A geopolitics of academic writing / A. Suresh Canagarajah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Canagarajah, A. Suresh.

Series:

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scholarly publishing--Political aspects.

Scholarly publishing.

Scholarly publishing--Political aspects--Developing countries.

Academic writing--Political aspects.

Academic writing.

Academic writing--Political aspects--Developing countries.

Communication in learning and scholarship--Political aspects.

Communication in learning and scholarship.

Communication in learning and scholarship--Political aspects--Developing countries.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

x, 332 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2002]

Summary:

A Geopolitics of Academic Writing critiques current scholarly publishing practices and principles, exposing the inequalities in the way academic knowledge is constructed and legitimized. A. Suresh Canagarajah -- a periphery scholar now working in (and writing from) the center -- examines the broad Western conventions governing academic writing and argues that their dominance leads to the marginalization or appropriation of the knowledge of Third World communities.

Contents:

The Problem 1

The Project 8

1. Contextualizing Academic Writing 32

2. Communities of Knowledge Construction 50

3. Conventions in Knowledge Construction 77

4. Textual Conventions in Conflict 102

5. Publishing Requirements and Material Constraints 157

6. Literacy Practices and Academic Culture 183

7. Poverty and Power in Knowledge Production 233

8. Reform, Resistance, Reconstruction 265.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-324) and index.

ISBN:

0822957949

OCLC:

50064682