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"Literature, Language, and Politics" brings together papers drawn
from and inspired by the controversial, landmark symposium on
"Politics and the Discipline" held at the 1987 Modern Language
Association meeting in San Francisco.
During the 1980s, debates raged both within and outside academe
over curriculum, with conservatives arguing for a return to an
educational philosophy based on the "classics" of Western
civilization and a multi-cultural coalition of liberals, leftists,
and feminists seeking to preserve the diversity of educational
experience fought for since the 1960s.
Engaging this crucial debate, the contributors to "Literature,
Language, and Politics" argue that the conservative educational
agenda imperils not only scholarship and academic freedom but the
very social well-being of the nation. They call for firm resistance
to any attempts to make education conform to the social agenda of
one race, one gender, one language, or one ideology; for a
continuation of attempts to broaden the curriculum until it
reflects the experience of women and men of all classes and all
cultures.
Includes essays by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gerald Graff, Annette
Kolodny, Paul Lauter, Ellen Messer-Davidow, Catharine R. Stimpson,
and Ana Celia Zentella.
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Relativism in the Arts (Paperback)
Betty Jean Craige; Contributions by Anna Balakian, Ronald L Bogue, Arthur C. Danto, Donald B Kuspit, …
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R817
Discovery Miles 8 170
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In a world where the acceptance of relativism has caused erosion
in the tradition of Cartesian dualism, representationalism in the
arts has come under serious questioning. The contributors to this
book seek new standards for defining and evaluating works of
art.
"Relativism in the Arts" brings together thinkers in the fields
of music, art criticism, literary criticism, philosophy, and the
"history of consciousness" to confront the problems of relativist
aesthetics. Their essays range from theoretical discussions of the
definition of art in our times to close examinations of particular
artworks or art forms. The introduction by Betty Jean Craige
presents reasons for the cultural self-reflectivity that gives rise
to the peculiarities of modern art.
Cultural Writing. Current Affairs. Essays. A year after the attack
on the United States, women of varied ethnic and religious
backgrounds examine this question. Many of these writers grew up
outside the U.S. and bring a world perspective to their responses.
Some are U.S.-born but have been shaped by multi-cultural
experiences. Consequently, the collection creates a unique mirror
that reflects the U.S. from both inside and out, revealing the
clash between the economically driven force of globalization
embodied by the U.S. and the stateless, transnational terrorist
organization that feeds on religious fundamentalism, poverty and
hatred of the United States. These writers share a desire to open a
world dialogue between cultures, between sexes, so we can prevent
anything like the events of 9/11 from happening again anywhere in
the world. Contributors include Toni Morrison, Julia Alvarez, Laura
Nakazawa, Bipsi Sidhwa, Judy Dworkin Mahnaz Afkhami and others.
Students of nature around the world revere Eugene Odum (1913-2002)
as a founder and pioneer of ecosystem ecology. This holistic
approach is perhaps best summarized by Odum's oft-quoted statement
that "the ecosystem is greater than the sum of its parts." Odum's
textbook Fundamentals of Ecology is a classic, published in
numerous editions and translations worldwide. Betty Jean Craige
depicts the intellectual growth, creativity, and vision of the
scientist who made the ecosystem concept central to his discipline
and translated the principles of ecosystem ecology into lessons in
preserving the natural environment.
Written in 1929--1930, when Federico Garcia Lorca was visiting
Columbia University, Poet in New York stands as one of the great
Waste Land poems of the 20th century. It expresses, as Betty Jean
Craige writes in this volume,"a sudden radical estrangement of the
poet from his universe" -- an an estrangement graphically
delineated in the dissonant, violent imagery which the poet derives
from the technological world of New York. Craige here describes --
through close analysis of the structure, style, and themes of
individual works in Poet in New York -- the chaos into which this
world plunges the poet, and the process whereby he is able,
gradually, to recover his identity with the regenerative forces of
nature. Her study demonstrates that, though seemingly unique in
form and motifs, Poet in New York is integral with Lorca's overall
poetic achievement.
Students of nature around the world revere Eugene Pleasants Odum as
a founder and pioneer of ecosystem ecology. In this biography of
Odum, Betty Jean Craige depicts the intellectual growth,
creativity, and vision of the scientist who made the ecosystem
concept central to his discipline and translated the principles of
ecosystem ecology into lessons in preserving the natural
environment. Placing Odum's achievements in historical context,
Craige portrays his life and career with meticulous attention to
detail and with the intimacy of knowledge acquired through
conversations with Odum himself. This book traces Odum's life from
his childhood through his years of education, his collaboration
with his younger brother Howard Thomas Odum in developing methods
to study ecosystems, his contributions to the field of radiation
ecology, his emergence as an internationally distinguished educator
of ecosystem ecology, and his environmental activism. Craige also
describes Odum's role in the creation of the Savannah River Ecology
Laboratory, the Marine Institute on Sapelo Island, and the
Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia, where, in the
minds of his students, he became identified with the statement "The
ecosystem is greater than the sum of its parts." Odum's classic
textbook Fundamentals of Ecology has been published in numerous
editions and translations worldwide. Odum has achieved membership
in the National Academy of Sciences, shared with his brother the
prestigious Crafoord Prize for Ecology, accepted six honorary
doctorates, and received numerous awards for environmental
activities. Eugene Odum: Ecosystem Ecologist and Environmentalist
illuminates one of the twentieth century's giants in the natural
sciences.
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