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- ISSN: 0010-096X
- E-ISSN: 1939-9006
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Becoming a Writerly Self: College Writers Engaging Black Feminist Essays
- Source: College Composition & Communication, Volume 51, Issue 4, Jun 2000, p. 540 - 559
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- 01 Jun 2000
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Abstract
This article asserts that personal essays by black feminist writers such as June Jordan might be used to teach first-year and advanced student writers how to connect their personal and social identities in ways that will enhance the rhetorical impact of their writing while transcending mere “confession” or self-indulgence.
© 2000 by the National Council of Teachers of English