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Indiana University Press Catalonias Human Towers
Book SynopsisTrade Review"On the whole, Catalonia's Human Towers is a marvelous ethnography, reliant on fine-grained insights gained from thorough fieldwork. Her prose is highly accessible, and her text is alive to contemporary concerns within anthropology, performance studies, nationalist studies, and allied disciplines."—Jeremy MacClancy, author of Anthropology in the Public Arena: Historical and Contemporary Contexts"Mariann Vaczi takes us inside the complex embodied collaboration that generates Catalonia's human towers. Celebrated as allegories of national striving, raised literally to new heights by the incorporation of women and girls, transitioning from festival into sport, these ephemeral constructions also anchor support networks and mediate social inclusion. Tracing the practice through the European economic crisis, the Catalan independence referendum, and the COVID-19 pandemic, Vaczi elegantly captures the force of endlessly renewed collective effort against the eternal threat of collapse."—Dorothy Noyes, author of Fire in the Plaça: Catalan Festival Politics After Franco, and Humble Theory: Folklore's Grasp on Social Life."At the intersection of effervescent regional separatism, cultural habits of competition and death-defying risk, multiple activisms, gender tensions, and intergenerational solidarity lies an unusual form of bodily confluence: the Catalan human tower. Mariann Vaczi weaves her vivid ethnographic account, as structured and as intricate as the towers of living bodies she describes, to show us how social actors physically debate the dilemmas of identity in daring, defiant, and demonstrative displays. Through her intensely observed account of the enduring tug-of-war between the sensual and the sensible, Vaczi brings immersive fieldwork and political history into a lively and engaging synergy."—Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University"This lovely book is as intriguing and illuminating as the incredible ten story human towers it describes. Vaczi takes us on a journey into the world of the castells and their Catalan makers in a brilliant exploration of solidarity and complexity at possibility's tottering edge."—Orin Starn, author of The Passion of Tiger Woods: An Anthropologist Reports on Golf, Race, and Celebrity Scandal."Catalonia's Human Towers demonstrates how close attention to a visually spectacular sporting event can enhance our understanding of local politics, ethnic relations, and social organization and identity. Mariann Vaczi has produced a magnificent, beautifully written and illustrated contribution to the ethnography of contemporary Iberia and the Mediterranean world. It is a literary and social scientific treasure"—Stanley Brandes, University of California, Berkeley.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Sisyphean AscentVisual Glossary1. From "People of Farts and Burps" to Crowning the Olympic Games2. The Politics, Erotics, and Social Class of Touch and the Body3. Risking the Fall4. Rivalry, Antagonism, and Identity Among the Boys of Valls5. Bones Have No Gender6. The Grace in Every Child7. At the Height of DeathEpilogue: Rebuilding Towers in Messianic Times and the Global PandemicBibliographyIndex
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MH - Indiana University Press The Verbal Art of Mobility in West Africa
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MH - Indiana University Press Pathos and Praxis
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MH - Indiana University Press Guide to the Aria Repertoire Volume II
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MH - Indiana University Press Saving Our Survivors
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MH - Indiana University Press Progressive Womens Movements in Austria and
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MH - Indiana University Press Glocalized Security
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MH - Indiana University Press The Haunted Cinema of Pedro Costa
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John Wiley & Sons The Making of Jew Clubs
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MH - Indiana University Press Creating Culture Performing Community
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MH - Indiana University Press Caring Like a State
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MH - Indiana University Press Deep Cosmopolitanism
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MH - Indiana University Press Railroads in the Midwest
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MH - Indiana University Press Mothers Milk
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MH - Indiana University Press The Youngest Yugoslavs
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MH - Indiana University Press The Soul of a Folklorist Historical Moments Political Representation and the Weight of Social Responsibility
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John Wiley & Sons Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics
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MH - Indiana University Press Dantes Vita Nuova New Edition A Translation and
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPREFACETRANSLATOR'S NOTETHE NEW LIFEAN ESSAY ON THE VITA NUOVAI. PATTERNSII. APSPECTSIII. GROWTHNOTES ON THE ESSAY
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Indiana University Press Decade of Disillusionment
Book SynopsisThe sixties began optimistically, with Americans full of hope and expectation, voting to support a new, young, charismatic leader who promised to move America forward. Tragically, something went wrong. Instead of finding its Utopia, America became a country struggling desperately to escape its Armageddon. President Kennedy's New Frontier fell far short of its promise in tangible domestic legislation and his foreign policy decisions pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust, while President Johnson's dream of a Great Society foundered in the quicksand of the Vietnam war. This revealing history of the Kennedy-Johnson years begins with the presidential primaries of 1960 and concludes with Johnson's final weeks as a lame duck President. An expert and objective history of an exciting periodits social, cultural, and economic facets as well as its political developments.
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Indiana University Press The Role of the Reader
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Role of the Reader I. Open 1. The Poetics of the Open Work 2. The Semantics of Metaphor 3. On the Possibility of Generating Aesthetic Messages in an Edenic Language II. Closed 4. The Myth of Superman 5. Rhetoric and Ideology in Sue's Les Mysteres de Paris 6. Narrative Structures in Fleming III. Open/Closed 7. Peirce and the Semiotic Foundations of Openness: Signs as Texts and Texts as Signs 8. Lector in Fabula: Pragmatic Strategy in a Metanarrative Text Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Bibliography
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Indiana University Press Sixteen Cowries
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPrefacePart One: Sixteen CowriesChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. The Divination VersesChapter 3 The System of BeliefPart Two: The Verses of Sixteen CowriesChapter 4 Eji Ogbe 8 cowriesChapter 5 Ofun 10 cowriesChapter 6 Osa 9 cowriesChapter 7 Okanran 1 cowreyChapter 8 Eji Oko 2 cowriesChapter 9 Irosun 4 cowriesChapter 10 Ose 5 cowriesChapter 11 Ogunda 3 cowriesChapter 12 Obara 6 cowriesChapter 13 Odi 7 cowriesChapter 14 Owonrin 11 cowriesChapter 15 Ejila Sebora 12 cowriesChapter 16 Ika 13 cowriesChapter 17 Oturupon 14 cowriesChapter 18 Ofun Kanran 15 cowriesChapter 19 Irete 16 cowriesChapter 20 Opira 0 cowriesAppendixReferences Citeds
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Indiana University Press Mau Mau and Kenya
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Indiana University Press The Imperative
Book SynopsisArgues that not only our thought is governed by an imperative, as Kant had maintained, but, rather, our sensual, sensing, perceiving, and emotional life is continually regulated by imperatives that come to us from the world around us.Trade Review"... a more compelling reading of Kant than any I have ever seen." - David Farrell KrellTable of ContentsPreface Part One. Directives 1. Nightwatch 2. The Elements 3. The Levels 4. The Intimate and the Alien 5. Things 6. Intimate and Alien Things 7. Action with Things 8. The Production of Purposes 9. The Pageantry of Things 10. Phantom Equator 11. The Reasons of the Heart 12. Other Passions 13. Face to Face 14. Association 15. Erotic Demands 16. The Summons of Death 17. The Death of Strangers 18. The Walkabout 19. Importance, Urgency, Immediacy Part Two The Imperative 20. Images of the Imperative 21. The Theoretical and Practical Uses of Reason 22. The Rational and the Required
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Indiana University Press Uninvited Classical Hollywood Cinema and Lesbian
Book SynopsisExamines "masked" lesbian representation in Hollywood cinemaTrade ReviewWhite (Swarthmore College) seeks traces of lesbian desire and difference in the films of the classic era. Since the Production Code forbade even the slightest hint of sexual deviancy, White must engage in a great deal of what she calls retrospectatorship, with somewhat mixed results. She begins by discussing the Code itself; moves on to a discussion of star personae (e.g., Davis, Hepburn, Dietrich, Garbo), the gothic/horror film and maternal melodrama, overt lesbian overtones among supporting players such as McDaniel, Waters, Fitter, McCambridge, and—especially—Moorehead; and closes with a chapter on retrospectatorship. She draws on all of the major figures in feminist film theory, if only to chastise them for ignoring the lesbian spectator. Since White covers much of the same ground that Mary Ann Doane does in The Desire to Desire: The Woman's Films of the 1940s (CH, Oct'87), she is particularly concerned with correcting Doane's omissions. White writes with considerable flair, and her arguments are always interesting, if not always fully convincing. A useful addition to studies of spectatorship in and of the classic era. Upper—division undergraduates through professionals. -- W. A. Vincent * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Reading the Code(s) Chapter 2: Lesbian CinephiliaChapter 3: Female Spectator, Lesbian SpectatorChapter 4: Films for Girls: Lesbian Sentiment and the Maternal MelodramaChapter 5: Supporting "Character"Chapter 6: On RetrospectatorshipNotesWorks CitedIndex
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Indiana University Press The Peony Pavilion Second Edition
Book SynopsisA celebrated translation of this masterpiece of Chinese literature, in an updated editionTrade ReviewAn example of the southern, or chuanqi, genre of opera from Ming dynasty China (14th to 17th centuries), The Peony Pavilion, completed in 1598, was Tang's masterpiece and, according to Birch's preface, a profound meditation on the nature of love. Selected scenes have become near necessities of any traditional Chinese opera repertoire. The tale concerns a cloistered girl and young scholar who fall in love in dreams. After the heroine pines away from longing, their devotion transcends death, resulting in her resurrection and a happy union. Birch (Univ. of California, Berkeley) has captured the beauty and elegance of Tang's original drama, conveying even the humor of subtle puns. With such titles as Stories from a Ming Collection (1958), Scenes for Mandarins (CH, Feb'96), and Mistress & Maid (CH, Jan'02) to his credit, Birch has long been a leading translator of Chinese literature. This second edition of the Birch translation (first edition, CH, Mar'81) includes revisions of the translation; a preface in which Birch provides a general introduction to the drama; and a fascinating introduction by Catherine Swatek (Univ. of British Columbia), in which she introduces three recent productions of Peony Pavilion. All levels. -- C. D. Smith * Choice *Birch (Univ. of California, Berkeley) has captured the beauty and elegance of Tang's original drama, conveying even the humor of subtle puns. . . . October 2002 * Choice *Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents: [to come]
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Indiana University Press The Weakness of God
Book SynopsisA work that questions - What is the nature of God? What is the nature of being? What is the relationship between God and being? And what is the meaning of forgiveness, faith, piety, or transcendence? - that define the terrain of contemporary philosophy of religion.Trade Review. . . The Weakness of God is a bold attempt to reconfigure the terms of debate around the topic of divine omnipotence. Caputo has a gift for explaining Continental philosophy's jargon succinctly and accurately, and despite technical and foreign terms, this book will engage upper-level undergraduates. Includes scriptural and general indexes. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Theology of the EventPart One. The Weakness of God1. God without Sovereignty2. St. Paul on the Logos of the Cross3. The Beautiful Risk of Creation: On Genesis ad literam (Almost)4. Omnipotence, Unconditionality, and the Weak Force of GodHermeneutical Interlude: Two Keys to the Kingdom5. The Poetics of the Impossible6. Hyper-Realism and the Hermeneutics of the CallPart Two. The Kingdom of God: Sketches of a Sacred Anarchy7. Metanoetics: The Seventh Day, or Making All Things New8. Quotidianism: Everyday, or Keeping Time Holy9. Back to the Future: Peter Damian on the Remission of Sin and Changing the Past10. Forgiven Time: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector11. "Lazarus, Come Out": Rebirth and Resurrection12. The Event of Hospitality: On Being Inside/Outside the Kingdom of GodAppendix to Part Two: Newly Discovered Fragments on the Kingdom of God from "The Gospel of Miriam"A Concluding PrayerNotesIndex
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Indiana University Press Bogolan Shaping Culture through Cloth in
Book SynopsisFocusing on a single Malian textile identified variously as bogolanfini, bogolan, or mudcloth, Victoria L. Rovine traces the dramatic technical and stylistic innovations that have transformed the cloth from its village origins into a symbol of new internationalism.Trade ReviewWell-organized chapters, extensive notes, an excellent bibliography, and beautiful color and black-and-white illustrations make Bogolan a pleasure to read. It is highly recommended to all those interested in the arts of Africa and in the social and economic transformations that have influenced them during the past decades. * African Studies Review *Rovine has given us a thorough and authoritative account of the adaptability of a given textile to a wide range of local and international modalities. * Textile *. . . [T]his is a very good read for anyone with a passion for textiles and the many stories it can tell.No. 93, 2009 * Textile Fibre Forum *I would recommend Rovine's book to anyone interested in West African culture, negotiations between tradition and modernity, or material culture in general. Her book provides a wealth of information on Bamana artists, markets, clothing, and bogolan. * Folklore Forum *Table of ContentsPreface to the second editionAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Bogolan's Biography2. The Rural Roots of Bogolan3. The Tourist Art Market: Commerce in Authenticity4. Tourist Market Bogolan: Changing Demands, Changing Forms5. Fine Art Bogolan: Between Categories6. The Fine Art Market: From Bogolan to Le Bogolan7. Culture through Clothing: Bogolan as Fashion8. Making It Modern: Bogolan Clothing's Dual Directions9. Bogolan Abroad: Reverberations in the United States10. Conclusion: Making the Traditional ModernNotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Ousmane Semb232ne The Making of a Militant
Book SynopsisPresents a portrait and intellectual history of novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembene. This book offers a comprehensive biography of Sembene and contributes a critical appraisal of his life and art in the context of the political and social influences on his work.Trade ReviewThis is the first biography of one of the most important African writers and filmmakers, a man who remains, as Gadjigo (Mount Holyoke College) puts it, 'an unknown celebrity.' The author intends to rectify this situation by retracing Sembène's trajectory from 1923 to 1956, the formative years in which Sembène (1923-2007) became a militant artist. By Gadjigo's own account, this is a careful 'reconstruction' of the artist's life: because of the scarcity of written information about Sembène, the author has relied on first-hand oral testimonies. He provides numerous insights into Sembène's personal development by recalling little-known episodes of his life--episodes that reveal Sembene's major concerns as he expressed them in his work. In placing Sembène's experiences in their larger context, Gadjigo also re-creates a time period: for example, the reader gets a glimpse of what life was like for African dockworkers in post-WW II Marseille. This book is lively and the many quotes and personal testimonies make for an enjoyable read. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. -- ChoiceS. Vanbaelen, Butler University, Jan. 2011"Very well documented, this biography is of critical importance and unquestionable value to students, teachers, and researchers of African literature and cinema." —African Affairs Advance Access, September 2, 2011"[T]his narrative that reconstitutes the world that shaped one of the greatest African artists is a significant contribution to the fields of African, Film, and Francophone Studies." —French Review"This is the first biography of one of the most important African writers and filmmakers... an enjoyable read.... Recommended." —Choice"Samba Gadjigo's book is both biography and demystification. It exposes the situations and historical moments which created Sembène the artist. Concisely and convincingly written, this investigation of the life of a man who inhabited various intellectual, artistic, and political spaces is an eloquent duty of memory." —Sada Niang, author of Djibril Diop Mambety"Samba Gadjigo has undertaken a very important task, that of writing the first biography of one of the best-known and most influential African writers—and the founder of the continent's cinema—Ousmane Sembène." —Christopher L. Miller, author of The French Atlantic Triangle"Gadjigo's admiration of Sembène along with the intellectual earnestness with which he has documented the life of one of Africa's most gifted artists yields a fine and welcome first biography of a formidable man." —Research in African Literatures, Vol. 42.2, Summer 2011Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart 1. On the Banks of a Mighty River: Ousmane Sembène's Childhood 1. Casamance 2. At the Crossroads of Cultures 3. Youth and Its Discontents 4. Colonial ViolencePart 2. Dakar: The Turbulent Years 5. The Lebu Ghettos of Dakar Plateau 6. The World of Labor 7. The Experience of Racism 8. "Here We Come, Marshal!"Part 3. Dakar in the Postwar Period 9. The Winds of Change 10. The Moment of TruthPart 4. The Making of a Militant-Artist 11. "The Village" 12. The Docker 13. The Militant 14. The Fire-GiverConclusionBiographical LandmarksNotesIndex
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Indiana University Press Piano Music for One Hand
Book SynopsisLists nearly 1,000 solo piano compositions for the left hand, as well as solos for the right hand alone, and concertos and chamber pieces with piano parts for one, three, and five hands. This is a useful source for pianists, teachers in need of challenging one-hand materials, and players who have sustained injuries to either left or right hand.
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University of Notre Dame Press Summa Contra Gentiles Book Two Creation
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University of Notre Dame Press The Star of Redemption
Book SynopsisFusing philosophy and theology, this work assigns both Judaism and Christianity distinct but equally important roles in the spiritual structure of the world, and finds in both biblical religions approaches toward a comprehension of reality.Trade Review“Franz Rosenzweig’s The Start of Redemption is one of the few lasting books of our century, a work whose originality transcends the disciplinary limits of philosophy and religion and which must be read by anyone whose concern with the meaning of daily life is urgent and abiding.” —Maurice Natanson, Yale University
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University of Notre Dame Press Freedom from Reality
Book SynopsisPresents a critique of the deceptive character of the modern notion of freedom, retrieving an alternative view through a new interpretation of the ancient tradition. This book seeks to penetrate to the metaphysical roots of the modern conception by going back, through an etymological study, to the original sense of freedom.Trade Review"This is a brilliant, incredibly erudite, and rigorously argued book. D. C. Schindler's fundamental contribution is the working out of autonomy described as the flight from reality. Nobody has defended this account of the trajectory of modern liberalism more ably than he has. It is a huge and complete accomplishment by one of the most magnificent thinkers of our time." —Peter Lawler, Dana Professor in Government, Berry College"D. C. Schindler is probably the best Catholic philosophical theologian of his generation in the Anglophone world. In short, this book is an account and diagnosis of the rise of a modern concept of 'liberty' . . . and of an alternative vision drawn from classical and Christian tradition. It makes a better and more controlled case than any other book I know of dealing with these issues, and opens new perspectives on Locke and whole heritage of modern moral and political history." —David Bentley Hart, Templeton Fellow, Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study"Among the sacred cows of the modern age, a certain idea of individual freedom and political liberty has pride of place. D. C. Schindler unravels its genealogy in John Locke, exposes its self-defeating character, and pleads for a retrieval of a fuller conception, rooted in classical Greek philosophy. He thereby contributes to the healing of our intellectual, cultural, and social diseases. A daring and necessary enterprise." —Rémi Brague, University of Paris–Sorbonne and Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich"Schindler’s book is a brilliant tour de force of political and moral reasoning. A most timely and stringent analysis of modernity’s confused and calamitous dissociation of freedom and the good, Schindler’s book will be ranked with similarly intentioned, highly influential works by Polanyi, MacIntyre, and Gadamer." —Thomas Pfau, Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of English and professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures, Duke University"As a critique of deep currents of modern thought, Schindler’s masterful study does just what it should: it brings us into a position to understand and assess divergences at the level of fundamental principles, and to recognize their consequences. His lucid explication of 'the diabolical'—the mimicry of truth that plunges us ever deeper into unreality—sheds much-needed light into the abyss of inescapable contradictions Locke bequeathed to liberal society in his revolutionary re-conception of liberty and the will. Schindler is one of the best guides available to a revivified classical philosophy that restores the soul and reality to the communion they were made for." —Mark Shiffman, Villanova University"This book critiques modernity’s prioritization of the concept of freedom over the good in philosophical thought. Schindler . . . argues that modernity delinks the good from freedom and substitutes the latter for the former. Paradoxically, this substitution leads to contradictions and even to fragmentation of society. As a solution, the author proposes a return to the classical conception of the good central to the thought of Plato and Aristotle. There, the good is symbolic—from the Greek sym-ballò meaning 'to join together'—whereas the modern is diabolical, from the Greek dia-ballò meaning 'to divide.' . . . the scholarship is superb." —Choice“Many decades ago, Scottish-born philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre published After Virtue, a spirited defense of traditional virtue-based ethics. It was an enormously important book and has had a major influence in the area of modern moral philosophy. Schindler’s book is [of] similar significance.” —News Weekly"I thank Schindler for this backfiring book that left me overwhelmed by Locke’s brilliance." —National Review"Freedom from Reality belongs in a certain upper echelon of contemporary philosophical works, sitting on a bookshelf somewhere between After Virtue and Modernity in Crisis. . . . [I]n helping us to remember our place within the larger symbolic order of reality, the book makes itself a symbol of that same order. It contains the very wisdom that it expresses." —Public Discourse“Truth be told, David C. Schindler has made a signal contribution to our understanding of Locke.” —Law & Liberty“This book will appeal to students and scholars of political philosophy (especially political theorists), philosophers in the continental or historical traditions, and cultural critics with a philosophical bent.” —Law and Religion Forum“D.C. Schindler’s Freedom from Reality provides both an assessment and a path forward, and with great dexterity. . . . Schindler has done a great service in pointing the way forward and thinking about how we can fruitfully recover the best of the classical tradition and present it to the modern world.” —New Oxford Review"Schindler’s study of the contrast between classical and modern freedom is a fascinating and much needed account to understand our predicament and our possible futures. . . . Whether we chose a 'symbolic' or a 'diabolical' account of freedom in our political, cultural, and economic life is yet to be determined. Reading Freedom from Reality will help us make this choice." —VoeglinView"A sophisticated and penetrating study of modern liberty, comparable to Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue or George Grant’s English-Speaking Justice." —Reading ReligionTable of ContentsPreface: What is Good? Part 1. John Locke and the Dialectic of Power 1. Locke’s (Re-)conception of Freedom 2. The Political Conquest of the Good in the Second Treatise Part 2. Modern Liberty as a Flight from the Real 3. The Basic Shape of Modern Liberty 4. Symbolical Order and Diabolical Subversion 5. “A Society of Devils” Part 3. Retrieving the Origin as the Essence of Freedom 6. Starting Over and Starting After: A First Foundation in Plato and Aristotle 7. Plato: The Golden Thread of Freedom 8. Aristotle: Freedom as Liberality Conclusion
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MR - University of Notre Dame Press Sharia Citizenship and Identity in Aceh
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Pennsylvania State University Press Apocalypse Illuminated The Visual Exegesis of
Book SynopsisStudies the illustration of Revelation in manuscripts from the ninth to the fifteenth century. Examines how twenty-five of the most important illustrated Apocalypses illustrate the biblical text and interpret it for diverse audiences.Trade Review“Emmerson’s wide-reaching analysis of Apocalypse illuminations achieves a successful balance between focusing on individual books and situating them within their historical contexts. Handsomely produced, it will interest all who are drawn to these stunningly beautiful illuminated books of scripture.”—Renana Bartal Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art & Architecture“Lavishly adorned with photographs of noteworthy Apocalypses selected from the most important, interesting, and influential illustrative traditions, the book focuses on recurring apocalyptic patterns, events, figures, and motifs that characterize medieval Apocalypse illustrations, in order to substantiate historical and stylistic comparisons, trace iconographic continuities over time, and highlight innovative features.”—New Testament Abstracts“In this graciously, colorfully illustrated book, Emmerson sums up decades of research on Revelation in medieval art to provide a sweeping overview of St. John’s Apocalypse manuscripts from the ninth-century Carolingian Renaissance to the cusp of the printing press.”—Jonathan Homrighausen Theological Studies“[I]t is his sympathetic grasp of how the images function, grounded in an extensive knowledge of the manuscripts and the subtle nuances of medieval exegetical traditions, which makes this book so compelling. Readers will find in Emmerson a trustworthy and illuminating guide, like the interpreting angel of John’s Apocalypse or the ever present figure of John himself.”—Ian Boxall Review of Biblical Literature“Just as Virgil led Dante through the underworld, so too Richard Emmerson guides his readers through the visionary landscape of medieval Apocalypse illustration from its early medieval origins right through to the Reformation. One could ask for no better guide. The culmination of a career dedicated to the expert examination of the Book of Revelation and its immeasurable impact on medieval culture, Emmerson’s book provides a confident overview peppered with penetrating insights.”—Jeffrey F. Hamburger,author of St. John the Divine: The Deified Evangelist in Medieval Art and Theology.“A tour de force of scholarship that brings together manuscript studies, art history, literary studies, and the history of apocalyptic theology in a compelling and readable summary of the history of medieval illustrations of the Book of Revelation. This is a paradigmatic example of the interdisciplinary approach that is so often praised and so seldom really practiced.”—Bernard McGinn,author of The Foundations of Mysticism: Origins to the Fifth Century“This splendid study, the product of a lifetime of novel research, refocuses the discourse on historical apocalypticism. Richard Emmerson demonstrates that medieval illustration of this most visual and sensorial of biblical texts was an exegetical act. Rather than a product of passing, prognostic impulses, the illuminated Book of Revelation is located at the center of medieval epistemology. The result is a work as rich and compelling as the subject it explores.”—Richard A. Leson,University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee“If I may follow medieval exegetes in seeking meaning beneath surface content, I would suggest that this book’s most profound contribution lies less in its elucidation of medieval Apocalypse manuscripts (though it does that beautifully) than in its revelation of pictorial art’s capacity to exceed its textual referents—to comment on, redirect, defy, sharpen, expand, transform, in short, to illuminate the words that join it. In this sense it is essential reading not just for art historians but for anyone interested in medieval techniques of communication.”—Jacqueline E. Jung SpeculumTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations Introduction1 John’s Apocalypse and Its Interpretation2 The First Illustrated Apocalypses3 Beatus Apocalypses and Spanish Monasticism4 The Apocalypse Allegorized, Moralized, and Historicized5 The Epitome of Apocalypse Illustration: The Anglo-French Tradition6 The Apocalypse at the End of the Middle AgesConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex of ManuscriptsIndex of Biblical ReferencesGeneral Index
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Pennsylvania State University Press The Man Who Broke Michelangelos Nose
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Penn State University Graphic Medicine Manifesto
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SPCK Normal Imperfect Heroes
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SPCK NLT Holy Bible
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SPCK Faith Habits and How to Form Them
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University of Texas Press Butterflies Moths and Other Invertebrates of C A
Book SynopsisA guide to more than one hundred tropical butterflies, moths, and other invertebrates, illustrated with striking color photographs taken in the wild.Table of Contents Foreword by Dr. Daniel H. Janzen Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Historical Perspective Research Education Preservation Conservation Nature Tourism Geography Biogeography Migratory Species Endemic Species Endemic Wildlife of the Highlands Endemic Species of the Southern Pacific Lowlands Endemic Species of Cocos Island Endemic Species and DNA Barcoding Revelations Major Biological Zones Tropical Dry Forest Southern Pacific Lowlands Central Plateau (Central Valley) Caribbean Lowlands Highlands Coastal Beaches, Islands, and Mangrove Lagoons Wildlife Overview and Species Coverage Bibliography Butterflies and Moths Species Accounts Butterflies Swallowtail Family (Papilionidae) Gossamer-winged Butterfly Family (Lycaenidae) Brush-footed Butterfly Family (Nymphalidae) Moths Flannel Moth Family (Megalopygidae) Castniid Moth Family (Castniidae) Giant Silkworm Moth Family (Saturniidae) Sphinx Moth Family (Sphingidae) Uraniid Moth Family (Uraniidae) Noctuid Moth Family (Noctuidae) Arctiid Moth Family (Arctiidae) Other Invertebrates Species Accounts Order Odonata Giant Damselfly Family (Pseudostigmatidae) Order Orthoptera Grasshopper Family (Acrididae) Katydid Family (Tettigoniidae) Order Dictyoptera Mantis Family (Mantidae) Order Isoptera Termite Family (Termitidae) Order Homoptera Lantern Bug Family (Fulgoridae) Order Megaloptera Dobson Fly Family (Corydalidae) Order Coleoptera Long-horned Beetle Family (Cerambycidae) Scarab Beetle Family (Scarabaeidae) Order Hymenoptera Bee Family (Apidae) Ant Family (Formicidae) Order Araneae Orb-weaver Spider Family (Tetragnathidae) Order Polydesmida Millipede Family (Platyrhacidae) Order Decapoda Rock Runner Crab Family (Grapsidae) Land Crab Family (Gecarcinidae) Glossary Bibliography Appendices Appendix A. Costa Rica Conservation Organizations Appendix B. Wildlife Tourism Sites and Field Stations of Costa Rica Appendix C. Costa Rica Trip Preparation Checklist Appendix D. Travel Tips for a Successful Wildlife Viewing Trip in Costa Rica About the Author Index
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University of Texas Press Sexual Textualities Essays on Queering Latin
Book SynopsisA queer reading of literary and cultural aspects of Latin American texts.Trade Review"Sexual Textualities is indeed a significant contribution to Latin American queer studies...I commend David William Foster for his tenacious effort to further this field of study, which he has almost single-handedly championed."oCarlos A. Rodriguez-Matos, Associate Professor of Modern Languages,Seton Hall UniversityTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface One. Agenda and Canon: Some Necessary Priorities Two. Evita Perón, Juan José Sebreli, and Gender Three. The Case for Feminine Pornography in Latin America Four. Queering the Patriarchy in Hermosillo’s Doña Herlinda y su hijo Five. Homoerotic Writing and Chicano Authors Six. Montes Huidobro’s Exilio and the Representation of Gay Identity Seven. The Representation of the Body in the Poetry of Alejandra Pizarnik Eight. The Crisis of Masculinity in Argentine Fiction, 1940–1960 Notes References Index
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University of Texas Press With This Night
Book SynopsisThe first English translation of the final and most powerful book of poetry by the beloved, award-winning Israeli poet, Leah Goldberg.Trade Review"Annie Kantar's versions of Leah Goldberg's late poems bring into English Goldberg's signature combination of resonant clarity and crystalline musicality, and the result is a marvelous translation of what is arguably Goldberg's most powerful book. With This Night lets the English reader eavesdrop on modern Hebrew poetry in one of its finest hours." Peter Cole, 2007 MacArthur Fellow and author of The Dream of the Poem
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University of Texas Press Complete Works and Other Stories
Book SynopsisThese translations of short stories reveal Monterroso as a foundational author of the new Latin American narrative.Trade ReviewSophisticated wit and playful surrealist fantasy dominate these ingenious and gently mocking tales, by a Guatemalan-born soul mate to the late Jorge Luis Borges. This first English translation of Monterroso’s work offers the contents of his two published collections, Complete Works and Other Stories (1959) and Perpetual Motion (1972). They’re a monument, if that isn’t the wrong word, to this entertaining author’s trademark ‘concision and wit.’ * Kirkus Reviews *Table of Contents Before and After Augusto Monterroso by Will H. Corral Complete Works (And Other Stories) Mister Taylor One Out of Three Finished Symphony First Lady The Eclipse Diogenes Too The Dinosaur Leopoldo (His Labors) The Concert The Centennial I Don’t Want to Deceive You Cow Complete Works Perpetual Motion Flies Perpetual Motion It’s All the Same Regarding Attributions Homage to Masoch The World The Brain Drain The Endymion Report I Know You, Mask The Advantages and Disadvantages of Jorge Luis Borges Fecundity You Tell Sarabia That I Said He Should Hire Her and Place Her Here or Wherever, That I’ll Explain Later Homo Scriptor Under Other Wreckage How to Stop Being a Monkey How I Got Rid of Five Hundred Books The Maids Solemnity and Eccentricity Winning the Street Humor Paradise It May Be True Living Together Height and Poetry Christmas. New Year’s. Whatever Choose One Ever-Present Danger The Outdoor Poet Tender Rose Brevity Errata and Final Notice
£15.19
University of Texas Press The CIA in Hollywood How the Agency Shapes Film
Book SynopsisWith new chapters covering Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland, and Argo, this critically acclaimed book interrogates the nature and extent of the CIA’s influence on film and television.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. Rogues, Assassins, and Buffoons: Representations of the CIA in Film and Television Chapter Two. Opening the Doors: Why and How the CIA Works with Hollywood Chapter Three. Necessary and Competent: The CIA in The Agency and In the Company of Spies Chapter Four. The Chase Brandon Years Chapter Five. The Legal and Ethical Implications of the CIA in Hollywood Chapter Six. The Last People We Want in Hollywood: The Retired CIA Officer and the Hollywood Docudrama Chapter Seven. Argo’s Tony Mendez: The First Retiree the CIA Wants in Hollywood Chapter Eight. Relaxing the Rules: Zero Dark Thirty, Homeland, and the Move toward Nuance Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£21.59
University of Washington Press Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an eye-opening book. . . . Kawamura’s research reveals the real Hirohito." -- Geoffrey Wawro * History Book Club *"Noriko Kawamura’s Emperor Hirohito and the Pacific War provides a convincing reappraisal of Japan’s Hirohito few Westerners would recognize whenever they are reminded of Pearl Harbor and the Pacific conflict." -- Norm Haskett * The Daily Chronicles of World War II *"A well-balanced analysis of the controversial role Emperor Hirohito played during the Pacific War, drawing on previously unavailable primary sources. . . . Kawamura does a fine job of describing Emperor Hirohito’s complex positions and his historical situation." -- Takeshi Suzuki * Pacific Affairs *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Aftermath of the Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1933 2. Crises at Home and Abroad: From the February 26 Incident to the Sino-Japanese War 3. The Road to Pearl Harbor 4. An Uneasy Commander in Chief 5. Imbroglio: Moves to End the War 6. The “Sacred Decision” to Surrender Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£35.89
University of Washington Press Herring and People of the North Pacific
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an exceptionally interesting, carefully written, and well-reasoned examination of the role the Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) has played in the history and culture of the peoples of the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska." * Choice *"[A]n interesting read: a current fishing issue with a historic and anthropologic context, well documented and annotated, with references, photographs, charts, and a timeline of the Southeast herring fishery." * Alaska History *"A profoundly hopeful work. If it is taken seriously in high places, it will save the herring and the Tlingit fishery. It is such a stunningly well-done, scholarly, tightly argued work that it will be impossible to dismiss." * Ethnobiology Letters *"The critical element and clear strength of the book is that it is not just a chronicle of herring decline or diagnosis of what has gone wrong. Rather, it provides a way forward from the profoundly alarming situation we are confronted with. The authors’ way forward is a call to draw on traditional and local knowledge concerning sustainable harvesting practices and managerial strategies...[T]his volume offers the kind of rich, compelling and well-argued study that has significant potential to fuel transformational change." * Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology *"Integration of Indigenous knowledge into understanding and management of natural resources and the ecosystems they belong to has been a desired goal of anthropology for decades. Likewise, the use of archaeological data to provide deep diachronic perspective in studies of historical ecology is a growing objective/rational for the pursuit of archaeological research. This book, which considers the past, present, and future of an often-overlooked, but critical keystone species, Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii), represents a timely and impressive step toward attainment of those goals." * Journal of Anthropological Research *
£23.74
University of Washington Press Religious Tourism in Northern Thailand
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The results of the long-term fieldwork presented within this volume is invaluable: Schedneck has offered a truly commendable window into not only the relationship ofreligion and tourism in Chiang Mai, but more broadly into Thai Buddhist monastic culture." * Religious Studies Review *"Brooke Schedneck writes terrific books. Her latest offering... proves religious tourism and cultural exchange programmes to be worthy of serious scholarly attention." * Journal of Contemporary Religion *"With Schedneck’s expertise in religious studies and drawing from her own encounters with Buddhism in Chiang Mai, the book offers a refreshingly honest perspective on the subject...Moreover, the lucid writing style of the author makes the book easy to follow and thus useful to readers with some interest in Chiang Mai." * SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia *"[Schedneck] has crafted an extremely novel and insightful perspective on the creation of Buddhism’s continuing global influence." * H-Net *"Brooke Schedneck's monograph is a timely publication, providing rich descriptions of 'modern' Thai Buddhism, temple spaces, and monk behavior in a changing Thailand." * Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment *
£27.99
University of Washington Press The Borders of AIDS
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[I]mmediately urgent and immensely creative monograph." * Peitho Journal *"In this important monograph, Chávez eloquently interrogates the concept of national belonging as it relates to race, disease, power, and morality in the US. She clearly and articulately expresses her core thesis of the alienizing logic of exclusion and offers a fresh and insightful contribution to existing histories of the early years of the ongoing AIDS crisis by repositioning themes of race and immigration into the central frame of this narrative." * Connections *"[P]rovides a multifaceted narrative analysis of the dual policy frameworks of quarantine and immigration-related bans and detention as the United States coped with the rise of HIV/AIDS in the last quarter of the twentieth century. [Chávez’s]work represents an admirable effort to integrate relevant voices from a variety of strata. Naturally, all historical work in the contemporary era should endeavor to do the same, but the tapestry Chávez weaves through her diverse employment of sources proffers truly unique perspectives in her field." * H-Net Reviews *"This book made me hopeful about what scholarship can be and do. Chávez plays with time, drawing connections between the Reconstruction era, the AIDS epidemic, the COVID-19 pandemic, but always carefully. Chávez is confident about her political commitments, while not afraid to admit what she and we do not yet know. And perhaps most importantly, she allows oppressed people's freedom dreams to live on." -- Andrea Bolivar * American Ethnologist *
£29.66
