Personal Effects: The Social Character Of Scholarly Writing [Paperback]

Deborah H. Holdstein (Editor), David Bleich (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0874214297 | ISBN-13: 978-0874214291 | Publication Date: December 15, 2001 | Edition: 1

In Personal Effects, Holdstein and Bleich compile a volume that cuts across the grain of current orthodoxy. These editors and contributors argue that it is fundamental in literary and composition scholarship to take account of the personal and collective experiences of scholars, researchers, critics, and teachers. They contend that humanistic inquiry cannot develop successfully at this time without reference to the varieties of our subjective and intersubjective experiences. A path-finding collection, Personal Effects, challenges the field of English studies to face, explore, and voice the reality of personal human life---of race, class, power, gender, and sexuality---even as we pursue vocations within the traditional academy.

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Contributors include: Katya Gibel Azoulay, Rachel M. Brownstein, Christopher Castiglia, Brenda Daly, Diane P. Freedman, Jeffrey Gray, Madeleine Grumet, Susan Handelman, Joycelyn Moody, Richard Ohmann, Karen Surman Paley, Kate Ronald and Hephzibah Roskelly, Paula M. Salvio, Louise Z. Smith, Victor Villanueva, Margaret Willard-Traub, Morris Young

Product Details

• Paperback: 385 pages
• Publisher: Utah State University Press; 1 edition (December 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874214297
• ISBN-13: 978-0874214291
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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