Table of Contents for Making Multiculturalism

Making Multiculturalism
Boundaries and Meaning in U.S. English Departments
Bethany Bryson
Table of Contents for Knowledge and Money

Table of Contents for

Making Multiculturalism

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

1.INTRODUCTION: CULTURE TO THE RESCUE!

The Myth of Omnipotent Culture

The Research

A Road Map for Cultural Change

2.PROFESSORS AND THE PRESS: DEFINITIONS OF MULTICULTURALISM

Multiculturalism in the National Arena

My First Interview

Making Sense of Multiculturalism

Four Themes

Meaninglessness

Diversity

Non-Diversity (Literary value and the Anti-Canon)

Connections

The Heart of the Multicultural Lotus

Fighting Words

3.ABSTRACTION IN ACTION: DEPARTMENTAL MULTICULTURALISM

Ivory Towers

State Star

Multicultural State

Cathletic

Organized Culture

4.TAKING SIDES IN QUICKSAND: MEANING, ABSTRACTION, AND AMBIGUITY

The Role of Meaning and Ambiguity in Stance-taking

Abstraction, Responsibility, and Opinion

Prestigious Complexity and Public Support

Refinement: Multiple Meanings Lead to Mixed Opinions

5.BOUNDARY DISPUTES: THE CULTURAL TERRITORIES OF ACADEME

The "Crisis" in English Literature

State Star

Ivory Towers

Multicultural State

Cathletic University

Conclusion

6.MANAGING MULTICULTURALISM: CURRICULUM STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING CONFLICT

Curricular Battlegrounds

Ivory Towers

State Star

Multicultural State

Cathletic University

Conflict and the Curriculum

7.CONCLUSION: CULTURE TO BLAME

Cultural Policy for Cultural Problems

Powerful Abstractions

Radical Change Requires Structure

Racist Structures

Beyond Socialization: Speaking Truth to Structure

Translating Cultural Change

Notes

References

Index

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