ERIC Number: EJ421262
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Postmodernism and the Relation of Word and Image in Professional Discourse.
Barton, Ben F.; Barton, Marthalee S.
Technical Writing Teacher, v17 n3 p256-70 Fall 1990
Explores the relation of word and image on the level of both theory and practice in Edward Tufte's "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information." Establishes two dissonant strands in Tufte's work, a positivist strand and a postmodernist strand. (RS)
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Rhetorical Theory, Technical Illustration, Technical Writing, Text Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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