| Title:
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THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF WRITING
UNDERSTANDING TEXTUALLY-MEDIATED WORLDS |
| By: |
David Barton (Editor), Uta Papen (Editor) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£21.66 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1441136711 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781441136718 |
| Publisher: |
CONTINUUM PUBLISHING CORPORATION |
| Pub. date: |
7 June, 2010 |
| Description: |
We live in a textually-mediated world where writing is central to society, its cultural practices and institutions. This book includes studies that examine everyday acts of writing and their significance. It is suitable for linguists, anthropologists, sociolinguistics and cultural theorists. |
| Synopsis: |
The studies included in the 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 everyday 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 include 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. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Continuum Publishing Corporation |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |