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21. Coerced Confessions
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: Criticism in a Difficult Time 1
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A Critic’S Progress
- 1. The Case for Scholarly 13
- 2. Declarations of Independence 20
- 3. On Critique and Inheritance 27
- 4. What I Believe and Why 33
- 5. Hearing Losses and Gains 42
- 6. Long Island Intellectual 50
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Academic Labor
- 7. We Work 59
- 8. What Is Criticism on Academic Labor For? 67
- 9. “All Things Visible and Invisible”: Believing in Higher Education 74
- 10. Against Heroism 82
- 11. Pack Consciousness 87
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Declarations of Politics
- 12. Activism and Curriculum 95
- 13. Revolutionary Consciousness 101
- 14. Geopolitical Translators 107
- 15. Critical Credo 115
- 16. This I Believed 121
- 17. “Hope Dies Last”: Cultural Studies and Studs Terkel 129
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Pedagogical Moments
- 18. Credo of a Teacher 137
- 19. Of Credos and Credibility 140
- 20. Teaching Friction 146
- 21. Coerced Confessions 151
- 22. On Race and Literature 157
- 23. Teaching Theory 164
- 24. Affect Is the New Trauma 173
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The Defense of Literature
- 25. Access to the Universal: Language, Literature, and the Humanities 183
- 26. Wrestling with the Angel: A Modest Critical Credo 188
- 27. Everyday Aesthetics 193
- 28. Criticism Is Vital 202
- 29. Critical Credo 208
- 30. Why I’m Still Writing Women’s Literary History 217
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New Turns
- 31. Without Evidence 229
- 32. All There Is to Use 237
- 33. Open 245
- 34. Timing 252
- 35. The Politics of Small Problems 257
- 36. The Power of Unknowing 264
- List of Contributors 271
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments ix
- Introduction: Criticism in a Difficult Time 1
-
A Critic’S Progress
- 1. The Case for Scholarly 13
- 2. Declarations of Independence 20
- 3. On Critique and Inheritance 27
- 4. What I Believe and Why 33
- 5. Hearing Losses and Gains 42
- 6. Long Island Intellectual 50
-
Academic Labor
- 7. We Work 59
- 8. What Is Criticism on Academic Labor For? 67
- 9. “All Things Visible and Invisible”: Believing in Higher Education 74
- 10. Against Heroism 82
- 11. Pack Consciousness 87
-
Declarations of Politics
- 12. Activism and Curriculum 95
- 13. Revolutionary Consciousness 101
- 14. Geopolitical Translators 107
- 15. Critical Credo 115
- 16. This I Believed 121
- 17. “Hope Dies Last”: Cultural Studies and Studs Terkel 129
-
Pedagogical Moments
- 18. Credo of a Teacher 137
- 19. Of Credos and Credibility 140
- 20. Teaching Friction 146
- 21. Coerced Confessions 151
- 22. On Race and Literature 157
- 23. Teaching Theory 164
- 24. Affect Is the New Trauma 173
-
The Defense of Literature
- 25. Access to the Universal: Language, Literature, and the Humanities 183
- 26. Wrestling with the Angel: A Modest Critical Credo 188
- 27. Everyday Aesthetics 193
- 28. Criticism Is Vital 202
- 29. Critical Credo 208
- 30. Why I’m Still Writing Women’s Literary History 217
-
New Turns
- 31. Without Evidence 229
- 32. All There Is to Use 237
- 33. Open 245
- 34. Timing 252
- 35. The Politics of Small Problems 257
- 36. The Power of Unknowing 264
- List of Contributors 271