Writing at Good Hope: A Study of Negotiated Composition in a Community of Nurses

by Jennie Dautermann

Overview

This work describes and analyzes the authors' study of collaborative technical writing in an institutional setting - that of a group of nurses composing the writing of a hospital-based nursing project. This study seeks to provide the context for the authors to draw conclusions on: writing in a collaborative group; the role of discourse in constructing the social dynamics of community groups; and on institutional authorship for virtual audiences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567503173
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/06/1997
Series:	Attw Contemporary Studies in Technical Communication Series , #2
Pages:	170
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Social Contexts of Writing
Access, Observation, and Analysis. Understanding Nursing as a Discourse Community
Contending Discourses for Head Nurse Writers
Dimensions of the Composing Project
Writing in a Collaborative Group
Constructing Community Through Discourse
Conclusions: Institutional Authorship, Virtual Audience, and Iconic Text
References
Appendices
Author Index
Subject Index