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Essif Les |
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Titolo |
A Life out of whack : confessions and reflections of an un-American all-American / / Les Essif |
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Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo ; ; Lancaster, England : , : Guernica, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 445 pages) |
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Collana |
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Guernica world editions ; ; 5 |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, American |
National characteristics, French |
College teachers - United States |
United States Civilization 21st century |
United States Social life and customs 21st century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The book has two parts. The first part is autobiographical and sketches the atypical early life of a future academic scholar from family poverty to marriage and divorce at nineteen, from eight years in big-city and federal law enforcement to starting college at the age of twenty-six, culminating with a doctoral fellowship in French Studies at Brown U. The second part presents an alternative critical look at contemporary life and ethos in general and American culture in particular. Fashioned from a journal I've kept since the events of 9/11, it consists primarily of my reflections and positions on a wide variety of philosophical, political, and cultural subjects, such as aging, nature, corporate capitalism, and American, French, and global cultures."-- |
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