College Composition and Communication Dec 2023

The Institute, the Archive, and the Smoke-Filled Room

Elizabeth Mazzolini

Abstract

Archived tobacco industry documents reveal a relationship in the 1970s and 1980s between the author of a first-year writing textbook and the Tobacco Institute, a tobacco industry trade group. I present details of this relationship to argue for an expanded account of institutional influence on rhetoric and writing studies.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2023-12-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc2023752280
Open Access
Closed
Topics
first-year composition

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