The Anthropology of Writing: Understanding Textually Mediated Worlds - Couverture rigide

 
9781441108852: The Anthropology of Writing: Understanding Textually Mediated Worlds
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ISBN 10 : 1441108858 ISBN 13 : 9781441108852
Editeur : Continuum Publishing Corporation, 2010

Synopsis

The studies included in this book examine quotidien acts of writing and their significance in a textually-mediated world. We live in a textually-mediated world where writing is central to society, its cultural practices and institutions. Writing has been the subject of much research but it is usually highly visible and valued texts that are studied - the work of novelists, poets and scholars. The studies included in this book examine every day acts of writing and their significance. Ordinary quotidian writing may be viewed as mundane and routine, but it is central to how societies operate and the ways individuals relate to each other and to institutions. Examples discussed in the book including writing in areas such as farming, photo-sharing, childcare work and health care. The chapters are united in their approach to examining this writing as cultural practice. The book also brings together two important traditions of this type of study: the Anglophone and Francophone. The work of French scholars in this field is made accessible for the first time to the Anglophone world. The insights and research in this collection will appeal to all linguists, anthropologists, sociolinguistics and cultural theorists.

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À propos de l?auteur

Professor David Barton is Director of the Lancaster Literacy Research Centre, Lancaster University, UK Dr Ute Papen is Senior Lecturer in Literacy Studies at Lancaster University, UK.

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Éditeur
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1441108858
ISBN 13 
9781441108852
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Éditeur
Barton Professor David, Papen Dr Uta
Coordonnées du fabricant
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ISBN 10 :  1441128891 ISBN 13 :  9781441128898
Editeur : Continuum, 2011
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