Format:
Online-Ressource (200 p.)
ISBN:
9780691115719
Content:
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 essent
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 THE AMATEUR PROFESSIONAL AND THE PROFESSIONAL AMATEUR; 2 DISCIPLINE ENVY; 3 TERMS OF ART; Notes; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781400824670
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691115719
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Academic Instincts
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
