The dissertation & the discipline : reinventing composition studies /
Imprint: | Portsmouth, NH : Boynton/Cook, Heinemann, c2002. |
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Description: | ix, 163 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | CrossCurrents CrossCurrents (Portsmouth, N.H.) |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4825875 |
Summary: | Writing a dissertation can be joyful and reaffirming, but it can also feel like wandering into a labyrinth where dimly lit pathways twist and turn toward disaster. What is a dissertation supposed to look like? What is a dissertation supposed to do? Who is supposed to-or allowed to-decide? The Dissertation & the Discipline brings together both dissertation writers and advisors to grapple with these questions and formulate answers. Each chapter highlights the intersection of power and politics in this high-stakes rhetorical scene while exploring and describing a range of productive strategies. Critiquing standard narratives and traditional assumptions, The Dissertation & the Discipline offers a radical critique of dissertation writing and advising-and challenges us to consider how these practices can be deployed to expand our understanding of the very nature of Composition Studies. |
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Physical Description: | ix, 163 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 0867095202 (pbk. : alk. paper) |