Basic Writing as a Political Act Public Conversations About Writing and Literacies by Richard Coe,

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This book begins by analyzing definitions of basic writing and basic writers in four key venues—basic writing research, mainstream media, course syllabi, and interviews with students enrolled in basic writing classes. They argue that much of the work in basic writing (research and teaching materials alike) portray classroom-based literacy practices as devoid of social context. Students' existing literacy practices are separated from the cultures in which they were cultivated and separated from the academic literacy practices used in school. Those academic skills are similarly portrayed as distinct from the academic context where they will be sued. This characterization of literacy is reinforced by portrayals of basic writing and basic writers in mainstream media, and reinforces notions of writing and reading in school that students bring with them to their basic writing classes. Year: 2002 Pages: 128