Scripting Identity: Writing Cultural Experience
Scripting Identity: Writing Cultural Experience by Theresa Carilli, published by UPA on March 7, 2008, is a 102-page exploration of the intersection between identity and performative writing. This book delves into how understanding one’s identity can enhance the writing process, particularly in creating performative scripts. Carilli reviews the Performance Studies discipline’s interpretation of performative writing and shares her methodology for crafting these texts.
Readers will find a detailed examination of the concept of the primary narrative, which serves as the foundation of one’s identity. Through the experiences of several students from a working-class university influenced by a steel mill culture, Carilli illustrates how this primary narrative manifests in their writing. The book encourages dialogue about innovative approaches to studying communication processes, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the relationship between identity and creative expression.
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In Scripting Identity: Writing Cultural Experience, Theresa Carilli explores how understanding one’s identity can assist in the process of writing a performative script. After a brief review of how the Performance Studies discipline interprets the act of performative writing, Carilli shares her own methodology for creating performative texts. By introducing the concept of the primary narrative? the story that is at the core of one’s identity? the study demonstrates how several of her students at a working-class university campus (surrounded and influenced by a steel mill culture) exemplify how the primary narrative operates in their narrative creations. With the proposed methodology and scripts as examples, Carilli builds dialogue about new ways to study the communication process.
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