Published works are the coin with which we purchase position and promotion, the economy in which we acquire material compensation and symbolic capital in the culture of the academy. In addition to the very real urgencies of professional survival and advancement, there are equally urgent reasons to understand and to actively participate in the world of scholarly publishing. This course represents a response to both kinds of urgency. Through a sequence of readings gathered from a variety of sources, we will consider what prominent scholars and editors say about every dimension of scholarship, from initial conceptualization of a project to final publication. We will discuss the history of the dissertation and how it may be revised for book-publication.
Scholarship is a form of work like any other.
It involves certain modes of writing, of presentation, of publication. And it involves a complex set of social relations between scholar and audience. There are no prerequisites for this course. Getting Published . U of Tenn P, 1989.