Rhetorics of overcoming : rewriting narratives of disability and accessibility in writing studies / Allison Harper Hitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hitt, Allison, author.

Series:

Studies in writing & rhetoric

CCCC studies in writing & rhetoric

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composition (Language arts)--Study and teaching.

Composition (Language arts).

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

English language--Remedial teaching.

Students with disabilities.

Physical Description:

xi, 159 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Champaign, Illinois : National Council of Teachers of English, [2021]

Summary:

"Addresses the in/accessibility of writing classroom and writing center practices for disabled and nondisabled student writers, arguing that rewriting rhetorics of overcoming--the idea that disabled students must overcome their disabilities in order to be successful--as narratives of coming over is one way to overcome ableist pedagogical standards"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction : rhetorics of overcoming

Coming over "overcoming" and accommodation approaches to accessibility

Beyond diagnosis : avenues for agency in the writing center

Guaranteeing access(ibility) : rhetoricity in the writing classroom

Conclusion : toward an ethics of accessibility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hitt, Allison, Rhetorics of overcoming

ISBN:

9780814141540

0814141544

OCLC:

1238132739