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.

Sommario

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. "I Will Not Chew Gum in Class": Punishing Children with Writing
• Chapter 2. Shame Parades
• Chapter 3. Writing on the Wasted
• Chapter 4. Forced Tattooing
• Chapter 5. Writing, Self-Reflection, and Justice
• Conclusion: Seeing Writing in a Dim Light
• Notes
• Works Cited
• Index




Info autore










Spencer Schaffner is associate professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is the 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.



Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Spencer Schaffner
• Editore: The University of Alabama Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780817359553
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5955-3
• Pagine: 144
• Dimensioni: 230 mm x 152 mm x 7 mm
• Peso: 220 g
• Illustrazioni: 7 black & white figures
• Serie: 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; Rhetoric, Culture, and, Social Critique
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Diritto, professione, finanze > Epistole, retorica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata