Details

Subject(s)

• Women educators—Fiction [Browse]
• Cats—Fiction [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Humorous fiction [Browse]
• Satirical literature [Browse]

Series

SUNY series, the margins of literature [More in this series]

Summary note

A spoof on academia featuring a woman professor visiting a university which is a bastion of phony intellectualism and male chauvinism. The heroine is called M/M, the university is called Ac-Ac and the tale is told partly in prose, partly in verse.

Contents

Introduction by Fedwa Malti-Douglas --- Dedication --- In Which M/M Lands on Her Feet --- In Which M/M Arrives at Ac-Ac U. --- In Which M/M Gets Her Bearings --- In Which M/M Wonders: Why Be a Visiting Professor at Ac-Ac U. When She Could Be at Pholly U.? --- In Which M/M Gets a Lecture on Academic Hierarchies --- In Which M/M Has a Second Landing at Ac-Ac: A Home Department --- In Which M/M Describes Her Third Landing of Sorts --- In Which M/M Gets Her First Introduction to DULL --- In Which M/M Attends the Open Faculty Meeting --- In Which M/M Participates in the Induction into the Order of the Cravates --- In Which M/M Feels Over-Received --- In Which M/M Decides Which Course to Audit --- In Which M/M Goes through the Faculty List at DULL in Search of Someone --- In Which M/M Has a Heart to Heart Talk with Herself about Her Future at Ac-Ac U. --- In Which M/M Meets the Dean --- In Which M/M Takes Steps to Set Up the Legendary Meeting with the Women Faculty at Ac-Ac U. --- In Which M/M Attends Her First DULL Faculty Meeting --- In Which M/M Introduces S.P.-T. Directly to the Intellectual Life of DULL --- In Which M/M Finally Meets the Women Faculty of Ac-Ac U. --- In Which M/M Is Treated to Some Great Stories --- In Which M/M Becomes a Member of COOC --- In Which M/M Gets Introduced to the COOC --- In Which M/M Listens to Some Tie History --- In Which M/M Tells the COOCs the Significance of Ties --- In Which M/M Debates with the COOCs --- In Which M/M Debates Again with the COOCs --- In Which M/M Reads the DULL Newsletter --- In Which M/M Has Second Thoughts about Her Visiting Appointment --- In Which M/M Attends the Muted --- Language Society Award Ceremony --- In Which M/M Meets the Women Faculty Once Again --- In Which M/M Has a Nightmarish Experience --- In Which M/M Is Back in the Guest House --- In Which M/M Muses about Her Social Life as a Woman at Ac-Ac U. --- In Which M/M Finally Attends the Promotion Committee Meeting --- In Which M/M Attends the Chairs' Meeting --- In Which M/M Makes an Important Decision --- In Which M/M Has Her Dream Come True --- In Which M/M Attends an Oral Examination in LAC --- In Which M/M Learns about Ac-Ac U.'s Provost --- In Which M/M Delivers Her Final Blow --- In Which M/M Presents Her Theory about Ac-Ac --- In Which M/M Announces Her Departure --- In Which M/M Considers Future Possibilities --- In Which M/M Is Not Given an Opportunity to Make a Promise --- In Which M/M Hands the Manuscript to S.P.-T. --- Afterword by Fedwa Malti-Douglas --- (Post)Landing --- The Guide(s) --- The Body --- Scholarship --- Tradition --- The Name --- Hierarchy --- Discourses --- Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0791436039 ((HC ; : acid-free paper))
• 9780791436035 ((HC ; : acid-free paper))
• 0791436047 ((PB ; : acid-free paper))
• 9780791436042 ((PB ; : acid-free paper))

LCCN

97001207

OCLC

36476944

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