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Columbia University Press A TopsyTurvy World
Book SynopsisA Topsy-Turvy World presents English translations of shorter late Ming and early Qing plays. Satirical and often earthy, these mostly one-act plays provide a glimpse of Chinese daily life and mores even as they question or subvert the boundaries of social, moral, and political order.Trade ReviewThis treasure box of eleven short plays, most available in English for the first time, will delight anyone interested in early modern Chinese drama, culture, and society. Ranging from Buddhist charades to human puppet shows, from sword dances to drag masquerades, these thematically diverse and inventive plays are admirably translated with erudition and panache. -- Judith Zeitlin, author of The Phantom Heroine: Ghosts and Gender in Seventeenth-Century Chinese LiteratureA splendid expansion of the canon of traditional Chinese drama translations—the short plays offer a riotous deep dive into a world of laughter, while the scholarly commentary succinctly explores some of the fault lines of the early modern imagination. -- Patricia Sieber, coeditor of How to Read Chinese Drama in Chinese A Language CompanionA brilliant collection of rare and original works that provides a broad and varied view of Chinese performance traditions. The dominant leitmotif of these translations is the ingenuity and audacity with which writers subvert convention while questioning the sociopolitical order. -- Regina Llamas, translator of Top Graduate Zhang Xie: The Earliest Extant Chinese Southern PlayZaju plays of the Ming and Qing dynasties have long been a neglected area both in China and elsewhere. For that reason, this anthology is a timely translation. It provides new materials not only for general readers interested in premodern Chinese zaju plays but also for students and scholars to engage in further studies of the genre. -- Hongchu Fu, author of Chinese DramaTable of ContentsIntroductionTable of Dynasties1. Cracking a Dumb Chan Riddle2. The Mad Drummer: Thrice-Played Yuyang3. Chan Master Yu Has a Dream of Cuixiang4. Real Puppets5. Sublime Jokes from the Back of Beyond6. Pinning Flowers in His Coiffure7. A Song for a Laugh8. Ramblings with Magicians in Lyrics and Songs9. Black and White Donkeys10. Zaju from the Studio of Singing on the Wind11. Song of Dragon Well TeaAppendix: A List of Short Plays from the Period 1400 to 1850 Already Available in English TranslationContributorsReferences
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Columbia University Press Campaigning While Black
Book SynopsisWhy is it so rare for Black candidates to win elections for governor and U.S. senator? Matthew Tokeshi examines the campaigns of every Black challenger for these offices from 2000 through 2020 and points to the significant effects of racial appeals to white voters.Trade ReviewIn this ambitious book, Tokeshi masterfully and systematically demonstrates what we intuitively know—Black candidates for statewide office experience a different and more negative campaign environment than their white counterparts. He also offers vital insights on the campaign strategies Black candidates can use to mitigate the effects of negative racial attacks. Campaigning While Black is a must-read for scholars and students of race and ethnic politics. -- LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, author of Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American PoliticsTokeshi provides a major contribution to our understanding of when and how racial attacks are effective and what candidates can do about them. The focus on African American women at the state level is new and important to our understanding of the links among race, gender, and state politics. -- Christopher Stout, author of Bringing Race Back In: Black Politicians, Deracialization, and Voting Behavior in the Age of ObamaTokeshi's book is timely as we think about the future of political representation in the United States. Asking if race is still a hurdle today for Black candidates, Tokeshi finds that Black candidates do not need to remain silent when attacked. This book is a must-read for those interested in race and politics, campaigns, and racial attitudes. -- Andrea Benjamin, author of Racial Coalition Building in Local Elections: Elite Cues and Cross-Ethnic VotingTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Why Are Black Governors and U.S. Senators So Rare? Racial Bias Against Black Challengers, 2000–20202. The Racialization of Black Candidates3. The Response of Black Candidates4. The Deval Patrick and Harold Ford Jr. Campaigns of 20065. The 2013 Cory Booker and 2014 Anthony Brown Campaigns6. When Black Women Run: The 2018 Stacey Abrams and 2020 Kamala Harris Campaigns7. The Booker Experiment8. The Criminal Pardon ExperimentConclusionAppendixesNotesIndex
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Columbia University Press Campaigning While Black
Book SynopsisWhy is it so rare for Black candidates to win elections for governor and U.S. senator? Matthew Tokeshi examines the campaigns of every Black challenger for these offices from 2000 through 2020 and points to the significant effects of racial appeals to white voters.Trade ReviewIn this ambitious book, Tokeshi masterfully and systematically demonstrates what we intuitively know—Black candidates for statewide office experience a different and more negative campaign environment than their white counterparts. He also offers vital insights on the campaign strategies Black candidates can use to mitigate the effects of negative racial attacks. Campaigning While Black is a must-read for scholars and students of race and ethnic politics. -- LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, author of Race to the Bottom: How Racial Appeals Work in American PoliticsTokeshi provides a major contribution to our understanding of when and how racial attacks are effective and what candidates can do about them. The focus on African American women at the state level is new and important to our understanding of the links among race, gender, and state politics. -- Christopher Stout, author of Bringing Race Back In: Black Politicians, Deracialization, and Voting Behavior in the Age of ObamaTokeshi's book is timely as we think about the future of political representation in the United States. Asking if race is still a hurdle today for Black candidates, Tokeshi finds that Black candidates do not need to remain silent when attacked. This book is a must-read for those interested in race and politics, campaigns, and racial attitudes. -- Andrea Benjamin, author of Racial Coalition Building in Local Elections: Elite Cues and Cross-Ethnic VotingTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Why Are Black Governors and U.S. Senators So Rare? Racial Bias Against Black Challengers, 2000–20202. The Racialization of Black Candidates3. The Response of Black Candidates4. The Deval Patrick and Harold Ford Jr. Campaigns of 20065. The 2013 Cory Booker and 2014 Anthony Brown Campaigns6. When Black Women Run: The 2018 Stacey Abrams and 2020 Kamala Harris Campaigns7. The Booker Experiment8. The Criminal Pardon ExperimentConclusionAppendixesNotesIndex
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Columbia University Press Data Money
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking ethnographic analysis of crypto economies and their global markets and communities, Koray Caliskan offers an inside view of how cryptocurrencies are made and traded.Trade ReviewWith impressive clarity—drawing from striking interviews, fieldwork, and big data analysis—Data Money develops a pioneering analysis of cryptocurrencies, while transcending disciplinary boundaries and setting a new agenda for future research. Thank you, Koray Caliskan, for helping us make sense of the social world of money in the twenty-first century! -- Viviana A. Zelizer, author of The Social Meaning of Money and Economic Lives: How Culture Shapes the EconomyData Money offers a novel, surprising, and persuasive account of the nature and development of cryptocurrencies. Drawing on extensive research among those who design, manage, and use them, the book combines a brilliant account of a social world seen from the inside with a perceptive analysis of how these new forms of money work. -- Timothy Mitchell, author of Carbon Democracy: Political Power in the Age of OilData Money is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the new world of cryptocurrencies. Caliskan has a genuine insider's understanding of that world, and writes about it with verve and insight. His book is a vitally important contribution by one of the most exciting scholars in the new generation of economic sociologists. -- Donald MacKenzie, author of Trading at the Speed of Light: How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial MarketsA well-articulated take on a particularly obtuse subject. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsTables and FiguresAcknowledgments1. The Historical Novelty of Data Money and Its Makers, Markets, and Regulation2. The Materiality of Data Money and the Infrastructure and Taxonomy of Blockchains3. Understanding Cryptocurrency Exchange Platforms and Markets4. Global Cryptocurrency Communities as Data Money Makers5. The Emergence and Demise of a Cryptocurrency Community6. A New Framework for Cryptocurrency Taxation and Exchange Platform Regulation7. What Is to Be Done with Crypto Economies?NotesBibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press Debating Disaster Risk Ethical Dilemmas in the
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Columbia University Press The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other
Book SynopsisThis book presents a selection of Edo monster comics in English for the first time, introducing readers to a captivating, humorous, and eye-opening genre of popular fiction.Trade ReviewAdam Kabat’s The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales is a fantastic book (pun intended). A tour de force of beautifully chosen supernatural images, fine translation, and excellent analysis, the book documents the extraordinary variety of Japanese fantasy creatures. A pleasure to read with its wonderful, creepy and imaginative range of illustrations. -- Susan Napier, author of Miyazakiworld: A Life in ArtThe River Imp and the Stinky Jewel and Other Tales is a monstrously fine volume. Featuring annotated translations of five playfully illustrated comic classics, it brings to life the riotously fantastic world of the Japanese popular imagination. Adam Kabat is the foremost English-speaking authority on early-modern Japanese monster culture, and his work here is sure to delight students, specialists, and general readers alike. -- Keller Kimbrough, coeditor of Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds: A Collection of Short Medieval Japanese TalesKabat’s playful, masterful translation, complete with beautifully reproduced illustrations, offers the best possible introduction to the wondrous world of early modern Japanese monster comics. From tofu boy to demon girl and cat monster, curious, strange creatures fill these short stories, delights for both the eye and the mind. -- Satoko Shimazaki, author of Edo Kabuki in Transition: From the Worlds of the Samurai to the Vengeful Female GhostA fascinating and accessible introduction to kibyōshi and to the weird, witty world of Edo-period monsters. Each story is impeccably translated, and Kabat’s expert commentaries elucidate the rich word play, topical references, and historical contexts. This is great literary scholarship, and a fun, humorous—and often ribald—reading experience! -- Michael Dylan Foster, author of The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese FolkloreAn excellent English-language collection of late 18th century Japanese-monster kibyoshi picture stories disseminated originally in Japanese in booklet form. It acts as a thorough primer on a great many of these monster characters like the famous cucumber-loving kappa to the proto-uncanny valley tofu boy. * Metropolis Japan *Great fun, and surprisingly informative, Kabat’s work is recommended for anyone with an interest in Japanese monster culture. -- Tony Malone * Tony's Reading List *Valuable for its interesting treatment of a relatively untouched subject. * Choice Reviews *This collection makes its now-ancient subject matter seem fresh, in part through the insight of its assembler. Yet, the stories themselves present an interesting context for the way that monsters have evolved with time, not only as entities to inspire dread but as figures now embedded in popular culture. -- Sara Century * The Brooklyn Rail *Kabat’s translations alone are welcome additions to the literary and cultural scholarship on early modern Japan. His accompanying expert analysis makes them even more so. . . . This is a book that should be of interest to historians and literary scholars, and could also be used easily within a classroom. -- Terrence Jackson * H-Japan, H-Net Reviews *An excellent and engaging introduction to the world of kibyōshi . . . It would be as at home on a coffee table, where its evocative art would be a terrific conversation piece, as it would be in a classroom or library, where it would stand as a fantastic reference [for] scholars wishing to study monster comics in greater depth. -- J.T. Aris * Journal of Anime and Manga Studies *Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. A Monster Catalogue, Author unknown; illustrated by Kitao Masayoshi2. Monsters to the Rescue, Written and illustrated by Jippensha Ikku3. The Monster Takes a Bride, Written by Jippensha Ikku; illustrated by Katsukawa Shun’ei4. The River Imp and the Stinky Jewel, Written and illustrated by Jippensha Ikku5. The Demon Girl Comes to Edo, Author unknownNotesBibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press Textual Life
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Columbia University Press Elephant Herd
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Columbia University Press Jimmy Carter and China Multilateral Competition in the Global Cold War
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Columbia University Press The Suspended Disaster Governing by Crisis in
Book SynopsisAfter Algeria’s president Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his intention to run for a fifth term in early 2019, a popular peaceful uprising erupted calling for change. Thomas Serres offers new insights into the last years of Bouteflika’s rule and the factors that shaped the emergence of an unexpected social movement.Trade ReviewAlgeria is a country that has too often been proclaimed exceptional or illegible to outside observers. This book offers a fascinating account of grassroots politics in contemporary Algeria leading up to the 2019 Hirak. The study centers the voices of a wide variety of actors to reveal how Algerians have conceived of and lived within political crisis. At the same time, it offers bold theoretical tools to show how dissent is not only articulated by political opponents but also managed by the state. The notion of “governance by catastrophization” challenges dominant narratives and will be valuable for a wide range of scholars who study postcolonial politics in the Global South. This pathbreaking book is among the most exciting works on Algeria published in recent decades. -- Bassam Haddad, coeditor of A Critical Political Economy of the Middle EastThe reconsolidation of the Algerian state after the crisis of the 1990s and its subordination to the increasingly centralized, corrupt leadership of the Bouteflika regime (1999-2019) has finally been accounted for in this erudite study by Thomas Serres, who brings to bear an impressive empirical apparatus, including extended periods of in-country field work. -- Jacob Mundy, author of Imaginative Geographies of Algerian ViolenceTable of ContentsPreface1. A Never-Ending Crisis?2. Struggles at the Heart of the State3. Cronies and Labyrinths4. Fragments of Order5. The Regulation of Freedoms6. The Crisis as a Lived Experience7. In Search of Lost MeaningCodaAcknowledgmentsAppendix A: Methods of InquiryAppendix B: A Time Line for Bouteflika’s AlgeriaGlossary of Terms and AbbreviationsNotesBibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press Hierarchies at Work
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Columbia University Press Hierarchies at Work
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Columbia University Press More Swindles from the Late Ming
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Columbia University Press More Swindles from the Late Ming
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Columbia University Press Megalodons Mermaids and Climate Change Answers
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Columbia University Press The True the Good and the Beautiful
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Columbia University Press Death by Laughter
Book SynopsisMaggie Hennefeld reveals the forgotten histories of hysterical laughter, exploring how women's amusement has been theorized and demonized, suppressed and exploited.
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Columbia University Press Death by Laughter
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Columbia University Press WhiteCollar Blues The Making of the
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Columbia University Press WhiteCollar Blues The Making of the
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Columbia University Press The Red Wind Howls A Novel
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Columbia University Press CosmoModernism and Theater in India Writing and
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Columbia University Press Eclipse
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Columbia University Press Sorrows Long Road
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Columbia University Press Soft Burial
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Columbia University Press The Running Flame A Novel
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Columbia University Press The Running Flame A Novel
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Columbia University Press Twilight of the Saints
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Columbia University Press Twilight of the Saints
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Columbia University Press Styles for Flourishing
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Columbia University Press Styles for Flourishing
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Columbia University Press Through a Noir Lens
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Columbia University Press Darwins Love of Life
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Columbia University Press Energys Digital Future Harnessing Innovation for
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Columbia University Press The Combination of All Forms of Struggle
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Columbia University Press Modernism and the Middle Passage
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Columbia University Press The Extraordinary in the Mundane
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Columbia University Press The Unraveling Heart Womens Oral Poetics and Literary Vernacularization in Marathi
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Columbia University Press Love Money Duty
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Columbia University Press In Our Interest
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Columbia University Press Downtime The Twentieth Century in Slow Motion
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Columbia University Press Reaching the Chasm
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Columbia University Press The Uses of Diversity How Race Has Become
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Columbia University Press The Uses of Diversity How Race Has Become
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Columbia University Press Climate Justice Now Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis
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Columbia University Press A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader
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Columbia University Press Captive Society
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented look into the Basij militia in Iranian society.Trade ReviewThis is the first full-length study of this critical organization in the Iranian power structure. Saeid Golkar provides a comprehensive account of the Basij's organizational structure, insight into the social background of its membership, the training and indoctrination of the members, and the Basij's extensive security, watchdog, and propaganda role in Iranian society. -- Shaul Bakhash, George Mason University There is a dire need for a reliable survey of this important institution, and this book fills the vacuum. -- Ahmad Ashraf, Columbia University [An] important and timely book... Highly recommended. Choice Each page all the more chilling. BackChannelsTable of ContentsList of Figures and Table Preface Acknowledgments Part I. The Civil Militia and State Control 1. The Basij: Nongovernmental Organization, Administered Mass Organization, or Militia? Part II. The Basij and the Shaping of an Insiders' Network 2. The History and Transformation of the Basij, 1980-2013 3. Penetration into Society: The Organizational Structure of the Basij 4. Mass Membership and Recruitment Training 5. The Mass Indoctrination of Basij Members Part III. The Basij and the Suppression of Others 6. The Basij and Propaganda 7. The Basij and Moral Control 8. The Basij and Surveillance 9. The Basij and Political Repression Part IV. The Basij and the Controlling of Societal Sectors 10. The Basij and the Controlling of Families 11. The Basij and the Controlling of Schools 12. The Basij and the Controlling of Universities 13. The Basij and the Controlling of the Economy Part V. The Sociology of the Basij-Motivations and Loyalty 14. Basij Members-Islamic Warriors or Religious Thugs? Conclusion: The Emergence of a Captive Society Appendix: Excerpts from Official Basij Documents Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of Illinois Press The Mouse Machine Disney and Technology
Book SynopsisHow Disney used the latest technology to become an entertainment powerhouseTrade Review"A fascinating tour through the creation, growth, and development of Walt Disney's company to show how the magic is made and the impact it can have on audiences."--AEJMC: Hot Topics"A wonderful read. Telotte demonstrates a superb grasp of Disney-related literature."--Technology and Culture "The volume is easily approachable for those not familiar with its conceptual sources, while at the same time providing increasing layers of depth to those who are. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Telotte really shines! His passion for analyzing Disney artifacts animates each page. Descriptions are vivid and detailed; analyses are rigorous and insightful, while his engagement with case studies is exemplary. The Mouse Machine is an engaging and intelligent book for those interested in cultural studies, popular culture, media studies, film studies, mass communication, technology and society, American studies, and related fields."--Eileen R. Meehan, author of Why TV Is Not Our Fault: Television Programming, Viewers, and Who's Really in Control"The Mouse Machine is a copious history of Disney's innovations and preoccupations; it makes clear just how consistently and significantly Uncle Walt used technology to gain an edge on the competition."--Jon Lewis, editor of Cinema Journal and author of Hollywood vs. Hardcore: How the Struggle over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry
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