The materiality of language [electronic resource] : gender, politics, and the university / David Bleich.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-520) and index.

The contested subject -- The materiality of language -- Premises and backgrounds -- Received standards in the study of language -- Materiality and genre -- The unity of language and thought -- Materiality and the contemporary study of language -- Recognizing politics in the study of language -- Language in the university -- Frustrations of academic language -- The protected institution -- The sacred language -- Language uses in science, the heir of Latin -- Language and human survival -- The materiality of literature and the contested subject.

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