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9780415973212

Why We Write: The Politics and Practice of Writing for Social Change

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415973212

  • ISBN10:

    041597321X

  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2005-11-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Why We Writeprovides a forum for scholars, activists, and novelists to reflect on the ways in which they use their writing and academic work to create social change. This volume uncovers the political agendas, social missions, and personal and professional experiences that compel writers to bring their stories to the page.Why We Writeexamines the dual commitment of writing articles and books that are committed to high scholarly standards as well as social justice. These essays will be of great interest to college and graduate students who currently lack a model of social justice scholarship.

Table of Contents

Introduction: When and Why We Enter 1(10)
JIM DOWNS
Section I Why I Write: Personal Reflections
Chapter 1 Why I Write
11(6)
JOHN D'EMILIO
Chapter 2 Why I Write
17(10)
CATHERINE CLINTON
Chapter 3 Why I Write
27(12)
TIMOTHY PATRICK MCCARTHY
Chapter 4 Why I Write
39(10)
JENNIFER MORGAN
Section II The Process of Writing
Chapter 5 Disoriented in the Orient: A U.S. Historian Goes Transnational
49(12)
JUNG H. PAK
Chapter 6 Narratives of Sexual Conquest: A Historical Perspective on Date Rape
61(8)
JENNIFER FRONC
Chapter 7 Her Heart, My Hands: Writing an Intimate Life
69(14)
CAITLIN LOVE CROWELL
Chapter 8 Writing for History: Journalism, History, and the Revival of Narrative
83(12)
JILL LEPORE
Chapter 9 "We Should Grow Too Fond of It": Why We Love the Civil War
95(16)
DREW GILPIN FAUST
Section III The Politics of Writing
Chapter 10 Our Silences Will Hurt Us: Journalistic Writing in a Women's Prison
111(14)
ELEANOR M. NOVEK AND REBECCA SANFORD
Chapter 11 To Keep My Body Clean, To Breathe, To Give My Mind Rest
125(14)
SASHA KAMINI PARMASAD
Chapter 12 Diary of a Mad Law Student
139(8)
JODI BROMBERG
Chapter 13 A Drawbridge to the Ivory Tower: Brokering the Politics of Environmental Studies
147(12)
DANIEL J. SHERMAN
Chapter 14 Why I Don't Write
159(12)
ERME C. MAULA
Notes 171(8)
Contributors 179(4)
Index 183

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