{"product_id":"immigrant-scholars-in-rhetoric-composition-and-communication-memoirs-of-a-first-generation-paperback","title":"Immigrant Scholars in Rhetoric, Composition, and Communication: Memoirs of a First Generation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLetizia Guglielmo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSergio C. Figueiredo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditors Letizia Guglielmo and Sergio C. Figueiredo and their contributors share the experiences of first-generation immigrant scholars in rhetoric, composition, and communication and how those experiences shape individual academic identity and, in turn, the teaching of writing and rhetoric.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith stories of migrants, refugees, and immigrants constantly in the news, this collection of personal narratives from first-generation immigrant scholars in rhetoric, composition, and communication is a welcome antidote to the polemics about who deserves to live in the United States and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs literacy scholar Kate Vieira states in the foreword, this book \"tells better, more fully human, more intellectually rigorous stories.\" Sharing their experiences and how those experiences shape both individual academic identity and the teaching of writing and rhetoric, Letizia Guglielmo and Sergio C. Figueiredo and their contributors use the personal as a starting point for advancing collective and institutional change through active theories of social justice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs they extend current and ongoing conversations within the field, contributors consider: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow these experiences shape their individual literacies and understanding of literacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow their literacy experiences lie at the intersections of gender, race, class, and public policy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow these experiences often provide the motivation to pursue an academic career in rhetoric, composition, and communication.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to exploring how literacy is always complex, situational, and influenced by multiple and diverse identities, individual essays narrate the ways in which teacher-scholars negotiate multiple identities and liminal spaces while often navigating insider-outsider status as students, teachers, and professionals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 195\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6 x 8.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47473488330930,"sku":"9780814117392","price":53.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/792360dd22682a0ee41f85392b883304.webp?v=1779128640","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/immigrant-scholars-in-rhetoric-composition-and-communication-memoirs-of-a-first-generation-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}