A Geopolitics Of Academic Writing
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A Geopolitics Of Academic Writing

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A Geopolitics Of Academic Writing

About this book

A Geopolitics of Academic Writing critiques current scholarly publishing practices, exposing the inequalities in the way academic knowledge is constructed and legitimized. As a periphery scholar now working in (and writing from) the center, Suresh Canagarajah is uniquely situated to demonstrate how and why contributions from Third World scholars are too often relegated to the perimeter of academic discourse. He examines three broad conventions governing academic writing: textual concerns (matters of languages, style, tone, and structure), social customs (the rituals governing the interactions of members of the academic community), and publishing practices (from submission protocols to photocopying and postage requirements). Canagarajah argues that the dominance of Western conventions in scholarly communication leads directly to the marginalization or appropriation of the knowledge of Third World communities.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. The Problem
  4. The Project
  5. 1. Contextualizing Academic Writing
  6. 2. Communities of Knowledge Construction
  7. 3. Conventions in Knowledge Construction
  8. 4. Textual Conventions in Conflict
  9. 5. Publishing Requirements and Material Constraints
  10. 6. Literacy Practices and Academic Culture
  11. 7. Poverty and Power in Knowledge Production
  12. 8. Reform, Resistance, Reconstruction
  13. Notes
  14. Works Cited
  15. Index