- Author(s): Cárdenas D.L., Kirklighter C.
- Author(s) ID: 55211217400;56244168700;
- Document Type: Book Chapter
- Publication Stage: Final
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- Page Start – 23 | Page End – 43 | Page Count:
- Cited By: 1
- DOI: 10.4324/9781315232584-8
- EID: Scopus2-s2.0-85064979892
This chapter analyzes a hybrid form of technical communication shaped by a grassroots Latina environmental activist to combat local environmental racism. Suzie Canales, the founder of the organization, Citizens for Environmental Justice (CFEJ), created documents that depict toxic contamination in Corpus Christi, Texas. Canales merged an informal, community-based communication form with elements of technical communication and produced a hybrid that documents racial discrimination, deteriorated health, scientific findings, and environmental law violations. This hybrid form of technical communication humanizes the environmental problems associated with toxic contamination and environmental racism and serves as a tool for environmental justice. © 2014 by Taylor & Francis.
Communicating Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in Technical Communication