Malcolm X And Gees Discourse Theory

I have choose to do the second option for this prompt and write a new essay about how Robertson’s theories relate to Malcolm X and Gees concepts. The main points i would like to talk about are how her theories of Transfer, Assemblage, and Remix tie into and go against that of which Gee has proposed and to the story of Malcolm X.

Transfer as Robertson puts it is using past knowledge and putting it to use in a new situation(pg-187). Gee talks about many key aspects of writing such as Mushfake, Discourse, and metaknowledge. Robertson can be related to some of these concepts like discourse. Her theory of transfer can be used in discourse. For example Discourse is writing is action(pg-274) and Robertson's Transfer is using past knowledge in a new situation. These two are linked because anyone can use her transfer technique and by that they are using discourse which is writing in action. However her theory of transfer contradicts his theory of mushfake.Mushfake is basically faking what you know and faking it until you eventually learn what it really is. You can not transfer knowledge and use it if you do not obtain the correct information to begin with.

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Remix is using past knowledge and changing how it was perceived to make it useful in a new situation(pg-198). Malcolm X’s story can be closely relatable to her take on Remix. For Example Sponsorship. Malcolm X has no sponsor growing up he was his own. He lived from foster home to foster home and was in and out of Juvie. During that time he received no education whatsoever. Until he was sent to actual prison. There he changes religions and taught himself how to read and write far beyond college level. Now relating back to Robertson’s theory of Remix he used what he taught himself and used it to affect many people's lives with what he did. He altered and changed what he learned to be able to effectively use it to influence their