Alien Forms and Minor Genres: A Speculative Handbook of Academic Labor - Couverture souple

Chen, Tina

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 147803923X ISBN 13 : 9781478039235

Editeur : Duke University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Alien Forms and Minor Genres speculates about how and why academia cultivates, manages, and rewards academic labor. Examining these issues within the context of the multidisciplinary field of Global Asias, Tina Chen tracks the diverse trajectories of research creation to delineate capaciously-imagined forms of scholarly labor and demonstrate their constructed value. She uses an experimental structure, setting examples of intellectual work in academia such as the book proposal, the lesson plan, and the syllabi against more in-depth genre criticism of research and service activities. By giving readers a look behind the curtain at these routine parts of academia and exploring the potential for alternative genres in intellectual inquiry, Chen reconceptualizes the nature, function, and praxis of scholarly work, showing how processes of academic labor are critical to creating and advancing scholarly knowledge.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tina Chen is Associate Professor of English and Asian American Studies and Director of the Global Asias Initiative at the Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of Double Agency: Acts of Impersonation in Asian American Literature and Culture and founding editor of Verge: Studies in Global Asias.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Duke University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 147803923X
• ISBN 13: 9781478039235
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 286
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• Personne responsable: non disponible