| Description |
1 online resource (x, 332 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
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Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-324) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Scholarly publishing -- Political aspects.
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Scholarly publishing -- Political aspects. |
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Scholarly publishing. |
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Scholarly publishing -- Political aspects -- Developing countries.
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Developing countries. |
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Academic writing -- Political aspects.
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Academic writing -- Political aspects. |
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Academic writing. |
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Academic writing -- Political aspects -- Developing countries.
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Communication in learning and scholarship -- Political aspects.
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Communication in learning and scholarship. |
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Communication in learning and scholarship -- Political aspects -- Developing countries.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Canagarajah, A. Suresh. Geopolitics of academic writing 0822957949 (DLC) 2002008025 (OCoLC)50064682 |
| ISBN |
9780822972389 (electronic book) |
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0822972387 (electronic book) |
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0822957949 |
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9780822957942 |
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0822941872 |
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9780822941873 |
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8125031111 |
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9788125031116 |
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