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Author Turner, Joan, 1951- author

Title On writtenness : the cultural politics of academic writing / Joan Turner
Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018
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Description 1 online resource ( vi, 289 pages)
Contents 1. On writtenness : an introductory overview -- 2. On the historical construction of writtenness as an ideological regime -- 3. On the underlying values of writtenness as a transdisciplinary criterion -- 4. On polished prose and its frictions : the contemporary politics of academic style -- 5. On the elite and remedial economy of English in international higher education -- 6. On producing writtenness : misrecognized value, mystical process, misunderstood pedagogies, misaligned roles -- 7. On writtenness and textual trade : ethical boundaries, inequitable assessment and institutional complicity -- 8. On proofreading and its indexicalities : social attitudes, the student experience, textual mobility and print culture in transition -- 9. On written English in flux : disrupting the smooth read
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 11, 2019)
Subject Academic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Academic writing -- Political aspects
English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Report writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)
English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Foreign speakers
Criticism -- Authorship -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Interdisciplinary approach in education
Language arts (Higher) -- Correlation with content subjects
Form Electronic book
Author Bloomsbury (Firm)
LC no. 2017059198
ISBN 9781472508973
1472508971
9781474219051
1474219055
Other Titles Cultural politics of academic writing