| Description |
226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: varieties of discourse and analysis / Ian Parker -- 2. Interviews: meaning in groups / Sam Bevan and Kate Bevan -- 3. Letters: embracing letter writing within discourse analysis / Tom Phillips -- 4. Fiction: five run around together - clearing a discursive space for children's literature / David Rudd -- 5. Lessons: philosophy for children / Barbara Delafield -- 6. Comics: strip semiotics / Dan Heggs -- 7. Advertising: critical analysis of images / Richard Pearce -- 8. Television: signs on the box / Helen Russell -- 9. Film: a surface for writing social life / Hakan Durmaz -- 10. Cities: resident readers and others / Martine C. Middleton -- 11. Organizations: breaking the body of the text / Heather Hopfl -- 12. Gardens: planning and presentation / Susan Ford -- 13. Sign language: space, community and identity / John Allbutt, Sarah Gray and Beverlea Schofield -- 14. Bodies: reading the body / David J. Nightingale |
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15. Ethnography: reading across culture / Mike Humphreys -- 16. Silence: absence and context / Christine Noble -- 17. Action: self-advocacy and change / Dan Goodley |
| Summary |
"This introduction to discourse analysis for the uninitiated takes a broad view, building on a range of studies carried out on different kinds of text. The chapters work through examples of analysis on many texts that are beyond the range of spoken and written material usually tackled by discourse researchers." "Methodological issues of reading and representation are explored in critical descriptions of how we might read such things as advertising, bodies, comics, film, letters, organizations, sign languages and other language systems. The book illustrates ways in which discourse may be studied wherever there is meaning, and it accessibly introduces the principles of discourse research to conversations, interviews, newspaper articles and fiction, providing an overview of existing research on these kinds of texts." "Critical Textwork is a comprehensive introductory text for students of discourse across the social sciences, including psychology, cultural studies, sociology and human geography. It looks at the organization of language and examines ways of reading texts to excavate and illuminate signs in cultural life."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Critical discourse analysis.
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Discourse analysis.
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| Author |
Parker, Ian, 1956-
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Bolton Discourse Network.
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| LC no. |
98039283 |
| ISBN |
0335202047 (paperback) |
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0335202055 (cased) |
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