Politics of Writing

Writing matters: it plays a key role in the circulation of ideas in society and has a direct impact on the development of democracy. But only a few get to do the kind of writing that most influence this developmentThe Politics of Writingexamines writing as a social practice. The authors draw on critical linguistics, cultural studies and literacy studies, as they explore and analyse * the social context in which writing is embedde * the processes and practices of writin * the purposes of writin * the reader-writer relationshi * issues of writer identity They challenge current notions of 'correctness' and argue for a more democratic pedagogy as part of the answer to the inequitable distribution of the right to write.