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Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
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Category Archives: English 584 Rhetoric Writing and Identity (Fall 2008)
a belated end of term wrap-up
So, after failing to get 15,000 academic words written in November, I created the same goal for December. Beat it early, but never updated my chart: 22,396 / 15,000(149.3%) I thought I’d share some word clouds from my papers this … Continue reading
584: Weekly Position Paper #14: Performativity and Subversion: Thomas Beatie Televised in a Gay Bar
This is about two weeks old now, but I forgot to post it. In Chapter 7 of Beyond Identity Politics, Moya Lloyd discusses the difference between performance and performativity in order to discuss the potentials for parody as subversion. Performativity, … Continue reading
584: Weekly Position Paper #12: Patriarchy: “A Totality in Processâ€
In Chapter 4 of Beyond Identity Politics: Feminism, Power & Politics, Moya Lloyd explores the tensions between poststructuralism and theories of domination the rely on systemic theories, arguing for a “global strategy†understanding of domination that focuses on “women’s multiple … Continue reading
584: Weekly Position Paper #11: Questioning the Private Body
Three essays in Freedman and Holmes’s collection The Teacher’s Body: Embodiment, Authority, and Identity in the Academy center around pregnancy. All three essays call into question dominant narratives and conceptions surrounding pregnant bodies. Noting the dis-ease of others around her … Continue reading
584: Weekly Position Paper #10: Surplus as Epistemic Sites: Resisting the Tidy Essay
In Personally Speaking: Experience as Evidence in Academic Discourse, Candace Spigelman argues persuasively for the use of personal experience in academic writing, both by scholars and by students. She offers many reasons and benefits for incorporating personal experiences. Key among … Continue reading