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Author: Alan McKee Edition: 1 Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd Binding: Paperback ISBN: 0761949933 Price: You Save: 54%
Textual Analysis: A Beginner's Guide
`Alan McKee presents a student friendly introduction to the analysis of cultural texts.Textual Analysis review. The book highlights the cultural differences in interpretation with an array of fascinating examples. Textual Analysis is written in an accessible style with several useful case studies. Each chapter also includes exercises for classroom' - Jane Stokes, London Metropolitan University
`McKee is a gifted practitioner of the skills he would teach in this book, as well as a lively and engaging writer and one who has a real commitment to making his ideas available to a larger public' - Henry Jenkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This book provides an indispensable basic introduction to textual analysis. McKee starts from the most basic philosophical foundations that underlie the practice and explains why texts are important and what they tell us about the world they representRead full reviews of Television Studies Textual Analysis, 9780275927455.
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Analyzing Discourse is an accessible introduction to text and discourse analysis for all students and researchers seeking to use and investigate real language data. Students and researchers in the social sciences, as well as language specialists, often discover that they cannot get as much from texts, conversations or research interviews as they would like because they are unsure exactly how to analyze these language materials. This book helps all students and researchers who rely on real langua
Leaves of Grass containing his manuscript additions and revisions. I Facsimile of the unique copy in the Oscar Lion Collection of the NY Public Library, II Textual analysis by Arthur Golden. Plus "Key to Symbols & Abbreviations". Condition: Acceptable/Readable Ex-Library copy Stamps on cover, pastedown and textblock. Taped back pastedown. Binding reasonably tight, pages clean. #68-14894!]
author alan mckee format paperback language english publication year 05 03 2003 subject social sciences subject 2 cultural studies textual analysis a beginner s guide paperback 9780761949930 author biography alan mckee writes television reviews for brother sister magazine and abc radio in west australia for whom he also produced the series great moments in australian television he is the author of great moments in australian television a genealogy oxford university press 2000 author s alan mckee
Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Reading Pop: Approaches to Textual Analysis in Popular Music by Richard Middleton Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Why do we enjoy pop songs (or not)? Why do they mean so much to us? What do they mean? Is it the sounds, the rhythms, or the words? Is it the singing, the personae of the stars, or the messages and images that the songs conjure up? Plenty of people have written about pop personalities, the music in
The book highlights the cultural differences in interpretation with an array of fascinating examples. Textual Analysis is written in an accessible style with several useful case studies. Each chapter also includes exercises for classroom' - Jane Stokes, London Metropolitan University
`McKee is a gifted practitioner of the skills he would teach in this book, as well as a lively and engaging writer and one who has a real commitment to making his ideas available to a larger public' - Henry Jenkins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This book provides an indispensable basic introduction to textual analysis. McKee starts from the most basic philosophical foundations that underlie the practice and explains why texts are important and what they tell us about the world they represent.
Textual Analysis guides students away from finding the `correct' interpretation of a text and explains why we can't simply ask audiences about the interpretations they make of texts.
Textual Analysis:
- points to the importance of context, genre and modality
- uses excellent examples drawn from popular culture
- provides students with a solid grounding on many of the important concepts underlying media and cultural studies
Written in an accessible and straightforward style Textual Analysis: A Beginners Guide will be essential reading for all students of media, cultural and communication studies.
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