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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Luey, Beth
Titre(s) : Expanding the American mind [Texte imprimé] : books and the popularization of knowledge / Beth Luey
Publication : Amherst : University of Massachusetts press, cop. 2010
Description matérielle : XI- 218 p. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Non : the prefix that changes what, and how, we read ; A brief history of popularization
; A highly educated public ; From Snow to Sokal ; Academic philanthropists ; Writing
to be read ; From author to reader ; Why we read.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and index
"Over the past fifty years, knowledge of the natural world, history, and human behavior
has expanded dramatically. What has been learned in the academy has become part of
political discourse, sermons, and everyday conversation. The dominant medium for transferring
knowledge from universities to the public is popularization - books of serious nonfiction
that make complex ideas and information accessible to nonexperts. Such writers as
Carl Sagan, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Hawking, Daniel Boorstin, and Robert Coles
have attracted hundreds of thousands of readers. As fields such as biology, physics,
history, and psychology have changed the ways we view ourselves and our place in the
universe, popularization has played an essential role in helping us to understand
our world ; Expanding the American Mind begins by comparing fiction and nonfiction
- their relative respectability in the eyes of reading experts and in the opinions
of readers themselves. It then traces the roots of popularization from the Middle
Ages to the present, examining changes in literacy, education, and university politics.
Focusing on the period since World War II, it examines the ways that curricular reform
has increased interest in popularization as well as the impact of specialization and
professionalization among the faculty. It looks at the motivations of academic authors
and the risks and rewards that come from writing for a popular audience. It also explains
how experts write for nonexperts - the rhetorical devices they use and the voices
in which they communicate
Sujet(s) : Livres et lecture -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Éditeurs -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
028.909 73 (23e éd.) = Intérêts et pratiques de lecture - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781558498167 (library cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1558498168 (library cloth)
(alk. paper). - ISBN 9781558498174 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1558498176 (pbk.) (alk.
paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42457690m
Notice n° :
FRBNF42457690
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