Elyse Graham
Jean Elyse Graham is an American writer and historian.
She graduated from Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Yale University.[1] She teaches at Stony Brook University.[2][3]
Her work was quoted in the New York Times[4] and appeared in Time magazine.[5]
In You Talkin' to Me? -The Unruly History of New York English, Graham noted the irony in the association of the New York accent with a lower level of education, given the status of New York City as a financial and cultural capital. She observed that for natives, the New York accent carries what sociolinguist Kara Becker calls “covert prestige”.[6]
In A Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet, Graham outlined how a harmful masculine subculture on the internet mocked the 'cat lady' trope.[7]
In Book and Dagger, Graham described how academics and other 'bookworms' helped the Allied cause through scholarly work instrumental to the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency: “The war may have been fought in the battlefields, but it was won in the libraries”.[8] She delved into examples including Joseph Curtiss, Adele Kibre and Sherman Kent.[9]
Works
[edit]- The Republic of Games: Textual Culture Between Old Books and New Media. McGill-Queen's University Press (2018). ISBN 978-0773553392.[10]
- White, E. J. (2020). A Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet. Stanford Briefs. ISBN 978-1503604636.[7]
- White, E. J. (2020). You Talkin' to Me? -The Unruly History of New York English. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-065721-5. [6][11][12]
- Book and Dagger. Ecco Press. 2024-09-17. ISBN 978-0-06-328084-7. [13][8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ Communications, Stony Brook Office of. "Stony Brook". www.stonybrook.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "J. Elyse Graham | Department of English". www.stonybrook.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "To Engage Students On Zoom, Elyse Graham '07 Became a Performer | Princeton Alumni Weekly". paw.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Barron, James (2023-03-14). "An Irishman Takes on the Word 'Paddy'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Graham, Elyse (2024-09-25). "Underfunding Our Libraries Almost Lost Us World War II". TIME. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ a b "Elyse Graham '07 tells the history of New York City's accent | Princeton Alumni Weekly". paw.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ a b "Review of A Unified Theory of Cats on the Internet". Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy. 2023-07-13. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
- ^ a b Macintyre, Ben (2024-09-24). "Book Review: 'Book and Dagger,' by Elyse Graham". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ a b "Book and Dagger by Elyse Graham". CBC. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Black, Suzanne R. (2022-03-14). ""The republic of games: Textual culture between old books and new media," by Elyse Graham". Transformative Works and Cultures. 37. Transformative Works and Cultures. doi:10.3983/twc.2022.2283. ISSN 1941-2258.
- ^ "You Talkin' to Me?: The Unruly History of New York English by Elyse Graham". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ "Elyse Graham (EJ White) on her new book, You Talkin' To Me? | Society for the Humanities". societyhumanities.as.cornell.edu. 2020-07-27. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
- ^ Stole, Bryn (2024-09-30). "World War II turned modest librarians into vital spies". Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-11-03.