{"product_id":"textual-politics-jay-l-lemke-9780748402151","title":"Textual Politics: Discourse And Social Dynamics","description":"Texts record the meanings we make: in words, pictures and deeds, and politics chronicles our uses of power in shaping social relationships large and small. Textual politics is about meaning - the meaning we make with words and with the symbolic values of every object and action.; The book begins with an introduction which discusses the relationship between Discourse And The Notions Of Power And Ideology. These Concepts Are Then applied to major issues: the social construction of class, gender and individuality; the rhetoric of polarizing social controversies religious fundamentalism vs. gay rights; and the abuse of technical language in policy arguments educational research vs. conservative politics. The book ends with chapters which extend the theory to processes of large- scale social change and apply it to the challenges facing education and political action in the new global information century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay L. Lemke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0748402152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780748402151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.38h x 7.20w x 0.77d","brand":"Jay L. Lemke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065084227839,"sku":"9780748402151","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60113b28-295d-44eb-a823-11d3643745eb.jpg?v=1768672878","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/textual-politics-jay-l-lemke-9780748402151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}