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

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cultural front (Series)
Main Author: Bérubé, Michael, 1961-
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [1998], ©1998.
Series:Cultural front (Series)
Subjects:
English philology > Study and teaching (Higher) > Political aspects > United States.
English literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
English language > Political aspects > United States.
English teachers > Employment > United States.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
English philology > Vocational guidance.
Language and culture > United States.
Physical Description:x, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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.