Communicating race, ethnicity, and identity in technical communication. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Miriam F. Williams, Octavio Pimentel.
• Authors: Williams, Miriam F; Pimentel, Octavio, 1967-
• Contents: Introduction; Miriam F. Williams ; SECTION I: HISTORICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE AND NATIONALITY IN HEALTH AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION ; CHAPTER 1. The Eugenics Agenda: Deliberative Rhetoric and Therapeutic Discourse of Hate; Flourice Richardson ; SECTION II: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ACTIVISM IN TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION ; CHAPTER 2. Using a Hybrid Form of Technical Communication to Combat Environmental Racism in South Texas: A Case Study of Suzie Canales, a Grassroots Activist; Diana L. Cárdenas and Cristina Kirklighter CHAPTER 3. The Importance of Ethnographic Research in Activist Networks; Natasha N. Jones ; SECTION III: CONTEMPORARY REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES ; CHAPTER 4. Tweeting Collaborative Identity: Race, ICTs, and Performing Latinidad; Cruz Medina CHAPTER 5. Taqueros, Luchadores, y los Brits: U.S. Racial Rhetoric, and Its Global Influence; Octavio Pimentel and Katie Gutierrez ; SECTION IV: REPORTING TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ; CHAPTER 6. HBCU Institutional Reporting as Intercultural Technical Communication; Thereisa Coleman ; SECTION V: USERS’ RIGHT TO THEIR OWN LANGUAGE ; CHAPTER 7. A Response to “Students’ Right to Their Own Language; Nancy Wilson and Alyssa Crow CHAPTER 8. Spanglish: A New Communication Tool; Krystle Danuz ; SECTION VI: COMMUNICATING IDENTITY ACROSS BORDERS, CULTURES, AND DISCIPLINES ; CHAPTER 9. Americans’ Changing Perceptions of Indian Cultural Identity: An Analysis of Indian Call Centers; Kendall Kelly CHAPTER 10. This Bridge Called My Pen; Nelly Rosario Contributors; Index
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 601.4; Communication of technical information; Intercultural communication -- Social aspects; Business communication -- Social aspects; Cross-cultural orientation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351868488
• Related ISBNs: 9781351868495; 9781351868471; 9781315232584
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