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This chapter is in two parts. The beginning section by Gina Wisker explores postgraduate supervision and research, with particular reference to literature and African American women’s writing, while the next section by Marion Treby tracks a specific PhD research journey, a specific example of postgraduate study on African American women’s writing. The journey is nested in a discussion about the principles and practices of supervising such work. As such, some of this essay is generalisable, in terms of explorations of supervisory interactions and research in practice, specifically in literature. It is also individualistic in terms of the example offered by Marion of her own research journey, conducted under Gina’s supervision but increasingly, of course, exhibiting the autonomy and independence of a good scholar, and making entirely new fusions between disciplines (music and literature) and new contributions to knowledge.
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Wisker, G., Treby, M. (2010). Postgraduate Students Working on African American Women’s Writing: Supervision and the Research Journey. In: Wisker, G. (eds) Teaching African American Women’s Writing. Teaching the New English. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137086471_10
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