necessary for the political‚ economic and social formation of the West‚ it was also essential to the West’s formation of both its own sense of itself – a ‘western’ identity – and of western forms of knowledge’ (Stuart Hall‚ ‘The West and the Rest: discourse and power’‚ in Formations of modernity‚ Stuart Hall and Bram Gieben (eds)‚ 1992‚ p. 138). Discuss with reference to the history of anthropology. The idea of ‘the west’ or ‘western’ culture is vague and has been for centuries. ‘The west’ is a
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cultural and economic subject for communication studies. American food narratives communicate far past the nutritional value of what you see on a plate. There are deep connections to food discourse as it relates to the political‚ social and economic impacts of the America’s food history. Analyzing the discourse of food is important because it helps us look at the societal level communication of a system integral to everyday life. The longtime commercialization of the American food system has created
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Earth The discourse of Limits and Survival conceives nature as an inherent limit on human activity‚ and the discourse of Prometheanism conceives nature as a malleable resource for human activity. Focusing on these different conceptions of nature‚ which discourse do you consider more persuasive? Describe the basic features of each discourse (including different versions of each)‚ assess each discourse’s strengths and weaknesses‚ and present an overall argument about which discourse you consider
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competence is more than acquiring mastery of structure and form. It also involves acquiring the ability to interpret discourse in all its social and cultural contexts. For this reason‚ the use of literature in the EFL classroom can provide a powerful pedagogic tool in learners’ linguistic development. Focusing on Literature Language‚ both spoken and written‚ comes in a variety of discourse types and‚ as teachers of language‚ we attempt to introduce our learners to as many of these as possible.The
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psychoanalysis‚ discursive psychology and the nature of represssion’‚ British Journal of Social Psychology‚ vol.36‚pp‚ 139-59. Lorenz‚ K (1974) Civilized Man’s Eight Deadly Sins‚ London‚ Methuen Lorenz‚ K Potter‚ J and Wetherell‚ M. (1987) Psychology Discourse and Social‚ London‚ Sage Sherif‚ M and Sherif‚ C.W.V Tajfel‚ H (1969) ‘ Cognitive aspects of prejudice’‚ Journal of Biosocial sciences‚ Supplement no. 1‚ pp. 173-91 Tajfel‚ H (1969) ‘ Cognitive aspects of prejudice’‚ Journal of Biosocial sciences
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This approach adopts a bipartite representation taken from narrative theory‚ in which narrative is poised of story and discourse. In this loom‚ story basics – plot and character – are defined in requisites of plans that take the dynamics of a virtual situation. Discourse basics – the narrative’s communicative actions are stated in terms of discourse tactics whose talkative goals include passing on the narrative world plan’s structure. In this approach‚ models of narrative from narrative
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After an analysis of the sport of fishing‚ I have learned a lot about its discourse community and how people are involved in the sport today‚ and how the sport has effected the world today. My research started with the interpretation of several books related to the discourse community‚ which brought the attention of new information about professional fishing to the forefront of my research of the everyday life of the discourse community members. The sport of fishing has a wide variety of the type of
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itself into their actions and attitudes‚ their discourses‚ learning processes and everyday lives."1 It is in discourse‚ according to Foucault‚ that power is both most manifest and hardest to identify. Discourse is where everything that relates to power and knowledge‚ including his own work‚ is buried.2 Thus‚ in his first three "historical" works‚ Madness and Civilization‚ The Birth of the Clinic‚ and The Order of Things‚3 Foucault examines the discourses surrounding the "development" of psychiatry
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hospital. Purposes of discourse in the text A discourse in its definition is expressing oneself eliciting a particular response from readers reality as clearly as possible. A discourse can be either persuasive or expressive in terms of its purposes. In this text‚ expressive discourse can be identified if one takes note of the words like “disgruntled” where the writer is trying to express how the stuff members were angry to their senior personnel. More over persuasive discourse may be identified if
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are produced within discourses which in themselves are neither true nor false. Truth itself is the product of relations of power and of the systems in which it follows‚ it changes as system changes. There are certain systems in society. So‚ the system is formed of many individuals‚ so it is a group power. Therefore‚ he doesn’t focus on any individual power. Under the system‚ society possesses some knowledge. By using such knowledge‚ the society (people) creates discourse (literature). We speak
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