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Title |
Title of document |
16. Labor: Finding the Devil in Indiana Jones: Mythologies of Work and the State of Academic Labor - Constructing Data in Religious Studies |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
James LoRusso; Emory University; United States |
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Discipline(s) |
Religious Studies |
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Keyword(s) |
Academic Culture; Academic Labor; Mythology of Work; Crisis in the Humanities; Contingent Labor; Discourse Analysis; Graduate Education; Mythology of Work; Quit Lit; Tenured Professoriate |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
academic study of religion; theory of religion |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter approaches “the academy” as form of data in order to interrogate and evaluate the current state of academic labor, particularly in twenty-first century North America. Drawing on discourse analysis, the essay examines how governing academic norms and practices sustain and exacerbate the structural and material challenges facing the most vulnerable academic laborers today. In particular, the author explores how academic labor is socially constructed through the mobilization of various “mythologies of work” and even through critical genres such as “quit lit” that seek to expose perceived injustices. The enactment of these discourses, the chapter argues, ultimately reinforces the status quo and serves the interests of academic elites. |
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Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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08-Oct-2019 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/books/article/view/34184 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.34184 |
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Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Constructing Data in Religious Studies |
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Language |
English=en |
En |
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Rights |
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Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |