Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 261 p)
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online resource
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
ISBN:
9789401734356
Content:
The names we give things colour the ways we perceive them. Those in a position to name hold the power to construct others' perceptions and realities. This book looks at the pervasive naming of information that libraries undertake as a matter of course through representation of subjects. It examines the 19th century foundations, current standards, and canonical application of internationally used classification (Melvil Dewey and his decimal scheme) and subject headings (Charles Cutter and the Library of Congress Subject Headings). A feminist poststructural critique is used to reveal the presumption that these standards are universally applicable even though their marginalizations and exclusions are well-documented. The book will be of interest to librarians, information scholars and professionals, researchers interested in representation and the construction of meaning, and anyone who uses a library
Note:
Preface1. Naming is Power -- 2. Armies, Railroads and Procrustean Beds -- 3. The Iterability of the Public and Efficiency -- 4. The Authority to Name -- 5. Ite/Arating Women -- 6. Toward Eccentric Techniques -- Notes -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789048160846
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789048160846
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789401734363
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781402007767
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-017-3435-6
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