Language Studies category: 15171 books
Media, Communication and Development
Three Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Media, Communication and Development: Three Approaches explores and revisits the perspectives of Nora C Quebral, whose seminal work still remains a Magna Carta on the topic of development communication. It explores the three primary approaches—media for development, media development and participatory...
White News
Why Local News Programs Don't Cover People of Color
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Is TV news racist? If the purpose of local news is to cover individual communities and to present issues of interest and concern to local audiences, why are local newscasts so similar in markets around the country? These are the questions that motivated Heider's research, leading to the development...
1984 by George Orwell (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Unlock the more straightforward side of 1984 with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of 1984 by George Orwell, a dystopian novel which presents an uncomfortably realistic portrayal of the future, a future where the government controls everything...
Adolescent Literacies and the Gendered Self
(Re)constructing Identities through Multimodal Literacy Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Today’s youth live in the interface of the local and the global. Research is documenting how a world youth culture is developing, how global migration is impacting youth, how global capitalism is changing their economic and vocational futures, and how computer-mediated communication with the world...
Media Disparity
A Gender Battleground
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
For decades, scholars have repeatedly found the inequity of gender representations in informational and entertainment media. Beginning with the seminal work by Gaye Tuchman and colleagues, we have repeatedly seen a systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in media. Examining the...
Jane Grey Swisshelm
An Unconventional Life, 1815-1884
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Nineteenth-century newspaper editor Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an unconventionally ambitious woman. While she struggled in private to be a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother, she publicly critiqued and successfully challenged gender conventions that restricted her personal behavior, limited...
by Pilar Garces-Conejos Blitvich
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA.
Indigenous Feminist Narratives
I/We: Wo(men) of an(Other) Way
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2015
This book analyzes the literary representation of Indigenous women in Latin American letters from colonization to the twentieth century, arguing that contemporary theorization of Indigenous feminism deconstructs denigratory imagery and offers a (re)signification, (re)semantization and reinvigoration of what it means to be an Indigenous woman.
by Michael Murphy, Elizabeth Ribarsky
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Activities for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in the University Classroom is the first interdisciplinary collection of activities devoted entirely to teaching about gender and sexuality. It offers both new and seasoned instructors a range of exciting exercises that can be immediately adapted for their...
China A to Z
Everything You Need to Know to Understand Chinese Customs and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
A practical and accessible guide to an ancient but rapidly changing culture—now revised and updated
Perfect for business, pleasure, or armchair travelers, China A to Z explains the customs, culture, and etiquette essential for any trip or for anyone wanting to understand this complex country....
by Robin Birn, Patrick Forsyth
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Marketing in Publishing, offers a wealth of practical information on creative strategies to increase book sales in a competitive and rapidly-changing marketplace. It is the first comprehensive study in this area to be published since the ending of the Net Book Agreement.
Patrick Forsyth, now a marketing...
by Peter Hawkins
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
First published in 1984. This study is designed as an introductory course in phonology for linguistics students. Like phonology itself, the book is divided into two main parts, the first dealing with segmental phonology, and the second with suprasegmental aspects, including stress, rhythm and intonation....
Politicians and Rhetoric
The Persuasive Power of Metaphor
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
This analysis of the rhetoric of nine successfully persuasive politicians explains how their use of language created credible and consistent stories about themselves and the social world they inhabit. It explores their use of metaphors, their myths and how language analysis helps us to understand how politicians are able to persuade.
Anthropologies of Education
A Global Guide to Ethnographic Studies of Learning and Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Despite international congresses and international journals, anthropologies of education differ significantly around the world. Linguistic barriers constrain the flow of ideas, which results in a vast amount of research on educational anthropology that is not published in English or is difficult for...