Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. x, 259 p.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Cultural front

Uniform title

1. Cultural front (Series)

Subject

1. English philology > Study and teaching (Higher) > Political aspects > United States
2. English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc
3. English language > Political aspects > United States
4. English teachers > Employment > United States
5. Interdisciplinary approach in education
6. English philology > Vocational guidance
7. Language and culture > United States

Contents

1. Cultural studies and cultural capital -- The blessed of the earth -- Professional obligations and academic standards -- Peer pressure : political tensions in the bear market -- Straight outta normal : nonprofit fiction publishing on the margins -- English for employment -- Professional advocates : when is "advocacy" part of one's vocation? -- Free speech and discipline : the boundaries of the multiversity -- Extreme prejudice : the coarsening of American conservatism -- Cultural criticism and the politics of selling out works cited.

Call number

1. JFE 98-2153

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.

Author

1. Bérubé, Michael, 1961-

Title

1. The employment of English : theory, jobs, and the future of literary studies / Michael Bérubé.

Imprint

1. New York : New York University Press, c1998.

Series

1. Cultural front
2. Cultural front (Series)

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.

LCCN

1. 97021213

ISBN

1. 0814713009 (cloth : acid-free paper)
2. 0814713017 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 98-2153