Hisland : adventures in ac-ac-ademe /

A spoof on academia featuring a woman professor visiting a university which is a bastion of phony intellectualism and male chauvinism. The heroine is called M/M, the university is called Ac-Ac and the tale is told partly in prose, partly in verse.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malti-Douglas, Fedwa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Colección:SUNY series, the margins of literature.
Temas:
Women educators > Fiction.
College stories.
Education, Higher > Fiction.
Cats > Fiction.
Satire.
Éducatrices > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Récits d'étudiants.
Enseignement supérieur > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION > Humorous.
Cats
College stories
Education, Higher
Satire
Women educators
English.
Languages & Literatures.
American Literature.
Fiction
Humorous fiction.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction by Fedwa Malti-Douglas
  • Dedication
  • In Which M/M Lands on Her Feet
  • In Which M/M Arrives at Ac-Ac U.
  • In Which M/M Gets Her Bearings
  • In Which M/M Wonders: Why Be a Visiting Professor at Ac-Ac U. When She Could Be at Pholly U.?
  • In Which M/M Gets a Lecture on Academic Hierarchies
  • In Which M/M Has a Second Landing at Ac-Ac: A Home Department
  • In Which M/M Describes Her Third Landing of Sorts
  • In Which M/M Gets Her First Introduction to DULL
  • In Which M/M Attends the Open Faculty Meeting
  • In Which M/M Participates in the Induction into the Order of the Cravates
  • In Which M/M Feels Over-Received
  • In Which M/M Decides Which Course to Audit
  • In Which M/M Goes through the Faculty List at DULL in Search of Someone
  • In Which M/M Has a Heart to Heart Talk with Herself about Her Future at Ac-Ac U.
  • In Which M/M Meets the Dean
  • In Which M/M Takes Steps to Set Up the Legendary Meeting with the Women Faculty at Ac-Ac U. -
  • In Which M/M Attends Her First DULL Faculty Meeting
  • In Which M/M Introduces S.P.-T. Directly to the Intellectual Life of DULL
  • In Which M/M Finally Meets the Women Faculty of Ac-Ac U.
  • In Which M/M Is Treated to Some Great Stories
  • In Which M/M Becomes a Member of COOC
  • In Which M/M Gets Introduced to the COOC
  • In Which M/M Listens to Some Tie History
  • In Which M/M Tells the COOCs the Significance of Ties
  • In Which M/M Debates with the COOCs
  • In Which M/M Debates Again with the COOCs
  • In Which M/M Reads the DULL Newsletter
  • In Which M/M Has Second Thoughts about Her Visiting Appointment
  • In Which M/M Attends the Muted
  • Language Society Award Ceremony
  • In Which M/M Meets the Women Faculty Once Again
  • In Which M/M Has a Nightmarish Experience
  • In Which M/M Is Back in the Guest House
  • In Which M/M Muses about Her Social Life as a Woman at Ac-Ac U.
  • In Which M/M Finally Attends the Promotion Committee Meeting -
  • In Which M/M Attends the Chairs' Meeting
  • In Which M/M Makes an Important Decision
  • In Which M/M Has Her Dream Come True
  • In Which M/M Attends an Oral Examination in LAC
  • In Which M/M Learns about Ac-Ac U.'s Provost
  • In Which M/M Delivers Her Final Blow
  • In Which M/M Presents Her Theory about Ac-Ac
  • In Which M/M Announces Her Departure
  • In Which M/M Considers Future Possibilities
  • In Which M/M Is Not Given an Opportunity to Make a Promise
  • In Which M/M Hands the Manuscript to S.P.-T.
  • Afterword by Fedwa Malti-Douglas
  • (Post)Landing
  • The Guide(s)
  • The Body
  • Scholarship
  • Tradition
  • The Name
  • Hierarchy
  • Discourses
  • Conclusion.

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