In Class Politics, Stephen Parks examines a chapter in the history of composition studies with important implications for English teachers today. Parks examines the historical context that gave birth to "The Students' Right to Their Own Language," a 1974 statement on language used by CCCC and NCTE, and traces its trajectory through the conservatism of the 1980s and 1990s. Readers interested in current debates on Ebonics and bilingual education will find in Class Politics a valuable object lesson.
Refiguring English Studies series. 350 pp. 2000. College. ISBN 0-8141-0678-1.
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