Social and cultural anthropology Books
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Frontiers of Colonialism
Book SynopsisBringing together case studies of prehistoric and historic sites from Western and non-Western contexts, this volume makes the claim that colonialism can and should be compared across radically different time periods and locations. Christine Beaule challenges archaeologists to rethink these two major self-imposed boundaries of study.Trade ReviewAn original contribution and an important one. Presents interesting and compelling case studies in the variability of colonialism and colonial encounters.”—Melissa S. Murphy, coeditor of Enduring Conquests: Rethinking the Archaeology of Resistance to Spanish Colonialism in the Americas “Creates bridges to understand and compare diverse sets of data and questions, incorporating larger ideas of colonial and indigenous structure, action, reaction, and agency. These new insights may turn over some previously held understandings of what we associate with colonialism and how to perceive it.”—John G. Douglass, coeditor of Ancient Households of the Americas: Conceptualizing What Households Do “Pushes archaeologists out of familiar theoretical, methodological, and regional silos to expand understandings of colonial context and relations between old-timers/indigenous people and newcomers/colonists.”—Siobhan Hart, coeditor of Decolonizing Indigenous Histories: Exploring Prehistoric/Colonial Transitions in Archaeology
£67.15
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Cultural Heritage Management A Global
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Victims of Irelands Great Famine
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida AfricanBrazilian Culture and Regional Identity in
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Dressing the Part
Book SynopsisCostume can reveal a wealth of information about an individual’s identity within society. Dressing the Part looks at the ways individuals in the ancient Americas used clothing, hairstyle, and personal ornaments to express status and power, gender identity, and group affiliations, even from the grave.
£999.99
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Perspectives on the Ancient Maya of Chetumal Bay
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University Press of Florida Maya E Groups
Book SynopsisPresents new archaeological data to reveal that E Groups were constructed earlier than previously thought. In fact, they are the earliest identifiable architectural plan at many Maya settlements.Trade ReviewThe breadth, detail, and perspectives provided in this volume make it a must for students of complex society and especially Maya scholars."—Latin American Antiquity”An extremely valuable volume that encapsulates the scholarship to date and advances it further for the future. . . . This will be a foundational reference for the next several decades."—Current AnthropologyTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface: On the Path of the Sun Acknowledgments Abbreviations Part I. E Groups: Historical Perspectives 1. The Distribution and Significance of E Groups: A Historical Background and Introduction —Arlen F. Chase, Anne S. Dowd, and David A. Freidel 2. E Groups and the Rise of Complexity in the Southeastern Maya Lowlands —Arlen F. Chase and Diane Z. Chase Part II. The Astronomy and Cosmology of E Groups 3. E Groups: Astronomy, Alignments, and Maya Cosmology —Anthony F. Aveni and Anne S. Dowd 4. The Legacy of Preclassic Calendars and Solar Observation in Mesoamerica's Magic Latitude — Susan Milbrath 5. The E Group as Timescape: Early E Groups, Figurines, and the Sacred Almanac —Prudence M. Rice 6. E Groups, Cosmology, and the Origins of Maya Rulership —David A. Freidel Part III. The Archaeology of E Groups 7. The Isthmian Origins of the E Group and Its Adoption in the Maya Lowlands —Takeshi Inomata 8. A Tale of Two E Groups: El Palmar and Tikal, Peten, Guatemala —James A. Doyle 9. The History, Function, and Meaning of Preclassic E Groups in the Cival Region —Francisco Estrada-Belli 10. Time to Rule: Celestial Observation and Appropriation among the Early Maya —William A. Saturno, Boris Beltr.n, and Franco D. Rossi 11. Ordinary People and East–West Symbolism —Cynthia Robin 12. E Groups and Ancestors: The Sunrise of Complexity at Xunantunich, Belize —M. Kathryn Brown 13. Of Apples and Oranges: The Case of E Groups and Eastern Triadic Architectural Assemblages in the Belize River Valley —Jaime J. Awe, Julie A. Hoggarth, and James J. Aimers 14. The Founding of Yaxuna: Place and Trade in Preclassic Yucatan —Travis W. Stanton 15. Founding Landscapes in the Central Karstic Uplands —Kathryn Reese-Taylor Part IV. Conclusion 16. More Than Smoke and Mirrors: Maya Temple Precincts and the Emergence of Religious Institutions in Mesoamerica —Anne S. Dowd 17. Epilogue: E Groups and Their Significance to the Ancient Maya —Diane Z. Chase, Patricia A. McAnany, and Jeremy A. Sabloff List of Contributors
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Archaeology of Magic
Book SynopsisExplores how early American colonists used magic to protect themselves from harm in their challenging new world. Analysing evidence from different domestic spheres within Puritan society, Augé provides a trailblazing archaeological study of magical practice and its relationship to gender in the Anglo-American culture of colonial New England.
£999.99
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Maritime Communities of the Ancient Andes
Book SynopsisExamines how settlements along South America's Pacific coastline played a role in the emergence, consolidation, and collapse of Andean civilizations from the Late Pleistocene era through Spanish colonization. This wide-ranging volume evaluates and revises long-standing research on ancient maritime sites across the region.Table of Contents Content List of Figures List of Tables Introduction Chapter 1. A Historical Perspective on the Studies of Andean Maritime Communities Part I Early Maritime Adaptations (BP 13000 to 5500) Chapter 2. Maritime Communities in the Atacama Desert. Masters of the Sub Tropical Pacific Coast of South America. Chapter 3. Economic Organization and Social Dynamics of Middle-Holocene Hunter-Gatherer-Fisher Communities in the Coast of the Atacama Desert (Taltal, Northern Chile). Chapter 4. The Use and Construction History of Huaca Prieta, North Coast of Peru. Part II Maritime Communities Between 5,500 and 2,500 BP. Chapter 5. Changing Complexity in the Norte Chico, 3000-1800 BCE. Chapter 6. Maritime Communities and Coastal Andean Urbanization: Preliminary Insights from Early Horizon Samanco, Nepeña, North-Central Peru. Chapter 7. The Supply and Consumption of Marine Resources at the Inland Center of Caylan, Coastal Ancash. Chapter 8. The Fisherman's Garden: Horticultural Practices in a Second Millennium Maritime Community of the North Coast of Peru. Chapter 9. The Ethnogenesis of Pescador Identity: The Implications of Biodistance Analyses of Initial Period (1500 – 1200 BC) Human Remains from Gramalote Peru, for our Understanding of the Social and Economic Dyamics of Ancient Andean Maritime Communities. Part III Maritime Communities Between 2,500 and 600 BP. Chapter 10. Fisherman, Farmer, Rich Man, Poor Man, Weaver, Parcialidad Chief? Household Archaeology at Cerro la Virgen, a Chimu Town within the Hinterland of Chan Chan. Chapter 11. Subsistence economies in margin areas with natural constraints: interactions between social dynamics, natural resource management and paleoenvironment in the Sechura Desert, Peru. Chapter 12. Late Prehistoric Maritime Communities in Coastal Ecuador. Part 4. Maritime Communities between 600 and 300 BP. Chapter 13. Maritime Adaptations at Cerro Azul, Peru: A Comparison of Late Intermediate and 20th Century Fishing. Chapter 14. El Contrato del Mar: Colonial Life and Maritime Subsistence at Carrizales, Zaña Valley, Peru. Chapter 15. Fish[i]stories: Seafolk of the Northern Peruvian Coast. NotesList of Contributors Index
£88.40
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Ancient West Mexicos
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Quilcapampa
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University Press of Florida Unearthing St. Marys City Fifty Years of
Book SynopsisSummarises the remarkably diverse archaeological discoveries made during the past half century of investigations at the site of St Mary's City, the first capital of Maryland and one of the earliest European settlements in America.Table of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Foreword 1. Introduction to St. Mary's City History and Archaeology Part 1. Discovering the Past: New Approaches and Methods2. From Humus Mold to Stout Building: Reverse Engineering Post-in-the-Ground Structures 3. Soil Analysis at the St. John's Site: An Earthy View of Early Maryland Revisited 4. Finding Ephemeral Homes of the Enslaved: A St. Mary's City Example 5. Ceramic Studies at Maryland's First Capital Part 2. Studies of Seventeenth-Century St. Mary's City 6. The Archaeology of Maryland Indians at St. Mary's City and the Interactions of Cultures 7. St. John's Freehold: The Archaeology of One of Maryland's Earliest Plantations 8. "Master Pope's Fort": Archaeological Investigations of a Fortification of the English Civil Wars in St. Mary's City 9. Community, Identity, and Public Spaces: The Calvert House as the First State House of Maryland 10. "The most bewitching Game": Games and Entertainment in Seventeenth-Century St. Mary's City 11. The Lead Coffins of St. Mary's: Burials of the Elite in the Early Chesapeake Part 3. After the Capital: The Archaeology of St. Mary's City in the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Centuries 12. The Captain John Hicks House Site and the Eighteenth-Century Townlands Community 13. A Second Look at the Nineteenth-Century Ceramics from Tabbs Purchase and the Tenants Who Used Them 14. The Archaeology of African American Mobility in Slavery and Freedom in Nineteenth-Century St. Mary's City 15. "Establish on that sacred spot a female seminary": Archaeology of St. Mary's Female Seminary 16. Preserving the Cultural Memory of a Place References List of Contributors Index
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University Press of Florida The Archaeology of Island Colonization Global
Book SynopsisDetails how new theories and methods have recently advanced the archaeological study of initial human colonization of islands around the world, including in the southwest Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia. This global perspective brings into comparison the wide variety of approaches and illuminates current debates.
£67.15
University Press of Florida The Archaeology of the Upper Amazon Complexity
Book SynopsisBrings together archaeologists working in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to construct a new prehistory of the upper Amazon, outlining cultural developments from the late third millennium BC to the Inca Empire of the sixteenth century AD.
£63.75
University Press of Florida Earth Politics and Intangible Heritage
Book SynopsisFocusing on three communities in North, Central, and South America, Earth Politics and Intangible Heritage layers archaeological research with local knowledge in its interpretations of these cultural landscapes.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Nine Lives of Floridas Famous Key Marco Cat
Book SynopsisExcavated from a waterlogged archaeological site on the shores of subtropical Florida by legendary anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing in 1896, the Key Marco Cat has become a modern icon of heritage, history, and local identity. This book takes readers into the deep past of the artifact and the Native American society in which it was created.
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University Press of Florida Colonized Bodies Worlds Transformed Toward A
Book SynopsisContributors to this volume illustrate previously unknown and variable effects of colonialism by analysing skeletal remains and burial patterns from never-before-studied regions in the Americas to the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The result is the first step toward a new synthesis of archaeology and bioarchaeology.Trade ReviewBreaks new ground regarding how to think about colonial encounters in innovative ways that pay attention to a wide range of issues from health and demography to identity formations and adaptation." - Debra L. Martin, coeditor of The Bioarchaeology of Violence"Amply demonstrates the breadth and variability of the impact of colonialism." - Ken Nystrom, State University of New York at New Paltz"Pushes the boundaries of colonial studies. . . . Scholars of all levels, from undergraduates to advanced professionals, should consult this volume in pursuit of excellent examples of biocultural and theory-driven explorations of bioarchaeology." - Antiquity"Provides a nuanced, empirical examination of the effects of colonialism on the bodies of the colonized. . . . and builds on and adds diversity to earlier studies that focused on contact between Europeans and Indigenous Americans." - Choice
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University Press of Florida Taíno Indian Myth and Practice
Book SynopsisApplying the legend of the ""stranger king"" to Caonabo, the mythologized Taino chief of the Hispaniola settlement Columbus invaded in 1492, Keegan examines how myths come to resonate as history - created by the chaotic interactions of the individuals who lived the events of the past as well as those who write and read about them.Trade ReviewA path-breaking work, rich and mature, complex but readily accessible. It unites the many facets of . . . 25 years of innovative research and leads us out of the once-irresolvable dilemmas of contemporary archaeology."--Geoffrey W. Conrad, William Hammond Mathers Museum, Indiana University"Charts a new course toward a broader understanding of Taíno society, myth, and archaeology at the dawn of the Spanish colonial period. His approach livens the archaeological record and illuminates our reading of the documentary record."--Dave D. Davis, Tulane University
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Archaeology of Utopian and Intentional
Book SynopsisUtopian and intentional communities have dotted the American landscape since the colonial era, yet only in recent decades have archaeologists begun analysing the material culture left behind by these groups. This volume includes discussions of the Shakers, the Harmony Society, the Moravians, the Oneida community, Brook Farm, and Mormon towns.Trade Review“Kozakavich’s brilliant volume may serve as a thorough guidebook to understanding the culture and history of communal and intentional communities. . . . [It] goes beyond the historical record to tease out little-known aspects of intentional communities through the material record.”—Choice “A valuable overview of the topic with thoughtful perspectives on approaches to analysis and interpretation. . . . Provides valuable inspiration for anyone contemplating the role of dissidence in social change.”—Historical Archaeology “A captivating read for anyone with an interest in archaeology and history. It provides an introduction on the history of utopian and intentional communities and archaeological details from many of these communities.”—North American Archaeologist“Useful to archaeologists and students of archaeology who are not familiar with this subject.”—Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
£22.36
University Press of Florida The Archaeology of Craft and Industry
Book SynopsisIn this expansive yet concise survey, Christopher Fennell discusses archaeological research from sites across the US that once manufactured, harvested, or processed commodities. Through studies of craft enterprise and the Industrial Revolution, this book uncovers key insights into American history from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries.Trade Review“Fennell offers us a fresh and exciting expansion of industrial archaeology through the lens of craft production. This book, with its impressive array of case studies, unequivocally demonstrates the relevance of historical and industrial archaeology to the broader anthropological project.”- Charles E. Orser Jr., author of The Archaeology of Race and Racialization in Historic America;“Sheds light on the vast array of craft and industrial work that shaped the American experience and the North American landscape. Fennell amasses a broad range of archaeological scholarship to identify contributions and new directions.”- Paul J. White, author of The Archaeology of American Mining.
£67.15
University Press of Florida More Than Shelter from the Storm HunterGatherer
Book SynopsisThe relationship of hunter-gatherer societies to the built environment is often overlooked in archaeological research. Taking on deeper questions of cultural significance and social inheritance, this volume offers a robust examination of houses as not only places of shelter but also of memory, history, and social cohesion within these communities.Trade Review“Challenges the notion that the built environment of hunter-gatherers was purely functional, to keep them warm and dry. Through a series of case studies spanning more than 40,000 years, the authors provide convincing evidence that hunter-gatherer houses were more than just shelter from the storm.”—Gary Coupland, coeditor of Emerging from the Mist: Studies in Northwest Coast Culture History“Drives home the notion that hunter-gatherers cannot be easily essentialized, nor can they be divorced from their histories, cosmologies, or houses for that matter.”—Asa Randall, author of Constructing Histories: Archaic Freshwater Shell Mounds and Social Landscapes of the St. Johns River, Florida
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University Press of Florida Archaeology on the Threshold Studies in the
Book SynopsisA book is about transitional periods of cultural and environmental change as seen through the lenses of archaeology and ethnography. Incorporating data from across six continents and tracing the human experience from the Late Pleistocene to the present, this book offers a global comparative perspective on transitional states.
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University Press of Florida Human Behavioral Ecology and Coastal Environments
Book SynopsisEvidence demonstrates that coastlines and islands are dynamic environments that were important in early human migrations, and this volume shows how researchers can gain insights about human behaviour in these settings through its critical regional reviews and detailed local case studies.
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University Press of Florida The Archaeology of the Homed and the Unhomed
Book SynopsisBrings to the forefront the concept of homelessness. The book points out that homelessness remains underexplored in historical archaeology, a fact which may reflect societal biases and marginalization, and it provides the field’s first comprehensive discussion of the subject.
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University Press of Florida FisherHunterGatherer Complexity in North America
Book SynopsisExplores the forms and trajectories of social complexity among fisher-hunter-gatherers who lived in coastal, estuarine, and riverine settings in pre-Columbian North America. Through case studies, contributors demonstrate remarkable variation in the circumstances and histories of complex hunter-gatherers in maritime environments.
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University Press of Florida Below Baltimore An Archaeology of Charm City
Book SynopsisProvides the first detailed overview of the rich archaeological heritage of the people and city of Baltimore. Drawing on a combined five decades of experience in the Chesapeake region and compiling 70 years of records, this book explores the layers of the city’s material record from the late seventeenth century to the recent past.
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University Press of Florida Archaeology of the Mediterranean during Late
Book SynopsisPresents multidisciplinary perspectives on Greece, Corsica, Malta, and Sicily from the fourth to the thirteenth centuries. The research collected here range from material culture to landscape settlement patterns, from epigraphy to architecture and architectural decoration, and from funerary archaeology to urban fabric and cityscapes.
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University Press of Florida Archaeological and Ethnographic Evidence of
Book SynopsisExplores the nature of power relations and social control in Indigenous societies of Latin America. Chapters focus on instances of domination in different contexts as reflected in archaeological, osteological, and ethnohistorical records, beginning with prehistoric case studies to examples from the ethnographic present.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Archaeology of Modern Worlds in the Indian
Book SynopsisCase studies that show the importance of the Indian Ocean region to the emergence of modernity and globalization. This volume brings together a diverse range of specialists working in multiple areas of the Indian Ocean world, providing broad geographical coverage and comparisons across sites.
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University Press of Florida The Archaeology of Prostitution and Clandestine
Book SynopsisSynthesizes case studies from various nineteenth-century sites where material culture reveals evidence of prostitution. In so doing, Rebecca Yamin and Donna Seifert construct a more realistic and complicated picture of daily life for working-class women involved in commercial sex.
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University Press of Florida Eating in the Side Room Food Archaeology and
Book SynopsisUses the archaeological data of food remains recovered from excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, and the Chesapeake to show how African Americans established identity in the face of pervasive racism and marginalization.
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University Press of Florida Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage
Book SynopsisExplores the sociopolitical contexts of heritage landscapes and the many issues that emerge when different interest groups attempt to gain control over them. Based on career-spanning case studies undertaken by the author, this book looks at sites with deep indigenous histories.
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University Press of Florida Archaeologies of Indigenous Presence
Book SynopsisChallenging narratives of Indigenous cultural loss and disappearance that are still prevalent in the archaeological study of colonization, this book highlights collaborative research and efforts to center the enduring histories of Native peoples in North America through case studies from several regions across the continent.
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University Press of Florida Latino Orlando
Book SynopsisExplores the experiences of immigrants from Latin America and the Caribbean. Latino Orlando portrays the experiences of first- and second-generation immigrants who have come to the Orlando metropolitan area from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, and other Latin American countries.Trade ReviewA must read for any person interested in understanding and researching the complexities of Latino/a/x migration to the U.S."—Centro Journal"Expands our understanding of the Puerto Rican and Latino experience in Greater Orlando, as well as the effects of migration on both incoming and outgoing communities." —Space and CultureTable of Contents List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Prologue Acknowledgments Introduction: New Destinations Buenaventura Lakes Latinization, Landscapes, and Soundscapes The Fractured American Dream Social Class Distinctions and the Latino Elite The Encargado System Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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MW - Rutgers University Press The Ramapo Mountain People
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Rutgers University Press Bodymakers A Cultural Anatomy of Womens Body
Book SynopsisExamining the sport and image of female body building as a metaphor for how women fare in the current political and cultural climate, this text draws on contemporary feminist and cultural theory. It reveals how female bodybuilders find themselves both trapped and empowered by their sport.Trade Review"A highly unique and refreshing contribution. Heywood not only theorizes the relationships among feminism, activism, and bodybuilding but also provides what so many works on built female bodies lack-a feminine historical context....Heywood concludes with a call for women to 'feel our muscles, our power, our terrible, wonderful, monstrous strengths' by leaving behind aerobics, replacing light weights with heavy ones, and claiming our right to take up space....Like all influential and groundbreaking works, this book raises new and important questions that should provide grist for much feminist debate and scholarship in coming years." * Signs *"Bodymakers is most ambitious in terms of its engagement with feminist cultural criticism and its unconventional scope. Heywood comments on film, novels, magazine pictures, popular criticisms of feminism, the J. Crew catalog, [and] the concept of power feminism." * Gender and Society *"In this brilliantly insightful and immensely readable book, Leslie Heywood makes us think about women's body building in an entirely new way. She argues persuasively that, far from being an individualistic, apolitical act, it is a powerful form of resistance, empowering women to overcome their victim status and heal past abuse." -- Myra Dinnerstein * University of Arizona *"Bodymakers has a power and an honesty that is unusual in a book with its theoretical sophistication." -- Susan Bordo * author of Unbearable Weight and Twilight Zones: The Hidden Life of Cultural Images from Plato to O.J *"With clarity, force, and passionate investment grounded in both theory and her own experience, Heywood understands that women can strengthen body, mind, and spirit through everyday practice. Her argument that body building is this kind of activist practice is as inspirational as it is poignant." -- Joanna Frueh * author of Erotic Faculties *"Flexing her muscles through autobiographical, theoretical, and spectacular acts, Heywood insists that we read the muscular female body not as an 'extreme oddity' but as a 'form of activism' through which we can understand anew larger cultural issues and trends, including the American romance with individualism and the relationship of second and third wave feminisms. Muscular female bodies will never be read in the same way again." -- Sidonie Smith * University of Michigan *Table of ContentsIntroduction: monsters, feminists, babes Building backlash: doing bodybuilding and feminism in the time of the New Right Zero: raced bodies, masculine voids Hard times: the pornographic and the pathetic in women's bodybuilding photography Loving Mr. Hyde: rethinking monstrosity American girls, raised on promises: why women build; or why I prefer Henry Rollins to Beck
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Rutgers University Press Heresy in the University Black Athena Controversy
Book SynopsisA study of Martin Bernal's """"Black Athena"""", which explored the Afroasiatic roots of classical civilization and caused controversy among Afrocentrists and Classicists alike. It includes a discussion of Bernal's critique of the research university and a reconstruction of his """"sociology of knowledge"""".Trade ReviewHeresy in the University is an exemplary act of adjudication-genuinely clarifying about matters that have so often, most often been obscured by angry polemic, genuinely judicious in a way that only a very capacious, open-minded and broad-ranging mind could manage, charmingly self-conscious about its own limits and yet quite passionate about its loyalties...an exemplary book. -- Bruce Robbins * coeditor of Cosmopolitics: Thinking and Feeling Beyond the Nation and author of Feeling Global: Inte *Berlinerblau's ability to integrate far-reaching serious scholarly and ethical issues within the substantive content of the Black Athena debate is impressive. -- Molly Myerowitz Levine * Howard University, coeditor of The Challenge of Black Athena *Table of ContentsEpistemological canyons : the anomic academy The ancient model : hard moderns versus idiosyncratic ancient The revised ancient model : the heretic's cocktail The Aryan models Atmospheric determinism The antinomies of Martin Bernal A "total contestation" of the research university : "beware the nonspecialist" The academic Elvis Reconfiguring the ancient Egyptians : Bernal's strategic reading Contentious communities : "blacks and Jews" and Black Athena We scholars : heresy in the university/Intellectual responsibility/passionate ambivalence
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Rutgers University Press Feminist Locations Global and Local Theory and
Book SynopsisThe contributors to this volume look to the future of feminist theory and practice, specifically in terms of their complex relationship with the global and local configurations of postmodernity. It focuses on political issues and on questions of the body.Trade Review"Feminist Locations comes at a new watershed for feminist studies and has important things to say about identity politics, the spaces within feminism, and global modernity." -- Bonnie Kime Scott * author of Selected Letters of Rebecca West *"Feminist Locations comes at a new watershed for feminist studies and has important things to say about identity politics, the spaces within feminism, and global modernity." -- Bonnie Kime Scott * author of Selected Letters of Rebecca West *Table of ContentsLocational feminism: gender, cultural geographies, and geopolitical literacy / Susan Stanford Friedman Only contradictions on offer: anglophone feminism at the millennium / Lynne Segal Last past the post: theory, futurity, feminism / Elaine K. Chang Re(con)figuring space, time, and matter / Karen Barad Who's to navigate and who's to steer? A consideration of the role of theory in feminist struggle / Cheryl Johnson-Odim Women's human rights: the challenges of global feminism and diversity / Charlotte Bunch Rethinking globalization: gender and the nation in India / Leela Fernandes Constructing cooperation: feminist activism and NAFTA / Debra J. Liebowitz The many faces of activism / Cynthia Saltzman Feminism and the politics of the Hindu goddess / Rajeswari Sunder Rajan The praxis of food work in Poland / Anne C. Bellows Stuff / Coco Fusco and Nao Bustamante Sons and m(others): framing the maternal body and the politics of reproduction in a south Indian context / Radha S. Hegde Trauma, aging, and melodrama / E. Ann Kaplan
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Rutgers University Press Aftershocks of the New Feminism and Film History
Book SynopsisExplores how the mechanisms of modernism, German cinema and feminist film theory have evolved, and discusses the directions in which they are headed. The book aims to locate the debate over the place of cinema within modernity in a complex matrix of contending sensibilities, voices and impulses.Trade ReviewIn this vibrant collection of essays, Patrice Petro draws on her capacious understanding of feminist theory and German film theory to articulate what is, was, and should be at stake in our interpretive practices. Whether analyzing the disorienting photomontages of Hannah H÷ch, the disturbing portraits of Otto Dix, or the charged performance of Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus, Petro remains firmly in command of historical contexts, theoretical implications, and ideological consequences. -- Maria Tatar * author of Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany *Patrice PetroÆs Aftershocks of the New is unified by a focus on the connection between feminist film criticism and historical research. It also invokes a history of the film studies discipline (including television) as she rehearses and comments upon some of the major debates in the field over the past two decades. -- Lucy Fischer * director of the film studies program, University of Pittsburgh *Table of ContentsIntroduction The "place" of television in film studies Feminism and film history German film theory and Anglo-American film studies After shock, between boredom and history Historical ennui, feminist boredom World weariness, Weimar women, and visual culture Nazi cinema at the intersection of the classical and the popular The Hottentot and the Blonde Venus Film feminism and nostalgia for the seventies
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MW - Rutgers University Press Postnationalism Prefigured Caribbean Borderlands
Book SynopsisThis volume suggests that for Caribbean people, migration is simply one of many ways to pursue a better future. It show not only that the nation-state is an exhausted form of political organization, but that in the Caribbean the ideological reach of the nation-state has always been tenuous.Trade ReviewCarnegie has taken up his pen, and his fine scholarly intelligence, against the nation-state, its lofty pretensions and its low crimes, its interferences as well as its betrayals. Challenging in its provocations and substantive in its arguments, this book is a welcome ontribution to studies of nationalism and the Caribbean. - David Scott, Columbia UniversityTable of Contentspt. I. Struggling with and against Race and Nation. Ch. 1. The Dundus and the Nation. Ch. 2. A Cultural Mapping of the Nation pt. II. Nation and Transnation. Ch. 3. Border Visions. Ch. 4. Transterritorial Lives pt. III. Prefiguring the Postnational. Ch. 5. Caliban's Early Pioneering Journeys. Ch. 6. A Politics of Transterritorial Solidarity: The Garvey Movement and Imperialism Conclusion: World Community Imagined
£28.80
Rutgers University Press Rockin Out of the Box Gender Maneuvering in Alternative Hard Rock
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John Wiley & Sons Black Magic White Hollywood and African American Culture Jazz American Culture S
Book SynopsisAs Krin Gabbard reveals in this book, we duly recognize the cultural heritage of African Americans in literature, music and art, but there is a disturbing pattern in the roles that blacks are asked to play - particularly in the movies.Trade ReviewGabbard's book is a joy to read, a really fine, original piece of work. He detects a significant pattern in contemporary American cinema, and with great critical insight and clear explanations, he traces its themes and variations. -- Michael Jarrett * author of Sound Tracks: A Musical ABC *This is a clearly written, well-argued book . . . both readable and intellectually rigorous. The author's case that white appropriation of African American culture has shifted from obvious and literal forms to the disembodiment of black expressions is astutely demonstrated by his exploration of the intersection of jazz and the narratives of popular commercial films.Ed Guerrero, Cinema Studies, New York University -- Ed Guerrero * Cinema Studies, New York University *"Gabbard's rcih book reveals that cultural critics have only begun to fathom the sublime and the ridiculous extent of racial appropriations of black culture in white American films. As this book shows, it is both 'magical' and appalling.Linda Williams, author of Playing the Race Card:Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson -- Linda Williams * author of Playing the Race Card:Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson *Table of ContentsBlack magic, disembodied. Marlon Brando's jazz acting and the obsolescence of blackface ; Borrowing Black masculinity: Dirty Harry finds his gentle side ; Passing tones: The talented Mr. Ripley and Pleasantville Serving the white audience. The racial displacements of Ransom and Fargo ; Black angels in America : millennial solutions to the "race problem" Unrepresentable subjects. Evidence : Thelonious Monk's challenge to jazz history ; Revenge of the Nerds : representing the White male collector of Black music Black magic, inverted. Robert Altman's jazz history lesson ; Spike Lee meets Aaron Copland
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Rutgers University Press New Perspectives on Environmental Justice Gender
Book SynopsisWomen make up the vast majority of activists and organizers of grassroots movements fighting against environmental ills that threaten poor and people of colour communities. This collection of essays pays tribute to the contributions women have made in these endeavours.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction Part One. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice: Historical and Theoretical Roots 1. Toward a Queer Ecofeminism 2. Women, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice in American History Part Two. Gender, Sexuality, and Activism 3. Feminist Theory and Environmental Justice 4. Witness to Truth: Black Women Heeding the Call for Environmental Justice 5. The Role of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Class in Activists' Perceptions of Environmental Justice 6. Sexual Politics and Environmental Justice: Lesbian Separatists in Rural Oregon 7. Toxic Bodies? ACT UP's Disruption of the Heteronormative Landscape of the Nation Part Three. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Health Concerns 8. Producing "Roundup Ready" Communities? Human Genome Research and Environmental Justice Policy 9. Public Eyes: Investigating the Causes of Breast Cancer 10. Gender, Asthma Politics, and Urban Environmental Justice Activism 11. No Remedy for the Inuit: Accountability for Environmental Harms under U.S. and International Law Part Four. Gender, Sexuality, and Environmental Justice in Literature and Popular Culture 12. Bodily Invasions: Gene Trading and Organ Theft in Octavia Butler and Nalo Hopkinson's Speculative Fiction 13. Home Everywhere and the Injured Body of the World: The Subversive Humor of Blue Vinyl 14. "Lo que quiero es tierra": Longing and Belonging in Cherrie Moraga's Ecological Vision 15. Detecting Toxic Environments: Gay Mystery as Environmental Justice 16. "The Power is Your, Planeteers!" Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Children's Environmental Popular Culture Notes on Contributors Index
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John Wiley & Sons Pornography Film and Culture Depth of Field Series
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Rutgers University Press Religion Media and the Marketplace
Book SynopsisAt a time when religious fundamentalism throughout the world is inseparable from political aims, this interdisciplinary look at the mutual influences between religion and the media is essential reading for scholars from a wide variety of disciplines.Trade ReviewThe breadth of coverage given to different religious traditions in this volume is nothing short of astonishing. The reader is taken on a wide-ranging tour of religion, media, and markets across diverse social and cultural contexts. -- John P. Bartkowski * author of The Promise Keepers: Servants, Soldiers, and Godly Men *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Identity, Belonging, and Religious Lifestyle Branding (Fashion Bibles, Bhangra Parties, and Muslim Pop), Lynn Schofield ClarkPart ISelling, Influencing, Publishing, Purchasing: Establishing and Participating in the Mediated Religious Marketplace1. Free Grace, Free Books, Free Riders: The Economics of Religious Publishing in Early Nineteenth-Century America, David Nord2. Making Money, Saving Souls: Christian Bookstores and the Commodification of Christianity, Anne L. Borden3. Jewish Space Aliens Are Lucky to Be Free! Religious Distinctiveness, Media, and Markets in Jewish Childrens Culture, Hillary WarrenPart IIReligion and Politics in Tension: Mobilization and Mission through Media and Material Artifacts4. Literacy in the Eye of the Conversion Storm, Gauri Viswanathan5. Mary as Media Icon: Gender and Militancy in Twentieth-Century U.S. Roman Catholic Devotional Media, Maryellen Davis6. Cartoon Wars: The Prince of Egypt in Retrospect, Erica SheenPart IIIRepresentations of the Religious Other in Popular Media and in the Marketplace7. Evangelicalism and the Presidential Election of 1960: The Catholic Question in Christianity Today Magazine, Phyllis E. Alsdurf8. Religion as Rhetorical Resource: The Muslim Immigrant in (Danish) Public Discourse, Ferruh Yilmaz9. Blowing the Cover: Imaging Religious Functionaries in Ghanaian/Nigerian Films, Kwabena Asamoah-GyaduPart IVMedia Courted, Media Resisted: Popular Rituals and Artifacts in the Crafting of New Public Religious Practices10. Media Mecca: Tensions, Tropes, and Techno-Pagans at the Burning Man Festival, Lee Gilmore11. Day of the Dead as a New U.S. Holiday: Ritual, Media, and Material Culture in the Quest for Connection, Regina M. MarchiAfterword, Stewart M. HooverList of ContributorsIndex
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Rutgers University Press The Brooklyn Bridge A Cultural History Rivergate
Book SynopsisFeaturing more than sixty images of the Brooklyn bridge, this volume traces the diverse ways that this structure has been received, adopted, and interpreted as an American idea.Trade ReviewIn the most important work on the Brooklyn Bridge in a generation, Richard Haw shows how and why it remains a central but contested American icon. - David E. Nye, author of America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings ""Absorbing and provocative, Richard Haw sells you the great bridge in a thousand incarnations."" - Kevin Baker, author of Dreamland and Paradise AlleyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Culture, History and the Brooklyn Bridge Manufacturing Consensus, Practicing Exclusion: Ideology and the Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge "The Eyes of All People Are Upon Us": Tourists, Immigrants, and the Brooklyn Bridge The View of the Bridge: Perspective, Context, and the Urban Observer American Memory: History, Fiction, and the Brooklyn Bridge Revision and Dissent: The Brooklyn Bridge from its Centennial until the Present Epilogue: The Brooklyn Bridge in the Wake of Terror
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Rutgers University Press Second Star to the Right Peter Pan in the Popular
Book SynopsisIncludes essays that approach Peter Pan from literary, dramatic, film, television, and sociological perspectives and, in the process, analyze his emergence and preservation in the cultural imagination.Trade ReviewWhether a Victorian, Edwardian, or twenty-first-century postmodern, earthbound adults of all ages will find Second Star to the Right an engaging and illuminating collection. -- Thomas Doherty * Brandeis University *"This fresh and original collection of essays offers a deeper understanding of Peter Pan as an icon and cultural phenomenon."IDENTIFY BY AFFILIATION (SEE BELOW) OR BY PUBLICATION--EDITOR OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -- Jack Zipes * University of Minnesota *Perhaps responding to the modern phenomenon known as Peter Pan syndrome, Kavey and Friedman collect nine excellent essays that explore the social and artistic impacts of J.M. Barrie's classic tale over the past century. Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: From peanut butter to the silver screen / Allison B. Kavey Tinker Bell, the fairy of electricity / Murray Pomerance "To die will be an awfully big adventure": Peter Pan in Word War I / Linda Robertson "I do believe in fairies, I do, I do": the history and epistemology of Peter Pan / Allison B. Kavey "Shadow of [a] girl": an examination of Peter Pan in performance / Patrick B. Tuite Peter Pan and the possibilities of child literature / Martha Stoddard Holmes Disney's Peter Pan: gender, fantasy, and industrial production / Susan Ohmer Hooked on Pan: Barrie's immortal pirate in fiction and film / Lester D. Friedman "Gay, innocent, and heartless": Peter Pan and the queering of popular culture / David P.D. Munns Peter and me (or how I learned to fly): network television broadcasts of Peter Pan / Theresa Jones
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Rutgers University Press Contesting Childhood Autobiography Trauma and
Book SynopsisThe late 1990s and early 2000s witnessed a surge in the publication and popularity of autobiographical writings about childhood. Linking literary and cultural studies, Drawing on trauma and memory studies and theories of authorship and readership, this title offers commentary on the triumphs, trials, and tribulations that have shaped this genre.Trade Review"Douglas offers a rich trove of insights into how versions of childhood are sold to fulfill a range of political purposes, both progressive and regressive, and how speaking through the voice of the traumatized child makes it difficult to tell the difference." * Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly *"Douglas offers a rich trove of insights into how versions of childhood are sold to fulfill a range of political purposes, both progressive and regressive, and how speaking through the voice of the traumatized child makes it difficult to tell the difference." * Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Creating Childhood Chapter 2 Consuming Childhood Chapter 3 Authoring Childhood Chapter 4 Scripts for Remembering Chapter 5 Scripts for Remembering Chapter 6 Ethics Chapter 7 The Ethics of Reading Conclusion Writing Childhood in the Twenty-First Century Notes Bibliography Index
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