The Rhetoricity of<i>Cultural Literacy</i>

Pedagogy Oct 2009

The Rhetoricity of<i>Cultural Literacy</i>

Paul G. Cook

Abstract

Engaging the term rhetoricity, which refers both to Cultural Literacy as text and cultural literacy as concept, Cook claims that the most productive pedagogical component of Hirsch's proposal—the sophisticated rhetorical sensibility on which the entire conceptual edifice of cultural literacy depends—was obfuscated by the book's lightening-rod ethos, its deceptively simple veneer, and its smugly casual presumption to name “what every American needs to know.”

Journal: Pedagogy
Published: 2009-10-01
DOI: 10.1215/15314200-2009-008
Open Access: Closed
Topics: rhetorical theory argument

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