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Writing ourselves : mass-observation and literacy practices / Dorothy Sheridan, Brian Street, David Bloome.
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Sheridan, Dorothy
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English
Published/Created
Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2000], ©2000.
Description
xxii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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LC156.G7 S44 2000
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Subject(s)
Literacy
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Great Britain
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History
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20th century
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Great Britain
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Social conditions
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20th century
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Historiography
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Social sciences
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Research
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Great Britain
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History
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20th century
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Public opinion
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Great Britain
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History
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20th century
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Social surveys
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Great Britain
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History
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20th century
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Mass-Observation (Firm)
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Street, Brian V.
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Bloome, David
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Series
Language & social processes.
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-303) and indexes.
Contents
Foreword / Shirley Brice Heath
Introduction: Literacy Theory and Mass-Observation
Sect. I. An Historical Context of Mass-Observation. 1. Mass Observation from 1937 to 1981. The Historical Origins: Social and Political Contexts. The Recruitment of the Panel of Volunteers. The Years Between 1950 and 1980. The Rehabilitation of Mass-Observation. 2. Mass-Observation Revived: Writing Britain. The Re-Launch. Publicity and Funds, 1981-85. After the Hiatus, From 1986. How People Join Mass-Observation: Advertising and Recruitment. Becoming a Mass-Observer. The Directives. Organisation and Classification of Data. Changes and Developments. Connections with Other Projects. The Contemporary Mass-Observation Project and the Original Mass-Observation. 3. Mass-Observation and Anthropology. British Anthropology in the Early Twentieth Century. Mass-Observation as Anthropology at Home. Malinowski and Mass-Observation. Firth and Mass-Observation.
Limitations of the Anthropologists' Critiques. Pocock and Mass-Observation. Contemporary Anthropology: The Reflexive Turn. Mass-Observation as Case Studies. Mass-Observation as Literacy Practices
Sect. II. Dialogues and Writing Practices. 4. Framing the Dialogues: Literary Practices. Reading Mass-Observation and the Nature of Knowledge. Gathering, Analysing and Writing Up the Data. Constructing the Dialogues. Final Comments on Constructing Dialogues. 5. Dialogues About Literacy Practices and the Mass-Observation Project
Sect. III. Ordinary People Writing. 6. The Uses of Writing. 7. Power, Personhood and Crossings. 8. Writing Ourselves and Writing Britain. App. Ai. Bibliography of Original Mass-Observation Books
App. Aii. Recent Anthologies and Edited Material
App. Aiii. Mass-Observation Occasional Papers Series
App. Aiv. About the Mass-Observation Archive
App. Bi. Lists of Topics Covered in Directives Since 1981
App. Bii. Sample Directives --
App. Biii. Introductory Information for New Recruits
App. Biv. Pseudonyms and Numbers of Correspondents Cited
App. C. The Spring Directive 1991
App. D. Interview Guidance Sheet.
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ISBN
1572732776 (cl)
1572732784 (pb)
LCCN
00040744
OCLC
44413816
RCP
C - S
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