The ongoing concern that climate change initiatives mask a concerted attempt to initiate global economic redistribution was bolstered by the Bali Conference.
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Erykah Badu in the Classroom
Interdisciplinary writing may offer a way to overcome value judgments and examine literature from “multiple perspectives” incorporating social, political, and economic factors, argues Professor Akua Duku Anokye
Global Linguistic Citizenship for All
Under the language department reforms proposed by the MLA, students would be trained as global citizens freed from the “Manichean” tendencies of American culture.
Striking Out
The popular online professor ratings site, ratemyprofessors.com, has been eliciting some fiery responses from professors objecting to insulting comments by anonymous posters.
Polar Fiction
Just as some environmentalists have co-opted the polar bear as a symbol for the predicted ecological crisis, Britt Rusert, a doctoral candidate at Duke University, visualizes polar exploration literature as a new outlet for this discourse.
Uncle Tomisms
The Modern Language Association offers up a surprisingly circumspect examination of the character and the epithet.
Poetic (In)Stability
The MLA debate between qualitative and accentual syllabic verse, and between different styles of writing, became as much a commentary on the nature (and antecedents) of government.
Sex and the MLA
It seems like some professors simply can’t get their mind off sexuality and have allowed this fixation to the color their professional work.
Linguistic Imperialism
“By pretending to inject a position located in between the right and the left, multilingual American literature studies attempted to ally themselves with an ostensibly neutral position,” a Rutgers professor admitted at the Modern Language Association convention.
Shakesqueer
The recent Shakespeare panel at the 2007 Modern Language Association (MLA) convention, ironically titled “Shakesqueer,” featured four queer theorists presenting articles soon to be published by the notoriously liberal Duke University press.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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