Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction: Unraveling an Alien System of Meaning: Composition as Concession 1
6. 1 Genitive History: Or, the Exception That Suggests a Rule 28
7. 2 Conceding Composition to Create a New Normal 48
8. 3 Standardization, Coordination, and All That Jazz: Conceding Composition for Institutional Accreditation 73
9. 4 Of Funding, Federalism, and Conceding First-Year Composition 105
10. Conclusion: Conceding (in) Rhetoric and Composition: On Questions of Seeing and Being Seen 137
11. Notes 145
12. References 161
13. About the Author 181
14. Index 183