Catherine Prendergast: 3 books
by Catherine Prendergast
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Can I use “I” in my college paper?
The short answer: Yes.
But keep reading.
Even if you don’t like college writing—no, even if you hate college writing—this guide will get you through it. It offers clear and concise answers to your questions about writing college papers.
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Buying into English
Language and Investment in the New Capitalist World
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2008
Many developing countries have little choice but to “buy into English” as a path to ideological and material betterment.
Based on extensive fieldwork in Slovakia, Prendergast assembles a rich ethnographic study that records the thoughts, aspirations, and concerns of Slovak nationals, language...
Rhetorics of Whiteness
Postracial Hauntings in Popular Culture, Social Media, and Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2016
Winner, CCCC Outstanding Book Award in the Edited Collection Category, 2018
With the election of our first black president, many Americans began to argue that we had finally ended racism, claiming that we now live in a postracial era. Yet near-daily news reports regularly invoke white as a...