ABSTRACT
Like many edited collections, this volume had its genesis in conference presentations and ensuing conversations, and that has been explained in the first chapter. But what edited collections capture less often is that these conversations may extend beyond the boundaries of a given conference venue and may involve more than the relatively discrete communications between one or more editors and several authors who produce individual chapters. I have wanted to unsettle the ‘how’ of the edited collection in two ways, and this and the next chapter are evidence of that aspiration – but I have explained much of that motivation in Chapter 1. Here, let me just remind the reader that this collection is intended to be read as a group effort, an ongoing exploration among colleagues.
