Writing as Punishment in Schools, Courts, and Everyday Life

Looks at many instances of writing as punishment, including forced tattooing, drunk shaming, court-ordered letters of apology, and social media shaming, with the aim of bringing understanding and recognition to the coupling of literacy and subjection.

About the author

Spencer Schaffner is associate professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is author of Binocular Vision: The Politics of Representation in Birdwatching Field Guides. His work has appeared in Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy; Composition Studies; and Discourse and Society.

Summary

Looks at many instances of writing as punishment, including forced tattooing, drunk shaming, court-ordered letters of apology, and social media shaming, with the aim of bringing understanding and recognition to the coupling of literacy and subjection.

Product details

• Authors: Spencer Schaffner
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780817359553
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5955-3
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 227 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 212 g
• Series: Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series; Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit; Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series; Rhetoric Culture and Social Cr
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Letters, rhetoric; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries