the interplay between these two kinds of work in academia at large and to the pronounced hierarchies of contingent faculty and tenure-track administrators endemic to college writing programs. The result is a reasoned plea for an alternative understanding of the very mission of the field itself.
Country USA
Brand Southern Illinois University Press
Manufacturer Southern Illinois University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780809330263
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Southern Illinois University Press
Manufacturer	Southern Illinois University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780809330263
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Managerial Unconscious in the History of Composition Studies (Studies in Writing and Rhetoric)

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