Marguerite H. Helmers is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

• Preface by Charles I. Schuster Acknowledgments 1. Another Brick in the Wall A Brief History of RepresentationsA History of Testimonials 2. Can't Get No Satisfaction The Tone of TestimonialsThe Historical ContextThe End Result 3. In Her Eyes You See Nothin g The Concept of DevianceThe Metaphor of IllnessThe Introduction of the Beginner 4. Unforgettable A Desire to Go NativeThe Creation of Orientalized StudentsThe Construction of the BeastA Laugh at the Natives 5. Angels in the Architecture The Changing Fortunes of TestimonialsThe Uses of Power in DiscourseTheory, Practice, and Teacher-ResearchThe Feminization of DiscourseA Woman WritingThe Rhetoric of RecoveryA Topoi for a Topoi Notes Bibliography Index

Marguerite H. Helmers is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

• Preface by Charles I. Schuster Acknowledgments 1. Another Brick in the Wall A Brief History of RepresentationsA History of Testimonials 2. Can't Get No Satisfaction The Tone of TestimonialsThe Historical ContextThe End Result 3. In Her Eyes You See Nothin g The Concept of DevianceThe Metaphor of IllnessThe Introduction of the Beginner 4. Unforgettable A Desire to Go NativeThe Creation of Orientalized StudentsThe Construction of the BeastA Laugh at the Natives 5. Angels in the Architecture The Changing Fortunes of TestimonialsThe Uses of Power in DiscourseTheory, Practice, and Teacher-ResearchThe Feminization of DiscourseA Woman WritingThe Rhetoric of RecoveryA Topoi for a Topoi Notes Bibliography Index

Marguerite H. Helmers is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

• Preface by Charles I. Schuster Acknowledgments 1. Another Brick in the Wall A Brief History of RepresentationsA History of Testimonials 2. Can't Get No Satisfaction The Tone of TestimonialsThe Historical ContextThe End Result 3. In Her Eyes You See Nothin g The Concept of DevianceThe Metaphor of IllnessThe Introduction of the Beginner 4. Unforgettable A Desire to Go NativeThe Creation of Orientalized StudentsThe Construction of the BeastA Laugh at the Natives 5. Angels in the Architecture The Changing Fortunes of TestimonialsThe Uses of Power in DiscourseTheory, Practice, and Teacher-ResearchThe Feminization of DiscourseA Woman WritingThe Rhetoric of RecoveryA Topoi for a Topoi Notes Bibliography Index