Academic Instincts

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In this lively and provocative book, cultural critic Marjorie Garber, who has written on topics as different as Shakespeare, dogs, cross-dressing, and real estate, explores the pleasures and pitfalls of the academic life. Academic Instincts discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garber, Marjorie
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > Curricula.
Literature > Study and teaching (Higher)
Learning and scholarship.
Humanities > Study and teaching (Higher)
Humanities > Philosophy.
Academic writing.
Savoir et erudition.
Écriture savante.
Enseignement universitaire > Programmes d'etudes.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this lively and provocative book, cultural critic Marjorie Garber, who has written on topics as different as Shakespeare, dogs, cross-dressing, and real estate, explores the pleasures and pitfalls of the academic life. Academic Instincts discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in recent debates about the humanities: the relation between "amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language." Rather than merely taking sides, the book explores the ways in which such debates are essenti
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9781400824670

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