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Lenses on Composition Studies Series Editors Susan M. Hunter Lenses on Composition Studies may be the first book series intended specifically for an audience of advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students who are studying the discipline of Composition Studies. Few textbooks are written exclusively for these readers, and without such books, faculty assign to students collections or articles that were originally written for experts in the field and, consequently, assume knowledge of the field and an awareness of scholars and theories that these students don’t have. Lenses on C omposition Studies provides instructors a distinct alternative to using collections, one that is both appropriate and inviting for this less experienced but professionally-directed audience. Each book in the series will serve two purposes: to introduce the discipline through the lens of one particular kind of work or way of thinking that is unique to Composition Studies in order to explain and engage students in that kind of work or thinking. For example, by learning about the Composition specialist’s understanding of collaborative writing, peer response, administrative hierarchies, or active learning, students will not only come to understand the discipline but also the practice itself. Although each contribution to the series will provide practical information, it will also present to students the related theoretical underpinnings of this practice, contextualizing the practice in the discipline using terminology and historical explanations that beginning students in the field need and can understand. These textbooks are new work that has been written specifically for this seriesabout 200 pages long--affordable, readable, useful, and not ancillary to any other textbook. Some characteristics that all books in the series share and that make them distinctive include:
This genre of text is currently best illustrated by Collaboration in Composition Studies ( Wadsworth 2006). This book provides a lens through which students can view the field. It presents those aspects of the discipline that help us to understand collaborative writing as a way of composing that relies and builds on the social and dialogic nature of language. The text introduces the contemporary and early research in our discipline and related disciplines that provides the theoretical framework for understanding and doing collaborative writing. In addition, this study of collaborative writing is enriched by reports from the first-hand experience of collaborative writers, introducing students to some of the most important writers in our discipline and demonstrating the value of this kind of writing. Students learn about the field as they learn about the topic and complete the book with a practical sense of how to make collaborative writing work in their professional careers. As series editors, we believe that once invited into Composition Studies by means of books like this, books that are now to be collected in this series from Parlor Press, students will be better able to enact the field for themselves, for graduate student peers, and for future colleagues in English studies. Moreover, using these books, all students will carry away with them a truer picture of what Composition specialists do, how we think, and what we care about in our classrooms and our research. Submission and Contact Information Queries should be directed to: Sheryl I. Fontaine, California State University at Fullerton Susan M. Hunter, Clayton State University For complete submission guidelines, see http://www.parlorpress.com/submissions.html Your proposal should outline the rationale and projected audience for the book and its relation to other books in the field; include the book's table of contents or a chapter outline, the estimated length and the timetable for completion, and the introduction and a sample chapter. Please also send the c.v. of the author or editor. Parlor Press is an independent publisher of scholarly and trade titles in print and multimedia formats, including Acrobat eBook and Night Kitchen (TK3). For additional submission information or to find out about Parlor Press publications visit the website, http://www.parlorpress.com, write to Parlor Press, 816 Robinson St., West Lafayette, Indiana, 47906, or e-mail David Blakesley <editor@parlorpress.com>. 765.746.0175. |
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