Transforming English studies : new voices in an emerging genre / edited by Lori Ostergaard, Jeff Ludwig, Jim Nugent. - x, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Lauer series in rhetoric and composition . - Lauer series in rhetoric and composition. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: preservation and transformation / Jim Nugent and Lori Ostergaard -- Negotiation and collaboration. Making trouble elsewhere: second-generation con/fusion / Chris W. Gallagher, Peter M. Gray, and Shari J. Stenberg -- Sociolinguistics as a lens for viewing English studies, or wearing my ever-lovin, 'ever-changin' heart on my sleeve / Susan Meredith Burt -- We're all teachers of English: the (rocky) road to collaboration / Caren J. Town -- Disciplinary enactment. Beside disciplinary English: working for professional solidarity by reforming academic labor / David B. Downing -- Embracing the conflicts: an argument against separating writing studies from English studies / William P. Banks -- Transforming fragmentation into possibility: theory in the corporate university / -- Matthew Abraham -- Curricular design. The purpose of the university and the definition of English studies: a necessary dialogue / Marcia A. McDonald -- A socially constructed view of reading and writing: historical alternatives to "bridging the gap" / Lynee Lewis Gaillet -- On the border: theorizing the generalist / Matthew T. Pifer -- Kairotic approaches. We are (not) one: corrupting composition in the ruined university / Michael Pennell -- English teachers we have known / Christopher Schroeder -- (Re)defining the humanistic: making space for technology in twenty-first century English studies / Michael S. Knievel -- Afterword: from plainchant to polyphony / Doug Hesse.

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English philology--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States
English language--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States
Education, Higher--Economic aspects--United States
Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States
Language and culture--United States

PE68.U5 / T73 2009

428.0071173