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Body of Writing
Bronwyn Davies
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Description for Body of Writing
Hardback. This text weaves together some of the author's influential writings of the 1990s to offer an engagement with poststructuralism that aims to defy the boundaries between theory and embodied practice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Weaving together her most influential writings of the 1990s, Bronwyn Davies offers a unique engagement with poststructuralism that defies the boundaries between theory and embodied practice. Whereas poststructuralists are often accused of excessive abstraction, Davies' sophisticated and nuanced discussions of subjectivity, agency, epistemology, feminism, and power are embedded in vital depictions of lived experience and empirical research. A renowned scholar of education and gender formation, Davies shows the importance of poststructural perspectives for her own research in classrooms, on playgrounds, with literary texts, and her own life history. Lucid prose—accessible for students and refreshing for researchers and theorists alike—makes postructural ... Read more
Weaving together her most influential writings of the 1990s, Bronwyn Davies offers a unique engagement with poststructuralism that defies the boundaries between theory and embodied practice. Whereas poststructuralists are often accused of excessive abstraction, Davies' sophisticated and nuanced discussions of subjectivity, agency, epistemology, feminism, and power are embedded in vital depictions of lived experience and empirical research. A renowned scholar of education and gender formation, Davies shows the importance of poststructural perspectives for her own research in classrooms, on playgrounds, with literary texts, and her own life history. Lucid prose—accessible for students and refreshing for researchers and theorists alike—makes postructural ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780742503212
SKU
V9780742503212
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Ref
99-15
About Bronwyn Davies
James Cook University, Australia
Reviews for Body of Writing
The theoretical and educationalist positioning of A Body of Writing, 1990-1999 render it a useful and insightful text to those studying literary theory, poststructuralist theory or education.
Francis Vicary, (University of Queensland)
M/C: A Journal Of Media and Culture
Francis Vicary, (University of Queensland)
M/C: A Journal Of Media and Culture