An Essay on the Work of Composition: Composing English against the Order of Fast Capitalism

• Published in: College composition and communication Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 16 - 50
• Main Author: Lu, Min-Zhan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Urbana National Council of Teachers of English 01.09.2004
• Subjects: Beliefs; British culture; Capitalism; Composition; English; English (Second Language); English language; Essays; Fear; Females; Gee, James; Global Approach; Kachru, Braj B; Language; Language Usage; Lifeworld; Linguistics; Middle Class; Monolingualism; Morrison, Toni (1931-2019); Nonnative languages; Reading Materials; Rhetoric; Self; Selfhood; Social classes; Special Needs Students; Toilets; Writers; Writing (Composition); Written composition

This is an attempt to define what being a responsible and responsive user of English might mean in a world ordered by global capital, a world where all forms of intra- and international exchanges in all areas of life are increasingly under pressure to involve English. Turning to recent work in lingu...