THE POLITICS OF WRITING by Romy Clark, Roz Ivanic ( 9780415134835 )

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THE POLITICS OF WRITING

By:

Romy Clark, Roz Ivanic

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0415134838

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Pub. date:

5 June, 1997

Pages:

272

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An examination of writing as a social practice. The authors draw on critical linguistics, cultural and literacy studies to explore and analyse: the social context, processes, practices and purposes of writing. The reader-writer relationship and issues of writer identity, as well as current notions of correctness, are also explored.

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Writing matters: it plays a key role in the circulation of ideas in society and has a direct impact on the development of democracy. But only a few get to do the kind of writing that most influence this development. The Politics of Writing examines writing as a social practice. The authors draw on critical linguistics, cultural studies and literacy studies, as they explore and analyse: * the social context in which writing is embedded * the processes and practices of writing * the purposes of writing * the reader-writer relationship * issues of writer identity. They challenge current notions of 'correctness' and argue for a more democratic pedagogy as part of the answer to the inequitable distribution of the right to write.

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