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A Communion of Friendship [electronic resource] : Literacy, Spiritual Practice, and Women in Recovery / Beth Daniell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daniell, Beth, 1947-
- Series:
- Studies in writing & rhetoric.
- Studies in writing & rhetoric
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spiritual life.
- Literacy--United States.
- Literacy.
- Narrative therapy.
- Adult education--United States.
- Adult education.
- Female friendship--United States.
- Female friendship.
- Women--Education--United States.
- Women.
- Twelve-step programs--United States.
- Twelve-step programs.
- English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching--United States.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2003]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Drawing on interviews and an array of scholarly work, Beth Daniell maps out the relations of literacy and spirituality in A Communion of Friendship: Literacy, Spiritual Practice, and Women in Recovery. Daniell tells the story of a group of women in "Mountain City" who use reading and writing in their search for spiritual growth. Diverse in socioeconomic status, the Mountain City women are, or have been, married to alcoholics. In Al-Anon, they use literacy to practice the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in order to find spiritual solutions to their problems. In addition, Daniell demonstr
- Contents:
- Cover; Other Books in the Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments: The Social Nature of (My Own) Literacy; Introduction: Women's Stories Have Not Been Told; 1. A Dais for My Words; 2. Composing (as) Power; 3. Reading as a Matter of Life; 4. Power as Positive and Available; 5. Literacy Lessons; Appendix A: The Twelve Steps of Al-Anon; Appendix B: An Essay on Research and Telling the Truth; References; Index; Author Biography; Studies in Writing & Rhetoric
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-191) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-8888-X
- OCLC:
- 606999830
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