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Author Berube, Michael, 1961-

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

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c1998.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  820.711 B463e    ---  Available
Description x, 259 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Cultural front (Series)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-251) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject English philology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Political aspects -- United States.
English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
English language -- Political aspects.
English teachers -- Employment.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
English philology -- Vocational guidance.
Language and culture.
ISBN 0814713017 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0814713009 (cloth : acid-free paper)

 
    
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