International Advances in Writing Research: Cultures, Places, Measures

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Edited by Charles Bazerman, Chris Dean, Jessica Early, Karen Lunsford, Suzie Null, Paul Rogers, and Amanda Stansell Perspectives on Writing ( The WAC Clearinghouse and Parlor Press) Series Editor: Susan H. McLeod Information and Pricing 978-1-60235-352-7 (paperback, $45); 978-1-60235-353-4 (hardcover, $80); 978-1-60235-354-1 (PDF, $19.99).   © 2012 by Charles Bazerman, Chris Dean, Jessica Early, Karen Lunsford, Suzie Null, Paul Rogers, and Amanda Stansell. 568 pages, with notes, illustrations, and bibliographies. Bookstores : Order by fax, mail, or phone. See our "Sales and Ordering Page" for details. Description The thirty chapters in International Advances in Writing Research: Cultures, Places, Measures were selected from the more than 500 presentations at the Writing Research Across Borders II Conference in 2011. With representatives from more than forty countries, this conference gave rise to the International Society for the Advancement of Writing Research. The chapters selected for this collection represent cutting edge research on writing from all regions, organized around three themes—cultures, places, and measures. The authors report research that considers writing in all levels of schooling, in science, in the public sphere, and in the workplace, as well as the relationship among these various places of writing. The authors also consider the cultures of writing—among them national cultures, gender cultures, schooling cultures, scientific cultures, and cultures of the workplace. About the Editors Charles Bazerman , Professor of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of numerous publications on the social role of writing, academic genres, and textual analysis. Chris Dean , Lecturer in the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara, recently co-authored the textbook, Terra Incognita: Researching the Weird . Jessica Early , Assistant Professor of English at Arizona State University, is the author of Opening