College Composition and Communication Sep 2020

Chicanx Murals: Decolonizing Place and (Re)Writing the Terms of Composition

Nora K. Rivera

Abstract

Drawing from an interpretive decolonial framework that understands multimodal writing as the act of creatingco-composedknowledge, this article analyzes Chicanx murals as multimodal compositions that exemplify the continuation of the Aztectlacuilolitztlipractice of writing with images. This work also invites rhetoric and composition scholars to reexamine Western understandings of history, particularly the history of writing.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2020-09-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc202030893
Open Access
Closed
Topics
multimodality race and writing

Citation Context

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