Textual Dynamics: Historical & Contemporary Studies Of (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)

Bazerman, Charles; Paradis, James [Contributor]

ISBN 10: 0299125947 / ISBN 13: 9780299125943

Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press, 1991

Beschreibung

Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Shelfwear is very minor. NOT an ex-library copy, NO remainder mark, NOT a book club. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 222188

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Textual Dynamics: Historical & Contemporary Studies Of (Rhetoric of the Human Sciences)
• Verlag: University of Wisconsin Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0299125947
• ISBN-13: 9780299125943
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good
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Inhaltsangabe

How do discursive differences between legal professionals and jurors affect courtroom decisions? How does the DSM-III - the American Psychiatric Association's taxonomy of mental disorders - shape psychiatric practice? How can a narrative of social progress shape scientific theory? How do conflicting problem-solving strategies within a community contribute to technological disasters like Three Mile Island and the Shuttle Challenger? This book is a collection of 15 essays examining the real effects of texts on professional practice - in academic, scientific, and business settings. The authors describe textual dynamics as an interaction in which professional texts and discourses are constructed by, and in turn construct, social practices. This anthology treats a wide range of professional texts including case studies, student papers, medieval letters and product instructions.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charles Bazerman is professor of education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of eighteen books and over twenty edited collections, including Writing Across the Curriculum and Shaping Written Knowledge. James Paradis is Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of writing and humanistic studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is author of T.H. Huxley: Man&;s Place in Nature and Samuel Butler: Victorian against the Grain&;A Critical Overview.