College English, Vol. 59, No. 6, October 1997

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• Remapping the Geography of Service in English

  Daniel Mahala and Jody Swilky

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  Abstract: Argues that the practices of English studies are defined not only by the obvious variety of objects and methods of inquiry but also by competing divisions of service. Calls for a reconfiguration of the geography of the discipline's service functions with the goal of developing new ways of reaching extra-disciplinary student and community constituencies.

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• On (Almost) Passing

  Brenda Jo Brueggemann

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  Abstract: Describes a doctoral student's experience of studying the deaf or hearing culture from the standpoint of her life and work as a hard-of-hearing person. Discusses the student's (almost) passing in and among the "D/deaf and H/hearing" worlds.

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• Ground Rules for Polemicists: The Case of Lynne Cheney's Truths

  Donald Lazere

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  Abstract: Proposes some ground rules for principled debating and then, from the standpoint of a leftist, evaluates two conservative critiques (Lynne Cheney's "Telling the Truth" and John Wilson's "The Myth of Political Correctness") of academia in light of these ground rules.

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• POEMS

  Charles Wyatt, Andrew Kaufman

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• REVIEW: English Departments and the Question of Disciplinarity

  Sidney I. Dobrin

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• REVIEW: Reading Feminisms

  Patrocinio P. Schweickart

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• REVIEW: Democracy, Being, and the Art of Becoming America

  John Bryant

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• COMMENTS & RESPONSE: A COMMENT ON “FRESHMAN COMPOSITION AS A MIDDLE-CLASS ENTERPRISE”

  James Sledd / Lynn Z. Bloom

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