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Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start…
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Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) (original 1994; édition 2007)

par Howard S. Becker (Auteur), Pamela Richards (Contributeur)

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Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures--most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them--often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently, writer's block. Sociologist Howard S. Becker has written the classic book on how to conquer these pressures and simply write. First published nearly twenty years ago, Writing for Social Scientists has become a lifesaver for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. Becker's message is clear: in order to learn how to write, take a deep breath and then begin writing. Revise. Repeat. It is not always an easy process, as Becker wryly relates. Decades of teaching, researching, and writing have given him plenty of material, and Becker neatly exposes the foibles of academia and its "publish or perish" atmosphere. Wordiness, the passive voice, inserting a "the way in which" when a simple "how" will do--all these mechanisms are a part of the social structure of academic writing. By shrugging off such impediments--or at the very least, putting them aside for a few hours--we can reform our work habits and start writing lucidly without worrying about grades, peer approval, or the "literature." In this new edition, Becker takes account of major changes in the computer tools available to writers today, and also substantially expands his analysis of how academic institutions create problems for them. As competition in academia grows increasingly heated, Writing for Social Scientists will provide solace to a new generation of frazzled, would-be writers.… (plus d'informations)
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Titre:Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
Auteurs:Howard S. Becker (Auteur)
Autres auteurs:Pamela Richards (Contributeur)
Info:University of Chicago Press (2007), Edition: Second, 208 pages
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studantes e pesquisadores escrevem sob pressão: dos prazos, do currículo, da obrigação de impactar. O resultado costuma ser uma prosa empolada, um tom acadêmico pretensioso e, com frequência, um bloqueio na escrita. Para ajudá-los nessas horas de aflição, o experiente sociólogo Howard S. Becker, conhecido por seu estilo informal e simples, escreveu este Truques da escrita - um clássico que a Zahar torna enfim disponível para o leitor brasileiro, em edição revista e prefaciada pelo autor especialmente para esta edição. Sensível, divertido e inteligente, o livro apresenta ideias reunidas ao longo de décadas de pesquisa, escrita e ensino. A mensagem de Becker é direta: "a única maneira de começar a nadar é entrando na água". Para aprender a escrever, respire fundo e escreva. Revise. Repita. O processo nem sempre é fácil. Becker expõe, com toques de humor, falhas e vícios acadêmicos como a verborragia, o abuso da voz passiva, o uso de expressões longas demais ("a maneira pela qual" em vez de um simples "como", por exemplo). Mas todos esses mecanismos fazem parte da estrutura social da redação acadêmica - e é aí que se encontra a chave para acabar com o medo de encarar "a Bibliografia", a opinião dos professores ou a comparação com os colegas.Truques da escrita é ao mesmo tempo um manual que ensina os elementos da boa redação e um ensaio sutil e perspicaz sobre a organização social do saber acadêmico. Ao lado de Segredos e truques da pesquisa, é uma ferramenta permanente de enorme utilidade para escritores de todas as áreas, de alunos principiantes a autores com obras publicadas.[...]
  MarceloPinto | Aug 28, 2023 |
There is more than meets the eye in this book. Becker operates on two levels to show what it is that draws us to writing and how that, in turn, itself can be an obstacle - and how it can be managed. This is a great book. ( )
  adancingstar | Jul 5, 2020 |

Anyone who has faced the challenges of having to write a paper for college knows exactly how troublesome this task can be. There’s this constant anxiety that keeps growing as the term for the paper gets closer and closer; there’s all the things we do to try to avoid having to face the actual writing; and there’s the fear of not being able to do the task at all, of not finding the right way to write the whole thing down. We get stuck and leave the bulk of the writing for the last minute.

Well, we all have been there. And so common are these problems that Howard S. Becker tries to tackle them all on 10 essays dealing with different difficulties writers face when preparing their papers (or whatever they have to write).

The book is a must read for those who want to overcome the anxieties, fears, and all sort of troubles that accompany the act of writing for institutional settings such as college. Becker shares with us a lot of ideas that may help in different situations; and, most of all, he does a great job in showing that all we go through is not a particular problem of our lack of gifts for writing, but very common stumbling blocks that affects most who are obliged to produce meaningful pieces of writing.

If you are in college and are trying to make the leap forward in how you put your work into writing, don’t miss this book. It will definitely help you improve your skills and confidence. ( )
  adsicuidade | Sep 8, 2018 |
Great resource for reworking how one thinks about writing and for getting past barriers. ( )
  tangentrider | Aug 27, 2015 |
More inspirational than useful but still worth reading. Becker gives advice geared toward grad students and young professionals on the importance of editing for clarity, avoiding language that attempts to sound academic but is in reality merely ambiguous, and continually re-writing papers. He also is an encouraging voice that speaks to scholar's fears of having others read their writing. ( )
  MorganGMac | Sep 23, 2010 |
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Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures--most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them--often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently, writer's block. Sociologist Howard S. Becker has written the classic book on how to conquer these pressures and simply write. First published nearly twenty years ago, Writing for Social Scientists has become a lifesaver for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. Becker's message is clear: in order to learn how to write, take a deep breath and then begin writing. Revise. Repeat. It is not always an easy process, as Becker wryly relates. Decades of teaching, researching, and writing have given him plenty of material, and Becker neatly exposes the foibles of academia and its "publish or perish" atmosphere. Wordiness, the passive voice, inserting a "the way in which" when a simple "how" will do--all these mechanisms are a part of the social structure of academic writing. By shrugging off such impediments--or at the very least, putting them aside for a few hours--we can reform our work habits and start writing lucidly without worrying about grades, peer approval, or the "literature." In this new edition, Becker takes account of major changes in the computer tools available to writers today, and also substantially expands his analysis of how academic institutions create problems for them. As competition in academia grows increasingly heated, Writing for Social Scientists will provide solace to a new generation of frazzled, would-be writers.

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