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Product Identifiers
PublisherNational Council of Teacher's of English
ISBN-100814103774
ISBN-139780814103777
eBay Product ID (ePID)102783575
Product Key Features
Number of Pages151 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBootstraps : from an American Academic of Color
SubjectLinguistics / Sociolinguistics, Study & Teaching, Rhetoric, Teaching Methods & Materials / Language Arts, Educators
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Education, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorVictor Villanueva Jr.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight0.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN93-031889
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal420/.71/173 B
SynopsisBootstraps is an unusual book: at one level it is autobiographical, detailing the life of an American of Puerto Rican extraction from his childhood in New York City to an academic post at a university. At another level, Villanueva ponders his experiences in light of the history of rhetoric, the English Only movement, current socio- and psycholinguistic theory, and the writings of Gramsci and Freire, among others., On one level this book is autobiographical, detailing the life of an American of Puerto Rican extraction from his childhood in New York City to an academic post at a university. At another level, Villanueva ponders his experiences in light of the history of rhetoric, the English Only movement, and current socio- and psycholinguistic theory.