Fields of Play

Laurel Richardson

ISBN 10: 0813523796 / ISBN 13: 9780813523798

Published by Rutgers University Press, US, 1997

About this Item

How do the specific circumstances in which we write affect what we write? How does what we write affect who we become? How can we maintain professsional and personal integrity in today's university? In a series of traditional and experimental writings, a culmination of ten years of works-in-progress, Laurel Richardson records an intellectual journey, displacing boundaries and creating new ways of reading and writing. Applying the sociological imagination to the writing process, she connects her life to her work. Deeply engaging, movingly written with grace, elegance, and clarity, the book stimulates readers to situate their own writing in personal, social, and political contexts.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fields of Play
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press, US
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813523796
• ISBN 13: 9780813523798
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 405 grams

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Synopsis

How do the specific circumstances in which we write affect what we write? How does what we write affect who we become? How can we maintain professsional and personal integrity in today's university? In a series of traditional and experimental writings, a culmination of ten years of works-in-progress, Laurel Richardson records an intellectual journey, displacing boundaries and creating new ways of reading and writing. Applying the sociological imagination to the writing process, she connects her life to her work.

Deeply engaging, movingly written with grace, elegance, and clarity, the book stimulates readers to situate their own writing in personal, social, and political contexts.

About the Author

LAUREL RICHARDSON is a professor of sociology, graduate faculty in women's studies, and visiting professor in the College of Education at the Ohio State University.