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9780791446805

Day Late, Dollar Short: The Next Generation and the New Academy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791446805

  • ISBN10:

    0791446808

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Summary

Explores how shifts in the job market & changes in university culture & administration have influenced the "post-theory" generation of literary critics.

Author Biography

Peter C. Herman is Associate Professor of English at San Diego State University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction '60s Theory/'90s Practice 1(24)
Peter C. Herman
The Posttheory Generation
25(20)
Jeffrey Williams
Stars, Tenure, and the Death of Ambition
45(18)
Sharon O'Dair
Phantom Narratives: Travel, Jobs, and the Next Generation
63(14)
Terry Caesar
To Boldly Go Where No MLA Has Gone Before
77(18)
Crystal Bartolovich
``It's a Beastly Rough Crowd I Run With'': Theory and the ``New University''
95(18)
Kali Tal
Breaking the Monopoly: The Next Generation and the Corporate Academy
113(16)
Jesse G. Swan
New Technology and the Dilemmas of the Posttheory Generation: On the Use and Abuse of Computer and Information Technology in Higher Education Today
129(20)
Jeffrey R. Di Leo
Theory after the ``Theorists''?
149(12)
Neil Larsen
Words, Words, Words
161(14)
David Galef
Contextualizing Contexts: Cultural Studies, Theory, and the Profession---Past and Future
175(24)
Barbara Riebling
After the Deluge: Rethinking Ethical Interpretive Claims
199(12)
Susan Johnston
A Conversation with Gerald Graff
211(10)
Peter C. Herman
Epilogue: Bringing You the Best Mix of Yesterday and Today
221(4)
Michael Berube
Notes on Contributors 225(4)
Index 229

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