Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Representing Exclusion, Writing Personal Narrative, and Selling Influence 1
5. A Credit to the University 23
6. Electing a Department: Differences, Fictions, and a Narrative 39
7. The Politics of Institutional Affiliation 55
8. Taking Nothing for Granted 71
9. Filing Away Teaching Observation Reports 89
10. Getting Hired 107
11. Theory in the Boondocks 135
12. Sabbaticals, Travel, Frames 151
13. Notes 173
14. Bibliography 193