“Revising the Menu to Fit the Budget”: Grocery Lists and Other Rhetorical Heirlooms

College English Jan 2014

“Revising the Menu to Fit the Budget”: Grocery Lists and Other Rhetorical Heirlooms

Jamie White-Farnham

Abstract

Contributing to everyday writing research, this article reports on an interview study of retired women who use writing in the context of the household. Supported by an analysis of participants’ writing artifacts, it describes the social and material gains the women effect via mundane writing forms including menus and grocery lists. Such practices are acquired from the women’s workplaces and families, and an extensive analysis of one case in particular highlights the convergence of literacy practices, ethnic heritage, and material conditions to consider the impact and significance of writing practices handed down through family knowledge, or “rhetorical heirlooms.”

Journal: College English
Published: 2014-01-01
DOI: 10.58680/ce201424523
Open Access: Closed
Topics: qualitative research

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