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Kunststoffe für Ingenieure: Ein Überblick (essentials)
by Bernd SchröderFür die Auswahl geeigneter Kunststoffe ist es hilfreich, die physikalisch-technischen Eigenschaften der Materialien zu kennen. Entsprechend den Gruppen Duroplaste, Thermoplaste, Elastomere und Schäume werden die Eigenschaften aufgelistet und Anwendungsbereiche erläutert.
Kurdish Identity, Discourse, and New Media
by Jaffer SheyholislamiInformed by the interdisciplinary approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and theories of identity, nation, and media, this study investigates the ways Kurds, the world's largest stateless nation, use satellite television and Internet to construct their identities. This book examines the complex interrelationships between ethno-national identities, discourses, and new media. Not only does this book offer the first study of discursive constructions of Kurdish identity in the new media,this book is also the first CDA-informed comparative study of the contents of the two media. The study pushes the boundaries of the growing area of studies of identity, nationalism and transnationalism, discourse studies, minority language, and digital media.
Kurukshetra May 2019
by Publication DivisionThis is a monthly magazine of Kurukshetra May 2019 of this year.
La Guida per gli Scrittori All'uso del Software di Riconoscimento Vocale: Come scrivere più rapidamente dettando per Windows e MAC
by Barbara WatkinsonSapevi che i software per la dettatura possono aiutarti a scrivere un libro fino a 3 volte più rapidamente? Vuoi riuscire a scrivere un romanzo in modo più rapido ed efficace? Se hai risposto di sì, allora questa pubblicazione fa al caso tuo! Questa guida è farcita di una miriade di strategie per dettare un romanzo comodamente dal tuo salotto e senza toccare la tastiera! Ecco gli argomenti trattati del libro: Come iniziare Come preparare una bozza Le migliori applicazioni per la scrittura vocale Come usare il software per la dettatura per pubblicare un romanzo e MOLTO ALTRO! Se vuoi imparare a scrivere un romanzo dettando, allora questo libro fa per te! --> Vai in cima alla pagina e clicca su aggiungi al carrello per acquistarlo subito Disclaimer: L'autore e/o il titolare o i titolari dei diritti non danno alcuna certezza, non fanno alcuna promessa e non forniscono alcuna garanzia sulla precisione, sulla completezza o sull'adeguatezza dei contenuti della presente opera e declinano espressamente la responsabilità per qualsiasi errore e omissione nel suo contenuto. Questo prodotto è destinato al solo utilizzo come riferimento.
La nació en portada: El debat de Catalunya i Espanya a la premsa
by Antoni BassasÉs Catalunya una nació? És Espanya plurinacional? Una invitació al debat des d'un periodisme rigorós. El 12 de setembre de 2019, el periodista Antoni Bassas va pronunciar una conferència al Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid amb motiu de la festa nacional de Catalunya, que va acabar amb una llarguíssima ovació dels presents i milers de reproduccions posteriors a YouTube. Bassas, una de les veus amb més credibilitat i influència en el panorama informatiu contemporani, hi va presentar una selecció de portades de la premsa de Barcelona i de Madrid dels darrers 40 anys, en un exercici de periodisme comparat que permetia percebre el canvi de tonalitats de la vida social i política a Catalunya i Espanya i que van de l'afirmació nacional catalana a través de l'Estatut d'Autonomia fins al col·lapse de la via estatutària que dona pas a la reclamació del dret a l'autodeterminació, el referèndum de l'1 d'octubre de 2017 i la condemna per sedició dels seus responsables polítics en sentència del Tribunal Suprem el 2019. Ja fa més de quaranta anys que es va aprovar la Constitució i la reivindicació nacional de Catalunya ha acabat per condicionar decisivament l'actuació de tots els actors de la vida institucional espanyola. I Bassas es pregunta: «Si, com repeteixen els mitjans espanyols, el Procés constitueix el desafiament més gran de la història recent d'Espanya i si Catalunya pot posar Espanya de panxa enlaire, no deu ser que no estem davant d'una comunitat autònoma més? I que la recepta no pot ser policies i jutges, sinó la negociació política i el referèndum pactat, com a Escòcia o al Quebec?».
La Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society
by Guillermo Gómez-Peña Saúl García-LópezLa Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society marks a transformation from its sister book, Exercises for Rebel Artists, into a pedagogical matrix suited for use as a performance handbook and conceptual tool for artists, activists, theorists, pedagogues, and trans-disciplinary border crossers of all stripes. Featuring a newly reworked outline of La Pocha Nostra's overall pedagogy, and how it has evolved in the time of Trump, cartel violence, and the politics of social media, this new handbook presents deeper explanations of the interdisciplinary pedagogical practices developed by the group that has been labeled "the most influential Latino/a performance troupe of the past ten years." Co-written by Guillermo Gómez-Peña in collaboration with La Pocha Nostra’s artistic co-director Saúl García-López and edited by Paloma Martinez-Cruz, this highly anticipated follow-up volume raises crucial questions in the new neo-nationalist era. Drawing on field experience from ten years of touring, the authors blend original methods with updated and revised exercises, providing new material for teachers, universities, radical artists, curators, producers, and students. This book features: Introductions by the authors and editor to Pocha Nostra practice in a post-democratic society. Theoretical, historical, poetic, and pedagogical contexts for the methodology. Suggestions for how to use the book in the classroom and many other scenarios. Detailed, hands-on exercises for using Pocha Nostra-inspired methods in workshops. A step-by-step guide to creating large-scale group performances. New, unpublished photos of the Pocha Nostra methods in practice. Additional texts by Reverend Billy and Savitri D., Dragonfly, Francesca Carol Rolla, VestAndPage, Micha Espinosa, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Praba Pilar, L. M. Bogad, Anuradha Vikram, and Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, among many others. The book is complemented by the new book Gómez-Peña Unplugged: Texts on Live Art, Social Practice and Imaginary Activism (2008–2019).
La Roches Einführung in den praktischen Journalismus
by Gabriele Hooffacker Klaus MeierWie wird man heute Journalist? Wo und in welchen Funktionen arbeiten Journalisten? Wie verändern die neuen Medien den Journalistenberuf? Wo kann man Journalismus lernen? Wie findet man Kontakt zu einer Redaktion? Wie recherchiert man eine Story? Kann der Journalist objektiv informieren? Wie schreibt man eine Nachricht? Was sind die Besonderheiten von Bericht, Reportage, Interview, analysierendem Beitrag und Feature sowie von Kommentar, Glosse und Rezension? Auf diese Fragen gibt die neu bearbeitete 20. Auflage erprobte und bewährte Antworten, aber auch Auskünfte über den neuesten Stand journalistischer Arbeitstechniken und Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten. Vor dem Hintergrund des digitalen Journalismus wurde das Kapitel zum Thema Recht völlig neu gefasst. Aufwändig recherchiert und überarbeitet wurden die Wege in den Journalismus, insbesondere die immer wichtiger werdenden Studiengänge an Hochschulen.
La Traduction en citations, deuxième édition: Florilège (Regards sur la traduction)
by Jean DelisleTraduire, ce n’est pas écrire » / « Traduire n’est rien d’autre qu’écrire » « On naît traducteur, on ne le devient pas » / « Le métier de traducteur, ça s’apprend » Qu’en pensent Victor Hugo, Madame de Sévigné, Octavio Paz ou Umberto Eco? Et qu’en disent les théoriciens de la traductologie, comme Antony Pym ou Sherry Simon? Les idées s’entrechoquent allègrement dans ce florilège de citations : autant d’auteurs et de traducteurs, autant de partis pris sur l’acte de traduire. La traduction en citations contient plus de 2700 aphorismes, définitions, éloges, épigrammes, jugements, témoignages ou traits d’esprit sur la traduction, les traducteurs et les interprètes. Ces citations ont été glanées chez plus de huit cents auteurs, de l’Antiquité à nos jours et sont classées sous une centaine de thèmes tels que Art ingrat, Belles infidèles, Éloge du traducteur, Humour, Limites de la traduction, Traduire au féminin ou Vieillissement des traductions. Ce petit bijou, agréable à lire et à relire, est un incontournable sur la table de chevet de tout traducteur et de tout lecteur curieux. Sourires en coin garantis. Publié en français
La traduction raisonnée, 3e édition: Manuel d’initiation à la traduction professionnelle de l’anglais vers le français (Pédagogie de la traduction)
by Jean Delisle Marco A. FiolaCe manuel, dont la visée est essentiellement pratique, propose une méthode d’initiation à la traduction professionnelle, par opposition aux exercices de traduction axés sur l’acquisition d’une langue étrangère. Il répond aux exigences particulières de formation des futurs traducteurs de métier et s’adresse tout particulièrement, mais non exclusivement, aux étudiants des programmes universitaires de traduction. Son domaine est celui des textes pragmatiques généraux, formulés selon les normes de la langue écrite et en vue d’un apprentissage dans le sens anglais - français. Le manuel renferme 9 objectifs généraux d’apprentissage, 75 objectifs spécifques, 85 textes à traduire, 253 exercices d’application, un glossaire de 275 notions, une bibliographie de 410 titres et des milliers d’exemples de traduction.Published in French.
La Traduction spécialisée: Une approche professionnelle à l’enseignement de la traduction (Regards sur la traduction)
by Federica ScarpaCet ouvrage présente les fondements théoriques et les principes méthodologiques de la traduction spécialisée en général, et plus particulièrement de la traduction spécialisée de l'anglais vers le français. Il s'ouvre sur une description des particularités des langues de spécialité portant sur une typologie des textes et une classification des genres textuels. Une étude comparative fait ressortir les similitudes et les différences qui marquent la langue de spécialité par rapport à la langue générale. L'ouvrage présente ensuite des stratégies à adopter dans la traduction d'un texte à partir de trois perspectives : les caractéristiques textuelles et rhétoriques du texte spécialisé, les aspects morphosyntaxiques de la langue de la spécialité et finalement, les aspects lexicaux et terminologiques du type textuel. Des chapitres entiers abordent les caractéristiques de la traduction de textes spécialisés, la notion d'équivalence, la méthodologie de la traduction spécialisée et le contrôle de la qualité des traductions. L'ouvrage se termine par un chapitre sur les débouchés qui s'offrent au langagier qui s'apprête à entreprendre une carrière de communicateur interlinguistique spécialisé. Publié en français
La valeur des informations: Ressorts et contraintes du marché des idées
by Bertrand LabasseDans le chaos de la communication moderne, comment et pourquoi un message réussit-il à plaire? Par l’analyse méthodique des connaissances scientifiques disponibles, cet ouvrage explore les logiques de production et de réception des discours. Pourquoi les messages qui nous plaisent nous plaisent-ils ? Derrière cette question simple se cache l’un des plus vieux problèmes théoriques de la communication, mais aussi l’un des plus importants dans le bouillonnement contemporain des contenus culturels, politiques, médiatiques et distractifs.Cette recherche s’attaque à ce défi sous un angle nouveau, au moyen d’une approche interdisciplinaire et expose de façon très stimulante les ressorts cognitifs et sociaux qui expliquent les logiques de production et de réception des multiples messages – triviaux ou érudits – en concurrence pour l’attention du public. La clarté de sa construction permettra à chacun de suivre pas à pas les étapes d’une quête captivante menée pendant plus de vingt ans sur des contextes discursifs aussi variés que le journalisme, la littérature ou la communication scientifique et médicale. Au fil d’un cheminement méthodique dont la rigueur n’exclut pas l’humour, on découvre comment des facteurs psychologiques et normatifs similaires, connus de longue date mais rarement rapprochés jusqu’à maintenant, s’exercent conjointement et comment ils contribuent globalement à façonner, pour le meilleur ou le pire, la société ultracommunicante dans laquelle nous vivons.
The Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy
by Lin ZhangFrom start-up founders in the Chinese equivalent of Silicon Valley to rural villages experiencing an e-commerce boom to middle-class women reselling luxury goods, the rise of internet-based entrepreneurship has affected every part of China. For many, reinventing oneself as an entrepreneur has appeared to be an appealing way to adapt to a changing economy and society. Yet in practice, digital entrepreneurship has also reinforced traditional Chinese ideas about state power, labor, gender, and identity.Lin Zhang explores how the everyday labor of entrepreneurial reinvention is remaking China amid changing geopolitical currents. She tells the stories of people from diverse class, gender, and age backgrounds across rural, urban, and transnational settings in rich detail, providing a multifaceted and ground-level view of the twenty-first-century Chinese economy. Zhang explores the surge in digital entrepreneurialism against the backdrop of global financial crises, the U.S.-China trade war, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She argues that the rise of internet-based industries and practices has simultaneously empowered and exploited digital entrepreneurs and laborers. Despite embracing high-tech innovation, state-led entrepreneurialization does not represent a radical break with the past. It has provided a means for implementing developmental goals while retaining the importance of the traditional family and generating new inequalities.Shedding new light on global capitalism and the digital economy by centering a non-Western perspective, The Labor of Reinvention vividly conveys how the contradictions of entrepreneurialism have played out in China.
Labour Policies, Language Use and the ‘New’ Economy: The Case of Adventure Tourism (Language and Globalization)
by Kellie GonçalvesThis book provides an in-depth analysis of language and tourist mobility within an adventure tourism context. It uses a critical and ethnographic approach, contributing to poststructuralist perspectives of social life that are currently undergoing considerable changes on social, political, cultural and linguistic levels. Drawing upon an array of data sources collected over five years on two continents, it examines and compares the way language and communication (e.g. speech, written texts, visual resources) are used within the production of place-making practices in two of the world’s top adventure tourism destinations: Interlaken, Switzerland and Queenstown, New Zealand. It centres on issues such as cross-cultural discourses, transcultural texts, and semiotic landscapes.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette: A Manual of Politeness from a Gentler Time
by Florence Hartley"Politeness is goodness of heart put into daily practice," declares the author of this 1860 guide to good manners, adding, "there can be no true politeness without kindness." Florence Hartley's world of calling cards and horse-drawn carriages may seem remote, but her advice is ageless. Friendliness, courtesy, and regard for other people's feelings remain the basis of etiquette for gentlemen as well as ladies. After all, it's just as rude today to neglect guests or finish someone else's sentences as it was in the nineteenth century.This vintage manual abounds in tips for proper behavior in every situation, from hosting dinner parties ("See that no guest is left in silence from the want of attention") and taking public transportation ("Make room for others if you see that the opposite side is full") to choosing clothes ("Do not be too submissive to the dictates of fashion"). Historical context adds a flavorful charm to advice on conducting morning calls and engaging in proper ballroom etiquette. Between its fascinating glimpses of a bygone era and its enduringly sound, common-sense suggestions, this book offers a uniquely instructive guide for navigating life with grace and confidence.
Ladies Get Paid: The Ultimate Guide to Breaking Barriers, Owning Your Worth, and Taking Command of Your Career
by Claire WassermanFrom career coach and founder of the startup Ladies Get Paid—the eponymous organization leading the fight for equality in the workplace—comes an empowering guide to provide you with the tools to strategically navigate the workplace, achieve success, and become a true leader. Claire Wasserman has one goal for women: Rise up and get paid. As the founder of Ladies Get Paid, Claire has worked her entire adult life to promote gender equality in the workplace. If you&’re looking to navigate a promotion or break the glass ceiling, Ladies Get Paid is your essential toolkit for achieving success. Filled with straightforward advice and inspiring stories, Ladies Get Paid encourages self-advocacy and activism as a way to advance your career and make more money. Covering topics as crucial and varied as how to find the perfect mentor, how to negotiate a raise, and how to become a leader, Ladies Get Paid is a reminder that you are valuable—both as an individual woman and as part of the female community. And ultimately, it&’s about more than your wallet—it&’s about your worth.
The Lady Upstairs: Dorothy Schiff and the New York Post
by Marilyn NissensonThe Lady Upstairs is the dramatic story of Dorothy Schiff---liberal activist, society stalwart, and the most dynamic female newspaper publisher of her day. From 1939 until 1976 she owned and guided the New York Post, the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the United States. Dolly, as she was called, made the Post one of the most dedicated supporters of New Deal liberalism in the country, while simultaneously maintaining its distinct personality as a chatty, parochial, New York tabloid. Unfazed by political or personal controversy, Schiff backed editorial writers like James Wechsler and Max Lerner and reporters like Murray Kempton and Pete Hamill. Under her guidance the Post broke the story of Richard Nixon's slush fund. It helped bring down such icons of the day as Joseph McCarthy, Walter Winchell, and Robert Moses. It supported the civil rights movement and opposed the Vietnam War. Although Dolly seldom appeared in the newsroom, she approved and commented on every major story and every minor column in the paper, until eventually selling it to Rupert Murdoch. Dolly's private life could have been a staple of the Post's society gossip columns. Endlessly flirtatious, she married four times and had extra-marital romances with, among others, Franklin Roosevelt and Max Beaverbrook. She was a friend of national politicians such as Adlai Stevenson, the Kennedys, Lyndon Johnson, and Nelson Rockefeller. Born into a staunchly Republican German-Jewish banking family, she used her inheritance to further causes of the political left. She used her charm and her social connections in the service of her paper, which was the center of her life. The Lady Upstairs is the portrait of a unique life and a crucial era in American history.
The Lady with the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire
by Laura ClaridgeThe untold story of Blanche Knopf, the singular woman who helped define American literatureLeft off her company’s fifth anniversary tribute but described by Thomas Mann as “the soul of the firm,” Blanche Knopf began her career when she founded Alfred A. Knopf with her husband in 1915. With her finger on the pulse of a rapidly changing culture, Blanche quickly became a driving force behind the firm. A conduit to the literature of Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Blanche also legitimized the hard-boiled detective fiction of writers such as Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Raymond Chandler; signed and nurtured literary authors like Willa Cather, Elizabeth Bowen, and Muriel Spark; acquired momentous works of journalism by John Hersey and William Shirer; and introduced American readers to Albert Camus, André Gide, and Simone de Beauvoir, giving these French writers the benefit of her consummate editorial taste. As Knopf celebrates its centennial, Laura Claridge looks back at the firm’s beginnings and the dynamic woman who helped to define American letters for the twentieth century. Drawing on a vast cache of papers, Claridge also captures Blanche’s “witty, loyal, and amusing” personality, and her charged yet oddly loving relationship with her husband. An intimate and often surprising biography, The Lady with the Borzoi is the story of an ambitious, seductive, and impossibly hardworking woman who was determined not to be overlooked or easily categorized.
A Lady's Guide to Murder: The new heartwarming and action-packed enemies-to-lovers romantic mystery for 2025!
by Felicity GeorgeIn this spicy historical mystery a duchess finds herself forced to work with her sworn rival to unmask a killer, clear her name and try not to fall in love.'Gorgeous, captivating regency romance' Sophie Irwin'The pen of Felicity George does NOT disappoint' 5* Reader Review'Evocative romance' Virginia HeathTwo sworn enemies. One inconvenient truceWhen the beloved Duke of Severn is murdered, rumours are that Henrietta - his young and scandalous wife - was behind it. Especially once she goes on the run!But Henrietta is not alone.Theo Hawke, her sworn enemy and ruthless journalist, is on her trail determined to be the first to get the scoop.With no other choice Henrietta presents a truce: if he helps her unmask the true identity of the killer then he can publish whatever he likes.Except when their inconvenient truce begins to cause inconvenient feelings, it's not just Henrietta's reputation at stake but her heart too . . .Praise for Felicity George!'Perfect balance of emotion, suspense and love' 5* Reader Review'Sexy, emotional and deliciously romantic' Cressida McLaughlin'A must for regency novels fans' 5* Reader Review
A Lady's Guide to Murder: The new heartwarming and action-packed enemies-to-lovers romantic mystery for 2025!
by Felicity GeorgeIn this spicy historical mystery a duchess finds herself forced to work with her sworn rival to unmask a killer, clear her name and try not to fall in love.'Gorgeous, captivating regency romance' Sophie Irwin'The pen of Felicity George does NOT disappoint' 5* Reader Review'Evocative romance' Virginia HeathTwo sworn enemies. One inconvenient truceWhen the beloved Duke of Severn is murdered, rumours are that Henrietta - his young and scandalous wife - was behind it. Especially once she goes on the run!But Henrietta is not alone.Theo Hawke, her sworn enemy and ruthless journalist, is on her trail determined to be the first to get the scoop.With no other choice Henrietta presents a truce: if he helps her unmask the true identity of the killer then he can publish whatever he likes.Except when their inconvenient truce begins to cause inconvenient feelings, it's not just Henrietta's reputation at stake but her heart too . . .Praise for Felicity George!'Perfect balance of emotion, suspense and love' 5* Reader Review'Sexy, emotional and deliciously romantic' Cressida McLaughlin'A must for regency novels fans' 5* Reader Review
The Lady's Handbook For Her Mysterious Illness: A Memoir
by Sarah Ramey'A visceral, scathing, erudite read that digs deep into how modern medicine continues to fail women and what can be done about it' Booklist The darkly funny memoir of Sarah Ramey's years-long battle with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head - but wasn't. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women whose legitimate health complaints are ignored. In her harrowing, defiant and unforgettable memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior year of college turned into a prolonged and elusive condition that destroyed her health but that doctors couldn't diagnose or treat. Worse, as they failed to cure her, they hinted that her devastating symptoms were psychological.The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious Illness is a memoir with a mission: to help the millions of (mostly) women who suffer from unnamed or misunderstood conditions--autoimmune illnesses, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic Lyme disease, chronic pain and many more. Ramey's pursuit of a diagnosis and cure for her own mysterious illness becomes a page-turning medical mystery that reveals a new understanding of today's chronic illnesses as ecological in nature, driven by modern changes to the basic foundations of health, from the quality of our sleep, diet and social connections to the state of our microbiomes. Her book will open eyes, change lives and, ultimately, change medicine.'Ramey's uncanny grit and fortitude will deeply inspire the multitudes facing similar issues' Publishers Weekly'This is a book for anyone who has ever asked a question that didn't have an immediate or easy answer, anyone who has worried about themselves or a loved one who isn't getting better - despite following all the experts' advice - and anyone interested in their own health, public health or medicine; in other words, it's a book with something resonant and useful for all of us' Chelsea Clinton
Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America
by Bill GeistBefore there was "tourism" and souvenir ashtrays became "kitsch," the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. <P><P> It was there that author Bill Geist spent summers in the Sixties during his school and college years working at Arrowhead Lodge-a small resort owned by his bombastic uncle-in all areas of the operation, from cesspool attendant to bellhop. What may have seemed just a summer job became, upon reflection, a transformative era where a cast of eccentric, small-town characters and experiences shaped (some might suggest "slightly twisted") Bill into the man he is today. <P><P>He realized it was this time in his life that had a direct influence on his sensibilities, his humor, his writing, and ultimately a career searching the world for other such untamed creatures for the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and CBS News. <P><P>In LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Emmy Award-winning CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent Bill Geist reflects on his coming of age in the American Heartland and traces his evolution as a man and a writer. He shares laugh-out-loud anecdotes and tongue-in-cheek observations guaranteed to evoke a strong sense of nostalgia for "the good ol' days." <P><P>Written with Geistian wit and warmth, LAKE OF THE OZARKS takes readers back to a bygone era, and demonstrates how you can find inspiration in the most unexpected places. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Landmark Essays in Contemporary Writing Center Studies (Landmark Essays Series)
by Neal Lerner Paula GillespieThis volume collects essential writings in the field of writing center studies as it has blossomed and developed since the 1995 publication of Landmark Essays on Writing Centers. These writings offer a new generation of writing center readers' provocative ideas and research-based praxis on the topics covered in the book’s four parts: Writing Center History, Critical Perspectives on Current Practices, Writing Center Research, and Writing Centers in New Spaces. Its provocative chapters discuss issues including student agency, collaboration, social justice and marginalized populations, community engagement, and online writing instruction. Landmark Essays in Contemporary Writing Center Studies provides an up-to-date introduction to new students and a useful reference for long-time practitioners. It is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students in composition and education, as well as writing center staff and directors.
Landmark Essays on American Public Address: Volume 1
by Martin J. MedhurstThis volume traces the historical evolution of American academic thought concerning public address -- what it is, how it ought to be studied, and what can be learned by engaging rhetorical texts in an analytical fashion. To begin, one must distinguish among three separate but interrelated uses of the term "public address" -- as practice, theory, and criticism. The essays in this volume represent landmarks in the literal sense of that term -- they are marks on the intellectual landscape that indicate where scholars and ideas have passed, and in that passing left a mark for future generations. It is appropriate to revisit the landmarks that have set public address off as a field of study and it allows readers to remember the struggles that have led to the current situation. Most of the authors of the following chapters are deceased, but their ideas live on -- transformed, adapted, modified, rejected, and reborn. The scholarly dialectic continues. What constitutes a study in public address, how best to approach rhetorical texts, which analytical tools are required for the job, how best to balance text with context and what role ought theory to play in the conduct or outcome of critical inquiry -- these questions live on. To answer them at all is to engender debate and that is how it should be if the intellectual vitality of public address is to be maintained. The papers are a prolegomenon to such studies, for they mark where scholars have been and point the way to where they still must go.
Landmark Essays on Aristotelian Rhetoric: Volume 14
by Richard Leo EnosThere is little doubt that Aristotle's Rhetoric has made a major impact on rhetoric and composition studies. This impact has not only been chronicled throughout the history of rhetoric, but has more recently been contested as contemporary rhetoricians reexamine Aristotelian rhetoric and its potential for facilitating contemporary oral and written expression. This volume contains the full text of Father William Grimaldi's monograph studies in the philosophy of Aristotle's Rhetoric. The eight essays presented here are divided into three rubrics: history and philosophical orientation, theoretical perspectives, and historical impact. This collection provides teachers and students with major works on Aristotelian rhetoric that are difficult to acquire and offers readers an opportunity to become active participants in today's deliberations about the merits of Aristotelian rhetoric for contemporary teaching and research.
Landmark Essays on Bakhtin, Rhetoric, and Writing: Volume 13 (Landmark Essays Ser. #Vol. 13)
by Frank FarmerThe essays in this collection give voice to the plurality of approaches that scholars in the field of rhetoric and composition have when they set forth to assimilate Bakhtin for their varied purposes. The collection is arranged in three major sections. The first attempts to capture the most important theoretical extensions of Bakhtin's ideas, and does so with an emphasis on what Bakhtin might contribute to the present understanding of language and rhetoric. The next section explores the implications of Bakhtin's work for both disciplinary identity and writing pedagogy. The final section looks at how Bakhtinian thought can be used to bring new light to concerns that his work either does not address or could not have imagined addressing concerns ranging from writing across the curriculum to feminism, and from computer discourse to the writing of a corporation annual report. Together, these essays demonstrate how fruitfully and imaginatively Bakhtin's ideas can be appropriated for a context that he could not have anticipated. They also serve as an invitation to sustain the dialogue with Bakhtin in the future, so that researchers may yet come to realize the fortuitous ways that Bakhtin will continue to mean more than he said.