When Working Class Students "Do" the Academy: How We Negotiate with Alternative Literacies.

Marinara, Martha

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ERIC Number: EJ562373

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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When Working Class Students "Do" the Academy: How We Negotiate with Alternative Literacies.

Marinara, Martha

Journal of Basic Writing, v16 n2 p3-16 Fall 1997

Constructs narratives concerning working class students to highlight the difficulties of negotiating academic codes and the necessity for writing teachers to strive to provide the space for working class students to "speak differently." Finds the negotiation must flow in two directions: the academy cannot take over a text without being uncomfortably altered by it. (PA)

Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Basic Writing, College Students, Higher Education, Student College Relationship, Student Subcultures, Working Class, Writing Teachers

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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