A Taste for Language Literacy, Class, and English Studies
"This is a book about the American Dream as it has become embodied in the university in general and in the English department in particular," writes James Ray Watkins at the start of A Taste for Language: Literacy, Class, and English Studies. In it, Watkins argues that contemporary economi...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press
2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies in writing & rhetoric. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32551927*spi |
| Sumario: | "This is a book about the American Dream as it has become embodied in the university in general and in the English department in particular," writes James Ray Watkins at the start of A Taste for Language: Literacy, Class, and English Studies. In it, Watkins argues that contemporary economic and political challenges require a clear understanding of the identity of English studies, making elementary questions about literacy, language, literature, education, and class once again imperative. A personal history of university-level English studies in the twentieth century, A Taste for Language c. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 200 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9781336153578 9780809390977 |
