Disciplining Modernism - by P Caughie (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A Poiret dress, a Catholic shrine in France, Thomas Walliss Hoover Factory building, an Edna Manley sculpture, the poetry of Bei Dao, the internal combustion engine- what makes such artifacts modernist? Disciplining Modernism explores the different ways disciplines conceive modernism and modernity, undisciplining modernist studies in the process"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

A Poiret dress, a Catholic shrine in France, Thomas Wallis's Hoover Factory building, an Edna Manley sculpture, the poetry of Bei Dao, the internal combustion engine- what makes such artifacts modernist? Disciplining Modernism explores the different ways disciplines conceive modernism and modernity, undisciplining modernist studies in the process.

About the Author

JESSICA BERMAN Associate Professor and Chair of English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA LIZ CONSTABLE Associate Professor of French, University of California-Davis, USA LOIS CUCULLU Associate Professor of English, University of Minnesota, USA BRIDGET ELLIOTT Professor of Visual Arts, University of Western Ontario, Canada MARY LOU EMERY Professor of English, University of Iowa, USA SUSAN STANFORD FRIEDMAN Sally Mead Hands Bascom Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA MIRIAM BRATU HANSEN Ferdinand Schevill Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, University of Chicago, USA SUZANNE KAUFMAN Associate Professor of History, Loyola University Chicago, USA MARC MANGANARO Dean of Arts and Sciences, Gonzaga University, USA JONATHAN ROSE William R. Kenan Professor of History, Drew University, USA STEPHEN ROSS Associate Professor of English, University of Victoria, Canada STEPHEN SCHRYER Assistant Professor of English, University of New Brunswick, Canada GLENN WILLMOTT Professor of English, Queen's University, Canada