Letters From Pamela
Reading Howard S. Becker's Writing(s) for Social Scientists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2480955 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Ticineto Clough (0000-0003-1786-6313, Fordham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 159-170 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Symbolic Interaction (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/si.1989.12.1.159 |
| OpenAlex | W2112058155 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
A deconstructive reading of a text is only in part an argument that can be abstracted. More than that, a reading deconstructs a text to make explicit how that text implicates a certain kind of reader. The reading can celebrate, resist, or essentialize the very construction of the reader by that text My reading of Becker's Writing for Social Scientists is a resisting reading which focuses: 1) on the formal aspects of the writing style that Becker endorses for social scientists, and 2) on the figure of the woman which Becker uses as a vehicle of 'the structure of feeling' that promotes the message of his text
Art · Feeling · Linguistics · Literature · Sociology · Writing style · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 1993 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |