Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics (Critical Perspectives on Literacy and Education) - Hardcover

Lemke, Jay L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0748402152 ISBN 13: 9780748402151

Verlag: Taylor & Francis, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

Texts record the meanings we make: in words, pictures and deeds, and politics chronicles our uses of power in shaping social relationships large and small. Textual politics is about meaning - the meaning we make with words and with the symbolic values of every object and action.; The book begins with an introduction which discusses the relationship between Discourse And The Notions Of Power And Ideology. These Concepts Are Then applied to major issues: the social construction of class, gender and individuality; the rhetoric of polarizing social controversies religious fundamentalism vs. gay rights; and the abuse of technical language in policy arguments educational research vs. conservative politics. The book ends with chapters which extend the theory to processes of large- scale social change and apply it to the challenges facing education and political action in the new global information century.

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Jay L. Lemke

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• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0748402152
• ISBN 13: 9780748402151
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 206
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