A Geopolitics of Academic Writing - Couverture souple

Canagarajah, A. Suresh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0822957949 ISBN 13 : 9780822957942

Editeur : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002

Synopsis

A Geopolitics of Academic Writing critiques current scholarly publishing practices, exposing the inequalities in the way academic knowledge is constructed and legitimized. As a periphery scholar now working in (and writing from) the center, Suresh Canagarajah is uniquely situated to demonstrate how and why contributions from Third World scholars are too often relegated to the perimeter of academic discourse. He examines three broad conventions governing academic writing: textual concerns (matters of languages, style, tone, and structure), social customs (the rituals governing the interactions of members of the academic community), and publishing practices (from submission protocols to photocopying and postage requirements). Canagarajah argues that the dominance of Western conventions in scholarly communication leads directly to the marginalization or appropriation of the knowledge of Third World communities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

A. Suresh Canagarajah taught English in the war-torn region of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, for ten years before joining the faculty of the City University of New York (Baruch College) in 1994. He is the author of Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822957949
• ISBN 13: 9780822957942
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
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