Machine generated contents note: Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Cosmopolitanism and the Future of Writing Studies -- Chapter 2 The Arts of Dwelling Places -- Chapter 3 Linguistic Creativity in the Diaspora -- Chapter 4 Transliterate Creativity in the Literature of Globalization -- Chapter 5 Crossing Literacy Regimes -- Chapter 6 Academic Transliteracy -- Chapter 7 Language Relations in English Studies -- Chapter 8 Crossing Borders in Teacher Development -- Conclusion: Transliteracy as a Dialogical Imagination -- Notes -- References.
Summary:
"Despite the vast number of multilingual speakers in the United States and the pervasive influence of globalization, writing studies in this country is still inextricably linked to a nationalistic, monolingual English ideology. In Cosmopolitan English and Transliteracy, Xiaoye You addresses this issue by proposing that writing studies programs adopt a cosmopolitan perspective. Emphasizing local and global forms of citizenship and identification, You merges a humanistic vision with the rigor of social science, arguing that linguistic and cultural differences can be explored to recover human connections normally severed by geographical and semiotic borders. You examines several areas of writing affected by globalization. He then turns to the composition classroom, highlighting the challenges and possibilities of crossing cultural boundaries in academic discourse before introducing a pedagogy aimed at fostering American students' translingual and transcultural sensibilities. Included is a model for training writing teachers in the context of globalization, which aims to help instructors gain practical knowledge about the needs and resources of multilingual writers through communication technologies and cross-cultural partnerships. By introducing cosmopolitan perspectives into the composition classroom, You challenges traditional assumptions about language, identity, and literacy as they relate to writing studies. Innovative and provocative, Cosmopolitan English and Transliteracy charts a new way forward for writing programs, with a call to focus on global rather than national identity"-- Provided by publisher. "This book argues for a broad cosmopolitan perspective that emphasizes local as well as global forms of citizenship and identification and sees human connectedness as being deeply underpinned by various accents, styles, and uses of language in everyday practices"-- Provided by publisher.
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