Writing and identity [[electronic resource] ] : the discoursal construction of identity in academic writing / / Roz Ivanič

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781392003321
• Autore: Ivanič Roz
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins, c1998
• ISBN: 90-272-8551-9; 1-55619-323-8; 9786613092526; 1-283-09252-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Collana: Studies in written language and literacy ; ; v. 5
• Disciplina: 808/.04207
• Soggetti: English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - Psychological aspects; English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching - Great Britain; Academic writing - Study and teaching - Psychological aspects; Discourse analysis - Psychological aspects; English language - Discourse analysis; English language - Written English; Identity (Psychology)
• 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: WRITING AND IDENTITY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; PART ONE. Theoretical approaches to writing andidentity; CHAPTER 2. Discourse and identity; CHAPTER 3. Literacy and identity; CHAPTER 4. Issues of identity in academic writing; PART TWO. The discoursal construction of identity in academic writing: An investigation with eight mature students; CHAPTER 5. Introduction to Part Two; CHAPTER 6 Rachel Dean: A case study of writing and identity; CHAPTER 7. The origins of discoursal identity in writers' experienceCHAPTER 8. The sense of self and the role of the reader in the discoursal construction of writeridentity; CHAPTER 9. The discoursal construction of academic community membership; CHAPTER 10. Multiple possibilities for self-hood in the academic discourse ; community; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 11. Writer identity on the agenda in theory and in practice; References; Index; The series Studies in Written Language and Literacy
• Sommario/riassunto: Writing is not just about conveying 'content' but also about the representation of self. (One of the reasons people find writing difficult is that they do not feel comfortable with the 'me' they are portraying in their writing. Academic writing in particular often poses a conflict of identity for students in higher education, because the 'self' which is inscribed in academic discourse feels alien to them.)The main claim of this book is that writing is an act of identity in which people align themselves with socio-culturally shaped subject positions, and thereby play their part in reprodu