Description: Explores the cultures, ideologies, traditions, and the material and political conditions that influence the writing and publishing of textbooks.
Brief description: Xin Liu Gale is Professor in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas, Little Rock.
Review Quotes:
"(Re)Visioning Composition Textbooks intelligently addresses a significant issue in the profession. From the time of Adam and Eve before the fall until recently, the profession ignored the problematics of textbooks. Now we are beginning to take the theory, effectiveness, economics, and politics of textbooks seriously." -- Ross Winterowd, Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California