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- Copyright
- © 2014 by Duke University Press
- ISSN
- 1531-4200
- eISSN
- 1533-6255
- DOI
- 10.1215/15314200-2716963
- Publisher site
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Abstract
R e v i ew s The Centrality of Style. Edited by Mike Duncan and Star Medzerian Vanguri. Fort Collins, Colorado: WAC Clearinghouse/Parlor Press, 2013. Gretchen L. Dietz It’s a bold book. Mike Duncan and Star Medzerian Vanguri’s new edited co- l lection, The Centrality of Style, begins with the assumption that style is cen- tral to the whole enterprise of composition. However, as T. R. Jo hnson and Tom Pace assert, “style means different things to different people” (qtd. on 5). Star Medzerian Vanguri earlier captured the paradox of style by explain- ing, “Style is either something we name but do not value or value but cannot name” (Medzerian 2010: 187). Scholars and teachers of composition cannot help but wonder why articulating style presents us with such a conundrum. If style is something we value, then why is it so difficult to name? Instead of trying to settle the dissensus on what style means, the edi - tors embrace multiple voices in order to create a rich collection of essays. In the foreword, Paul Butler, a leading scholar of style in composition studies, explains that style offers a way to embrace “the cacophony of differences that defines our
Journal
Pedagogy – Duke University Press
Published: Oct 1, 2014