Writing ourselves : mass-observation and literacy practices / Dorothy Sheridan, Brian Street, David Bloome.

Author
Sheridan, Dorothy [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cresskill, N.J. : Hampton Press, [2000], ©2000.
Description
xxii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Language & social processes. [More in this series]
    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.
    ISBN
    • 1572732776 (cl)
    • 1572732784 (pb)
    LCCN
    00040744
    OCLC
    44413816
    RCP
    C - S
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