A Geopolitics of Academic Writing

by A. Suresh Canagarajah and A. Suresh Canagarajah

A Geopolitics of Academic Writing critiques current scholarly publishing practices, exposing the inequalities in the way academic knowledge is constructed and legitimized. As a periphery scholar now working in (and writing from) the center, Suresh Canagarajah is uniquely situated to demonstrate how and why contributions from Third World scholars are too often relegated to the perimeter of academic discourse. He examines three broad conventions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822957949
• ISBN13: 9780822957942
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"