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Autor/in | Essif, Les |
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Titel | Life out of whack. Confessions and reflections of an un-American all-American. |
Quelle | Toronto: Guernica (2018), XVI, 445 S. |
Reihe | Guernica world editions. 5 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 9781771833158 (Taschenbuch); 1771833157 (Taschenbuch); 9781771833165 (EPUB); 9781771833172 |
Schlagwörter | Autobiografie; USA; Frankreich; Essif, Les; College teachers; Biography; Biografie; United States; National characteristics, American; National characteristics, French; Civilization; Manners and customs; Autobiographies; Bildungsgeschichte |
Abstract | "The book has two parts. The first part is autobiographical and sketches the atypical early life of a future academic scholar from family poverty to marriage and divorce at nineteen, from eight years in big-city and federal law enforcement to starting college at the age of twenty-six, culminating with a doctoral fellowship in French Studies at Brown U. The second part presents an alternative critical look at contemporary life and ethos in general and American culture in particular. Fashioned from a journal I've kept since the events of 9/11, it consists primarily of my reflections and positions on a wide variety of philosophical, political, and cultural subjects, such as aging, nature, corporate capitalism, and American, French, and global cultures."--Provided by publisher. |
Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
Update | 2018/4/10 |