Textual Dynamics of the Professions
Historical and Contemporary Studies of Writing in Professional Communities
Edited for digital presentation by Nicole Ashton and Heidi Scott
In Textual Dynamics of the Profession, 15 essays examine the effects of texts on professional practices in academic, scientific, and business settings. Editors Charles Bazerman and James Paradis characterize "textual dynamics" as an interaction in which professional texts and discourses are constructed by, and in turn construct, social practices. Lauded for its contribution to the field of rhetoric and composition, this landmark collection offers essays that make a significant contribution to the scholarship of professional discourse practices.
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- Front Matter and Table of Contents
Contributors
- Introduction, Charles Bazerman and James Paradis
Part One Textual Construction Of The Professions
- How Natural Philosophers Can Cooperate: The Literary Technology of Coordinated Investigation in Joseph Priestley's History and Present State of Electricity (1767), Charles Bazerman
- Stories and Styles in Two Molecular Biology Review Articles, Greg Myers
- The Rhetoric of Literary Criticism, Jeanne Fahnestock and Marie Secor
- The Medieval Art of Letter Writing: Rhetoric As Institutional Expression, Les Perelman
- The Role of Narrative Structure in the Transfer of Ideas: The Case Study and Management Theory, Ann Harleman Stewart
- Scientific Rhetoric in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Herbert Spencer, Thomas H. Huxley, and John Dewey, James P. Zappen
Part Two The Dynamics Of Discourse Communities
- Toward a Sociocognitive Model of Literacy: Constructing Mental Models in a Philosophical Conversation, Cheryl Geisler
- Social Context and Socially Constructed Texts: The Initiation of a Graduate Student into a Writing Research Community, Carol Berkenkotter, Thomas N . Huckin, and John Ackerman
- Meaning Attribution in Ambiguous Texts in Sociology, Robert A . Schwegler and Linda K. Shamoon
- Texts in Oral Context: The "Transmission" of Jury Instructions in an Indiana Trial, Gail Stygall
Part Three: The Operational Force Of Texts
- Text and Action: The Operator's Manual in Context and in Court, James Paradis
- Understanding Failures in Organizational Discourse: The Accident at Three Mile Island and the Shuttle Challenger Disaster, Carl G. Herndl, Barbara A. Fennell, and Carolyn R. Miller
- Creating a Text /Creating a Company: The Role of a Text in the Rise and Decline of a New Organization, Stephen Doheny-Farina
- Intertextuality in Tax Accounting: Generic, Referential, and Functional, Amy J. Devitt
- A Psychiatrist Using DSM-III: The Influence of a Charter Document in Psychiatry, Lucille Parkinson McCarthy
- Index
Publication Information: Bazerman, Charles, and Paradis, James. 2004. Textual Dynamics of the Professions: Historical and Contemporary Studies of Writing in Professional Communities. WAC Clearinghouse Landmark Publications in Writing Studies: http://wac.colostate.edu/books/bazerman_dynamics/ Originally Published in Print, 1991, by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin.
Publication Date: March 21, 2004
Contact Information:
Charles Bazerman's Home Page: http://www.education.ucsb.edu/~bazerman
Charles Bazerman's Email: bazerman@education.ucsb.edu
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