The Politics of Writing

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-415-13482-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 477 g

Writing matters: it plays a key role in the circulation of ideas in society and has a direct impact on the development of democracy. But only a few get to do the kind of writing that most influence this development.
The Politics of Writing examines writing as a social practice. The authors draw on critical linguistics, cultural studies and literacy studies, as they explore and analyse:

* the social context in which writing is embedded
* the processes and practices of writing
* the purposes of writing
* the reader-writer relationship
* issues of writer identity.
They challenge current notions of 'correctness' and argue for a more democratic pedagogy as part of the answer to the inequitable distribution of the right to write.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Romy

Ivanic, Roz

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Writing, Politics and Power; Chapter 3 Writing and Social Context; Chapter 4 Writing Processes and Practices; Chapter 5 Why Write?; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 The Role of the Reader in Writing; Chapter 8 Issues of Correctness and Standardisation in Writing; Chapter 9 Social and Educational Implications of Our View of Writing;

Über Autor(innen)

Romy Clark coordinates the Academic Support Programme at Lancaster University.