In the canon's mouth
Subtitle: dispatches from the culture wars
By: Lillian S. Robinson.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: American literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Canon (Literature); Culture conflict -- United States; Multiculturalism -- United States; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century; American literature -- Study and teaching -- United States; English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: Changing the canon, multiculturalism, feminism, political correctness - issues that began in the academy have now become a matter of civic interest. The debate pivots on definitions of culture: what it is or isn't, who makes it, what it is for, how it is taught and who gets to decide.

In the Canon's Mouth brings together the articles, reviews, and lectures that became salvos in the culture wars. Produced by the always-provocative Lillian Robinson between 1982 and 1996, these essays address such issues as separating the politics from aesthetics in feminist challenges to the canon; how to make an honest anthology - and how not to: and how government censors get away with tagging university reformers with the censor label.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.