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ERIC Number: EJ530279
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
Troubling Clarity: The Politics of Accessible Language.
Lather, Patti
Harvard Educational Review, v66 n3 p525-45 Fall 1996
Using feminist and postmodern theories, argues that transparent or "accessible" language is not innocent, but is part of a discourse of power. Reflects on an experimental approach to writing about research that results in a multiply coded, multivoiced text that speaks to multiple audiences. (SK)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Feminism, Politics, Readability
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Deconstruction; Language Theories; Plain Language