College English, Vol. 63, No. 1, September 2000

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• Reading "Whiteness" in English Studies

  Timothy Barnett

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  Abstract: Considers the role of the "white ground" in English studies at a critical period, the late 1960s and early 1970s, when the discipline, along with the rest of the academy and country, struggled mightily with issues of race. Describes the author's interest in constructing a narrative about the relationships between discourse and identity with students.

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• World Literature in the Age of Globalization: Reflections on an Anthology

  Waïl S. Hassan

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  Abstract: Addresses the evolution of the most authoritative and widely used textbook in world literature courses in the United States, "The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces." Questions if the "Norton Anthology" has provided educators who are committed to the teaching of world literature from non-Eurocentric perspectives with a useful tool, or if the anthology reproduces the canon's ideological underpinnings.

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• Limping or Flying? Psychoanalysis, Afrocentrism, and Song of Solomon

  Ashley Tidey

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  Abstract: Explores the possibility of seeing in Toni Morrison's novel, "Song of Solomon," the co-existence of two narratives of subjectivity. Examines the extent to which the application of a Western and non-Western narrative of subject formation yields conflicting interpretations of the novel and, in particular, the novel's ending.

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• On Reading Differently: Through Foucault's Resistance

  John Muckelbauer

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  Abstract: Considers the possibility that engaging a text need not proceed through a preexisting program and, further, that another style of engagement may indicate intriguing possibilities for resistance. Demonstrates a type of criticism called "productive reading." Concludes that it is not sufficient to assume that reading must proceed through a primary emphasis on accuracy and representation.

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• REVIEW: Roses in December: Cultural Memory in the Present

  Deepika Bahri

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• COMMENT & RESPONSE: A COMMENT ON “HISTORICAL STUDIES AND POSTMODERNISM: REREADING ASPASIA OF MILETUS”

  Wu/Gale

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