A geopolitics of academic writing

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1. Verfasser: Canagarajah, A. Suresh (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Press [2002]
Schriftenreihe:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Contextualizing academic writing
  • Communities of knowledge construction
  • Conventions in knowledge construction
  • Textual conventions in conflict
  • Publishing requirements and material constraints
  • Literacy practices and academic culture
  • Poverty and power in knowledge production
  • Reform, resistance, reconstruction
  • This work acts as a critique of current scholarly publishing practices, exposing the inequalities in the way academic knowledge is constructed and legitimized. It examines three broad conventions governing academic writing: textual concerns, social customs, and publishing practices