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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824179803321

Autore

McLaughlin Thomas <1948->

Titolo

Street smarts and critical theory : listening to the vernacular / / Thomas McLaughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1996

ISBN

1-282-42413-0

9786612424137

0-299-15173-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Wisconsin project on American writers

Disciplina

810.9

Soggetti

American literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Popular literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Criticism - United States - History - 20th century

Literature - Public opinion - United States

Criticism - Public opinion - United States

Language and culture - United States

Popular culture - United States

Canon (Literature)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction-Theory outside the Academy: Street Smarts and Critical Theory -- 2. Cultural Theory and Social Activism in the Southern Christian Antipornography Movement -- 3. Criticism in the Zines: Vernacular Theory and Popular Culture -- 4. Stories of the New Age: Narrative, Healing, and Transformation -- 5. The Cunning of the Hand, the Weakness of the Heart: Theoretical Work in the Advertising Profession -- 6. The Teachers Meet the Experts: Vernacular Theory in the Whole Language Movement -- 7. Pedagogy and Vernacular Theory -- Works Cited -- Index.