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Cultural Approach to Discourse
Shi-Xu
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Description for Cultural Approach to Discourse
Hardback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Shi-xu critiques universalism in discourse studies in terms of the cultural consequences of its current white, western standpoint and advocates a culturally pluralist approach, a theory and research methodology from an innovative position between Eastern and Western cultures. Practical research strategies are illustrated by examples drawn from culturally wide ranging discourses. This is a book to interest any scholar or student of discourse looking outside their own intellectual tradition.
Shi-xu critiques universalism in discourse studies in terms of the cultural consequences of its current white, western standpoint and advocates a culturally pluralist approach, a theory and research methodology from an innovative position between Eastern and Western cultures. Practical research strategies are illustrated by examples drawn from culturally wide ranging discourses. This is a book to interest any scholar or student of discourse looking outside their own intellectual tradition.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403943347
SKU
V9781403943347
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99-15
About Shi-Xu
SHI-XU is Professor and Director of the Institute of Discourse and Cultural Studies, Zhejiang University, China, and was previously Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam, Lecturer at the National University of Singapore, and Reader at the University of Ulster, UK. His other books in English include Cultural Representations, Read the Cultural Other (lead-editor) and Discourse as Cultural Struggle (editor). He ... Read more
Reviews for Cultural Approach to Discourse
'This volume is a welcome and significant contribution to the existing literature on discourse and cultural studies and social science more generally and will be enlightening and inspiring for both western and non-western readers who are interested in better reading of their own as well as each other's discourses and making real efforts towards unity within diversity in intercultural communication.' ... Read more