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BL
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1044448
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b798818
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| Main Entry
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Bérubé, Michael,1961-
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Rhetorical occasions : : essays on humans and the humanities /\ Michael Bérubé.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2006.
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1 online resource (x, 348 pages)
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| ISBN
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0807877387
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0807830674
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0807857777
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9780807830673
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9780807857779
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The Sokal hoax for beginners -- The return of realism and the future of contingency -- Of fine clothes and naked emperors -- The utility of the arts and humanities -- There is nothing inside the text; or, why no one's heard of Wolfgang Iser -- Citizens of the world, unite: Martha Nussbaum's plan for cultivating humanity -- American studies without exceptions -- Idolatries of the marketplace: Thomas Frank, cultural studies, and the voice of the people -- Days of future past -- Teaching to the six -- Working for the U: on the thetoric of "affiliation" -- Dream a little dream -- Professing and parenting -- Speaking of speakers -- Universities should be open for business -- Analyze, don't summarize -- The top 10 contradictory things about popular culture -- The Elvis Costello problem -- The lefts before 21 September -- Nation and narration -- Can the left get Iraq right? -- For a better and broader antiwar movement -- Fighting liberals -- The loyalties of American studies -- Azkaban blogging -- Back in les États-Unis -- Vacation reading II -- Republican National Convention, second night -- More plans for democrats in distress -- The Beinart effect -- Theory Tuesday II -- Theory Tuesday III -- Was I ever wrong.
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| Abstract
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Collects twenty-four of the author's major essays and reviews, as well as a sampling of entries on literary theory and contemporary culture from his award-winning weblog. This work offers an array of interventions into matters - academic and nonacademic.
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Sokal, Alan D.,1955-
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Sokal, Alan D.,1955-
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Sokal, Alan D.,1955-
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Blogs-- United States.
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Criticism-- United States.
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Humanities-- United States.
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Learning and scholarship-- United States.
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New Left-- United States.
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Popular culture-- United States.
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Rhetoric-- United States.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001-- Influence.
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Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis-- Influence.
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Blogues-- États-Unis.
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Critique-- États-Unis.
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Culture populaire-- États-Unis.
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Nouvelle gauche-- États-Unis.
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Rhétorique-- États-Unis.
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Savoir et érudition-- États-Unis.
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Sciences humaines-- États-Unis.
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Blogs.
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Criticism.
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Education.
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Humanities.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Learning and scholarship.
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New Left.
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Popular culture.
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REFERENCE-- Questions Answers.
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Rhetoric.
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United States, Study and teaching.
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États-Unis, Étude et enseignement.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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001.3071
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| LC Classification
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AZ508.B47 2006eb
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