[Linganth] speechwriters as language workers

[Ilana Gershon]

Dear Colleagues,
Today on the blog, Gwynne Mapes discusses her book, *The Language Work of
Speechwriters, *with Adam Jaworski.

www.campanthropology.org

Best,
Ilana Gershon

Press blurb: The work of speechwriters is prominent in political discourse,
yet the writers themselves remain in the shadows of the powerful, public
figures they work for. This book throws the spotlight on these invisible
wordsmiths, illuminating not only what they do, but also why it matters.
Based on ethnographic research in the US American speechwriting community,
it investigates the ways in which speechwriters talk about their
professional practices, and also the material procedures which guide the
production of their deliverables. Relying on a robust collection of various
genres of discursive data, Mapes focuses on the primary rhetorical
strategies which characterize speechwriters' discourse, neatly exposing how
they are beholden to a linguistic marketplace entrenched in ideological and
socioeconomic struggle. Providing fascinating insights into an understudied
and relatively misunderstood profession, this book is essential reading for
academic researchers and students in applied linguistics, discourse
studies, linguistic and cultural anthropology, and sociolinguistics.
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