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Winner of the 2004 Distinguished Publication on Business Communication presented by the Association of Business Communication
Writing Power examines the way that texts, knowledge, and hierarchy generate and support one another within a for-profit corporation. By encouraging us to see texts and writing as powerful operators in the corporate world, this book presents a case study focused on how one engineering organization uses texts to create and maintain its knowledge and power structure. Based on over five years of observations, the book describes the co-generation of power/knowledge/text from several points of view, including that of managers, engineers, interns, and blue-collar workers. These groups of people use texts to build knowledge within their own areas and establish control over their work when it is passed along to the other groups. Employing Bourdieu's notion that people possess different kinds of \"capital\" that can be converted to one another under the right circumstances, the book demonstrates that text is one of the major ways that this conversion of capital takes place, and is thus one of the major ways that power and knowledge are generated and accumulated.
Editions of Writing Power
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791457573
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791457580
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791486702
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Winner of the 2004 Distinguished Publication on Business Communication presented by the Association of Business Communication
Writing Power examines the way that texts, knowledge, and hierarchy generate and support one another within a for-profit corporation. By encouraging us to see texts and writing as powerful operators in the corporate world, this book presents a case study focused on how one engineering organization uses texts to create and maintain its knowledge and power structure. Based on over five years of observations, the book describes the co-generation of power/knowledge/text from several points of view, including that of managers, engineers, interns, and blue-collar workers. These groups of people use texts to build knowledge within their own areas and establish control over their work when it is passed along to the other groups. Employing Bourdieu's notion that people possess different kinds of \"capital\" that can be converted to one another under the right circumstances, the book demonstrates that text is one of the major ways that this conversion of capital takes place, and is thus one of the major ways that power and knowledge are generated and accumulated.
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What is Writing Power about?
Winner of the 2004 Distinguished Publication on Business Communication presented by the Association of Business Communication
Writing Power examines the way that texts, knowledge, and hierarchy generate and support one another within a for-profit corporation. By encouraging us to see texts and writing as powerful operators in the corporate world, this book presents a case study focused on how one engineering organization uses texts to create and maintain its knowledge and power structure. Based on over five years of observations, the book describes the co-generation of power/knowledge/text from several points of view, including that of managers, engineers, interns, and blue-collar workers. These groups of people use texts to build knowledge within their own areas and establish control over their work when it is passed along to the other groups. Employing Bourdieu's notion that people possess different kinds of \"capital\" that can be converted to one another under the right circumstances, the book demonstrates that text is one of the major ways that this conversion of capital takes place, and is thus one of the major ways that power and knowledge are generated and accumulated.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Writing Power?
Language and Linguistics > Language: reference and general > Creative writing and creative writing guides
Where can I read a sample of Writing Power?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780791457573
How long is Writing Power and how many pages does it have?
Writing Power has 183 page(s)
Is Writing Power part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series, Studies in Scientific and Technical Communication
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Writing Power?
Dorothy A. Winsor
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Writing Power is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791457573) and paperback(ISBN 9780791457580) and pdf(ISBN 9780791486702)
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