Full Description
This stimulating collection is the first to take on the issue of form and what it means to the future of scholarly writing. A wide range of distinguished scholars from fields including law, literature, and anthropology shed light on the ways scholars can write for different publics and still adhere to the standards of quality scholarship.
Contents
Introduction; Angelika Bammer and Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres 1. The Work of Writing; Jane Gallop 2. Writers, Authors, and the Extraordinary Ordinary; Naomi Scheman 3. Tribal Rites: Academic-Speak and the Ambiguity of Belonging; Angelika Bammer 4. When Nothing Is Cool; Lisa Ruddick 5. Writing in the Clinic, or What Might Be Expressed; Rita Charon 6. Looking for the Right Path; Paul Stoller 7. Found in the Details: Thoughts About Particulars; Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres 8. The "State" and the "Plantation": Writing Differently; Gyanendra Pandey 9. Stories and the Language of Law; Kate Nace Day 10. "Life has a mind of its own": Public Administration and "The Soloist"; Ralph Hummel & Camilla Stivers 11. Undisciplined Practice: Experimenting with Anthropological Form; Anna Grimshaw 12. Big Words in Small Circles: Bad Writing and the Social Sciences; Michael Billig 13. A Discontinuous Voice; Amy Katz Kaminsky 14. First Person Plural: Notes on Voice and Collaboration; Marianne Hirsch and Leo Spitzer 15. Writing about Music - and the Music of Writing; Susan Mcclary 16. The Poetry of It (Writing History); Carolyn Kay Steedman 17. In the Meantime; Ruth Behar
