The Rhetoric of Diversity and the Traditions of American Literary Study: Critical Multiculturalism in English

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This book begins with an historical overview of the development of the concept of multiculturalism as it has been implemented in the American university. The book defines American multiculturalism through a focus on the ways theories and practices of historical, non-critical, multiculturalism have been used in the discourse of academic English departments. The author maps the problematic relationship between radical theory and institutional practices, which impedes the development of a critical multiculturalism that engages both literary theory and pedagogy. This critical multicultural theory and practice work to reconsider the traditional value of difference. _

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Antonette convincingly makes the case that a student of critical multicultural pedagogy is less likely to resist difference or to respond to differences perceived outside of himself or herself in a negative manner. This book is recommended for both teachers of English and administrators in colleges and universities.-Mutlicultural Review
"Antonette convincingly makes the case that a student of critical multicultural pedagogy is less likely to resist difference or to respond to differences perceived outside of himself or herself in a negative manner. This book is recommended for both teachers of English and administrators in colleges and universities."-Mutlicultural Review

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LESLIEE ANTONETTE is Assistant Professor of English, East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania./e