Pedagogy: The Question of Impersonation

Gallop, Jane

ISBN 10: 0253209366 / ISBN 13: 9780253209368

Published by Indiana University Press, 1995

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Synopsis:

In Pedagogy: The Question of Impersonation, authors argue that teaching is a performance that incorporates the personal in acts of "im-personation." After David Crane's prefatory "postscript," George Otte recommends that students pretend, writing from various perspectives; Indira Karamcheti suggests putting on race as one can put on gender roles. Cheryl Johnson gets personal by playing the "trickster," and Chris Amirault explores the relationship between the teacher and "the good student." While Karamcheti, Gallop, and Lynne Joyrich use theatrical vehicles to structure their essays, Joseph Litvak, Arthur W. Frank, and Naomi Scheman incorporate performance as examples. Madeleine R. Grumet theorizes pedagogy, while Roger I. Simon suggests that pedagogical roles can be taken on and off at will; Gregory Jay discusses the ethical side of impersonation; and Susan Miller denounces "the personal" as a sham.

About the Author:

JANE GALLOP, Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, is author of The Daughter's Seduction, Reading Lacan, Thinking through the Body, and Around 1981.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Pedagogy: The Question of Impersonation
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket