Evan WatkinsBesprekingen
Auteur van Work Time: English Departments and the Circulation of Cultural Value
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Watkins addresses foundational literature in the area of literacy studies as well as current arguments and debates, walking a fine line between academic and popular writing style. For the most part he succeeds in making these ideas accessible to a lay reader, such as myself. That said, it still requires both an attention to detail and perhaps a second reading to get the most out of the book. I will readily admit I missed some key points my first time through and am looking forward to a better understanding the next time through. I present the last comment as a positive, a book outside my normal scope that can motivate a second reading has managed to be interesting and well-written at the same time.
This is a valuable work for those in both education (educators in general as well as those in cultural or literacy studies) and business. The better we understand what we are really doing and how we have tried doing it, the better we can consciously and systematically teach or utilize those resources.
Reviewed from an ARC made available by the publisher via NetGalley.