The Origins of the Art and Practice of Professional Writing: The Written Word as a Tool for Social Justice Then and Now
Author:   Kathryn Rosser Raign
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9781438497280


Pages:   198
Publication Date:   01 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kathryn Rosser Raign
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438497280


ISBN 10:   1438497288
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   01 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Illustration Acknowledgments Preface Prologue Introduction: Expanding the History and Purpose of Technical Communication 1. Cylinder Seals: Written Communication's First Technological Breakthrough 2. Ancient Technical Manuals and Letters: The Origins of Instructional Writing 3. Finding Our Missing Pieces: Women Technical Writers in Ancient Mesopotamia 4. Decentering the History of the Writing Center: A Case for the Mesopotamian Edubba as an Early Writing Center 5. Mythos, Nomos, Logos: Evidence of Sophistic Reasoning before the Sophists 6. Myth, Magic, and Medicine: Medical Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia 7. Writing as Social Justice Notes Bibliography Index

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"""Broadens not only our understanding of the origins of writing and communicating for technical purposes, but the significant role women played in this development as among the first professional writers. The study of the ancient Mesopotamian school for scribes is a way to understand one counter-history of writing centers and classrooms—and will help to erase the artificial barrier that has been erected between them."" — Jennifer Phillips-Denny, Write Site, Texas Woman's University"


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Kathryn Rosser Raign is Associate Professor of English at the University of North Texas. She is the coauthor of Write and Communicate Like a Professional and coauthor of Writing for Result.

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