Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2000

Department

English

Abstract

The derogation of the “traditional” in the discourse of academic professionalism in composition studies overlooks practices within tradition that may be counter or alternative to the hegemonic. Aspects of the Amherst College “tradition” of English 1–2 illustrate, in idealized form, alternative practices drawing from residual elements of dominant culture.

Original Publication Information

This article was originally published in College Composition and Communication, volume 51, number 3, in 2000.

ORCID

0000-0002-8412-5454

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