Imagining the Cosmopolitan in Public and Professional Writing

2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-31112-5
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 179 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

In this important book, Surma combines threads from ethical, political, communications, sociological, feminist and discourse theories to explore the impact of writing in a range of contexts and illustrate the ways in which it can strengthen social connections.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Surma, Anne

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: A Cosmopolitan Orientation Conceptualising the Cosmopolitan Approach to Writing Writing in the network Sentencing: Reflecting on Words and Worlds Rewriting Organisational Change The Multinational Corporation - Writing Cosmopolitan Responsibility? Conclusion: Reimagining the Cosmopolitan Appendix Endnotes Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

ANNE SURMA is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Murdoch University, Australia. Anne has also worked in private industry as an editor and writer and, more recently, as a workshop facilitator and consultant, advising on communication strategy and practice. Her research interests include public communication as ethical discourse and creative practice; corporate responsibility; and discursive approaches to dominant and marginalised narratives in public and organisational stories. Anne's previous publications include Public and Professional Writing: Ethics, Imagination and Rhetoric.