Literacy in Composition Studies Nov 2018 RSS Open Access

Composing a Further Life: Introduction to the Special Issue

Lauren Marshall Bowen University of Massachusetts Boston

Abstract

and by representations of the self. In sharing the work included in this special issue, Suzy and I hope to exemplify the importance of including later life in the literacy and composition research agenda, and urge literacy and composition scholars to consider how literate activity shapes, and is shaped by, ideologies of aging.

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Literacy in Composition Studies
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2018-11-20
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10.21623/1.6.2.1
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