College English, Vol. 64, No. 4, March 2002

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• Standard English and Student Bodies: Institutionalizing Race and Literacy in Hawai'i

  Morris Young

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  Abstract: Discusses the first comprehensive examination of the system of public education in Hawai'i, conducted in 1920. Notes the great importance of the study since it not only evaluated Hawaii's educational system but also provided the territorial government some gauge of Hawaii's status as a United States territory and its success in meeting the ideals of America.

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• More Than a Feeling: Disappointment and WPA Work

  Laura R. Micciche

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  Abstract: Addresses the climate of disappointment that characterizes English studies generally and composition studies--particularly writing program administration (WPA). Considers that the context of disappointment is shaped by a number of overlapping factors including: the widely perceived job market collapse in the humanities; the national abuse of adjunct teachers of first-year writing courses; and the general devaluation of the humanities.

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• A Relative Pain: The Rape of History in Octavia Butler's "Kindred" and Phyllis Alesia Perry's "Stigmata."

  Lisa A. Long

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  Abstract: Discusses two recent novels that employ techniques more familiar to science fiction than to historical fiction to probe questions of history and authenticity. Considers how these novels expose the way that those who attempt to bear witness to the history of slavery are ostracized, pathologized, and even institutionalized.

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• OPINION: Introducing Shakespeare

  Theodore B. Leinwand

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  Abstract: Discusses the short introductions by literary scholars that more often than not precede Shakespeare's plays. Considers the importance and lack of importance that readers put on these introductions. Describes the use and creation, over time, of these introductions to many different plays by Shakespeare.

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• REVIEW: Hard Lessons Learned since the First Generation of Critical Pedagogy

  David Seitz

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