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Literary Learning

Teaching the English Major

By: Sherry Lee Linkon

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Teaching the English Major

By: Sherry Lee Linkon

Literary Learning explores the nature of literary knowledge and offers guidance for effective teaching of literature at the college level. What do English majors need to learn? How can we help them develop the skills and knowledge they need? By identifying the habits of mind that literary scholars use in their own research and writing, Sherry Lee Linkon articulates the strategic knowledge that lies at the heart of the discipline, offering important insights and models for beginning and experienced teachers.

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Indiana University Press

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0253223563

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9780253223562

In Her Own Voice

Nineteenth-Century American Women Essayists

By: Sherry L. Linkon

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In Her Own Voice

Nineteenth-Century American Women Essayists

By: Sherry L. Linkon

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. In Her Own Voice examines the literary history of women’s nonfiction writing through studies of individual writers, their works, and their careers. The essays in this collection consider the development of women’s public voices, relationships between women essayists and their editors and readers, and the fuzzy line that divides—or seems to divide—fiction from nonfiction. The book includes studies of some of the best known American women essayists, including Margaret Fuller, Lydia Maria Child, and Fanny Fern, and articles on women writers whose work has received very little attention, such as Gail Hamilton, Anna Julia Cooper, Ann Sophia Stephens, and Zitkala-Sa.

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204

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Routledge

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1317944968

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9781317944966

The Half-Life of Deindustrialization

Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring

By: Sherry Lee Linkon

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The Half-Life of Deindustrialization

Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring

By: Sherry Lee Linkon

Examines how contemporary American working- class literature reveals the long- term effects of deindustrialization on individuals and communities

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University of Michigan Press

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0472053795

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9780472053797

The Half-Life of Deindustrialization

Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring

By: Sherry Lee Linkon

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The Half-Life of Deindustrialization

Working-Class Writing about Economic Restructuring

By: Sherry Lee Linkon

Starting in the late 1970s, tens of thousands of American industrial workers lost jobs in factories and mines. Deindustrialization had dramatic effects on those workers and their communities, but its longterm effects continue to ripple through working-class culture. Economic restructuring changed the experience of work, disrupted people’s sense of self, reshaped local landscapes, and redefined community identities and expectations. Through it all, working-class writers have told stories that reflect the importance of memory and the struggle to imagine a different future. These stories make clear that the social costs of deindustrialization affect not only those who lost their jobs but also their children, their communities, and American culture. Through analysis of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, film, and drama, The Half-Life of Deindustrialization shows why people and communities cannot simply “get over” the losses of economic restructuring. The past provides inspiration and strength for working-class people, even as the contrast between past and present highlights what has been lost in the service economy. The memory of productive labor and stable, proud working-class communities shapes how people respond to contemporary economic, social, and political issues. These stories can help us understand the resentment, frustration, pride, and persistence of the American working class.

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University of Michigan Press

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047212370X

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9780472123704

Steeltown U.S.A.

Work and Memory in Youngstown

By: Sherry Lee Linkon,John Russo

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Steeltown U.S.A.

Work and Memory in Youngstown

By: Sherry Lee Linkon,John Russo

Once the symbol of a robust steel industry and blue-collar economy, Youngstown, Ohio, and its famous Jeannette Blast Furnace have become key icons in the tragic tale of American deindustrialization. Sherry Lee Linkon and John Russo examine the inevitable tension between those discordant visions, which continue to exert great power over Steeltown's citizens as they struggle to redefine their lives. When "the Jenny" was shut down in 1978, 50,000 Youngstown workers lost their jobs, cutting the heart out of the local economy. Even as the community organized a nationally recognized effort to save the mills, the city was rocked by economic devastation, runaway crime, and mob scandal, problems that persist twenty-five years later. In the midst of these struggles the Jenny remained standing as a proud symbol of the community's glory days, still a dominant force in the construction of both individual and collective identities in Youngstown. Focusing on stories and images that both reflect and perpetuate how Youngstown understands itself as a community, Sherry Lee Linkon and John Russo have forged a historical and cultural study of the relationship between community, memory, work, and conflict. Drawing on written texts, visual images, sculptures, films, songs, and interviews with people who have lived and worked in Youngstown, the authors show the importance of memory in forming the collective identity of a place. Steeltown, U.S.A. is a richly developed portrait of a place, showing how images of the Jenny and of Youngstown have been used in national media and connecting these representations to the broader public conversation about work and place: Bruce Springsteen's song "Youngstown," the book Journey to Nowhere, and other pop culture artifacts have helped make Youngstown the symbolic epicenter of American deindustrialization. And while many people see the need to get over the past and on with the future, in rushing to erase the difficult parts of Youngstown's history they might also forget the powerful events that made the city so important, such as the struggles for economic and social justice that improved the lives of steelworkers. This multifaceted study of the meaning of work and place in one community pointedly depicts the relationships among economic development, media representations, and community life. As we see how people's faith in the value of their work dwindled away in Youngstown, their stories can help us understand not only how the meaning of work has changed but also why the changing meaning of work matters.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700612920

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Literary Learning

Teaching the English Major

By: Sherry Lee Linkon

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Teaching the English Major

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Indiana University Press

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Literary Learning

Literary Learning

In Her Own Voice

In Her Own Voice

The Half-Life of Deindustrialization

The Half-Life of Deindustrialization

The Half-Life of Deindustrialization

The Half-Life of Deindustrialization

Steeltown U.S.A.

Steeltown U.S.A.

Literary Learning

Literary Learning

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