Composition and the Rhetoric of Science Engaging the Dominant Discourse
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Southern Illinois University Press
2007
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Contexts and Gateways; 1. The Dominance of Scientific Discourse: Theoretical Contexts; 2. The State of Scientific Discourse in Rhetoric and Composition; 3. Scientific Discourse as a Cultural Studies Issue; 4. Scientific Discourse as a Literacy Issue; Part 2: Texts and Scenarios; 5. Popularizations of Science; 6. Scientific Discourse of Another Culture; 7. Classics; 8. You Are What Science Says You Are; Epilogue; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover
- Composition and the Rhetoric of Science: Engaging the Dominant Discourse calls for instructors of first-year writing courses to employ primary scientific discourse in their teaching and for rhetoricians of science to think about teaching scientific discourse as a literacy skill. Author Michael J. Zerbe argues that inclusion of scientific discourse is crucial because of this rhetoric's status as the dominant discourse in western culture. The volume draws on Lyotard, Žižek, Foucault, and Althusser to argue that while important theorists such as these