Constructing Knowledges

Constructing KnowledgesExamines the relationship between theoretical and practical knowledge, within the academy in general and composition studies in particular. In this thought provoking and gracefully written new book, Sidney Dobrin examines current debates over the relative value of theoretical and practical knowledges, both in the academy in general and in the discipline of rhetoric and composition. He explores arguments about whether theorizing is an appropriate mode

iconography and function

and wide-ranging discussions of the gestural effects that were integral to the early stage

It includes a case study on coffee production on La Réunion Island and provides suggestions for further reading as well as looking ahead to future developments in coffee seed chemical composition research

long assumed dead but in fact revealed to be missing in China

sophisticated strategies needed to move from discussion to action

The Cosmography of Paradise: The Other World from Ancient Mesopotamia to Medieval Europe considers the general theme of paradise from various comparative perspectives

and church histories

Lastly we summarize the way ahead to ensure the sustainable management of the Amazonian rainforest

He ably scans the long history that led to the current manic rush to push the earth beyond its limits

genres and themes from across the eras of Brazilian cinema

It introduces the concept of the Malthusian matrix in order to understand how class-selective and racist hierarchies within population narratives are combined with gendered policies of reproductive bodies and behaviours

Cardiometabolic risk is not influenced by the consumption of pork as part of total red meat in human clinical trials