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A Cultural Approach to Discourse 2005th Edition
Author(s): S. xu (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 10 Dec. 2004
- Edition: 2005th
- Language: English
- Print length: 243 pages
- ISBN-10: 0230577628
- ISBN-13: 9780230577626
Book Description
Drawing on diverse cultural perspectives, Shi-xu critiques ethnocentrism in discourse studies in terms of its intellectual and cultural consequences. Further, he outlines a culturally pluralist stance that advocates the construction of theory and use of m
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘This volume is a welcome and significant contribution to the existing literature on discourse and cultural studies and social science more generally and will be enlightening and inspiring for both western and non-western readers who are interested in better reading of their own as well as each other’s discourses and making real efforts towards unity within diversity in intercultural communication.’ – Discourse & Communication
About the Author
SHI-XU is Professor and Director of the Institute of Discourse and Cultural Studies, Zhejiang University, China, and was previously Research Fellow at the University of Amsterdam, Lecturer at the National University of Singapore, and Reader at the University of Ulster, UK. His other books in English include Cultural Representations, Read the Cultural Other (lead-editor) and Discourse as Cultural Struggle (editor). He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Multicultural Discourses.
