"I know i'm unlovable": Desperation, dislocation, despair, and discourse on the academic job hunt

Qualitative Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-255

  Herrmann, Andrew F ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic identity; discourse; Foucault; narrative; unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856305586     PISSN: 10778004     EISSN: 15527565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077800411431561     Document Type: Article

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