Contested Relations and Authoritative Texts: Seventh-Grade Students (1987) and Legal Professionals (1954) Argue "Brown v. Board of Education.".

Diamondstone, Judith V.

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ERIC Number: EJ542531

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Publication Date: 1997

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Contested Relations and Authoritative Texts: Seventh-Grade Students (1987) and Legal Professionals (1954) Argue "Brown v. Board of Education."

Diamondstone, Judith V.

Written Communication, v14 n2 p189-220 Apr 1997

Compares textual notes taken by seventh-grade students on the 1954 school desegregation case, "Brown v. Board of Education," to those taken by legal professionals. Shows that the students rejected what they saw as violations of conventions of Supreme Court argument, while the winning argument in the actual case plays with conventions by signaling conflicting social positions. (TB)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Court Litigation, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Persuasive Discourse, Racial Segregation, Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory, Text Structure, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Brown v Board of Education

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