Between Ivy and Razor Wire: A Case of Correctional Correspondence

Abstract

Between Ivy and Razor Wire describes a capstone senior seminar in rhetoric entitled Writing for Social Justice, Writing for Change, which included direct correspondence between students and inmates around the country. The essay explores some of the many pedagogical challenges of teaching and learning in the long, dark and highly charged shadow of law and order ideology. Excerpts from letters by both students and inmates are presented in the context of analytical reflections on the class.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published
2004-12-01
DOI
10.59236/rjv4i1pp62-75
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