College Composition and Communication Dec 2020

A Queer Praxis for Peer Review

Timothy Oleksiak

Abstract

If, as I argue, student-to-student peer review is animated by “improvement imperatives” that make peer review a form of what Lauren Berlant calls “cruel optimism,” then rhetoric and composition will need to imagine theories and structures for peer review that do not repeat cruel attachments. I offer slow peer review as a strategy for queer rhetorical listening that maintains our commitments to peer review without the limitations created through the improvement imperative.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2020-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202031039
Open Access
Closed
Topics
gender and writing revision

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (4)

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    College English
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    College Composition and Communication
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    College Composition and Communication
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