Navigating Hegemonies and Critically Examining “The Melting Pot” in the Basic Writing Classroom

Tonya M. Scott

doi:10.58680/tetyc20044579

ISSN: 0098-6291
E-ISSN: 1943-2356

Navigating Hegemonies and Critically Examining “The Melting Pot” in the Basic Writing Classroom
Author(s): Tonya M. Scott
Source: Teaching English in the Two-Year College, Volume 32, Issue 2, May 1996, p. 189 - 195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58680/tetyc20044579
- Published online: 01 Dec 2004

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Using diverse texts to critically examine America’s melting pot ideal supports basic writing students’ successful matriculation through rhetorically and socially challenging locations.

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