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Alien forms and minor genres : a speculative handbook of academic labor / Tina Chen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chen, Tina (Tina Yih-Ting), 1970- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic writing.
- College teaching.
- Universities and colleges--Research.
- Universities and colleges.
- Learning and scholarship.
- Asia--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Asia.
- Asia--Civilization--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
- Place of Publication:
- Duke University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- "Alien Forms and Minor Genres questions the parsing of academic labor into the categories of "research, teaching, and service" and argues for a more expansive notion of scholarly work. Examining these issues within the context of the formation of the multidisciplinary field of Global Asias, Tina Chen traces the trajectory of research creation to delineate various forms of scholarly labor and demonstrate their constructed value. She uses an experimental structure, setting examples of intellectual work in academia-the book proposal, the lesson plan, and the syllabi, for instance-against more in-depth genre criticism of research and service activities. By giving readers a look behind the curtain at these routine parts of academia and exploring the potential for alternative genres in intellectual inquiry, Chen reconceptualizes the nature, function, and praxis of scholarly work, showing how processes of academic labor are critical in creating and advancing scholarly knowledge"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Unlikely Propositions: A Trio of Introductions
- Book Proposal
- A (Speculative) Faculty Activity Report
- Lesson Plans
- Minor Genres and the Shadow Archive
- Freer Agents? : Statement of Purpose
- Minor Genres of Academic Writing and the Shadow Archive : PowerPoint Presentation
- Working As/Through Alien Form : An Annotated Bibliography
- Global Asias: Method, Architecture, Praxis : An Annotated Essay
- What If, If Only, and If This Goes On: Reimagining Scholarly Activity Through Global Asias
- Practice : Statement of Endeavors
- Alien Abduction, Alien Form
- Alien Abduction, Alien Form : Conference Paper
- AlieNation: Asian American Literatures
- Speculative Fictions: Worldbreaking, Worldtaking, Worldmaking
- Contemporary Ethnic American Literatures: Reading Beyond Race
- Alien Abduction, Alien Form : Research Essay
- ISBN:
- 1-4780-6277-0
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