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The Institution of Literature » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Jeffrey J. Williams
ISBN-13: 9780791452103, ISBN-10: 0791452107
Format: Paperback
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: August 2002
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Jeffrey J. Williams

Book Synopsis

Leading voices in literary and cultural studies examine issues relating to the study of literature at the college level, including the fate of theory, the rise of cultural studies, the academic star system, and the difficult job market.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Institutionally Speaking	1
I	The Institution of Theory
	Framing Theory: The Disorganization of Historiography	19
	The Theory Junkyard	25
	Orbiting Planet Foucault	43
	The Feminism Which Is Not One: Women, Generations, Institutions	61
II	The Question of Cultural Studies
	Cultural Studies: Literary Criticism's Alter Ego	77
	Peer Pressure: Literary and Cultural Studies in the Bear Market	95
	The Work of Cultural Studies in the Age of Transnational Production	111
III	Professional Channels
	Dancing in the Dark: A Manifesto against Professional Organizations	153
	The Star System in Literary Studies	173
	The Life of the Mind and the Academic Situation	203
IV	The Job of Literature
	Time Out of Mind: Graduate Students in the Institution of English	229
	Getting Hired	241
	The Educational Politics of Human Resources: Humanities Teachers as Resource Managers	265
	Contributors	289
	Index	291