| Otherwise Occupied: Pedagogies of Alterity and the Brahminization of Theory Contributor(s): Figueira, Dorothy M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791475735 ISBN-13: 9780791475737 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: Questions whether current theories and pedagogies of alterity have allowed us to truly engage the Other. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 801.950 |
| LCCN: 2008000119 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 163 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tracing the historical development of recent identity-based trends in literary theory to their roots in structuralism, Dorothy M. Figueira questions the extent to which theories and pedagogies of alterity have actually enabled us to engage the Other. She tracks academic attempts to deal with alterity from their inception in critical thought in the 1960s to the present. Focusing on multiculturalism and postcolonialism as professional and institutional practices, Figueira examines how such theories and pedagogies informed the academic and public discourse regarding September 11. She also investigates the theories and pedagogies of alterity as crucial elements in the bureaucratization of diversity within academe and discusses their impact on affirmative action. |