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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-46.2.57
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
B a t m a n i n t h e T r a s h : C a n o n C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d B i b l i o g r a p h y W i l l i a m K u s k i n itera ry capital is m ade m anifest in th e physical obje ct o f th e book. A strong tra d i tio n o f lite rary discussion associates the w in n o w in g o f such capital w ith changes in know ledge p ro du ction across the past fo u r decades, pa rticularly w ith the rap id ly changing m anagerial class, which as Alan Liu suggests in The Laws o f Cool, is now invested in a kind o f know ledge w o rk th a t is not ju s t "in d iffe re n t to hu m an istic knowledge, [but] oppose[s] it on all p rincip le s."1 Im p lic it in th is arg u m e
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Sep 1, 2008