College English Jul 2007

Texts of Our Institutional Lives: Performing the Rhetorical Freak Show: Disability, Student Writing, and College Admissions

Amy Vidali

Abstract

Freak-show theories developed in disability studies can help us analyze how students with disabilities rhetorically represent these in college admissions essays. In particular, such theories draw attention to the social conditions that affect how disabilities are conceived and treated as well as depicted.

Journal
College English
Published
2007-07-01
DOI
10.58680/ce20075874
Topics
disability studies multilingual writers affect and writing

Citation Context

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  1. Stuckey (2013)
    In Pursuit of the Common Life: Rhetoric and Education at the New York State Asy…
    Rhetoric Review
  2. Moe (2012)
    Revealing Rather Than Concealing Disability: The Rhetoric of Parkinson's Advoca…
    Rhetoric Review
  3. Vidali (2009)
    Rhetorical Hiccups: Disability Disclosure in Letters of Recommendation
    Rhetoric Review

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