Discipline n.v.

by Concetta Principe

Discipline n. v. is a lyric memoir that fuses poetry and academic theory, speaking to the metaphorical power of humanities scholarship. Throughout, Concetta Principe articulates the ‘discipline’ involved in earning a PhD while dealing with a mood disorder, opening up about prejudices that serve as barriers to academic success, the apotheosis being tenure. Embracing the  Nachträglichkeit of the traumatic experience of being an old(er) female PhD candidate,  Discipline n. v. is ultimately a story of lack and its transformative the student becomes an academic as colonial humanities struggles through its extinction.

250 pages, Paperback

Published May 15, 2023

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