|
Showing 1 - 7 of
7 matches in All Departments
In the probing interviews in this vibrant new book, eminent
scholars struggle with some of the most crucial issues facing
contemporary intellectuals. Poststructuralist philosopher Judith
Butler discusses the "pain" of rigorous intellectual work, saying
that it is "necessarily extremely hard labor," as she examines the
intersection of discourse and political action. Award-winning
filmmaker, philosopher, and social theorist David Theo Goldberg
reviews his life's work, especially on issues of racism. Literary
critic and feminist philosopher Avital Ronell sets out to disrupt
the standard logic of signification, to force readers into fresh
ways of perceiving a subject at hand. Postcolonial theorist Homi
Bhabha discusses how critical literacy is intimately connected to
the question of democratic representation, and he elaborates on how
cultural difference can lead to a politics of discrimination. And
neo-Marxist cultural critic Slavoj Zižek takes readers on an
exhilarating journey through a wide range of critical subjects.
In the probing interviews in this vibrant new book, eminent
scholars struggle with some of the most crucial issues facing
contemporary intellectuals. Poststructuralist philosopher Judith
Butler discusses the "pain" of rigorous intellectual work, saying
that it is "necessarily extremely hard labor," as she examines the
intersection of discourse and political action. Award-winning
filmmaker, philosopher, and social theorist David Theo Goldberg
reviews his life's work, especially on issues of racism. Literary
critic and feminist philosopher Avital Ronell sets out to disrupt
the standard logic of signification, to force readers into fresh
ways of perceiving a subject at hand. Postcolonial theorist Homi
Bhabha discusses how critical literacy is intimately connected to
the question of democratic representation, and he elaborates on how
cultural difference can lead to a politics of discrimination. And
neo-Marxist cultural critic Slavoj Zižek takes readers on an
exhilarating journey through a wide range of critical subjects.
The fifteen essays and six responses in this volume of the MLA's
Research and Scholarship in Composition series ""push the
boundaries of knowledge in both feminism and composition,"" as the
co-editor Susan C. Jarratt writes, ""by exploring the productive
intersections and tensions of the two."" She goes on to say,
""Composition at its best works against the grain of conventional
institutional practices.... Both feminist inquiry and
post-current-traditional composition studies/styles challenge
assumptions and seek to transform ways of thinking, teaching, and
learning."" Both are complex, containing different agendas and
different voices. Feminism and Composition Studies: In Other Words
is a feminist project that boldly places at its centre differences
among women. Topics discussed include American history, politics,
language, racism, pedagogy, contingent labour in the teaching of
writing, e-mail behaviour, and the need for educational and
institutional reform. Teachers, graduate students, program
administrators, and feminists will find valuable the critiques,
theoretical as well as personal, contained in this unusually honest
and thought-provoking volume.
|
|