LEADER 03811nam 22006615 450 001 9910785656803321 005 20210107025722.0 010 $a1-282-60792-8 010 $a9786612607929 010 $a1-4008-2382-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400823826 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067858 035 $a(EBL)483538 035 $a(OCoLC)700682007 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000591868 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11369505 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000591868 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10728352 035 $a(PQKB)10596174 035 $a(DE-B1597)446183 035 $a(OCoLC)979834479 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400823826 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC483538 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067858 100 $a20190708d2010 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMeetings of the Mind /$fDavid Damrosch 205 $aCore Textbook 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2010] 210 4$dİ2000 215 $a1 online resource (226 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14938-0 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$t1. Tokyo: How Do Disciplines Die? --$t2. Bloomington: Traveling Theory Comes Home --$t3 Chicago: The Politics of Cultural Studies --$t4 Puerto Vallarta: Critical Confessions --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aComic in tone and serious in intent, this book gives a vivid portrait of academic life in the nineties. With campus populations and critical perspectives changing rapidly, academic debate needs to look beyond the old ideal of common purposes and communal agreement. How can we learn from people we won't end up agreeing with? This question is explored by four very different scholars, who meet and argue at a series of comparative literature conferences: David Damrosch, liberal humanist and organizer of the group; Vic Addams, an independent scholar of aesthetic leanings (and author of The Utility of Futility); Marsha Doddvic, a feminist film theorist; and the Israeli semiotician Dov Midrash. Throughout the 1990's, in four cities, they meet and debate the problems of disciplinary definition and survival, the relation of literary theory to society, the politics of cultural studies, and the virtues and vices of autobiographical criticism. As their partly antagonistic, increasingly serious, surprisingly fond, and always funny relationship develops, Damrosch seeks common ground with his friends despite the fundamental differences among them. Can a self-parodying deconstructionist and a Proust aficionado appreciate and improve each other's work? Can a wealthy, windsurfing medievalist and a champion of Chicana lesbian memoir find friendship? Hilarious exchanges and comic moments, as well as cameo appearances by well-known theorists, will entertain all literary-minded readers. Academic insiders will also be reminded of the foibles and quirks of their own disciplines and departments. At the same time, this exploration of the uses and abuses of literary and cultural criticism offers a running commentary on identity politics and poses serious questions about the state and future of the academy. 606 $a20th Century 606 $aHistory 606 $aLiterature 606 $aStudy and Teaching (Higher) 606 $aUnited States 615 4$a20th Century. 615 4$aHistory. 615 4$aLiterature. 615 4$aStudy and Teaching (Higher). 615 4$aUnited States. 676 $a801.95 676 $a801.950904 700 $aDamrosch$b David$0629680 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785656803321 996 $aMeetings of the Mind$93732767 997 $aUNINA