Veterans’ Writing and a Rhetoric of Witnessing

Abstract

Four examples of Iraq veterans’ self-sponsored writing and media compositions are reviewed in order to develop a rhetoric of “witnessing” (Oliver, “Witnessing and Testimony” 80) with which to engage veterans’ writing. Particular attention is paid to how this rhetoric can help reframe anxieties that accompany faculty work with veterans in composition classes and in higher education more generally.

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
Published
2016-12-01
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10.59236/rjv16i2pp20-34
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