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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
2009.
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| Colección: | Studies in writing & rhetoric.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1336153571 9781336153578 9780809390977 0809390973 |