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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJeremy Black's new book on England in the Age of Austen, just published by Indiana University Press (2021), will be a treat for anyone who loves Jane - and who does not? - as well as anyone who is interested in her contexts. Black situates Austen's work in its social, political, economic and religious cultures, showing how her youthful commitments to Jacobite politics evolved into a more mature appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England. Alert to the ironies of her own life and the lives of her characters, Austen wrote of the kind of world in which she wanted to live, balancing the disappointments of her own life and those of her characters with a dependency upon providence and an active commitment to preserve the best values of English society. -- Crawford Gribben * New Books Network *An absolute 'must' for the legions of Jan Austen fans, England in the Age of Austen is an extraordinarily well written history, impressively detailed, and a seminal work of original scholarship. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviations1. The Rise of the Novel2. Rural England: The Epicenter of Austen's World3. Agriculture and Agricultural Change4. Families, Women and Men5. Faith and the Church6. Culture, the Arts, and Enlightenment7. London: The Capital of Empire8. Bath: The Capital of Leisure9. Transport and Industry10. A State at War11. The Romantic Landscape12. ConclusionsNotesSelected Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJeremy Black's new book on England in the Age of Austen, just published by Indiana University Press (2021), will be a treat for anyone who loves Jane - and who does not? - as well as anyone who is interested in her contexts. Black situates Austen's work in its social, political, economic and religious cultures, showing how her youthful commitments to Jacobite politics evolved into a more mature appreciation of the strengths and weaknesses of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England. Alert to the ironies of her own life and the lives of her characters, Austen wrote of the kind of world in which she wanted to live, balancing the disappointments of her own life and those of her characters with a dependency upon providence and an active commitment to preserve the best values of English society. -- Crawford Gribben * New Books Network *An absolute 'must' for the legions of Jan Austen fans, England in the Age of Austen is an extraordinarily well written history, impressively detailed, and a seminal work of original scholarship. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceAbbreviations1. The Rise of the Novel2. Rural England: The Epicenter of Austen's World3. Agriculture and Agricultural Change4. Families, Women and Men5. Faith and the Church6. Culture, the Arts, and Enlightenment7. London: The Capital of Empire8. Bath: The Capital of Leisure9. Transport and Industry10. A State at War11. The Romantic Landscape12. ConclusionsNotesSelected Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hughes has written a one-of-a-kind study of the politics and textures of Muslim marriage in contemporary Jordan. The beautifully-written book explores marriage on multiple scales, from the necessary house to the housing market, the wedding feast to the courthouse, the home wedding to the mass wedding. Engaging multiple theoretical approaches and scholarly traditions, and using rich ethnographic research in Jordan, Hughes shows the importance of the Islamic Movement, the Jordanian government, and major banks to understanding the shape and workings of "affection and mercy" in the country."—Frances S. Hasso, Duke University"Hughes is a versatile ethnographer. His accounts of Jordanian weddings, the inner workings of the sharia courts, where marriages are certified, the gender counseling and sex education offered to engaged couples by Islamist NGOs, the building and buying of homes for newlyweds — all are captivating and complexly rendered. The centrality of marriage to Jordanian political economy emerges vividly on these pages, as do the joys and frustrations of married life. It is a remarkable study, from start to finish."—Andrew Shryock, University of Michigan"In this compelling and illuminating account, Geoffrey Hughes vividly demonstrates the productivity of marriage as a lens through which to understand society. Engagingly written, nuanced and ethnographically rich, his rendition of houses, proposals and weddings in Jordan enlarges our comprehension of marriage's enduring significance-a tour de force."—Janet Carsten, University of EdinburghTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction: A Crisis of Marriage, A Crisis of Legitimacy?Part I: The House: Changing Conceptions of Property and Domestic Space1. The House2. The Housing MarketPart II: The Proposal: Making Persons and Other Moral Agents3. The Delegation4. The CourthousePart III: The Wedding: Privatizing Joys?5. The Feast6. The Chastity SocietyConclusion: Affection and MercyBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIf social, political, and material transformation is to have a lasting impact on individuals and society, it must be integrated within ordinary experience. This book examines the ways in which individuals' bodies, habits, environments, and abilities function as horizons that underpin their understandings of the ordinary.Trade ReviewIn the last decade alone, how many have perceived the "ordinary" has drastically shifted. September 11th, if it can be evoked without vulgar sentimentality, brought a fresh worldview to many around the globe, most significantly to Americans and those living in the occupied Middle East. In literary circles, Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking has caused more than a few thoughtful readers to consider that what we believe is pedestrian, everyday, and commonplace may instantly vanish. Even a high school student forced to read Kafka's The Metamorphosis has realized that in an instant, life can be radically altered. "Ordinary" is simply not as we believe it to be, and exists on a spectrum of experience we often fail to consider. Gail Weiss's deeply engaging Refiguring the Ordinary comes on the heels of a remarkable decade and at a time when authenticity seems to be quite a buzzword in a world of MySpace—a space you can personalize, show off the essence of who you are—and YouTube, which begs of you to "broadcast yourself." It's easy to understand the power of your own authenticity when we've all long been told that we—as feminists, women, oppressed minorities—have a right to our own voices and stories, that we are the ones who can best speak our truth to power. But what if authenticity itself is merely existentialism gone wrong, subjective judgments that still have little bearing on reality? How are we to be the judges of our own pure interpretations? —Refiguring the Ordinary repositions the ideas of existentialism and begins at a departure from the binary of the self and other in Western philosophy, arguing that perhaps this dichotomy is a lie. Weiss relies on a wide range of philosophers, from the rather anti-feminist Heidegger to Sartre to radical thinkers like Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler, one of the greatest living feminist philosophers of our time. Weiss's insistence to include a variety of perspectives is both a compliment to the intelligence of her assumed audience and a demonstration of her commitment to an inclusive academic investigation into the ordinary. Of particular interest to scholars and philosopher-activists alike is her entire section, multiple chapters, dedicated to deconstructing racist, classist, sexist, and otherwise oppressive behaviors often acted out of habit, cemented over time and difficult to name and alter, especially without the help of others. While a philosophy book that will surely end up in university courses, Weiss's pronouncements about the self, the other, and how we construct reality will no doubt contribute to feminist philosophical theory in a greater way. When taken with healthy doses of history as a foundation to understanding her work, Weiss's explanation and subsequent reshaping of the ordinary becomes quite digestible and even a bit delicious. This isn't a book for everyday leisure reading, but it is certainly recommended for any combination of curious philosopher, cross-disciplinary psychologist, radical feminist, and communication theorist among us. -- Brittany Shoot * Feminist Review *Weiss (George Washington Univ.) insightfully bridges phenomenology and critical theory in a way that leads to a mutual enrichment of the two fields. Her study renders hallmark phenomenological terms, such as "horizon" and "world," more concrete by insisting on the need to supplement their spatial and temporal aspects with the social and political determinations of the most ordinary human behavior, including perception and habituation. Concomitantly, Weiss not only constructs intricate phenomenological descriptions of experiences—ranging from life in the city to motherhood—but also suggests that the lived reality of oppression be understood on the model of sedimentation that sets rigid parameters for and normalizes the everyday modes of perceiving and understanding this reality. A carefully elaborated notion of indeterminacy, which pertains to any horizon or perceptual ground, is at work throughout the book, joining the stricture of sedimentation in a productive tension. Although the author does not endorse a naļve perspectivalism with its prescription to multiply one's horizons and standpoints in order to break free of sedimented experiences, she argues that the inherent indeterminacy of the ordinary itself, or the possibility of disruption it harbors, constitutes human experience. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. —ChoiceWeiss (George Washington Univ.) insightfully bridges phenomenology and critical theory in a way that leads to a mutual enrichment of the two fields. Her study renders hallmark phenomenological terms, such as "horizon" and "world," more concrete by insisting on the need to supplement their spatial and temporal aspects with the social and political determinations of the most ordinary human behavior, including perception and habituation. . . . Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers.February 2009 * Choice *While a philosophy book that will surely end up in university courses, Weiss's pronouncements about the self, the other, and how we construct reality will no doubt contribute to feminist philosophical theory in a greater way. When taken with healthy doses of history as a foundation to understanding her work, Weiss's explanation and subsequent reshaping of the ordinary becomes quite digestible and even a bit delicious. . . . [R]ecommended for any combination of curious philosopher, cross-disciplinary psychologist, radical feminist, and communication theorist among us.November 6, 2008 -- Brittany Shoot * Feminist Review *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Figuring the Ground1. Context and Perspective2. Ambiguity, Absurdity, and Reversibility: Three Responses to IndeterminacyPart 2. Narrative Horizons3. Reading/Writing between the Lines4. The Body as a Narrative HorizonPart 3. (Re)Grounding the Figure5. Can an Old Dog Learn New Tricks? Habitual Horizons in James, Bourdieu, and Merleau-Ponty6. Imagining the HorizonPart 4. Urban Perspectives7. City Limits8. Urban FleshPart 5. Constraining Horizons9. Death and the Other: Rethinking Authenticity10. Challenging Choices11. Mothers/Intellectuals: Alterities of a Dual IdentityNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAlva Myrdal, the scholarly partner and wife of Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal, was an innovative social scientist and thinker in her own right. She helped to lay the intellectual foundations of Sweden's social welfare state, pioneered educational innovations, and became an activist for human rights. This biography tells her story.Trade ReviewAn impressive gender drama and an equally striking picture of 20th-century women's history. -- Marianne Ekenbjorn * Sundsvalls Tidning *. . . Hirdman's account is a riveting psychological and emotional portrait of the Myrdal marriage. . . . Recommended. All levels/libraries.July 2009 * Choice *It's brilliant. A masterpiece. Read and tremble! -- Ulrika Knutson * Kulturnytt *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceChronologyPrologue1. The Child Prodigy2. Love by Letter3. The Two Cages4. Encounter with Reality5. Joie de Vivre6. The Firm—Social Engineering, Inc.7. A New Deal?8. A Human Dilemma9. Breeding Secret Dissatisfaction10. "Good God, what a challenge!"11. The Ambassador12. A Cause, Gunnar, a Cause!EpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis work looks at the appeal of Niagara Falls to the Americans as an icon of progress and technology. It was in the mid-1800s, when engineers "conquered" the Falls, that it captured the American imagination, and the transformation emerged as both a national shame and a symbol of modern America.Trade Review“The book does a splendid job of highlighting the interconnections among nature, technology, and culture. In addition to its clear prose and well-chosen illustrations, it engages the scholarly literature in a meaningful but understated manner. It is, in short, that rare kind of book that is well suited for a broad array of undergraduate courses, including those in environmental history, the history of technology, historical geography, American studies, and American history.”—American Historical Review“The New Niagara is a most valuable work of American cultural and environmental history.”—American Studies“The New Niagara takes a fresh look at the history of Niagara Falls and makes a major contribution to our understanding of the role the Falls has played in American culture.”—John F. Sears,author of Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century

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Book SynopsisCheng Chen examines this phenomenon in comparative perspective, showing that the different pathways of nation-building under Leninism affected the character of Leninist regimes and, later, the differential prospects for liberal democracy in the postcommunist era.Trade Review“The Prospects for Liberal Nationalism in Post-Leninist States is the first book to systematically compare the impact of Leninist legacies on postcommunist national identity. Chen’s main argument—that the fusion of indigenous Leninism and nationalism in Russia and China presents greater obstacles to the development of liberal nationalism than in comparable cases in Eastern Europe—represents a welcome reminder that the excessive concentration on the here and now in postcommunist studies has prevented us from adequately conceptualizing the impact of Leninist legacies on contemporary developments. A well-written, lucid, and thought-provoking book.”—Veljko Vujačić,Oberlin College“This is a compelling comparative study of communist regimes that succeeds in crossing some unhelpful but durable geographical and intellectual divides. In particular, Chen draws her cases from both Europe and Asia, and she accounts for types of nationalist development (liberal versus illiberal) by referring to variations in both ideology and the political-economic institutions of state socialism.”—Valerie Bunce,Cornell University“Cheng Chen’s study of liberal nationalism in postcommunist states is a path-breaking volume that analyzes with great erudition the important subject of the lingering legacies of Marxist-Leninism on postcommunist states.”—Taras Kuzio Perspectives on Politics“This is a valuable book because it appears just as the possible development of virulent nationalism in many post-Leninist states has taken on new urgency.”—Vanessa Rampton Europe-Asia Studies“The geographical scope of this book is truly exceptional. To sum up, the book is a great achievement and an important contribution to the studies of nationalism and processes of post-Leninist transformation.”—Stefan Auer Russian ReviewTable of ContentsContentsList of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Liberalism, Leninism, and the National Question 2. Russia: The Problem of Rising Extremism 3. China: Nationalism with Chinese Characteristics 4. Romania: Legacies of “National Stalinism” 5. Hungary: The Marginalization of Illiberal Nationalism Conclusion: The Prospects for Liberal Nationalism Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies.Trade Review"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." --Latin American Research Review

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Book SynopsisA timely window on the world of Middle Eastern cinema, this remarkable overview includes many essays that provide the first scholarly analysis of significant works by key filmmakers in the region.Table of Contents Preface: Creative Responses to Conflict, Josef Gugler Part 1: Regime Critics Confront Censorship in Iranian Cinema, Eric Egan The Hidden Half (Tahmineh Milani): Love, Idealism, and Politics, Fakhreddin Azimi Marriage of the Blessed (Mohsen Makhmalbaf): The Wounds of War and the Betrayal of the Revolution, Eric Egan Under the Skin of the City (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad): Under the Surface Contrasts, Rini Cobbey Stray Dogs (Marziyeh Meshkini): Cruelty and Humanity amid Hardship in Afghanistan, Eric Egan Part 2: Tolerated Parodies of Politics in Syrian Cinema, Lisa Wedeen The Dupes (Tawfik Saleh): Three Generations Uprooted from Palestine and Betrayed, Nadia Yaqub The Extras (Nabil Maleh): Lovers Suffer the Twin Repressions of Patriarchal Culture and a Police State, Josef Gugler Part 3: Lebanese Cinema and the Representation of War, Lina Khatib In the Shadows of the City (Jean Khalil Chamoun): Reconciling the Diverse Legacies of a Collective Memory, Edward Gibeau Part 4: Israeli Cinema Engaging the Conflict, Nurith Gertz and Yael Munk Kedma (Amos Gitai): The Birth of Two Nations at War in 1948, Nurith Gertz, Gal Hermoni, and Yael Munk Avanti popolo (Rafi Bukaee): Battle Cry of the Fallen, Judd Ne'eman and Yael Munk Part 5: A Chronicle of Palestinian Cinema, Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi Waiting (Rashid Masharawi): A Scattered People Waiting for a Shared Future, Nadia Yaqub Tale of the Three Jewels (Michel Khleifi): Children Living and Dreaming amid Violence in Gaza, Nurith Gertz and George Khleifi Paradise Now (Hany Abu-Assad): Narrating a Failed Politics, Nadia Yaqub Part 6: Political Film in Egypt, Walter Armbrust Destiny (Youssef Chahine): Liberal and Fundamentalist Islam Clash amid the Splendor of Twelfth-Century Andalusia, Josef Gugler Closed Doors (Atef Hetata): The Attractions of Fundamentalism, Josef Gugler and Kim Jensen Part 7: Cinema and State in Tunisia, Florence Martin Bedwin Hacker (Nadia El Fani): A Hacker Challenges Western Domination of the Global Media, Josef Gugler Part 8: From State Production to Cinéma d'Auteur in Algeria, Roy Armes Days of Glory (Rachid Bouchareb): Another Vision of French History, Olivier Barlet Hamlet of Women (Mohamed Chouikh): Village Chronicles from a Time of Terrorism, Denise Brahimi Part 9: Morocco: A National Cinema with Large Ambitions, Kevin Dwyer Ali Zaoua, Prince of the Streets (Nabil Ayouch): The Harsh Life of Street Children and the Poetics of Childhood, Josef Gugler Contributors Film Index Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe newest volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American studies.Trade Review"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." - Latin American Research Review

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Book SynopsisChallenges conventional understandings of 'solving' environmental problems and offers a radically new set of strategies to attain sustainability. This book identifies problematic cultural attributes, such as the unending consumption that characterizes modern life, and outlines practical steps toward developing sustainability as a mindset.Trade Review"'Sustainability by Design, authored by John Ehrenfeld, may be and certainly should be one of the most important books of the 21st century.' Janice Pryor, Host of WUMB's, The Commonwealth Journal 'Ehrenfeld presents a unique perspective on the subject of sustainability that needs to be taken seriously by anyone who claims to talk about the subject.' H. Thomas Johnson, Portland State University"

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Book SynopsisA surprising assessment of the ways that virtual worlds are entangled with human psychologyTrade Review"Nick Yee is responsible for the most thoughtful work on the psychology of avatars and gaming in the past 15 years. He also has a rare gift for writing compelling prose."—Jeremy Bailenson, author of Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution -- Jeremy Bailenson“Yee's breathtaking look at the psychology underpinning virtual worlds is packed with warnings, hopes, dreams, and dangers, all supported by original research. An astonishing tour de force.”—Richard A. Bartle, author of Designing Virtual Worlds -- Richard A. Bartle"This fascinating book proves virtual worlds are excellent laboratories for discovering truths about superstition and ethnic prejudice, love and friendship amidst conflict, and the quest for freedom in an unequal society."—William Sims Bainbridge, author of The Warcraft Civilization and eGods -- William Sims Bainbridge“Our avatars are not exactly ourselves, but we do import an awful lot of the real world into our virtual worlds. Yee has mapped the boundaries of our virtual selves for years. With this book, he’s gathered that research into a lucid and informative package. Highly recommended for anyone who has ever spent time as an online persona.”—Raph Koster, lead designer Ultima Online and author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design -- Raph Koster“Yee practically invented the study of online player psychology. With his lively wit and rigorous methodologies, he has once again made the complex understandable, the bizarre normal, and the scientific fun.”—Dmitri Williams, University of Southern California and CEO Ninja Metrics -- Dmitri Williams"With clarity, insight, and above all hard experimental data, Yee has written what may be the last word on the tantalizing promise of virtual worlds. A must-read for social theorists and game designers alike."—Julian Dibbell, author of Play Money: Or How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot -- Julian Dibbell“Based on surveys, experiments, and observations of thousands of players, Yee’s work offers compelling evidence that digital experiences shape us—and not always as we might expect or hope. If you want to know more about the consequences of spending time in a virtual world, you need to read this thought-provoking book.”—Mia Consalvo, author of Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames -- Mia Consalvo"This is a terrific read based on solid research, logic and inferences--a must for anyone interested in our growing digital universe and culture."—Jim Blascovich, author of Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution -- Jim Blascovich“Nick Yee’s fascinating new book on the human relationship to online games uses years of exhaustive studies to calmly debunk some of the persistent myths about online games.”—Leigh Alexander, The Columbia Journalism Review -- Leigh Alexander * Columbia Journalism Review *“It is often difficult to find a textbook suitable for undergraduates wanting to know more about video games and virtual worlds. Some texts are scientifically rigorous but lead the readers through a labyrinth of difficult prose, whereas some texts are ‘soft’ and easy to follow but lack the scientific rigor. Yee's book is a perfect balance of both. Based on over a decade's expertise in video games and how they influence players' attitudes and behaviors, Yee presents a multifaceted, up-to-date discussion of how game players think and why they are motivated to invest so many hours immersed in virtual worlds.”—Sun Joo Ahn, Grady College, University of Georgia -- Sun Joo Ahn“It is the most important, challenging, and accessible study yet conducted on the rich, sprawling culture the players have built. It is also a fine way for nonplayers to learn what gamers actually do.”—Reason Magazine * Reason Magazine *

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Book SynopsisA sweeping and highly readable work on the evolution of America's domestic and global drug war How can the United States chart a path forward in the war on drugs? In Drugs and Thugs, Russell Crandall uncovers the full history of this war that has lasted more than a century. As a scholar and a high-level national security advisor to both the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, he provides an essential view of the economic, political, and human impacts of U.S. drug policies. Backed by extensive research, lucid and unbiased analysis of policy, and his own personal experiences, Crandall takes readers from Afghanistan to Colombia, to Peru and Mexico, to Miami International Airport and the border crossing between El Paso and Juarez to trace the complex social networks that make up the drug trade and drug consumption. Through historically driven stories, Crandall reveals how the war on drugs has evolved to address mass incarceration, the opioid epidemic, the legalization and medical useTrade Review“Densely and colorfully detailed as well as politically informed and astute. Crandall’s writing throughout is knowing and witty. His candid policy assessment is both forceful and nuanced.” —Jonathan Stevenson, Senior Fellow for US Defense at the International Institute for Strategic Studies“The national challenge of substance abuse disorder fueled by opioids has thrust the Drug War back into the newspapers and onto policymaking agendas. Drugs and Thugs distills the decades of experience and hard lessons learned into remarkably readable and endlessly informative fashion. This is required reading.”—Denis McDonough, former White House Chief of Staff, Notre Dame University“Russell Crandall is one of our sharpest scholars of the U.S.-Latin America relationship. In this book, he tackles complex and controversial subjects, and his conclusions will be sure to provoke people on all sides of the debate. But this book is essential precisely because it challenges so many common conceptions about America's War on Drugs.”—Hal Brands, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Handsome design, generous illustration and well-communicated content.”—David Wilcox, Costume“In this excellent book . . . Hayward departs from previous scholarship to focus specifically on the Stuart kings. This technique allows her to illustrate the distinct differences of Scottish fashions, which otherwise might become lost in an overall British perspective.”—Michael Ballard Ramsey, Journal of Dress History“[Hayward] has found an amazing wealth of information on all topics relating to clothing and textiles. . . . She writes with clarity and a firm grasp of her sources. This is a book to be enjoyed by both the scholar and the lay reader, and the illustrations are wonderful, many of the paintings never before used in any book.”—Naomi E A Tarrant, Costume“This lively account, deeply researched and full of rich visual and material references, is a welcome addition to Stuart scholarship, and sets the standard for work on cultural and political histories of dress.”—Sophie Pitman, Cultural and Social HistoryShortlisted for the 2021 Association of Dress Historians Book of the YearWinner of the 2021 Scottish History Book of the Year by the Saltire Society

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Book SynopsisKant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. Offers a critical analysis of Kant's ethics, interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses Examines the controversies surrounding the most important ethical discussions taking place today, including abortion, the death penalty, and same-sex marriage Joins innovative thinkers in contemporary Kantian scholarship, including Christine Korsgaard, Allen Wood, and Barbara Herman, in taking Kant's philosophy in new and interesting directions Clarifies Kant''s legacy for applied ethics, helping us to understand how these debates have been structured historically and providing us with the philosophical tools to address them Trade Review“This is a competent, clear, and evenhanded assessment of the relevance of Kant’s thought for current moral debates. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (Choice, 1 October 2012) “Kant and Applied Ethics is a stimulating attempt to assess the relevance of Kantian theory for contemporary moral problems. Kantian moral philosophers will find much to disagree with, but there is no doubt that the book raises important puzzles for Kantian moral theory. Those unpersuaded by Kantian theory may find ammunition to use against Kantianism. Those who wish to defend Kant's theory may find a helpful formulation of some serious challenges to Kant's moral philosophy.” (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, 30 June 2012) Table of ContentsPreface vi Note on Sources and Key to Abbreviations viii Introduction: Why Kant Now 1 Part I. Applying Kant’s Ethics 11 1. Animal Suffering and Moral Character 13 2. Kant’s Strategic Importance for Environmental Ethics 45 3. Moral and Legal Arguments for Universal Health Care 71 4. The Scope of Patient Autonomy 90 Part II. Kantian Arguments against Kant’s Conclusions 115 5. Subjecting Ourselves to Capital Punishment 117 6. Same-Sex Marriage as a Means to Mutual Respect 139 Part III. Limitations of Kant’s Theory 165 7. Consent, Mail-Order Brides, and the Marriage Contract 167 8. Individual Maxims and Social Justice 194 9. The Decomposition of the Corporate Body 217 10. Becoming a Person 241 Conclusion: Emerging from Kant’s Long Shadow 283 Bibliography 289 Index 311

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Book SynopsisRevised and updated with a special emphasis on innovations in social media, the second edition of Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks stands as the most popular and highly acclaimed anthology in the dynamic and multidisciplinary field of cultural studies. Features several new readings with a special emphasis on topics relating to new media, social networking, feminist media theory, and globalization Includes updated introductory editorials and enhanced treatment of social media such as Twitter and YouTube New contributors include Janice Radway, Patricia Hill-Collins, Leah A. Lievrouw, Danah M. Boyd, Nicole B. Ellison, and Gloria Anzaldúa Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition ix About the Editors xi Adventures in Media and Cultural Studies: Introducing the KeyWorks 1Douglas M. Kellner and Meenakshi Gigi Durham Part I: Culture, Ideology, and Hegemony Introduction to Part I 27 1 The Ruling Class and the Ruling Ideas 31Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 2 (i) History of the Subaltern Classes; (ii) The Concept of “Ideology”; (iii) Cultural Themes: Ideological Material 34Antonio Gramsci 3 The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction 37Walter Benjamin 4 The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception 53Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno 5 The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article 75Jurgen Habermas 6 Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes Towards an Investigation) 80Louis Althusser Part II: Social Life and Cultural Studies Introduction to Part II 89 7 (i) Operation Margarine; (ii) Myth Today 95Roland Barthes 8 The Medium is the Message 100Marshall McLuhan 9 The Commodity as Spectacle 107Guy Debord 10 Introduction: Instructions on How to Become a General in the Disneyland Club 110Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart 11 Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory 115Raymond Williams 12 (i) From Culture to Hegemony; (ii) Subculture: The Unnatural Break 124Dick Hebdige 13 Encoding/Decoding 137Stuart Hall 14 On the Politics of Empirical Audience Research 145Ien Ang Part III: Political Economy Introduction to Part III 163 15 Contribution to a Political Economy of Mass-Communication 166Nicholas Garnham 16 On the Audience Commodity and its Work 185Dallas W. Smythe 17 A Propaganda Model 204Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky 18 Not Yet the Post-Imperialist Era 231Herbert I. Schiller 19 Gendering the Commodity Audience: Critical Media Research, Feminism, and Political Economy 242Eileen R. Meehan 20 (i) Introduction; (ii) The Aristocracy of Culture 249Pierre Bourdieu 21 On Television 253Pierre Bourdieu Part IV: The Politics of Representation Introduction to Part IV 263 22 Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema 267Laura Mulvey 23 Stereotyping 275Richard Dyer 24 The Readers and their Romances 283Janice Radway 25 Eating the Other: Desire and Resistance 308bell hooks 26 Booty Call: Sex, Violence, and Images of Black Masculinity 318Patricia Hill-Collins 27 British Cultural Studies and the Pitfalls of Identity 337Paul Gilroy 28 Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses 347Chandra Talpade Mohanty 29 Hybrid Cultures, Oblique Powers 365Nestor Garcıa Canclini Part V: The Postmodern Turn, New Media and Social Networking Introduction to Part V 383 30 The Precession of Simulacra 388Jean Baudrillard 31 Postmodernism, or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism 407Fredric Jameson 32 Feminism, Postmodernism and the “Real Me” 433Angela McRobbie 33 Postmodern Virtualities 442Mark Poster 34 Quentin Tarantino’s Star Wars?: Digital Cinema, Media Convergence, and Participatory Culture 452Henry Jenkins 35 Alternative and Activist New Media: A Genre Framework 471Leah A. Lievrouw 36 Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship 491d. m. boyd and N. B. Ellison Part VI: Globalization and Social MovementsIntroduction to Part VI 507 37 Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy 511Arjun Appadurai 38 The Global and the Local in International Communications 524Annabelle Sreberny 39 The Homeland/Aztlan 539Gloria Anzaldua 40 The Processes: From Nationalisms to Transnationalisms 545Jesus Martın-Barbero 41 Globalization as Hybridization 567Jan Nederveen Pieterse 42 (Re)Asserting National Television and National Identity Against the Global, Regional, and Local Levels of World Television 582Joseph Straubhaar 43 Oppositional Politics and the Internet: A Critical/Reconstructive Approach 597Richard Kahn and Douglas M. Kellner Acknowledgments 615 Index 619

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Latina/o Studies is a collection of 40 original essays written by leading scholars in the field, dedicated to exploring the question of what 'Latino/a' is.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Editors’ Foreword xxi Acknowledgments xxvii Part I Latinidades 1 Marks of the Chicana Corpus: An Intervention in the Universality Debate 3 Helena María Viramontes 2 The New Latin Nation: Immigration and the Hispanic Population of the United States 15 Alejandro Portes 3 “Dime con quién hablas, y te diré quién eres”: Linguistic (In)security and Latina/o Unity 25 Ana Celia Zentella 4 (Re)constructing Latinidad: The Challenge of Latina/o Studies 39 Frances R. Aparicio 5 The Name Game: Locating Latinas/os, Latins, and Latin Americans in the US Popular Music Landscape 49 Deborah Pacini Hernández 6 Cuando Dios y Usted Quiere: Latina/o Studies Between Religious Powers and Social Thought 60 David Carrasco 7 Latina/o Cultural Expressions: A View of US Society Through the Eyes of the Subaltern 77 Edna Acosta-Belén Part II Actos: Critical Practices 8 José Limón, the Devil and the Dance 93 José E. Limón 9 The Everyday Civil War: Migrant Labor, Capital, and Latina/o Studies 105 Nicholas De Genova 10 The Powers of Women’s Words: Oral Tradition and Performance Art 116 Yolanda Broyles-González 11 Language and Other Lethal Weapons: Cultural Politics and the Rites of Children as Translators of Culture 126 Antonia I. Castañeda 12 Looking for Papi: Longing and Desire Among Chicano Gay Men 138 Tomás Almaguer 13 On Becoming 151 Nelly Rosario Part III Vidas: Herstories/Histories 14 Of Heretics and Interlopers 159 Arturo Madrid 15 Coloring Class: Racial Constructions in Twentieth-Century Chicana/o Historiography 169 Vicki L. Ruiz 16 “El Louie” by José Montoya: An Appreciation 180 Raúl Villa 17 Preservation Matters: Research, Community, and the Archive 185 Chon A. Noriega 18 The Star in My Compass 194 Virginia Sánchez Korrol 19 “Y Que Pasara Con Jovenes Como Miguel Fernández?” Education, Immigration, and the Future of Latinas/os in the United States 202 Pedro A. Noguera Part IV En la lucha: Sites of Struggle 20 Latinas/os and the Elusive Quest for Equal Education 217 Sonia Nieto 21 The Moral Monster: Hispanics Recasting Honor and Respectability Behind Bars 229 Patricia Fernández-Kelly 22 A Rebellious Philosophy Born in East LA 240 Gerald P. López 23 Latinas/os at the Threshold of the Information Age: Telecommunications Challenges and Opportunities 251 Jorge Reina Schement 24 Conceptualizing the Latina Experience in Care Work 264 Mary Romero 25 Surviving AIDS in an Uneven World: Latina/o Studies for a Brown Epidemic 276 Carlos Ulises Decena 26 Post-Movimiento: The Contemporary (Re)Generation of Chicana(o) Art 289 Tomás Ybarra-Frausto 27 “God Bless the Law, He Is White”: Legal, Local, and International Politics of Latina/o and Black Desegregation Cases in Post-World War II California and Texas 297 Neil Foley Part V Mestizaje: Revisiting Race 28 Latinas/os and the Mestizo Racial Heritage of Mexican Americans 313 Martha Menchaca 29 Looking at that Middle Ground: Racial Mixing as Panacea? 325 Miriam Jiménez Román 30 Color Matters: Latina/o Racial Identities and Life Chances 337 Ginetta E. B. Candelario 31 Between Blackness and Latinidad in the Hip Hop Zone 351 Raquel Z. Rivera 32 Afro-Latinas/os and the Racial Wall 363 Silvio Torres-Saillant 33 The (W)rite to Remember: Indígena as Scribe 2004–5 (an excerpt) 376 Cherríe Moraga Part VI Identidades: Producing Subjectivities 34 “How I Learned To Love Salseros When My Hair Was A Mess” by Edwin Torres: A Comment 393 Edwin Torres 35 Reflections on Thirty Years of Critical Practice in Chicana/o Cultural Studies 397 Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano 36 Social Aesthetics and the Transnational Imaginary 406 Ramón Saldívar 37 The Taíno Identity Movement Among Caribbean Latinas/os in the United States 417 Gabriel Haslip-Viera 38 Looking Good 427 Frances Negrón-Muntaner 39 “Chico, what does it feel like to be a problem?” The Transmission of Brownness 441 José Esteban Muñoz 40 “Fantasy Heritage”: Tracking Latina Bloodlines 452 Rosa Linda Fregoso Part VII En El Mundo: Transnational Connections 41 Latinas/os and Latin America: Topics, Destinies, Disciplines 461 Román de la Campa 42 Latinas/os and the (Re)racializing of US Society and Politics 469 Suzanne Oboler 43 Refugees or Economic Immigrants? Immigration from Latin America and the Politics of US Refugee Policy 480 María Cristina García 44 Inter-American Ethnography: Tracking Salvadoran Transnationality at the Borders of Latina/o and Latin American Studies 492 Elana Zilberg 45 From the Borderlands to the Transnational? Critiquing Empire in the Twenty-First Century 502 María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo Index 513

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Book SynopsisGathering together the insights of leading media scholars and practitioners, 28 original chapters map the field of authorship in a cutting-edge, multi-perspectival, and truly authoritative manner. The contributors develop new and innovative ways of thinking about the practices, attributions, and meanings of authorship.Trade Review“All in all, an engaging examination of the multiple dimensions of authorship in the 21st century. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 December 2013)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix 1 Introduction: The Problem of Media Authorship 1Derek Johnson and Jonathan Gray Part I Theorizing and Historicizing Authorship 2 Authorship and the Narrative of the Self 23John Hartley 3 The Return of the Author: Ethos and Identity Politics 48Kristina Busse 4 Making Music: Copyright Law and Creative Processes 69Olufunmilayo B. Arewa 5 When is the Author? 88Jonathan Gray 6 Hidden Hands at Work: Authorship, the Intentional Flux, and the Dynamics of Collaboration 112Colin Burnett Part II Contesting Authorship 7 Participation is Magic: Collaboration, Authorial Legitimacy, and the Audience Function 135Derek Johnson 8 Telling Whose Stories? Re-examining Author Agency in Self-Representational Media in the Slums of Nairobi 158Brian Ekdale 9 Never Ending Story: Authorship, Seriality, and the Radio Writers Guild 181Michele Hilmes 10 From Chris Chibnall to Fox: Torchwood’s Marginalized Authors and Counter-Discourses of TV Authorship 200Matt Hills 11 Comics, Creators, and Copyright: On the Ownership of Serial Narratives by Multiple Authors 221Ian Gordon Part III Industrializing Authorship 12 ‘‘Benny Hill Theatre’’: ‘‘Race,’’ Commodification, and the Politics of Representation 239Anamik Saha 13 Cynical Authorship and the Hong Kong Studio System: Li Hanxiang and His Shaw Brothers Erotic Films 257Stephen Teo 14 The Authorial Function of the Television Channel: Augmentation and Identity 275Catherine Johnson 15 The Mouse House of Cards: Disney Tween Stars and Questions of Institutional Authorship 296Lindsay Hogan 16 Transmedia Architectures of Creation: An Interview with Ivan Askwith 314Jonathan Gray 17 Dubbing the Noise: Square Enix and Corporate Creation of Videogames 324Mia Consalvo Part IV Expanding Authorship 18 Authorship Below-the-Line 349John T. Caldwell 19 Production Design and the Invisible Arts of Seeing 370David Brisbin 20 Scoring Authorship: An Interview with Bear McCreary 391Derek Johnson 21 #Bowdown to Your New God: Misha Collins and Decentered Authorship in the Digital Age 403Louisa Ellen Stein 22 Collaboration and Co-Creation in Networked Environments: An Interview with Molly Wright Steenson 426Megan Sapnar Ankerson 23 Dawn of the Undead Author: Fanboy Auteurism and Zack Snyder’s ‘‘Vision’’ 440Suzanne Scott Part V Relocating Authorship 24 Authoring Hype in Bollywood 465Aswin Punathambekar 25 Auteurs at the Video Store 485Daniel Herbert 26 Authorship and the State: Narcocorridos in Mexico and the New Aesthetics of Nation 506Hector Amaya 27 Scripting Kinshasa’s Teleserials: Reflections on Authorship, Creativity, and Ownership 525Katrien Pype 28 ‘‘We Never Do Anything Alone’’: An Interview on Academic Authorship with Kathleen Fitzpatrick 544Jonathan Gray and Derek Johnson Index 551

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Book SynopsisAn ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing field, and our orientation to it.Table of Contents1. The History and Future of Ideas 1 2. Cultural Studies, Creative Industries, and Cultural Science 27 3. Journalism and Popular Culture 59 4. The Distribution of Public Thought 94 5. Television Goes Online 117 6. Silly Citizenship 133 7. The Probability Archive 155 8. Messaging as Identity 176 9. Paradigm Shifters: Tricksters and Cultural Science 199 References 215 Acknowledgments 236 Index 238

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Book SynopsisAn ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing field, and our orientation to it.Table of Contents1. The History and Future of Ideas 1 2. Cultural Studies, Creative Industries, and Cultural Science 27 3. Journalism and Popular Culture 59 4. The Distribution of Public Thought 94 5. Television Goes Online 117 6. Silly Citizenship 133 7. The Probability Archive 155 8. Messaging as Identity 176 9. Paradigm Shifters: Tricksters and Cultural Science 199 References 215 Acknowledgments 236 Index 238

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film presents a collection of original essays that explore major issues surrounding the state of current documentary films and their capacity to inspire and effect change.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction: A World Encountered 1 Alexandra Juhasz and Alisa Lebow Part I Planet 19 Juan Francisco Salazar Introduction 21 Juan Francisco Salazar 1 Crude Aesthetics: The Politics of Oil Documentaries 28 Imre Szeman 2 Anticipatory Modes of Futuring Planetary Change in Documentary Film 43 Juan Francisco Salazar 3 Projecting Sea Level Rise: Documentary Film and Other Geolocative Technologies 61 Janet Walker Part II Migration 87 Anikó Imre Introduction 89 Anikó Imre 4 Videogeographies 92 Ursula Biemann 5 Rates of Exchange: Human Trafficking and the Global Marketplace 108 Leshu Torchin 6 Documenting What? Auto-Theory and Migratory Aesthetics 124 Mieke Bal Part III Work 145 Silke Panse Introduction 147 Silke Panse 7 The Work of the Documentary Protagonist: The Material Labor of Aesthetics 155 Silke Panse 8 Old School Capitalism in Post-Socialism: The Struggles of ?elimir ?ilnik’s Workers 176 Ewa Mazierska 9 Capturing the Labors of Sex Work: The Pedagogical Role of Documentary Film 191 Anna E. Ward Part IV Sex 209 Laura Hyun Yi Kang Introduction 211 Laura Hyun Yi Kang 10 Documentary Practice and Transnational Feminist Theory: The Visibility of FGC 217 Patricia White 11 Transforming Terror: Documentary Poetics in Lourdes Portillo’s Señorita Extraviada (2001) 233 Rosa-Linda Fregoso 12 Reading Realness: Paris Is Burning, Wildness, and Queer and Transgender Documentary Practice 252 Eve Oishi Part V Virus 271 Bishnupriya Ghosh Introduction 273 Bishnupriya Ghosh 13 Animating Informatics: Scientific Discovery Through Documentary Film 280 Kirsten Ostherr 14 HIV on Documentary Television in Post-Apartheid South Africa 298 Rebecca Hodes 15 Digital AIDS Documentary: Webs, Rooms, Viruses, and Quilts 314 Alexandra Juhasz Part VI Religion 335 Alexandra Juhasz and Alisa Lebow Introduction 337 Alexandra Juhasz and Alisa Lebow 16 Rising in the East, Sett(l)ing in the West: The Emergence of Buddhism as Contemporary Documentary Subject 341 Angelica Fenner 17 The New Religious Wave in Israeli Documentary Cinema: Negotiating Jewish Fundamentalism During the Second Intifada 366 Raya Morag 18 Tran Van Thuy’s Story of Kindness: Spirituality and Political Discourse 384 Dean Wilson Part VII War 401 Jeffrey Skoller Introduction 403 Jeffrey Skoller 19 Second Thoughts on “The Production of Outrage: The Iraq War and the Radical Documentary Tradition” 410 Jane M. Gaines 20 One, Two, Three Montages … Harun Farocki’s War Documentaries 431 Nora M. Alter 21 The Unwar Film 454 Alisa Lebow Part VIII Torture 475 Alisa Lebow Introduction 477 Alisa Lebow 22 (In)visible Evidence: The Representability of Torture 482 Susana de Sousa Dias 23 Interviewing the Devil: Interrogating Masters of the Cambodian Genocide 506 Deirdre Boyle 24 The Female Perpetrator: La Flaca Alejandra and Operation Atropos 524 Macarena Gómez-Barris 25 Toward the Dark Side: Seeing Detainee Bodies in Documentary Film 536 Anjali Nath Part IX Surveillance 557 Elizabeth Cowie Introduction 559 Elizabeth Cowie 26 Architectures of Control and Points of Resistance: Surveillance Culture and Digital Documentaries 566 Sharon Lin Tay 27 The World Viewed: Documentary Observing and the Culture of Surveillance 580 Elizabeth Cowie 28 Surveillance in the Service of Narrative 611 Brian Winston 29 Face Blind: Documentary Media and Subversion of Surveillance 629 Patrik Sjöberg Index 647

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Book SynopsisFuture Families explores the variety of family forms which characterize our contemporary culture, while addressing the implications of these increasingly diverse family units on child development. Reveals the diversity of new family forms based on the most current research on fathers, same-gender parents, new reproductive technologies, and immigrant families Illustrates that children and adults can thrive in a variety of non-traditional family forms Shows the interrelatedness of new trends in family organization through the common themes of embedded families and caregiving in community and cultural contexts Features an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from works in areas that include child development, family studies, sociology, cross-cultural scholarship, ethnic studies, biology, neuroscience, anthropology and even architecture Sets an agenda for future research in the area of families by identifying important gaps in our kTrade ReviewLink to review in Issuu.com - Winter 2014 “The book is best thought of as a stimulus to new conversations about our conception of families and an exploration of the implications of changing family forms for children’s development.” (Society for Research in Child Development, 1 January 2014) Table of ContentsPreface vi Acknowledgments ix About the Author xi 1 Challenges to the Ideal Family Form 1 2 Changing Parental Roles: The Sharing and Redistribution of Family Responsibility in Contemporary Families 25 3 Further Assaults on the “Ideal” Family Form: Divorce, Remarriage, Single Parenthood, and Cohabitation 55 4 Same-Gender Families: Are Two Mothers or Fathers Good Enough? 84 5 How Many “Parents” Are Too Many? Insights from the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Front 111 6 Many Mothers, Many Fathers, Many Others: Insights from Other Cultures 141 7 All about Relatives and Fictive Relatives: Insights from Diverse Ethnic Groups in Our Own Culture (Past and Present) 160 8 Multiple Caregivers: Harmful or Helpful for Caregivers Themselves 191 9 In Support of Alternative Family Forms: Overcoming the Barriers to Change 209 References 243 Index 292

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Book SynopsisPresents an inventory of the methods developed in the study of international organizations (IOs) under the headings of Observing, Interviewing, Documenting, Measuring and Combining. The book creates a space for scholars in different academic traditions to reflect on methodological choices and the way they impact knowledge production on IOs.Trade ReviewThis book is original and innovative, as it is the first companion to provide a broad and thoughtful inventory of research methods used in the social sciences and humanities to understand what international organizations are and what they do: so very helpful!" - Bob Reinalda, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands"International Organizations and Research Methods fills a gaping hole in the IO literature and will be particularly valuable to graduate students and IO researchers with its diversity of methods and authors covering a range of UN specialized agencies and IOs in different issue areas and regions. The book's introduction provides a very useful overview of what the book aims to do and not do and how the editors define methods as a reflexive part of the research process. The innovative use of boxes is a great way to present specific tools and ‘tricks,’ including interviewing in a foreign language and analyzing tweets." - Margaret Karns, University of Massachusetts BostonTable of Contents INTRODUCTION. Rethinking Methods of Investigation and International Organizations Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens PART 1. OBSERVING Introduction: Observing Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 1. Direct Observation Kari De Pryck and Svenja Rauch Box a. Observing Spatial Practices Fiona McConnell Box b. Digital Observation MÉlanie Albaret Chapter 2. Participant Observation Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Box c. Multipositionality Simon Tordjman Box d. Carnal Sociology Julie Patarin-Jossec Box e. Exiting Fieldwork FrÉdÉric MÉrand Chapter 3. Ethnographic Interviews Leah R. Kimber and Emilie Dairon Box f. Reversed Photo-Elicitation Leah R. Kimber Interlude I. Frictions of Distance and Proximity. Observing IOs in Action Birgit MÜller PART 2. INTERVIEWING Introduction: Interviewing Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 4. Surveys Clara Egger and Monique J. Beerli Box g. Languages and Interviews James Worrall Box h. Focus Groups Marie Saiget Chapter 5. Semi-Structured Interviews MÉlanie Albaret and Joan Deas Box i. Interviewing “Beneficiaries” Lucie Laplace Box j. Asymetrical interviews Emilie Dairon Chapter 6. Biographic Interviews Monique J. Beerli Box k. Online Interviews Leah R. Kimber Interlude II. Controversies in Interview Research Annabelle Littoz-Monnet PART 3. DOCUMENTING Introduction: Documenting Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 7. Legal Research Ian Hurd Chapter 8. Archives Ellen J. Ravndal Box l. Visual Archives ValÉrie Gorin Chapter 9. Visual Methods ValÉrie Gorin Box m. Analyzing Maps BenoÎt Martin Box n. Branding Analysis Stefan Tschauko Box o. Artifact Analysis Julian Eckl Chapter 10. Document Analysis: a praxiographic approach Christian Bueger Box p. Semiology of Websites Camille Rondot Box q. Analyzing Tweets Matthias Hofferberth Chapter 11. Discourse Analysis Audrey Alejandro, Marion Laurence and Lucile Maertens Box r. Studying Ideas Olivier Nay Chapter 12. Statistics and Quantification Roser CussÓ and Laure Piguet Box s. Analyzing Charts, Infographics and Dataviz BenoÎt Martin Chapter 13. Budget Analysis Svanhildur Thorvaldsdottir and Ronny Patz Interlude III. What IOs Talk about When They Talk about Themselves, and How They Do It Davide Rodogno PART 4. MEASURING Introduction: Measuring Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 14. Voting Analysis Erik Voeten Chapter 15. Statistical Analyses with IO Data Fabien Cottier and Heidrun Bohnet Box t. Navigating Human Resource Statistics Fanny Badache Chapter 16. Large-N Data and Quantitative Analyses Charles B. Roger Chapter 17. Computerized Text Analysis Mor Mitrani and Inbar Noy Chapter 18. Multiple Correspondence Analysis Constantin Brissaud Box u. Building Databases on Individuals Kseniya Oksamytna Chapter 19. Social Network Analysis Anna-Luise ChanÉ Interlude IV. Challenging IOs through Numbers Simon Hug PART 5. COMBINING Introduction: Combining Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 20. Interviews and Observations Kari De Pryck Box v. Challenging Secrecy Olivier Schmitt Chapter 21. Observation, Interviews and Archives Marieke Louis Chapter 22. Computational Text Analysis and Archival Methods Evan Easton-Calabria and William Allen Chapter 23. Qualitative Comparative Analysis Ryan Federo Chapter 24. Structured, Focused Comparison Vytautas Jankauskas, Steffen Eckhard and JÖrn Ege Chapter 25. Process Tracing Svenja Rauch Chapter 26. Prosopography Aykiz Dogan and FrÉdÉric Lebaron Box w. Research with LinkedIn Monique J. Beerli Chapter 27. Practice Analysis Vincent Pouliot Chapter 28. Feminist Approaches Georgina Holmes Box x. Postcolonial Insights Soumita Basu Box y. Reflexivity in Practice Audrey Alejandro Chapter 29. Composing Collages: Working at the Edge of Disciplinary Boundaries Anna Leander Box z. Expeditions as a Research Method Doaa Abdel-Motaal Interlude V. Controversies on Methodological Pluralism J. Samuel Barkin

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Book SynopsisOffers a concise, accessible introduction to discourse analysis in the social sciences. A vital resource for students and scholars alike, Undertaking Discourse Analysis for Social Research combines a theoretical and conceptual review with a “how-to” guide for using the method.Trade ReviewThis is quite simply the best introductory overview of how to actually ‘do’ discourse analysis I know of. Spanning the distance between analytical and critical methodology, poststructural theory, and concrete steps for gathering and evaluating relevant data, Dunn and Neumann have filled an important gap in the literature for students of discourse analysis at every level.”— Patrick Thaddeus Jackson, American University""In this concise, well-written, impressively researched text, Dunn and Neumann provide a badly needed resource for the social sciences: a discourse analysis methods book with instructions, examples, and substantive analysis. This text makes discourse analysis in the field accessible, and provides a guide not only to doing it but also to understanding it. An impressive accomplishment!”— Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida""An appropriate and useful source for both graduate and postgraduate courses on qualitative research methodology as well as for introduction to specialized courses on discourse analysis.”— Milena Komarova, Queen’s University Belfast""Whether it is undergraduate, postgraduate, or doctoral research, this book will be an invaluable guide to the conduct of discourse-theoretical analysis in the social sciences.”— Laura J. Shepherd, UNSW Australia

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Book SynopsisMethodologies for the study of International organizationsTrade ReviewThis book is original and innovative, as it is the first companion to provide a broad and thoughtful inventory of research methods used in the social sciences and humanities to understand what international organizations are and what they do: so very helpful!" - Bob Reinalda, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands"International Organizations and Research Methods fills a gaping hole in the IO literature and will be particularly valuable to graduate students and IO researchers with its diversity of methods and authors covering a range of UN specialized agencies and IOs in different issue areas and regions. The book's introduction provides a very useful overview of what the book aims to do and not do and how the editors define methods as a reflexive part of the research process. The innovative use of boxes is a great way to present specific tools and ‘tricks,’ including interviewing in a foreign language and analyzing tweets." - Margaret Karns, University of Massachusetts BostonTable of Contents INTRODUCTION. Rethinking Methods of Investigation and International Organizations Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens PART 1. OBSERVING Introduction: Observing Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 1. Direct Observation Kari De Pryck and Svenja Rauch Box a. Observing Spatial Practices Fiona McConnell Box b. Digital Observation MÉlanie Albaret Chapter 2. Participant Observation Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Box c. Multipositionality Simon Tordjman Box d. Carnal Sociology Julie Patarin-Jossec Box e. Exiting Fieldwork FrÉdÉric MÉrand Chapter 3. Ethnographic Interviews Leah R. Kimber and Emilie Dairon Box f. Reversed Photo-Elicitation Leah R. Kimber Interlude I. Frictions of Distance and Proximity. Observing IOs in Action Birgit MÜller PART 2. INTERVIEWING Introduction: Interviewing Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 4. Surveys Clara Egger and Monique J. Beerli Box g. Languages and Interviews James Worrall Box h. Focus Groups Marie Saiget Chapter 5. Semi-Structured Interviews MÉlanie Albaret and Joan Deas Box i. Interviewing “Beneficiaries” Lucie Laplace Box j. Asymetrical interviews Emilie Dairon Chapter 6. Biographic Interviews Monique J. Beerli Box k. Online Interviews Leah R. Kimber Interlude II. Controversies in Interview Research Annabelle Littoz-Monnet PART 3. DOCUMENTING Introduction: Documenting Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 7. Legal Research Ian Hurd Chapter 8. Archives Ellen J. Ravndal Box l. Visual Archives ValÉrie Gorin Chapter 9. Visual Methods ValÉrie Gorin Box m. Analyzing Maps BenoÎt Martin Box n. Branding Analysis Stefan Tschauko Box o. Artifact Analysis Julian Eckl Chapter 10. Document Analysis: a praxiographic approach Christian Bueger Box p. Semiology of Websites Camille Rondot Box q. Analyzing Tweets Matthias Hofferberth Chapter 11. Discourse Analysis Audrey Alejandro, Marion Laurence and Lucile Maertens Box r. Studying Ideas Olivier Nay Chapter 12. Statistics and Quantification Roser CussÓ and Laure Piguet Box s. Analyzing Charts, Infographics and Dataviz BenoÎt Martin Chapter 13. Budget Analysis Svanhildur Thorvaldsdottir and Ronny Patz Interlude III. What IOs Talk about When They Talk about Themselves, and How They Do It Davide Rodogno PART 4. MEASURING Introduction: Measuring Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 14. Voting Analysis Erik Voeten Chapter 15. Statistical Analyses with IO Data Fabien Cottier and Heidrun Bohnet Box t. Navigating Human Resource Statistics Fanny Badache Chapter 16. Large-N Data and Quantitative Analyses Charles B. Roger Chapter 17. Computerized Text Analysis Mor Mitrani and Inbar Noy Chapter 18. Multiple Correspondence Analysis Constantin Brissaud Box u. Building Databases on Individuals Kseniya Oksamytna Chapter 19. Social Network Analysis Anna-Luise ChanÉ Interlude IV. Challenging IOs through Numbers Simon Hug PART 5. COMBINING Introduction: Combining Fanny Badache, Leah R. Kimber and Lucile Maertens Chapter 20. Interviews and Observations Kari De Pryck Box v. Challenging Secrecy Olivier Schmitt Chapter 21. Observation, Interviews and Archives Marieke Louis Chapter 22. Computational Text Analysis and Archival Methods Evan Easton-Calabria and William Allen Chapter 23. Qualitative Comparative Analysis Ryan Federo Chapter 24. Structured, Focused Comparison Vytautas Jankauskas, Steffen Eckhard and JÖrn Ege Chapter 25. Process Tracing Svenja Rauch Chapter 26. Prosopography Aykiz Dogan and FrÉdÉric Lebaron Box w. Research with LinkedIn Monique J. Beerli Chapter 27. Practice Analysis Vincent Pouliot Chapter 28. Feminist Approaches Georgina Holmes Box x. Postcolonial Insights Soumita Basu Box y. Reflexivity in Practice Audrey Alejandro Chapter 29. Composing Collages: Working at the Edge of Disciplinary Boundaries Anna Leander Box z. Expeditions as a Research Method Doaa Abdel-Motaal Interlude V. Controversies on Methodological Pluralism J. Samuel Barkin

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Book SynopsisMahbub Rashid embarks on a fascinating journey through urban space in all of its physical and social aspects, using the theories of Foucault, Bourdieu, Lefebvre, and others to explore how consumer capitalism, colonialism, and power disparity consciously shape cities.

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Book SynopsisIntends to make Weber's sociological work more accessible and more thematically coherent than it is either in the original or in translation. This volume is used as an introduction to the study of original Weber texts and gives the reader a systematic presentation of Weber's sociological studies.Table of ContentsI. Career and Personal Orientation PART ONE GERMAN SOCIETY AND THE PROTESTANT ETHIC II. Weber's Early Studies and the Definition of His Intellectual Perspective III. Aspects of Economic Rationality in the West PART TWO SOCIETY, RELIGION, AND SECULAR ETHIC: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CIVILIZATIONS IV. Introduction V. Society and Religion in China VI. Society and Religion in India VII. Society and Religion in Ancient Palestine VIII. Max Weber's Sociology of Religion PART THREE DOMINATION, ORGANIZATION, AND LEGITIMACY: MAX WEBER'S POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY IX. Basic Concepts of Political Sociology X. Charismatic Leadership and Domination XI. Traditional Domination XII. Legal Domination: The Emergence of Legal Rationality XIII. Legal Domination (continued): The Modern Sate and Struggle for Power XIV. A Contemporary Perspective XV. Max Weber's Image of Society Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of medieval Europe is incomplete if it does not take Iceland into account. Jesse Byock's reassessment of medieval Iceland uses all the available sources--the medieval Icelanders' historical writings, extensive saga literature, and intricate laws--to explore the way Iceland's social order functioned.

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Book SynopsisSufferers, finding that chronic pain alters every aspect of life, often become frustrated and distrust a profession seemingly unable to explain or effectively treat their illness. This volume searches out more effective ways to describe and analyze the human context of pain.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS Chapter One: Pain as Human Experience: An Introduction Arthur Kleinman, Paul E. Brodwin, Byron]. Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good Chapter Two: A Body in Pain-The Making of a World of Chronic Pain Byron]. Good Chapter Three: Work as a Haven from Pain Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good Chapter Four: Symptoms and Social Performances: The Case of Diane Reden Paul E. Brodwin Chapter Five: Chronic Illness and the Construction of Narratives Linda C. Garro Chapter Six: "After a While No One Believes You": Real and Unreal Pain jean E. Jackson Chapter Seven: Pain and Resistance: The Delegitimation and Relegitimation of Local Worlds Arthur Kleinman Epilogue Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, Byron]. Good, Arthur Kleinman, Paul E. Brodwin CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Book SynopsisAn ethnographic study of Yemeni tribal poetry that reveals a folkloric system where poetry is a creation of art and a political and social act. Drawing on field research in North Yemen, it shows the significance of poetry in Yemeni society, analyzing verse genres and their use in weddings, war mediations, and political discourse on the state.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Transcription PART 1. Background 1. Doing an Ethnography of Poetry 2. Gabyilah: Ideologies of Tribalism, Language, and Poetry 3. The Social Production of Poetry PART II. The System of Poetic Genres 4. The Biilah: Poem as Play 5. The Poetic Construction of Self 6. The Ziimil: Between Performance and Text-Utterance 7. Power, Poetry, and Persuasion 8. The Qasfdah: Individual Talent and the Cultural Tradition 9. Tribal Ideology, the State, and Communicative Practices CONCLUSION: Poetry as Cultural Practice APPENDIXES A. Yemeni Tribal Arabic Phonology B. A Linguistic Theory of Meter C. Transcription of the Sample Balah Poem D. Transcription of the Sample Balah Development Section E. Transcription of al-Gharsi's Poem F. Transcription of a~-Sufi's Poem G. Transcription of al-Ma'lah's Poem Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMusic and dance play a central role in the 'healing arts' of the Senoi Temiar, a group of hunters and horticulturalists dwelling in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. This title shows how the sounds and gestures of music and dance acquire a potency that can transform thoughts, emotions, and bodies.Table of ContentsContents Figures and Tables Plates Acknowledgments Orthography 1. Introduction 1 Jungle Paths and Spirit Songs The Articulation Between Musical and Medical Domains Theoretical Considerations The Orang Asli Translating Worlds 2. Concepts of Being Head Souls Heart Souls Odor Shadow Spirits, Sounds, Goods, and Selves 3· Becoming a Healer Dreaming Singers of the Landscape Halaa' Adeptness: A Potential Halaa' and Leadership: A Role The Nonadept: Alternative Strategies for Wives and Women Land, Person, and Song 4· The Dream Performed Spiritguide Genres The Social Structuring of Sound Male Mediums and Female Chorus Symbolic Classifications and Metaphors for Sound Symbolic Inversion: Everyday Life and Ritual Performance 5· Setting the Cosmos in Motion: Sources of Illness and Methods of Treatment Sources of Illness Setting the Cosmos in Motion Singing as Transformation 6. Remembering to Forget: The Aesthetics of Longing Remembering to Forget The Aesthetics of Longing Longing in the Late Afternoon: Instrumental Music The Aesthetics of Sway: Dance and Movement Soul Loss Musical Form, Emotion, and Meaning 7· Songs of a Spirited World The Body as Nexus Ensouling the World Appendix A. Temiar Transliterations Appendix B. Discography Notes Glossary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisDescribes the youth culture of Japan, drawing comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan and the U.S. towards adolescence.Table of ContentsPreface to the Paperback Edition Glossary Introduction 1. Rethinking the Life Course Mixed Messages and Complementary Contradictions in the Creation of Adolescence 2. Youth in Time Culture, History, and the Idea of the Teen 3. Family Time and Space 4. School in the Life of the Teen 5. The Material Child Buying and Bonding 6. Friendship Best Friends and Group Training 7. Sexuality Illusions and Reality 8. Big Thoughts Appendix: School Regulations in Japan Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Photographs of teenagers in Kyoto and Osaka by Yara Sellin, 1994

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays is written by anthropologists who have experienced the unpredictability and trauma of political violence firsthand. The book uses theoretical, ethnographic and methodological points of view to illuminate the processes and solutions characterizing life in dangerous places.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION The Anthropology and Ethnography of Violence and Sociopolitical Conflict Antonius C. G. M. Robben and Carolyn Nordstrom PRISONERS OF LOVE With Genet in the Palestinian Field Ted Swedenburg RUMOR The Beginning of the End Anna Simons ACCIDENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY Witnessing the 1989 Chinese People's Movement Frank N. Pieke SEDUCTION AND PERSUASION The Politics of Truth and Emotion among Victims and Perpetrators of Violence Antonius C.G.M. Robben FEAR Living in a State of Fear Linda Green CREATIVITY AND CHAOS War on the Front Lines Carolyn Nordstrom RAPE ATTACK Ethnography ofthe Ethnographer Cathy Winkler, with Penelope] Hanke COMING HOME The Croatian War Experience Maria B. Olujic FACE The Anthropologist as Terrorist Joseba Zulaika EPILOGUE Ethnographic States of Emergency Allen Feldman ENDPIECES: THE DOING OF ANTHROPOLOGY Myrna Mack Elizabeth Oglesby Reflections on an Antropologia Comprometida: Conversations with Ricardo Falla Beatriz Manz Reflections on Managing Danger in Fieldwork: Dangerous Anthropology in Belfast Jeffrey A. Sluka CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive reference grammar of Ingush, a language of the Nakh branch of the Nakh-Daghestanian or East Caucasian language family of the central Caucasus (southern Russia).Trade Review"Johanna Nichols has given us a marvelous linguistic garden through which the aspiring theoretician of whatever proclivity would do well to roam." -- John Colarusso Anthropological Linguistics

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Book SynopsisPresents the documentation of Nzadi, a Bantu language spoken by fishermen along the Kasai River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This title covers the segmental phonology, tone system, morphology, and sentence structure, followed by appendices on the Nzadi people and history and on Proto-Bantu to Nzadi sound changes.Trade Review"A Grammar of Nzadi makes a truly outstanding contribution to the still-too-small but growing collection of full Bantu grammars." American Andthropologist

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Book SynopsisAmong the social sciences, anthropology relies most on "fieldwork" - the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. The essays in this text explore the notion of "field", show how the concept is historically constructed and explore the consequences of its dominance.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. Discipline and Practice: "The Field" as Site, Method, and Location in Anthropology Akhil Gupta andjamesFerguson 2. Mter Ishmael: The Fieldwork Tradition and Its Future Henrika Kuklick 3· Locating the Past Mary Des Chene 4· News and Culture: Transitory Phenomena and the Fieldwork Tradition Liisa H. Malkki 5· Mrican Studies as American Institution Deborah Amory 6. The Waxing and Waning of "Subfields" in North American Sociocultural Anthropology ]aneF. Collier 7· Anthropology and the Cultural Study of Science: From Citadels to String Figures Emily Martin 8. "You Can't Take the Subway to the Field!": "Village" Epistemologies in the Global Village Joanne Passaro g. The Virtual Anthropologist Kath Weston 10. Spatial Practices: Fieldwork, Travel, and the Disciplining of Anthropology James Clifford REFERENCES CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays that consider the ways in which violence shapes subjectivity and acts upon people's capacity to engage everyday life. It ventures into many areas of ongoing violence, asking how people live with themselves and others when perpetrators, victims, and witnesses all come from the same social space.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction Veena Das and Arthur Kleinman Violence-Prone Area or International Transition? Adding the Role of Outsiders in Balkan Violence Susan L. Woodward Violence and Vision: The Prosthetics and Aesthetics of Terror Allen Feldman Circumcision, Body, Masculinity: The Ritual Wound and Collective Violence Deepak Mehta Teach Me How to Be a Man: An Exploration of the Definition of Masculinity Mamphela Ramphele On Not Becoming a "Terrorist": Problems of Memory, Agency, and Community in the Sri Lankan Conflict Jonathan Spencer The Ground of All Making: State Violence, the Family, and Political Activists Pamela Reynolds Violence, Suffering, Amman: The Work of Oracles in Sri Lanka's Eastern War Zone Patricia Lawrence The Act of Witnessing: Violence, Poisonous Knowledge, and Subjectivity Veena Das The Violences of Everyday Life: The Multiple Forms and Dynamics of Social Violence Arthur Kleinman Body and Space in a Time of Crisis: Sterilization and Resettlement during the Emergency in Delhi Emma Tarlo The Quest for Human Organs and the Violence of Zeal Margaret Lock Mayan Multiculturalism and the Violence of Memories Kay B. Warren Reconciliation and Memory in Postwar Nigeria Murray Last Mood, Moment, and Mind E. Valentine Daniel LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INDEX

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Book SynopsisOver the years the American religious landscape has undergone a dramatic change. More and more churches meet in converted warehouses, and many have ministers who've never attended a seminary. This title offers an examination of these 'new paradigm churches' - sometimes called megachurches or postdenominational churches.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Winners and Losers: Restructuring the Religious Economy 1 The New Face of American Protestantism: A Second Reformation? 2 Hippies, Beach Baptisms, and Healings: A History of Three Movements 3 Transforming Your Life: The Process of Conversion 4 Beyond Rationality: Democratizing Access to the Sacred 5 Living by the Bible: Social Ministry, Politics, Theology 6 Giving the Ministry to the People: The Postmodern Organization 7 Franchising New Groups: Church Planting and Growth 8 Can the Mainline Church Survive? Some Lessons from History APPENDIX 1. Geographical Distribution of Churches APPENDIX 2. Congregational Surveys APPENDIX 3. Pastors Survey Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn a comprehensive treatment of Salvadoran immigration, this text gives a detailed account of the inner workings of the networks by which immigrants leave their homes in Central America to start new lives in the Mission District of of San Francisco.Table of ContentsList of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Structure of Opportunities, Social Networks, and Social Position 2. Background to Migration 3· The Long Journey through Mexico 4· The Context of Reception in the United States 5· The Dynamics of Social Networks 6. Gendered Networks 7· Informal Exchanges and Intergenerational Relations 8. Immigrant Social Networks and the Receiving Context Appendix A. Crossing Boundaries: A Personal Note on Research Appendix B. Study Participants Notes References Index Map

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Book SynopsisThis is a guide to the workings of festive behaviour, often seen as the uniform expression of a collective consciousness. The book combines four case studies in multisite ethnography to demonstrate how concepts of race, ethnicity, history, gender, and nationhood are challenged and redefined.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Variations on a Venezuelan Quartet 2. The Selling of San Juan: The Performance of History in an Afro-Venezuelan Community 3. "Indianness" and the Construction of Ethnicity in the Day of the Monkey 4. "Full Speed Ahead with Venezuela": The Tobacco Industry, Nationalism, and the Business of Popular Culture 5. From Village Square to Opera House: Tamunangue and the Theater of Domination Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA study where the myth of the Noble Savage is an altogether different myth from the one defended or debunked by many over the years. It refutes the concept of the Noble Savage being first invented by Rousseau in the mid-eighteenth century in order to glorify the 'natural' life.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction I. The Birth of the Noble Savage 1. Colonialism, Savages, and Terrorism 2. Lescarbot’s Noble Savage and Anthropological Science 3. Poetic Nobility: Dryden, Heroism, and Savages II. Ambiguous Nobility: Ethnographic Discourse on “Savages” From Lescarbot to Rousseau 4. The Noble Savage Myth and Travel-Ethnographic Literature 5. Savages and the Philosophical Travelers 6. Rousseau’s Critique of Anthropological Representations III. Discursive Oppositions:The “Savage” After Rousseau 7. The Ethnographic Savage from Rousseau to Morgan 8. Scientists, the Ultimate Savage, and the Beast Within 9. Philosophers and Savages 10. Participant Observation and the Picturesque Savage 11. Popular Views of the Savage 12. The Politics of Savagery IV. The Return of the Noble Savage 13. Race, Mythmaking, and the Crisis in Ethnology 14. Hunt’s Racist Anthropology 15. The Hunt-Crawfurd Alliance 16. The Coup of 1858–1860 17. The Myth of the Noble Savage 18. Crawfurd and the Breakup of the Racist Alliance 19. Crawfurd, Darwin, and the “Missing Link” Epilogue: The Miscegenation Hoax V. The Noble Savage Meets the Twenty-First Century 20. The Noble Savage and the World Wide Web 21. The Ecologically Noble Savage 22. The Makah Whale Hunt of 1999 Conclusion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTraces the discourse that contributed to the locating of a different criterion of death in the brain, and its routinization in clinical practice in North America. This book demonstrates that death is not self-evident, that the space between life and death is historically and culturally constructed, fluid, multiple, and open to dispute.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preamble: Accidental Death Trauma The Procurement The Gift Death's Shadow 1. Boundary Transgressions and Moral Uncertainty Reanimation 2. Technology in Extremis Narrow Escapes 3. Locating the Moment of Death Jumping the Gun 4. Making Death Uniform Tragedy 5. The Brain-Death "Problem" Aggressive Harvesting 6. Technology as Other: Japanese Modernity and Technology Born of a Brain-Dead Mother 7. Prevailing against Inertia Organ Donor Card 8. Situated Departures Disconcerting Movements 9 Imaginative Continuities Memory Work 10.When Bodies Outlive Persons Procurement Anxiety 11. When Persons Linger in Bodies Musical Feat 12. The Body Transcendent A Court Order 13. The Social Life of Human Organs A Reliable Man An Unsatisfactory Intelligence 14. Revisiting Vivisection Almost Full Circle Reflections Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOffers information on who holds power and how they use it, keep it, or lose it. This book offers an introduction to linguistic theories and the philosophy of language. It lays the groundwork for an exploration of news stories that meet the Undue Attention Test.Trade Review"To say simply that Lakoff is a linguist is like calling the Alps just another mountain range. In The Language War, she brilliantly applies her understanding of how language works to the major political battles of the past decade." - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "An intellectually stimulating probe of the nuances of social, cultural and political infighting among people who think they speak the same language." - Meta G. Carstarphen, Dallas Morning News "Provocative analysis." - Mary Carroll, Booklist "A provocative collection of essays." - Paula Friedman, San Diego Union-Tribune "Lakoff is excellent on sexism in the job market." - Raphael Salkie, The Times Higher Education Supplement "Robin Lakoff is a national treasure. She is one of the most astute and knowledgeable linguists in the country (indeed, in the world), and one of the few who turns her analytic eye to the role of language in popular and political culture. It was she who pioneered the field of gender and language. She is poised to be recognized among the general reading public as she has long been recognized in the field of linguistics." - Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand and The Argument Culture "An excellent book. Robin Lakoff shows that if we do not understand how language is put to work in our world, we cannot understand our world, nor live in it effectively." - John Fiske, author of Media Matters "In a series of provocative, dazzlingly argued essays, Lakoff charts how the media's use of language shapes both public attitudes and social policies on current events.... Witty and illuminating, Lakoff's analysis is an important addition to both linguistic and political studies." - Publishers Weekly, starred review

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Book SynopsisThis text questions established ideas and proposes theories based on the author's comparative archaeological and ethnographic research. It seeks to provide students and general readers with an introduction to his ideas about understanding the human past.Trade Review"Lewis Binford shows, by example, the strategies that are needed to turn the subject from a backward-looking curiosity into a scientific attack on our understanding of past human behavior." - Clive Gamble, NatureTable of ContentsForeword Editorial Note Author's Acknowledgments Preface 1. Translating the Archaeological Record PART I: WHAT WAS IT LIKE? 2. Man the Mighty Hunter? 3. Life and Death at the Waterhole PART II: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 4. The Challenge of the Mousterian 5. An Archaeological Odyssey 6. Hunters in a Landscape 7. People in their Lifespace PART III. WHY DID IT HAPPEN? 8. On the Origins of Agriculture 9. Paths to Complexity Afterword to the 2002 Edition Notes on the Text Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFive distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of cultural trauma - and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility.Table of ContentsPreface 1. Toward a Theory of Cultural Trauma: Jeffrey C. Alexander 2. Psychological Trauma and Cultural Trauma: Neil J. Smelser 3. Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity: Ron Eyerman 4. Triumph and Trauma: Bernhard Giesen 5. The Trauma of Social Change: A Case of Postcommunist Societies: Piotr Sztompka 6. On the Social Construction of Moral Universals: The "Holocaust" from War Crime to Trauma Drama: Jeffrey C. Alexander Epilogue: September 11, 2001, as Cultural Trauma: Neil J. Smelser Bibliography Index

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