Other Floors, Other Voices: A Textography of a Small University Building

by John M. Swales

Book Overview

The author describes this volume as a "textography" because it combines certain elements of both text analysis and ethnography. Through analysis of texts, textual forms, and systems of texts, it shows the lives, life commitments, and life projects of people deeply embedded in the literate culture of the university. The people examined work in a single building, but their textual lives are maintained in different times and spaces, measured by the dimensions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805820884
• ISBN13: 9780805820881
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"