| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Engaging with Work in Worlds of Change (Alastair Henry and Ake Persson) -- Part One: Identities -- Chapter 2: Imagine Being So Suddenly Useless: Unemployment, Vulnerability and the Irish Financial Crash in Donal Ryans The Spinning Heart (Ake Persson) -- Chapter 3: Authenticity at Work: English Teachers Experiences of Authentic and Inauthentic Acting (Alastair Henry and Sofia Olsen) -- Chapter 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 (Celia Aijmer Rydso) -- Chapter 5: Working with Identity Work: Supporting Professional Identity Development in Teacher Education (Alastair Henry) -- Part Two: Oppositions and Transformations -- Chapter 6: The Superhero and the Tiger Mom: Exploring the Relation Between Parental Expectations and Career Choices in Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liews The Shadow Hero (Ulrika Andersson Hval) -- Chapter 7: Changing English, Changing Challenges: The Work of Teaching English in a Context of Diverse Experiences (Anna Elgemark and Maria Mollstedt) -- Chapter 8: Interpreting Childrens Working Lives in James Joyces Ulysses (Barry Ryan) -- Chapter 9: Global English in the Workplace: Workplace English as a Lingua Franca (WELF) and Successful WELF Users (Hyeseung Jeong) -- Chapter 10: From Mayday to #MeToo: Workplace Sexual Harassment in Margaret Atwoods The Handmaids Tale, The Testaments and The Heart Goes Last (Susanna Rokka) |
| Summary |
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. Alastair Henry is Professor of Language Education in the Department of Social and Behavioural Studies at University West, Sweden. Ake Persson is Professor of English Literatures in the Department of Social and Behavioural Studies at University West, Sweden |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English language.
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English language
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Henry, Alastair, editor
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Persson, Åke, editor
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| ISBN |
9783030697204 |
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3030697207 |
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