Autobiographical writings provide unique windows for reflection on experience, knowledge, and social relations. Combining insights from American pragmatism, contemporary feminism, and poststructuralism, Subject Present explores how autobiographical writings weave patterns of identity from language, race, and gender. Dialogic literary strategies for representing the complexity of individual and collective experience are presented as models for rethinking the place of the subject of education in a multicultural society. Subject Present traces the historical context of the individual and illustrates how postmodern and feminist 'life-writings' create new ways of imagining identity.

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The Author: Mark Zuss is Assistant Professor in the Graduate Reading Program at Lehman College, City University of New York. His research and teaching focus on cross-cultural, historical contexts of writing and reading practices, literacy and cognitive development, and qualitative studies in narrative research. He is also the author of two collections of poetry.

Zusammenfassung
"Zuss's book is an important text that deserves serious reading. For those interested in the politics of literacy and critical discourse analysis, this book is a welcome addition to the field." (Peter McLaren, author of 'Revolutionary Multiculturalism')
"Zuss's work represents an encouraging melding of psychological and sociological insights on literacy. This intellectually far-reaching book builds on the personal power of the word, while its close hold on the pedagogical point and purposes of literacy can only add to the quality of education as a site of social justice." (John Willinsky, University of British Columbia)