Crossing Borderlands

by Lunsford, Andrea A.; Ouzgane, Lahoucine

• ISBN13: 9780822958376
• ISBN10: 0822958376
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

Summary

On the surface, postcolonial studies and composition studies appear to have little in common. However, they share a strikingly similar goal: to provide power to the words and actions of those who have been marginalized or oppressed. Postcolonial studies accomplishes this goal by opening a space for the voices of "others" in traditional views of history and literature. Composition studies strives to empower students by providing equal access to higher education and validation for their writing.For two fields that have so much in common, very little dialogue exists between them.Crossing Borderlandsattempts to establish such an exchange in the hopes of creating a productive "borderland" where they can work together to realize common goals.

Table of Contents

Composition and Postcolonial Studies: An Introduction	1	(9)
Andrea A. Lunsford
Lahoucine Ouzgane
Composing Postcolonial Studies	9	(24)
Min-Zhan Lu
Toward a Mestiza Rhetoric: Gloria Anzaldua on Composition and Postcoloniality	33	(34)
Andrea A. Lunsford
Terms of Engagement: Postcolonialism, Transnationalism, and Composition Studies	67	(17)
Deepika Bahri
Encountering the Other: Postcolonial Theory and Composition Scholarship	84	(11)
Gary A. Olson
Pratt and Pratfalls: Revisioning Contact Zones	95	(15)
R. Mark Hall
Mary Rosner
Beside Ourselves: Rhetoric and Representation in Postcolonial Feminist Writing	110	(19)
Susan C. Jarratt
Postcolonial Transformations in Canadian Inuit Testimonio	129	(14)
Martin Behr
(Im)migrant Crossings	143	(14)
Aneil Rallin
Resisting Writing: Reflections on the Postcolonial Factor in the Writing Class	157	(14)
David Dzaka
Arts of the U.S.--Mexico Contact Zone	171	(28)
Jaime Armin Mejia
Hybridity: A Lens for Understanding Mestizo/a Writers	199	(19)
Louise Rodriguez Connal
The Politics of Location: Using Flare-Ups to Spark ``Reflexive Dialogue'' in the Ever-Changing Classroom Text	218	(20)
Pamela Gay
The New Literacy/Orality Debates: Ebonics and the Redefinition of Literacy in Multicultural Settings	238	(17)
C. Jan Swearingen
Notes	255	(8)
Bibliography	263	(16)
Contributors	279	(2)
Index	281