Compelled to Write: Alternative Rhetoric in Theory and Practice

by David L. Wallace

David Wallace argues that any understanding of writing studies must include the conception of discourse as an embodied force with real consequences for real people. Informed in important ways by queer theory, Wallace calls to account users of dominant discourses and at the same time articulates a theory base from which to interpret "alternative rhetoric." To examine the practice of writing from varied margins of society, Compelled to Write offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874218128
• ISBN13: 9780874218121
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Utah State University Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher