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Direct linkCollin, Ross – Journal of Literacy Research, 2012
Focusing on matters of power and difference, this article examines rhetorical theories of genre and James Gee's theory of Discourse. Although both theories offer productive ways of understanding literate practice, it is argued, they are limited in crucial respects. Genre theory offers few ways of understanding how and why some social actors have…
Descriptors: Rhetorical Theory, Individual Power, Power Structure, Literary Genres
