Geographies of writing : inhabiting places and encountering difference / Nedra Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reynolds, Nedra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

English language.

Human geography--Study and teaching (Higher).

Human geography.

Difference (Philosophy).

Place (Philosophy).

Space perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty-first-century technological innovations have revolutionized the way we experience space, causing an increased sense of fragmentation, danger, and placelessness. In Geographies of Writing: Inhabiting Places and Encountering Difference, Nedra Reynolds addresses these problems in the context of higher education, arguing that theories of writing and rhetoric must engage the metaphorical implications of place without ignoring materiality. Geographies of Writing makes three closely related contributions: one theoretical, to reimagine composing as spatial, mat

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Between Metaphor and Materiality; 2. Reading Landscapes and Walking the Streets; 3. Maps of the Everyday; 4. Streetwork; 5. Learning to Dwell; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Notes:

Paperback edition, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8093-2560-8

0-8093-8751-4

1-4356-6743-3

OCLC:

847218257