Lamos, Steve,

Interests and opportunities : race, racism, and university writing instruction in the post-civil rights era / Steve Lamos. - 1 online resource (229 pages). - Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture . - Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and index.

The development and evolution of high-risk writing instruction -- The late 1960s and early 1970s: Coming to terms with racial crisis -- The mid-1970s: literacy crisis meets color-blindness -- The late 1970s and early 1980s: Competence concerns in the age of Bakke -- The late 1980s and early 1990s: culture wars and the politics of identity -- The late 1990s to the present: the end of an era?

9780822977407 (e-book)


English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching--United States.
Racism--United States.


Electronic books.

PE1405.U6 / L355 2011eb

808/.0420711