The first full-length account integrating both the cognitive and sociological aspects of
reading and writing in the academy, this unique volume covers educational research on …

A look into communicating psychiatric patient histories, from the asylum years to the clinics
of today In this engrossing study of tales of mental illness, Carol Berkenkotter examines the …

This distinctive monograph examines the dynamic rhetorical processes by which scientists
shape, negotiate, and position their work within an interdisciplinary community. Author Ann …

Interdisciplinary research is often described as the recasting of disciplinary boundaries,
suggesting that interdisciplinary writing might require a “boundary rhetoric”—one that …

Anton Chelrhov's description of his double life-“medicine is my lawful, wedded wife, and
literature is my mistress”-is a famous characterisation of the appeal of two demanding and …

This collection of new essays from 29 feminist scholars in a range of humanities and social
science disciplines argues that pedagogical methods, as well as curricula and textbooks …

“The Case of Ellen West” was published by the Swiss psychiatrist, Ludwig Binswanger, in
1944–1945. The case-history depicts the illness and suicide of a young woman who was his …

When writers communicate risks about hazardous technologies, they need to realize that
their persuasive purposes cannot be to resolve debate but rather to evoke consensus and to …

This article discusses the work of two American ecologists of the first half of the twentieth
century, FE Clements and HA Gleason, who differed in terms of their understanding of …

Extending Bakhtin's chronotopic theory to the interpretation of nonfictional texts, this article
examines the role of narrative conventions in the epistemological development of a health …