Resistance Theory and Illegitimate Reproduction

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"...

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Published in:	College composition and communication Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 553 - 573
Main Author:	Welsh, Susan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana National Council of Teachers of English 01-06-2001
Subjects:	Births to Single Women Children Communities Consciousness Consciousness theory Critical Pedagogy Critical Theory Culture Eating Disorders Essays Ethnography Fathers Females Feminism Higher Education Labor Literary criticism Medical treatment Men Middle class Mothers Oppression Pedagogy Politics Pragmatics Resistance (Psychology) Self concept Social Influences Songs Teachers Therapy Women Writing (Composition)
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Summary:	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.
ISSN:	0010-096X 1939-9006
DOI:	10.2307/358697