Publisher's Synopsis
Social class continues to be a powerful yet invisible regulator inside American colleges and universities.;"Coming to Class" presents 21 original essays on the relationship of pedagogical practice to instructors' social class histories. The contributors, teachers of composition as well as literature, represent every area of English studies - one of the most politically contentious sites in contemporary debates about higher education. Theye write about the influence of class on their teaching from a diverse set of theoretical positions, subject positions and socioeconomic realities. One of the greatest strengths of the collection is the fact that most of the contributors are just coming to recognize the role of social class in their own pedagogical practices - in the same ways other teachers are in their classrooms. Together, their voices will further the many conversations that are vigorously underway.
