Umfang:
Online-Ressource (200 p.)
ISBN:
9780691115719
Inhalt:
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
Anmerkung:
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;
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781400824670
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780691115719
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Academic Instincts
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
