Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2020
Abstract
Drawing from an interpretive decolonial framework that understands multimodal writing as the act of creating co-composed knowledge, this article analyzes Chicanx murals as multimodal compositions that exemplify the continuation of the Aztec tlacuilolitztli practice of writing with images. This work also invites rhetoric and composition scholars to reexamine Western understandings of history, particularly the history of writing.
Recommended Citation
Rivera, Nora K. (2020). "Chicanx Murals: Decolonizing Place and (Re)writing the Terms of Composition." College Composition and Communication, vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 118-149.
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Included in
Chicana/o Studies Commons, Cultural History Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, Other History Commons, Other Rhetoric and Composition Commons, Painting Commons, Reading and Language Commons, Rhetoric Commons, Social History Commons
Comments
This article was originally published in College Composition and Communication, volume 71, issue 1, in 2020.