Emancipatory research and composition studies: Feminist postmodern, cultural studies, and teacher research methodologies

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This work focuses on developing a theoretical and practical justification within the field of Composition for the use of emancipatory research in marginalized academic settings; it uses basic writing as its marginalized site. Broadly understood, emancipatory research is action based empirical work that is committed to bringing about social change through the empowering potential of the "radicalization" of marginalized peoples, or a realization that what is often constructed as individual failure is actually a socio-political hegemonic construct that can be acted against. Emancipatory research is action based, grounded theoretically as a critical and collaborative interaction between researchers and participants, aims to revise the researcher/researched (or subject/object) relationship, and has important implications for issues of data analysis, subject representation, reliability and validity, and future research and pedagogy. Chapter One outlines the potential importance of emancipato

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