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Peer reviewedYoung, Morris – Journal of Basic Writing, 1996
Explores ways basic writers theorize identities that locate them in the larger culture. States that as part of the composing process students need to locate their own notions of the writer in a dominant culture that has labeled them "at risk." Studies student texts for "theories" about writing and identity; moves to construct…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Cultural Context, High Risk Students, Higher Education
