Discourse

Sara Mills offers an accessible and comprehensive analysis of the term 'discourse' and explores the theoretical assumptions underlying it. This handy, easy to follow pocket guidebook for students provides:

* straightforward working definitions

* historical developments of the term

* studied analysis of Michel Foucault

* discussion of the appropriation of the term 'discourse' by feminist theorists and post-colonial discourse theorists

* examples of literary and non-literary texts to illustrate the use of 'discourse'.