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The University of Michigan Press ProcessTracing Methods
Book SynopsisProcess-tracing in social science is a method for studying causal mechanisms linking causes with outcomes. This enables the researcher to make inferences about how a cause contributes to producing an outcome. Derek Beach and Rasmus Brun Pedersen introduce a refined definition of process-tracing, differentiating it into four distinct variants.
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The University of Michigan Press Essential Actions for Academic Writing
Book SynopsisEssential Actions for Academic Writing is a writing textbook for all beginning academic students, undergraduate or graduate, to help them understand how to write effectively throughout their academic and professional careers.
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The University of Michigan Press Being Human during COVID
Book SynopsisDocuments the first year of the pandemic in real time, bringing together humanities scholars from the University of Michigan to address what it feels like to be human during the COVID-19 crisis.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Kristin Hass, Introduction: Living with the Virus that Knows How We See Each Other Part I: Naming Christopher Matthews, This Virus Has No Eyes: Telling Stories in the Land of Monsters Sara Blair, Facing our Pandemic Patrick Bates, Alexandra Friedman, Adam Kouraimi, Ashley Lucas, Sriram Papolu, and Cozine, Living on Loss of Privileges: What We Learned in Prison Michelle McClellan and Aprille McKay, Not Even Past: Archiving 2020 in Real Time Part II: Waiting David Caron, Waiting = Death: COVID-19, the Struggle for Racial Justice, and the AIDS Pandemic Donald S. Lopez, Buddhism, the Pandemic, and the Demise of the Future Tense Jim Cogswell, COVID Diary: Hands, Nets, and Other Devices Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Social Distances in Between: Excerpts from my COVID-19 Diaries Part III: Grieving Suzanne L. Davis, Grief and the Importance of Real Things during COVID-19 Sara Forsdyke, Looking Backwards In Order to Look Forwards: Lessons about Humanity and the Humanities from the Plague at Athens William A. Calvo-QuirÓs, Protests, Prayers, and Protections: Three Visitations during COVID-19 Melanie Tanielian, Soliloquous Solipsism: An Attempt to Put Words to a Loss of Words Part IV: More Waiting/Sheltering Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Finding Home Between the Vincent Chin Case and COVID-19 Daniel Herbert, Caged with the Tiger King: The Media Business and the Pandemic Nick Tobier, Prosthetics for Right Now Part V: Resisting Abigail J. Stewart, COVID-19’s Attack on Women and Feminists’ Response: The Pandemic, Inequality, and Activism Eimeel Castillo, The Virus that Kills Twice: COVID-19 and Domestic Violence under Governmental Impunity in Nicaragua Sueann Caulfield, “Our Steps Come from Long Ago”: Living Histories of Feminisms and the Fight Against COVID in Brazil Abigail A. Dumes, Making Sense of Sex and Gender Differences in Biomedical Research on COVID-19 Marisol Fila, Digital Encounters from an Intersectional Perspective: Black Women in Argentina Verena Klein, The Media Discourse on Women-Led Countries in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Using Germany as an Example Jayati Lal, Coronavirus Capitalism and the Patriarchal Pandemic in India: Why We Need A “Feminism for the 99%” that Focuses on Social Reproduction. Özge Savas, Whose Challenge is #ChallengeAccepted? Performative Online Activism During the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Erasures Abiola Akiyode-Afolabiand and Ronke Olawale, COVID-19: Nigerian Women and the Fight for Holistic Policy Part VI: Not Waiting Roland Hwang, COVID-19 through an Asian American Lens: Scapegoating, Harassment, and the Limits of the Asian American Response David Patterson, The High Stakes of Blame: Medieval Parallels to a Modern Crisis Nicholas Henriksen and Matthew Neubacher, Un-Muting Voices in a Pandemic: Linguistic Profiling in a Moment of Crisis Anita Gonzalez, Acting Out: Performance and Political Mobilization in the Pandemic
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Capital Choices Sectoral Politics and the
Book SynopsisAnalyses the creation of different sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from a comparative political economy perspective, arguing that different state-society structures at the sectoral level are the drivers for SWF variation.Trade Review“Many books have explored the actual and the ideal relationship between states and markets. This book asks a new question: How should the state organize itself in order to be an effective market participant, through improved management of its assets. It should be mandatory reading for all those concerned with public policy.”- Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University“Capital Choices is an insightful and informative analysis of the origins of Sovereign Wealth Funds. Braunstein convincingly emphasizes the role of different types of policy networks on the political economy of decisions to establish funds to explain variations in their objectives and structures.”- Edwin Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics“Sovereign wealth funds are increasingly important actors on the global investment stage. But these organizations are poorly understood, in part because their incentives and behavior—as organizations that are both return-maximizing investors and state bodies—are complex. This book, through a series of thoughtful case studies, shed fresh light on these funds and their implications.”- Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School“When the label ‘Sovereign Wealth Funds’ was applied to a set of government-owned asset funds, it fostered the impression that we were talking about a single well-defined animal. Capital Choices shows that SWFs in fact vary widely and explores the nature and origins of the differences.”- Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard University“Capital Choices breaks new ground, providing a convincing explanation for the wide variations we observe in the characteristics of sovereign wealth funds around the world. Clearly written and thoroughly researched, the book is a must read for anyone interested in the domestic politics of international finance.”- Benjamin Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara“This is a major work not just about the increasingly important sovereign wealth funds but also about how non-Western states pursue industrial policies. It combines theory, non-Western cases and new empirical material to tell a story of why states create sovereign wealth funds and their scope for choosing distinct paths of economic development.”- Mark Thatcher, London School of Economics and Political Science“In Capital Choices, Juergen Braunstein provides an illuminating original account of the emergence and divergence of sovereign wealth funds. Explaining how different interests and coalitions shape varying SWF paths, this compelling argument finally places politics where it belongs—at the centre of analysis. A decisive intervention in the debate.”- Garry Rodan, Murdoch University“Dr. Braunstein fills an important niche in the sovereign wealth fund literature by providing a meticulously researched and skillfully executed description of the different domestic and international actors, networks, and forces at work in the development of modern SWFs. This book is an excellent example of the kind of detailed research needed to fully understand the crucial impact of these funds.”- Paul Rose, The Ohio State UniversityTable of Contents Abbreviations Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Global Review Chapter 3: Bringing Domestic Politics In: A Policy Network Analysis of Sovereign Wealth Funds Chapter 4. Capital Choices in Industrial Policy: Asian city-economies and the emergence of Temasek Chapter 5: Capital Choices in Saving's and Financial Policy: Asian City States and the emergence of the GIC Chapter 6: Capital Choices in Small Open Economies of the Middle East Chapter 7: Capital Choices in OECD and BRIC countries Chapter 8. Conclusion: Domestic Politics and Capital Choices Afterword Appendix Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Michigan Press A Beat Beyond
Book SynopsisIn this collection, Major Jackson reveals and revels in the work of poetry to not only limn and give access to the intellectual width and spiritual depth of poets, but also to amplify the controversies and inner conflicts that define our age: political unrest, climate crises, the fallout from traumas, and the social function of the art itself.Table of Contents On Poetry: My Lyrical Self My Lyrical Self Radios Convergences and Confluences The Necessity of Language as Freedom A Mystifying Silence: Big and Black Ancient Enmity Best American Poetry 2019 The Dadaab Suite: An Introduction On Poets: Tales of the Heroic The Historical Poem Tales of the Heroic Hayden Collected Poems Countee Cullen and the Racial Mountain Wallace Stevens After “Lunch” Making is the Mirror Listen Children Assuming the Mask: On Ai’s Poetry Anatomy of a Pulitzer Prize letter Stomping with Garrett Delight, Exactitude, and a Faith Flash Reviews On Entryways: A Beat Beyond Influence of the Non-Literary Variety Do You Want More??!!? Watts Prophets Living Legends Black Poetry: A Beat Beyond
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The University of Michigan Press Scenes from Bourgeois Life
Book SynopsisProposes that theatre spectatorship has made a significant contribution to the historical development of a distinctive bourgeois sensibility, characterized by the cultivation of distance. This study of history, class, and spectatorship offers proof of ‘why theatre matters’, and demonstrates the importance of examining the question historically.Trade Review“Ridout’s prose is a pleasure to read; his glosses on theory are illuminating; his excavations of primary texts are surprising; his argument is timely, and substantial enough to influence the course of scholarship in the field.”—Julia Jarcho, Brown University“An important contribution to theater studies and the study of the role of spectatorship... the book also deepens our understanding of the public character of theater (and art in general) and their relationship to the social and cultural processes in capitalism.”—Bojana Kunst, Justus Liebig University Giessen“Ridout identifies what other scholars of spectatorship have failed to see: that the ongoing wrenching of hands about how spectators watch suffering on a stage but feel or assume an inability to do anything about it other than observe and talk and critique, is a historical condition that can be changed… This is the new necessary book on spectatorship.”—Maurya Wickstrom, CUNY Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island""Scenes from Bourgeois Life is a stunning piece of scholarship, and one of the most enjoyable texts to be published on the politics of spectatorship in recent years.In challenging the privileged position of a disinterested observer, what it offers is a prompt and a methodology for appreciating and potentially acting upon the contingent circumstances of our own historical moment, in which the ‘distance’ of suffering from bourgeois subjecthood risks serving as an alibi for silence."" —Theatre Research International
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The University of Michigan Press Alan Rudolphs Trouble in Mind Tampering with
Book SynopsisDespite a career spanning over forty years, filmmaker Alan Rudolph has flown largely under the radar of independent film scholars and enthusiasts, often remembered as Robert Altman’s protege. Through a reading of his 1985 film Trouble in Mind, Caryl Flinn demonstrates that Rudolph is long overdue for critical re-evaluation.Trade ReviewIn recent years the discipline of cinema studies seems to be moving into the archive but without the excitement that characterized so much of the writing during the early years of cinema studies. This book on Trouble in Mind promises a new mode of study with roots in the archive but with multiple strategies for making it yield interpretive criticism. The result is a rich appreciation of how the film was received." - Krin Gabbard, Stony Brook University"This book fills a void in the work on independent cinema, particularly with regard to the 1980s, as well as director Alan Rudolph, who has largely remained in the shadow of his mentor Robert Altman in film scholarship. It serves as a model for reading films of this period in light of Reagan-era politics and policies." - Richard Ness, Western Illinois UniversityTable of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Plot: Borrowed Pasts and Unclear Futures Chapter 3: Trouble in Mind in Independent Cinema: Smooth Sailing in a Troubled Term Chapter 4: Neo noir and Anti noir: Playing with Tropes Chapter 5: The Style of Dreams: Image and Music Chapter 6: The 1980s: Broken Politics, Surfaces, and Dreams Chapter 7: Marketing and Reception Chapter 8: Archives, Afterlives, and Author’s Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Academic Word Lists
Book SynopsisExplains how various lists like the Academic Word List (AWL) have become popular tools in the ESL classroom for teaching vocabulary. Following a discussion on the importance of teaching vocabulary, Keith Folse explains why word lists are useful in language learning and how they can help address the lexical gap.
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The University of Michigan Press A Casebook of Decolonizing Pedagogical Practices
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Media Work
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Disability Theory
Book SynopsisSince the 1970s the ascendancy of minority identities based on gender, race, and sexuality has transformed the landscape of cultural theory, embracing greater political urgency and relevance. This book provides evidence of the value and utility that a disability studies perspective can bring to these and other key questions.Trade ReviewDisability Theory is a field-defining book: and if you're curious about what disability"" has to do with ""theory,"" it's just the book you've been waiting for, too. - Michael Berube, Penn State University ""Magisterially written, thoroughly researched, and polemically powerful."" - Michael Davidson, University of California, San Diego ""A powerful manifesto that calls theory to account and forces readers to think beyond our comfort zones."" - Helen Deutsch, University of California, Los Angeles
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The University of Michigan Press Butch Queens Up in Pumps Gender Performance and
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The University of Michigan Press In Permanent Crisis
Book SynopsisRefugees, migrants, and minorities of migrant origin frequently appear in European mainstream news in emergency situations. Through analysis of work by filmmakers Michael Haneke, Fatih Akin, and Alfonso Cuarón, In Permanent Crisis contemplates the way mass media depictions become invoked by film to frame ethnic and racial Otherness in Europe as adornments of catastrophe.
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The University of Michigan Press Interpretive Quantification
Book SynopsisRevolutionary volume demonstrates how crossing the positivist and post-positivist divide improves political science researchTrade ReviewInterpretive Quantification offers a timely, much-needed transgression of a major theoretical-methodological boundary limiting the possibilities of IR: with high-quality contributions organized in a systematic way, it demonstrates how quantitative methods can and should enrich constructivist and critical approaches, thereby opening up fascinating new research avenues."" - Stephane Baele, University of Exeter""...deserves a place on the short list of books and articles that change, not what we know about the world, but how we think about it. Very highly recommended for graduate students and faculty alike."" - Bear Braumoeller, The Ohio State University""This truly path-breaking volume opens up productive lines of scholarship that have been sorely neglected."" - Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability
Book SynopsisBy combining the work of Michel Foucault, the insights of philosophy of disability and feminist philosophy, and data derived from empirical research, Shelley L. Tremain compellingly argues that the conception of disability that currently predominates in the discipline of philosophy is inextricably intertwined with the underrepresentation of disabled philosophers in the profession of philosophy.Trade ReviewA much-needed contribution to the general intellectual discussion of disability, to Foucault studies, and to feminist theory. Tremain plows into some central tenets of disability theories and some of the most taken-for-granted feminist criticisms of Foucault. She also indicts professional philosophy in North America for its structural exclusion of disabled scholars. The evidence she presents and the arguments she makes are strong and sound."" - Ladelle McWhorter, University of Richmond""Offers a master class on Foucault and feminist theory as it addresses the dangerous and biased exclusion of disability within academic philosophy."" - Jay Dolmage, University of Waterloo
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The University of Michigan Press Dialectical Imaginaries Materialist Approaches
Book SynopsisBrings together essays that analyse the effects of class conflict and capitalist ideology on contemporary works of US Latino/a literature. The editors argue that recent global events have compelled contemporary scholars to reexamine traditional interpretive models that centre on identity politics and an ethics of multiculturalism.Trade ReviewCompelling and provocative, this is an impressive and timely collection of essays. Although Marxist approaches have always had an important presence in Latino/a literary studies, this is the first collection that foregrounds such approaches to contemporary texts. The essays range over issues as diverse as mass incarceration, the privatization of public resources, residential segregation, waning state sovereignty, Chicana feminism, and new forms of class conflict. Dialectical Imaginaries will be an invaluable resource for scholars in the field, as well as scholars of other ethnic literatures and American literature more broadly."" - John Alba Cutler, Northwestern University""A sophisticated and stimulating book, one that is sure to have a significant impact on literary and cultural studies. . . . The essays dissolve stale debates about race/ethnicity versus class by demonstrating the intrinsic working-class-ness of much Latino/a writing, as well as the value of Marxist class analysis in relation to this body of texts."" - Barbara Foley, Rutgers University-Newark
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The University of Michigan Press The Bodies of Others Drag Dances and Their
Book SynopsisExplores the politics of gender in motion. From drag ballerinas to faux queens, and from butoh divas to the club mothers of modern dance, this book delves into four decades of drag dances on American stages, tracing the ways in which bodies can be imagined otherwise.
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The University of Michigan Press Fragile Dreams Tales of Liberalism and Power in
Book SynopsisExamines Central European communism, why it failed, and what has come since. Moving loosely chronologically from 1989 to the present, each chapter focuses on topics of importance from the fields of comparative politics and sociology, to feminist and gender studies.Table of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Revolutions: The fall of communism as witnessed from a beer barrel and beyond Chapter 2. Communism: The political importance of telling a good story Chapter 3: Neoliberalism: Why BMWs don’t just randomly explode! Chapter 4. Nationalism: Liberalism’s evil twin screws up the Enlightenment Chapter 5: Ethnic Conflict: The breakup of Yugoslavia through a feminist lens Chapter 6. “Transitology”: How I joined the global conspiracy against Slovakia Chapter 7. Humanitarian Intervention: Liberalism weaponized in the Western Balkans Chapter 8. International Relations: The West Gets Cocky Chapter 9. Homophobia: Intersectionality and the political uses of fear Chapter 10. Populism: Austerity, fear and loathing on Central Europe’s periphery Chapter 11. Illiberal Democracy: The Political Economy of Hungary’s Liberal Unraveling Liberalism’s fragile dream
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The University of Michigan Press Selected Plays of Stan Lai
Book SynopsisBringing the iconic plays of Stan Lai to an English-language readership
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Narrative Podcasting in an Age of Obsession
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The University of Michigan Press Mortal Kombat
Book SynopsisTraces Mortal Kombat’s history as an American product inspired by both Japanese video games and Chinese martial-arts cinema, its successes and struggles in adapting to new market trends, and the ongoing influence of its secret-strewn narrative world.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: ABACABBChapter 1: Ludic Precursors and Generic InnovationsChapter 2: Cinematic Influences and Cultural PoliticsChapter 3: Mortal Kontroversy; or, Dispatches from the Console WarsChapter 4: Imitation, Derivation, and ReinventionNotesGlossaryMortal Kombat LudographyBibliographyIndex
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The University of Michigan Press Disability and Social Justice in Kenya
Book SynopsisPresents the first interdisciplinary and multivocal study of its kind to review achievements and challenges related to the situation of persons with disabilities in Kenya today, in light of the country’s longer history of disability and the wide range of local practices and institutions.Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface (Kimani Njogu) “Kinga na kinga ndipo moto huwakapo”: Disability in Kenya (Rebecca Monteleone and Nina Berman) From Human Rights to Disability Rights Disability and Social Justice: Persons with Disabilities and the Quest for Inclusion and Constitutional Reforms in Kenya (Patrick “Paddy” Onyango) Access to Justice as a Tool for Social Inclusion: An Overview of Legal Frameworks for Persons with Disabilities in Kenya (Fredrick Collins Omondi) International and Domestic Legal Protection Against Violence for Girls and Women with Disabilities in Kenya (Arlene S. Kanter and Everlyn Milanoi Koiyiet) Disability Activism and Medical Genetics: Shaping the Emerging Landscape (Rebecca Monteleone) Access and Inclusion Claiming our Space: A Political Economy of the Dis-Citizenship of Disabled Kenyans (Theodoto Ressa) Disability and Poverty in Kenya (Samuel Odawo) Anayevaa kiatu, hujua kinapomfinya (The wearer of the shoe knows where it pinches) (Christopher Odinga) Education and the Media Special Needs Education in Kenya: Progress since Independence (Sheilah Mukholi Lutta) Girl Child Network’s Best Practices for Inclusive Education: Access to Education for Learners with Disabilities (Nathaniel Murungi and Collins Ombajo, with Mercy Musomi and Dennis Mutiso) Children with Disabilities in Kenyan Media: Lessons from the Abled Differently Programme (John Ndavula and Jackline Lidubwi) Reconceptualizing Advocacy Work Toward Improving Educational Provisions for Children with Disabilities (Lubna Mazrui and Margaret Murugami) Stigma and Culture Psychosocial-Economic Challenges of Parents of Children with Disabilities and Psychological Well-Being in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya (Prisca Kiptoo-Tarus, William Kurumei, and Stephen Ngososei) Heroin Addiction as Socially Induced Disability (Nina Berman) Changing Cultural Perceptions of Disability through Empowerment of Families and Local Leaders (Cynthia Rose Bauer and Leonard Mbonani, with Jessica Charles) Epilogue
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The University of Michigan Press Going to the Tigers
Book SynopsisIn this funny and perceptive collection, novelist and essayist Robert Cohen shares his thoughts on the writing process and then puts these prescriptions into practice - from how to rant effectively as an essayist and novelist, how to achieve your own style, to the use of reference and allusion in one’s work.Table of Contents 1. The Uncertainty Principle 2. Emblem, Essence 3. The Piano Has Been Drinking 4. Elkin 5. Ain’t That Pretty at All, or Going to the Tigers 6. Refer Madness 7. Living, Loving, Temple-Going 8. A Maker of Mirrors 9. C. and Sardinia 10. Kafka’s Budget Guide to Florence 11. Invisible Ink: A Mystery
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The University of Michigan Press Queer Subjects in Modern Japanese Literature
Book SynopsisAn anthology of translated Japanese literature about men behaving lovingly, erotically, and intimately with other men. Covering more than 125 years of modern and contemporary Japanese history, this book introduces a diverse array of authors to an English-speaking audience and provide further context for their works.Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: “A Portrait of Young Sangorō” [Shōnen sugata] by Yamada Bimyō (1886) - translated by Nick Albertson Chapter 2: “The Little Historian” [Shō rekishika] by Nishimura Suimu (1907) - translated by Kristin Sivak and Chelsea Bernard Chapter 3: “Is This Love?” [Ai ka] by Yi Kwangsu (1909) - translated by Janet Poole Chapter 4: “Whistle” [Kuchibue], by Orikuchi Shinobu (1914) - translated by Joseph Boxman Chapter 5: Three Stories by Inagaki Taruho - translated by Jeffrey Angles "Karl and the White Lamp" [Kāru to shiroi dentō] [1924, revised 1954] "Pince-Nez Glasses" [Hana megane] [1924, revised 1969] "The False Mustache" [Tsukihige] [1924, revised 1969] Chapter 6: Two essays by Hamao Shirō (1930) - translated by Steve Dodd “Thoughts on Homosexuality” [Dōseiai kō] “More Thoughts on Homosexuality” [Futatabi dōseiai ni tsuite] Chapter 7: “Squalid Alleyways” [Rōkō] by Kataoka Teppei (1934) - translated by Mio Akasako and Amanda Seaman Chapter 8: Selected Tanka from Haku'u and Tomo no sho by Kasugai Ken (1960) - translated by Scott Mehl Chapter 9: “Worse for Love” [Ai no shōkei], by “Sakakiyama Tamotsu” (Mishima Yukio) (1960) - translated by Sam Bett Chapter 10: “I Am Not Going on Sunday” [Nichiyōbi ni wa boku wa ikanai] by Mori Mari (1961) - translated by Bob Tierney Chapter 11: “Sacred Headland” from Sacred Triangle (Seisan kakukei) by Takahashi Mutsuo (1972) - translated by Paul McCarthy Chapter 12: “Red Palm Leaves” [Ai no yashi no ha], by Medoruma Shun (1992) - translated by Davinder Bhowmik Chapter 13: Selections from Gay Poems [Gei poemuzu] by Tanaka Atsusuke (2014) - translated by Jeffrey Angles Chapter 14: “The Story of a Strange Belly” [Kifukutan] by Fukushima Jirō (2005) - translated by Bruce Suttmeier Chapter 15: “Time Differences” [Jisa] by Tawada Yōko (2006) - translated by Jeffrey Angles Chapter 16: “The Playroom” [Mikkusu rūmu], by Morii Ryō (2014) - translated by Stephen D. Miller Acknowledgements List of Contributors
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The University of Michigan Press Improvising Across Abilities Pauline Oliveros
Book SynopsisBrings together scholars, musicians, and family members of people with disabilities to collectively recount years of personal experiences, research, and perspectives on the societal and community impact of inclusive musical improvisation.Trade ReviewImprovising Across Abilities is perhaps the only manuscript of its kind: one that explores the applications of one adaptive music technology, AUMI, in extraordinary depth through multivalent perspectives and scenarios via the words and metaphors of an extraordinarily varied collective of writers, students, teachers, social justice workers, technologists, community activists, group home directors, and creatives. While most scholarly essay collections feature chapters by academics from a narrow range of fields (if not a single one), this volume’s editorial team has consciously drawn writing from members of the public community who might not ordinarily contribute to such a collection, as well as from artists, scientists, and professors who write as part of their profession. The variation in writers and voices not only adds to the value of the book, but reinforces its argument that everyone, no matter what shape, size, or ability, should have a voice." - Stephanie Jensen-Moulton, Brooklyn College"The awe-inspiring creator and thinker Pauline Oliveros is recognized for her pioneering electronic compositions, the astonishing diversity of her musical creations, her multifaceted poetic and expository writing, and her dedicated teaching of Deep Listening over many years. Some of her best-known work, the Sonic Meditations and Deep Listening Pieces, offers brief verbal instructions to allow groups to create musical experiences together, regardless of the musical training or experience of the people involved. An extension of this inclusiveness came in her later years with the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument (AUMI), now a freely downloadable app that allows users, including people with limited physical mobility, to participate in music making in new and provocative ways. This well-conceived book makes available a stunning wealth of information about AUMI by writers from many different backgrounds." - Fred Maus, University of VirginiaTable of Contents Introduction Section I: Dreaming of AUMI Chapter 1 Going Deep: AUMI Since Before the Beginning Leaf Miller Illustrations by Ty Dykema Chapter 2 From Punk Philosophy to Musical Accessibility Zane Van Dusen Chapter 3 My Transformation into a Masterpiece Musical Instrument and Musician Clara Tomaz Chapter 4 The Gift of Expression: Playing AUMI with My Son Julie Brocklehurst Chapter 5 AUMI as a Model for Social Justice George Lipsitz Chapter 6 The Dream of AUMI IONE Section II: Software for All People: Improvising AUMI’s Development Chapter 7 AUMI in the Context of Adaptive Music Alex Lubet Chapter 8 AUMI Among the ADMIs: The Adaptive Digital Context Grace Shih-en Leu Chapter 9 AUMI Development and Developers: The DLI Years (2007-2012) Sherrie Tucker Chapter 10 AUMI Technology Development at McGill (2012-2019) John Sullivan, Ivan Franco, Ian Hattwick, Thomas Ciufo, Eric Lewis Chapter 11 How Adaptive, How Useful? Technological Design Solutions in AUMI for iOS Henry Lowengard Chapter 12 Pauline’s World of Virtuosos: Expanded Instruments, Deep Listening, and Stretched Boundaries Jonas Braasch Section III, Part 1:AUMI Communities Chapter 13 Exploring AUMI’s Potential in the Thunder Bay Community An Interview between Nicola Oddy and Lise Vaugeois Chapter 14 Building and Sustaining Ethical Communities Together An Interview with Rebecca Caines by Ellen Waterman Chapter 15 There’s No Place Like AUMI: Building a Community Partnership in Lawrence, Kansas Jim Barnes, Kip Haaheim, Ray Mizumura-Pence, Sherrie Tucker, and Ranita Wilks Chapter 16 Love, Actually: Using AUMI to Transgress Ableist Directing Habits Nicole Hodges Persley Chapter 17 Wooden Snapdragon Julie Unruh Chapter 18 Improvising Inclusive Communities: Shared Reflections on the Jesse Stewart Residency in Lawrence, Kansas Abbey Dvorak, Kip Haaheim, Ray Mizumura-Pence, and Sherrie Tucker Chapter 19 Sending and Receiving: AUMI Bodies and Dance Improvisation Michelle Heffner Hayes and Sherrie Tucker Chapter 20 Communities of Generosity and Gratitude: AUMI-KU InterArts’ First Decade Ray Mizumura-Pence Section III, Part 2:AUMI Performance Chapter 21 WAAM + AUMI: The We Are All Musicians Project and the Adaptive Use Musical Instrument Jesse Stewart Chapter 22 “To Me, Dance is a Home”: An Interview with Jessie Huggett Jessie Huggett Interviewed by Jack Hui Litster Chapter 23 “I Am Here”: AUMI Sings and Choral Participation Ellen Waterman, Laurel Forshaw, Gillian Siddall, Henry Lowengard, Gale Franklin, Teresa Connors, and Karen Berglander Chapter 24 AUMI, Theremin, and Sonic Witnessing Li Harris Chapter 25 AUMI in Practice: The Mills AIE Matt Robidoux Chapter 26 Knowing as Feeling: Five Meditations on the Planets Kip Haaheim Section IV, Part 1: AUMI Classrooms Jennifer Hurst and Grace Shih-en Leu Chapter 27 Working with AUMI in Classroom Settings in a Center School for Students with Severe Cognitive and Physical Challenges Deborah A. Nelson and Nancy Patterson Chapter 28 AUMI and ‘Improvise Approach’ Backing Tracks Carrie Lennard Chapter 29 AUMI and the Ethics of Technology: A Personal Encounter Eric Lewis Section IV, Part 2: AUMI and Music Therapy: Supporting Independent Musicking Abbey Dvorak and Nicola Oddy Chapter 30 Clinical Applications Using AUMI in Music Therapy Practice Abbey L. Dvorak, James Maxson, and David Knott Chapter 31 Use of AUMI in Clinical Music Therapy for Hospitalized Patients with Complex Neurological Disabilities Sergio Hazard Chapter 32 AUMI and Musical Empowerment in a Pediatric Environment John Mulcahy Section V: Dreaming AUMI Futures Chapter 33 Dream Music Julie Unruh Chapter 34 Dreaming AUMI’S Future IONE References Editorial Team and Chapter Contributors
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The University of Michigan Press How Dark Is My Flower Yosano Akiko and the
Book SynopsisEmphasizes the astonishing innovations in diction and style, not to mention content, in Yosano Akiko’s work that transformed the tanka genre from a hidebound and conservative mode of verse to something much more daring and modern.Trade Review“This work brings together and builds on the extensive scholarship in Japan and the budding scholarship in the West on Yosano Akiko, her circle, and modern tanka. It manages to grapple with an enormous body of work and also bring the opinions of a variety of critics and critical approaches to bear. The translations are often the first of these poems into English, and they are extremely appealing.” —Laurel Rasplica Rodd, University of Colorado Boulder“The book gives a detailed exegesis of the poetry of the Myōjō school, whose key founders Yosano Hiroshi, Yosano Akiko, and Yamakawa Tomiko were leaders in the modernization of the tanka, whose importance to the history of Japanese literature cannot be overstated. Morton is clearly informed by and builds on an encyclopedic review of Japanese-language scholarship on the topic, providing an enormous service to the field.” —Julia Bullock, Emory UniversityTable of Contents Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Romantic Love in The Sun 1895-1905 Chapter 2: Romantic Love in The Woman’s Magazine 1897-1904 Chapter 3: The Birth of the Modern: Yosano Akiko and Tekkan’s Verse Revolution Chapter 4: Inventing Modernist Poetry: Yosano Akiko’s Rewriting of Tradition Chapter 5: Romantic Love in Myōjō Exchange Verse Chapter 6: Love as Literary Construct: Erotic Tropes in the Poetry of Yosano Akiko, Tekkan, and Yamakawa Tomiko Chapter 7: Rewriting Texts as Text: A Study of the “White Lily” Chapter of Tangled Hair Chapter 8: Yosano Akiko’s Tangled Hair, Modernity and Kansai Culture Chapter 9: The Poetics of Naturalism: Yosano Akiko and Motherhood Chapter 10: The Canonicity of Yosano Akiko’s Tangled Hair Reflections Bibliography Index
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The University of Michigan Press Decisiveness and Fear of Disorder Political
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The University of Michigan Press Tracks on the Trail Popular Music Race and the
Book SynopsisWith Barack Obama, Ben Carson, Kamala Harris, and Donald Trump as case studies, Tracks on the Trail: Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency sheds light on the factors that motivate candidates and constituents alike to articulate race through music on the campaign trail.Trade Review"Tracks on the Trail is a virtuosic exploration of the relationship between race, music, and our understanding of the (re)presentation(s) of power within the realm of the public discourse surrounding the US presidency. This book not only theorizes race, but looks at how it has made a direct impact in the everyday lives of individuals (of all races) within the US context. As such, this book is perfectly positioned to speak to the musicologies in a wholly unique way. At the same time, it eschews overly complicated musical discussions and jargon in favor of language that is approachable for those outside of music, as well. It is a consummate example of public musicology." - Charles D. Carson, University of Texas at Austin""Tracks on the Trail explores the changing nature of political engagement through a tangential analysis of how the emergence of social media and streaming platforms widened possibilities of garnering new constituents for political candidates. It is a timely study of the ways in which music has been engaged as a means of projecting identity, policy, and ideology during presidential campaigns and administrations." - Tammy Kernodle, Miami University in OhioTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Tracks on the Trail: Popular Music, Race, and the US Presidency Chapter One: Keepin’ It Real (Respectable): Barack Obama’s Music Strategy and the Formation of Presidential Identity Chapter Two: Anatomy of a Campaign Launch: Heal, Inspire, Revive, Erase with Ben Carson Chapter Three: Kamala Harris Rap Genius? Chapter Four: Girls “Make America Great”: Singing the White Stuff for Donald Trump Chapter Five: Settling the Score: Pop Songs, Protest, and Punishment Notes Bibliography Index
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The University of Michigan Press Seeking a Future for the Past
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The University of Michigan Press Destination Detroit
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The University of Michigan Press Biblical Judgments
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The University of Michigan Press Climate Games Experiments on How People Prevent
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The University of Michigan Press After Disruption A Future for Cultural Memory
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The University of Michigan Press Incarceration Games A History of RolePlay in
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The University of Michigan Press Cripping Girlhood
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University of Michigan Press Big Feelings
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The University of Michigan Press Dignity Lower Income Women Tell of Their Lives
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Private Sectors in Higher Education Structure Function and Change in Eight Countries
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Narrative Violence and the Law
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBob Cover was and remains the dominant voice of his generation among legal scholars. These essays, each one magnificent in itself, are, when taken together, even more important. The wisdom they impart is forever." —Guido Calabresi, Dean and Sterling Professor of Law, Yale University"Robert Cover drew his sources for the authority of law —for its violence, but also for its paideic potential— from the structuring stories that spark our communal imaginations. Literally until the day of his untimely death, his irreplaceably restless spirit was binding itself with the pages of the Midrash, of The Brothers Karamazov, of Billy Budd, Sailor. It is for us now to work also with these--Bob Cover's stories." —Richard Weisberg, Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University"The writings of Robert Cover were usually provocative, sometimes exasperating, but always relevant. In his last years, he concentrated on Jewish sources as well as mystical and Messianic thought. This collection of his articles is a thesaurus of some of his finest writings." —Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Georgetown University Law Center
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The University of Michigan Press The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in
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