Engaging with Work in English Studies

An Issue-based Approach
Herausgegeben:Henry, Alastair; Persson, Åke

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This edited book focuses on practices of work in late modern society, taking an 'issue-based' and interdisciplinary approach to English Studies which acknowledges the impact of globalization on the position of English in the daily existence of millions of people around the world. Envisioning English as "a diverse yet unified subject" where the study of literature, language, and education can be pursued thematically, it constitutes part of an ongoing transformation and revitalization of English Studies. It will be of interest to readers with backgrounds in linguistics, literature and education, as well as fields normally seen as lying 'beyond' English Studies such as psychology, sociology, philosophy, urban studies, political science and childhood studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-69722-8
• 1st ed. 2021
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 369g
• ISBN-13: 9783030697228
• ISBN-10: 3030697223
• Artikelnr.: 64110280

Autorenporträt

Alastair Henry is Professor of Language Education in the Department of Social and Behavioural Studies at University West, Sweden.  Åke Persson is Professor of English Literatures in the Department of Social and Behavioural Studies at University West, Sweden.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Engaging with Work in Worlds of Change

Part I Identities

2 'Imagine being so suddenly useless': Unemployment, Vulnerability and the Irish Financial Crash in Donal Ryan's The Spinning Heart

3 Authenticity at Work: English Teachers' Experiences of Authentic and Inauthentic Acting

4 'We do no harm, we say what we want, and we get paid for it': Academic Work and Dignity in Stoner by John Williams

5 Working with Identity Work: Supporting Professional Identity Development in Teacher Education

Part II Oppositions and Transformations

6 The Superhero and the Tiger Mom: Examining the Relation Between Parental Expectations and Career Choices in Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew's The Shadow Hero

7 Changing English, Changing Challenges: The Work of Teaching English in a Context of Diverse Experiences

8 Interpreting the Lives of Working Children in James Joyce's Ulysses

9 Global English in the Workplace: Introducing the Concepts of 'Workplace English as a Lingua Franca' (WELF), and 'Successful WELF Users'

10 From 'Mayday' to #MeToo: Sexual Harassment in Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Workplaces in The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments and The Heart Goes Last