College Composition and Communication Sep 2021

Strunk and White and Whiteness

Laura Lisabeth

Abstract

This essay explores the implications ofThe Elements of Styleas a universally received narrative about literacy. I recontextualize the book as a product of 20th-century histories of literacy as normative middle class desires, and as a response to Cold War era ideologies of a white national language.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2021-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202131588
Open Access
Closed
Topics
race and writing voice and style

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