Fictionalization Vs. Erasure

I looked closer at the practice of Fictionalization in my SCD.   I so badly wanted to fit in Erasure, but I couldn't quite figure it out.  At first glance, they seem like they'd be the same thing.  I'm not so sure.

Fictionalization comes from a creation.  "The writer must construct in his imagination, clearly or vaguely, an audience cast in some sort of role.  Second, the audience must correspondingly fictionalize itself" (Ong 12).  I find that fictionalization can generally be the practice of creating a role, and in order for fictionalization to succeed there must be an acceptance of that role.

Campbell claims that Gage created a fiction.  Gage fictionalized Sojourner Truth's speech as well as Sojourner Truth in order to create a message that would stand the test of time.  So Gage created a role for Truth to play and Truth even accepted that role, because she allowed Gage to publish her work.  The audience accepts the role of their relation to Truth and her message.

Barton looks at the ways in which the United Way presents people with disabilities.  She uses the term Erasure to describe the way in which the United Way erases an accurate portrayal of people with disabilities in order for corporations and individuals to give money.  So in a way the United Way is fictionalizing people with disabilities.  They are creating a role for people with disabilities, but the next question is whether or not people with disabilities accept that role.

"Until the last months of his life, Roosevelt was never seen in public in a wheel-chair, his braces were painted black to blend into his socks and shoes" (Barton 185).  Therefore, FDR is shown to accept this fictionalized role in order to convey a certain message of normalcy.  However, I don't know if this proves that people with disabilites necessarily accept the role that a writer like the United Way creates.

Erasure seems to be hiding the truth where fictionalization seems to be creating a new truth.  So, was Gage just erasing the true Sojourner Truth, which caused a enforcement of a certain stereotype?