College Composition and Communication Jun 2006

Personal Experience Narrative and Public Debate: Writing the Wrongs of Welfare

Lisa D. Brush ; Lorraine D. Higgins

Abstract

Personal narrative embeds the expertise of subordinated groups in stories that seldom translate into public debate. The authors describe a community writing project in which welfare recipients used personal narratives to enter into the public record their tacit and frequently discounted knowledge. The research illustrates the difficulties and possibilities “rhetorical, emotional, and material” of constructing narratives that “cross publics.”

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College Composition and Communication
Published
2006-06-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc20065064
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rhetorical criticism service learning argument public rhetoric
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Cited by in this index (4)

  1. Dush (2017)
    Nonprofit Collections of Digital Personal Experience Narratives: An Exploratory Study
    Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  2. Ingraham (2017)
    The Scope and Autonomy of Personal Narrative
    Written Communication
  3. Oliver (2014)
    Recognizing One Another in Public: Reconsidering the Role and Resources of an Enclave
    Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
  4. Higgins (2007)
    Portraits of Literacy Across Families, Communities, and Schools: Intersections …
    Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric

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