Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric Sep 2012 Open Access

Editors’ Introduction: Public Rhetoric and Activist Documentary

Diana George ; Diane Shoos

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Public writing is a constant battle to make one view seem inevitable in hopes that the audience will set aside the other possibilities. —Phyllis Mentzell Ryder, Rhetorics for Community Action: Public Writing and Writing Publics Attention is being directed toward reality-driven representations from an ever-wider array of sources: journalistic, literary, anthropological. —Michael Renov, Theorizing Documentary Watch the movie. Show it to others. Inform yourself. Get active on the issue. —from the “Dreams Deferred” DVD sleeve

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Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric
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2012-09-01
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10.59236/rjv12i1pp1-8
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