Writing Democracy: Notes on a Federal Writers’ Project for the 21st Century
Shannon Carter
Texas A&M University – Commerce
Abstract
A general overview of the Writing Democracy project, including its origin story and key objectives. Draws parallels between the historical context that gave rise to the New Deal’s Federal Writers’ Project and today, examining the potential for a reprise of the FWP in community literacy and public rhetoric and introducing articles collected in this special issue as responses to the key challenges such a reprisal might raise.
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- Community Literacy Journal
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- 2012-10-01
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- 10.25148/clj.7.1.009377
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