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      The Ex-Human

      Michael Berube

      Michael Berube explores the surprising insights of classic and contemporary works of SF that depict civilizational collapse and contemplate human extinction.

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      The Ex-Human

      Michael Berube

      Michael Berube explores the surprising insights of classic and contemporary works of SF that depict civilizational collapse and contemplate human extinction.

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      The Secret Life of Stories: From Don Quixote to Harry Potter, How Understanding Intellectual Disability Transforms the Way We Read

      Michael Berube

      A compelling account of how an understanding of intellectual disability can transform one’s understanding of narrative. The author explains how ideas about intellectual disability inform a wide array of narrative…

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      Employment of English: Theory, Jobs, and the Future of Literary Studies

      Michael Berube

      What sorts of cultural criticism are teachers and scholars to produce, and how can that criticism be employed in the culture at large? This title examines the cultural legitimacy of…

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      The Employment of English: Theory, Jobs and the Future of Literary Studies

      Michael Berube

      What sorts of cultural criticism are teachers and scholars to produce, and how can that criticism be employed in the culture at large? This title examines the cultural legitimacy of…

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      The Left at War

      Michael Berube

      Revisits the major intellectual debates and key players of two decades, covering the terrain of left debates in the United States over foreign policy from the Balkans to 9/11 to…

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      The Left at War

      Michael Berube

      A devastating account of the American left during wartime, and at war with itself

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      Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics

      Michael Berube

      This text provides an explanation of the political correctness argument: how it emerged and how right-wing pundits have used it to undermine contemporary criticism. In a series of essays, Berube…

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      The Secret Life of Stories: From Don Quixote to Harry Potter, How Understanding Intellectual Disability Transforms the Way We Read

      Michael Berube

      A compelling account of how an understanding of intellectual disability can transform one’s understanding of narrative. The author explains how ideas about intellectual disability inform a wide array of narrative…

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      Life as Jamie Knows It: An Exceptional Child Grows Up

      Michael Berube

      The story of Jamie Berube s journey to adulthood and a meditation on disability in American life Published in 1996, Life as We Know It introduced Jamie Berube to the…

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      Life as Jamie Knows It: An Exceptional Child Grows Up

      Michael Berube

      The story of Jamie Berube s journey to adulthood and a meditation on disability in American life Published in 1996, Life as We Know It introduced Jamie Berube to the…

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      Life As We Know It: A Father, a Family, and an Exceptional Child

      Michael Berube

      The author explores contemporary ideas about family values, social justice, and the sanctity of life through his experiences raising a child with Down’s syndrome and his struggle to keep his…

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      What’s Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and Bias in Higher Education

      Michael Berube

      Offers a rebuttal of conservative activists’ incendiary claims about American universities and makes a case for liberalism itself. This book provides an account of the joys and frustrations of running…

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      The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom: Three Necessary Arguments

      Michael Berube,J. Ruth

      This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book’s stark accounts of…

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      Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability

      Robert McRuer

      Draws on feminist theory, African American and Latino/a cultural theories, composition studies, film and television studies, and theories of globalization and counter-globalization. This book articulates the central concerns of crip…

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      Higher Education Under Fire: Politics, Economics, and the Crisis of the Humanities

      Michael Berube,Cary Nelson

      The contributors to this timely book examine the role of Higher Education in the global economy, offering a combination of economic and political analysis, outlining the challenges facing students and…

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      Higher Education Under Fire: Politics, Economics, and the Crisis of the Humanities

      Michael Berube,Cary Nelson

      The contributors to this timely book examine the role of Higher Education in the global economy, offering a combination of economic and political analysis, outlining the challenges facing students and…

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      Mentoring and Making it in Academe: A Guide for Newcomers to the Ivory Tower

      Elena Klaw

      The current apprenticeship model of doctoral education leaves many students feeling mystified, isolated, and overwhelmed. This book provides an antidote to marginalization in the academy and is an essential guide…

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      It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom

      Michael Berube,Jennifer Ruth

      This book will resonate for anyone who has followed debates over #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory, and cancel culture; more specifically, it should have a major impact on…

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      The Humanities, Higher Education, and Academic Freedom: Three Necessary Arguments

      Michael Berube,J. Ruth

      This book is a lively, passionate defence of contemporary work in the humanities, and, beyond that, of the university system that makes such work possible. The book’s stark accounts of…

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      Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability

      Robert McRuer

      Draws on feminist theory, African American and Latino/a cultural theories, composition studies, film and television studies, and theories of globalization and counter-globalization. This book articulates the central concerns of crip…

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      Frankenstein (The Norton Library)

      Mary Shelley

      About Shelley’s Frankenstein

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      Bending Over Backwards: Essays on Disability and the Body

      Lennard J. Davis

      Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act…

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      Bending Over Backwards: Essays on Disability and the Body

      Lennard J. Davis

      Bending Over Backwards reexamines issues concerning the relationship between disability and normality in the light of postmodern theory and political activism. Davis takes up homosexuality, the Americans with Disabilities Act…

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      Philosophy as Poetry

      Richard Rorty

      Drawn from Richard Rorty’s acclaimed 2004 Page-Barbour lectures, Philosophy as Poetry distils many of the central ideas in his work. This book makes an ideal starting place for anyone looking…

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