1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455005203321

Autore

Keller Frances Richardson <1917->

Titolo

Fictions of U.S. history [[electronic resource] ] : a theory and four illustrations / / Frances Richardson Keller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-06274-3

9780253108861

9786612062742

0-253-10886-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Disciplina

973/.01

Soggetti

Fictions, Theory of

Ideology - Social aspects - United States

Patriarchy

Electronic books.

United States Historiography

United States History Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fictions and the missions of history: our fictions, our missions, our selves -- The grandest fiction -- The scramble after the Civil War -- From Mormon polygamy to American monogamy: shifting fictions in the life of a society -- Eleanor Roosevelt: changing fictions in the life of an individual.

Sommario/riassunto

Fictions of History offers a new definition of the term                ""fictions."" A fiction is not merely the imaginative literature we treasure                in works of novelists, dramatists, and poets. It is a powerful, driving idea that                enters the life of an individual, the course a whole society travels, and the                stories historians tell about the human past. In many dimensions, fictions affect                every person on planet Earth. We all live lives based on                fictions.Frances Richardson Keller chooses fascinating examples



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452634003321

Autore

Busà€ Maria Grazia

Titolo

Introducing the language of the news : a student's guide / / M. Grazia Busà€

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

0-415-63730-9

0-203-79706-X

1-135-14447-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

070.101/4

Soggetti

Mass media and language

Broadcast journalism - Language

Newspapers - Language

Discourse analysis - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Making news -- 2. Defining news -- 3. Sourcing news -- 4. Conveying meaning through design -- 5. Structuring the story -- 6. Headline, lead and story proper -- 7. The tools of the trade -- 8. Reporting information and evaluating likelihood -- 9. The power of words.

Sommario/riassunto

Introducing the Language of the News is a comprehensive introduction to the language of news reporting. Assuming no prior knowledge of linguistics, the book provides an accessible analysis of the processes that produce news language, and discusses how different linguistic choices promote different interpretations of news texts. Key features include:comprehensive coverage of both print and online news, including news design and layout, story structure, the role of headlines and leads, style, grammar and vocabularya range of contemporary examples in the international press, from the 2012 Olympic