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- ISSN: 0010-096X
- E-ISSN: 1939-9006
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Resistance Theory and Illegitimate Reproduction
- Source: College Composition & Communication, Volume 52, Issue 4, Jun 2001, p. 553 - 573
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- 01 Jun 2001
Abstract
In the literature of critical pedagogy, resistance theory analyzes, ranks, and judges the emancipatory value of writing behaviors, privileging nonreproductive and transformative consciousness over cultural reproduction. The ranking of consciousness and the central metaphor of “reproduction” too often are naïvely applied, suppressing the political, social, and pedagogical value of writing that develops from within contradictory consciousness.
© 2001 by the National Council of Teachers of English