Writing the Economy : Activity, Genre and Technology in the World of Banking.
Title:
Writing the Economy : Activity, Genre and Technology in the World of Banking.
Author:
Smart, Graham.
ISBN:
9781845535711
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Series:
Studies in Language and Communication
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Endnotes -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Writing the Economy: Activity, Genre and Technology in the World of Banking takes readers into the Bank of Canada, that country's central bank and monetary-policy authority. Drawing on qualitative data gathered over two decades (1984-2005) and employing theories of activity, genre, narrative, and situated learning, the book provides an ethnographic account of the role of technology-mediated discourse in the Bank's knowledge-building, policy-making, and public communication.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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