Ecocomposition

Christian R. Weisser is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Hawaii (Hilo). Sidney I. Dobrin is Associate Professor of English and the Director of Writing Programs at the University of Florida. He is the author of Constructing Knowledges: The Politics of Theory-Building and Pedagogy in Composition, and the coeditor (with Lynn Worsham and Gary A. Olson) of The Kinneavy Papers: Theory and the Study of Discourse, and (with Gary A. Olson) Composition Theory for the Postmodern Classroom, all from SUNY Press.

"An intriguing intellectual ride, this is a book that enables one to actually do something tangible rather than theorize amongst other like-minded theorists. There is simply no other book like it." — Stuart C. Brown, coeditor of Green Culture: Environmental Rhetoric in Contemporary America

• AcknowledgmentsForeword Marilyn M. Cooper Breaking New Ground in Ecocomposition: An Introduction Christian R. Weisser and Sidney I. Dobrin Writing Takes PlaceSidney I. Dobrin Sustainable CompositionDerek Owens Ecology, Alienation. and Literacy: Constraints and Possibilities in EcocompositionM. Jimmie Killingsworth and John Krajicek The Politics of Place: Student Travelers and Pedagogical MapsJulie Drew The Ecology of GenreAnis Bawarshi Ecocomposition and the Greening of IdentityChristian R. Weisser Great Divides: Rhetorics of Literacy and OralityRandall Roorda The Wilderness Strikes Back: Decolonizing the Imperial Sign in the BorderlandsStephen G. Brown Education and Environmental Literacy: Reflections on Teaching Ecocomposition in Keene State College's Environmental HouseMark C. Long The Liberatory Positioning of Place in Ecocomposition: Reconsidering Paulo FreireArlene Plevin Ecofeminism and Ecocomposition: Pedagogies, Perspectives, and IntersectionsGreta Gaard Ecology and Composition Studies: A Feminist Perspective on Living RelationshipsColleen Connolly The Ecology of Writerly Voice: Authorship, Ethos, and PersonaChristopher J. Keller Service Learning and Ecocomposition: Developing Sustainable Practices through Inter- and ExtradisciplinarityAnnie Merrill Ingram Restoring Bioregions Through Applied CompositionPaul Lindholdt "Written In Its Own Season": Nature as Ground in the Postmodern WorldEdward Lotto Don't Forget to Argue: Problems, Possibilities, and EcocompositionDavid Thomas Sumner Writing Home: Composition, Campus Ecology, and Webbed EnvironmentsBradley John Monsma ContributorsIndex