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Book SynopsisEven as media in myriad forms increasingly saturate our lives, we nonetheless tend to describe our relationship to it in terms from the twentieth century: we are consumers of media, choosing to engage with it. The author shows that media is no longer separate from us but has become an inescapable part of our very experience of the world.Trade Review"Feed-Forward is an ambitious and remarkably exciting take on contemporary media read through Alfred North Whitehead's philosophy. Hansen builds an extremely inspiring study that is rich with implications for philosophers, media theorists, and anyone wanting to understand the microtemporal basis of contemporary culture. Feed-Forward opens up a range of fresh ideas." (Jussi Parikka, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton)"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The third edition is a major revision, updating, revising, and expanding the material on civil rights, abortion, women’s rights, and marriage equality. In particular, it analyzes the resegregation of public schools, showing how the conditions necessary for courts to produce progressive change waned, limiting judicial efficacy." * Law & Courts Newsletter *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction 1: The Dynamic and the Constrained Court Part 1: Civil Rights 2: Bound for Glory? Brown and the Civil Rights Revolution 3: Constraints, Conditions, and the Courts 4: Planting the Seeds of Progress? 5: The Current of History Part 2: Abortion and Women’s Rights 6: Transforming Women’s Lives? The Courts and Abortion 7: Liberating Women? The Courts and Women’s Rights 8: The Court as Catalyst? 9: The Tide of History Part 3: Marriage Equality 10: You’ve Got That Loving Feeling? The Litigation Campaign for Marriage Equality 11: What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: Mobilization, Countermobilization, and State Action 12: The Times They Are a-Changing 13: Conclusion: The Fly-Paper Court Epilogue Appendixes 1. Black Children in Elementary and Secondary School with Whites, State-by-State Breakdown, 1954–1972 2. Blacks at Predominantly White Public Colleges and Universities: State-by-State Breakdown 3. Black Voter Registration in the Southern States, Pre– and Post–Voting Rights Act, State-by-State Breakdown 4. Data Correction for Table 2.5 5. Laws and Actions Designed to Preserve Segregation 6. Method for Obtaining Information for Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1 7. Illegal Abortions 8. Method for Obtaining Information for Tables 8.1a, 8.1b, 8.2a, and 8.2b, and for Figures 8.1 and 8.2 9. Make Change, Not Lawsuits 10. Coding Rules and Method for Obtaining Information for Tables 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, and 12.6 Case References References Index

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Book SynopsisImage Science gathers Mitchell's most recent essays on media aesthetics, visual culture, and artistic symbolism. The chapters delve into such topics as the physics and biology of images, digital photography and realism, architecture and new media, and the occupation of space in contemporary popular uprisings.Trade Review"Ranging widely across the new visual realities of science, art, cinema, and digital media, these essays are conceptually precise, politically engaged, and deeply reflective. They demonstrate why Mitchell has become America's leading philosopher of the image."--Susan Buck-Morss, Graduate Center of the City University of New York "Image Science is fascinating and a wonderful account of a leading scholar's rich research. As always, Mitchell's writing is erudite, engaging, and challenging; his thinking mindful and provocative in equal measure; his arguments dazzling; his insights startling."--Marquard Smith, Kingston University, London "Image Science adds another chapter to Mitchell's long and illustrious intervention in the disciplines of art history and visual studies. Mitchell argues persuasively for a science of the visual that straddles the humanities and the social and natural sciences, one that addresses not only objects but also their perception and role in human experience. This is an exciting and theoretically challenging collection."--Keith Moxey, Barnard College, Columbia University

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Book SynopsisBig catstigers, leopards, and lionsthat make prey of humans are commonly known as man-eaters. Anthropologist Nayanika Mathur reconceptualizes them as cats that have gone off the straight path to become crooked. Building upon fifteen years of research in India, this groundbreaking work moves beyond both colonial and conservationist accounts to place crooked cats at the center of the question of how we are to comprehend a planet in crisis. There are many theories on why and how a big cat comes to prey on humans, with the ecological collapse emerging as a central explanatory factor. Yet, uncertainty over the precise cause of crookedness persists. Crooked Cats explores in vivid detail the many lived complexities that arise from this absence of certain knowledge to offer startling new insights into both the governance of nonhuman animals and their intimate entanglements with humans. Through creative ethnographic storytelling, Crooked Cats illuminates the Anthropocene in three critical waTrade Review“In this captivating book, Mathur offers a sensitive examination of ordinary ethical struggle with cruelties and injustices spawned by human domination of the earth. She writes gripping stories of big cats, mostly from within the villages and towns of Himalayan north India, to bridge the different ways in which the global climate crisis has been imagined, understood, and explained. This is precisely the bridge that must be crossed to reach solutions that are locally meaningful and globally just.” * K. Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University *“At a time when scholarship is highlighting the phenomenon of extinction, Mathur offers an important intervention that redirects attention from this accelerating absence by focusing instead on imaginatively constituted interactions between humans and animals under threat. Introducing many innovative, intriguing, and witty concepts, Crooked Cats is a distinctive contribution to the ongoing and ever-evolving conversation about human-animal conflict and coexistence.” * Kath Weston, University of Virginia *"While Mathur focuses on personal experience of an unusual occurrence, her persuasive arguments, with supporting resources and notes, successfully connect the observed phenomena to issues of interest to many... Highly recommended." * Choice *"Nayanika Mathur’s Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene is a hard-hitting argument by a political scientist about the cultural (both human and leopard) and institutional ways in which big cats, particularly leopards, cohabit with humans in India. The book is a fascinating look at the political ecology of human-eating big cats and the responses of humans from the relatively powerless to the more powerful as mediated through governmental bureaucracy." * Oryx *Table of ContentsPrologue: Of Two Reigns of Terror Introduction: The Beastly Tale of the Leopard of Gopeshwar 1. Crooked Becomings 2. Murderous Looks 3. The Cute Killer 4. A Petition to Kill 5. The Leopard of Rudraprayag versus Shere Khan 6. Big Cats in the City 7. Entrapment 8. Three Beastly Tales to Conclude Acknowledgments Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Krause has written a powerful, illuminating argument about how the social sciences should work. It is a worthy successor to Max Weber's Science as a Vocation.” -- Richard Sennett, Urban Initiatives, United Nations Habitat“Model Cases is an ambitious and compelling contribution to our understanding of the practice of scholarship, whose inner logic Krause perceptively dissects across different disciplines and methodologies. Her account of how scholars relate to the objects they study offers foundational insights into how we argue and perform research within the humanities." -- Carlos Spoerhase, professor of German literature, Bielefeld University"If the book didn’t already have a subtitle, On Canonical Research Objects and Sites, Monika Krause could have titled it Model Cases: On the Metaphysics of the Syllabus. Her fascinating book is an examination–even a deconstructive analysis–of the two- or three-page document traditionally handed out in the first class on a university program but now usually posted on class management systems like Blackboard." * University World News *"What do we as scholars look at when we do research? That is the simple but effective question that underlies Monika Krause’s highly instructive new book, Model Cases... It is a book that makes us think about the collective research patterns that we are a part of." * LSE Review of Books *"Model Cases would be excellent for a graduate seminar on the philosophy, theory, or methodology of a number of social science disciplines." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Material Research Objects and Privileged Material Research Objects 2. How Material Research Objects Are Selected 3. Model Cases and the Dream of Collective Methods 4. How Subfield Categories Shape Knowledge 5. The Schemas of Social Theory 6. The Model Cases of Global Knowledge Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This fascinating and meticulously researched book explores the astonishing levels of cognition and intelligence of wild parrots, especially in the context of their complex social lives. . . . Under [Bond and Diamond's] expert guidance, we meet brilliant keas, cheeky sulphur-crested cockatoos, affable crimson-fronted parakeets, dazzling rainbow lorikeets, adaptable rose-ringed parakeets, and adorable kakapos. . . . This book is filled with intriguing information, some of it new or unfamiliar to those who know parrots best. . . . Engaging and wonderfully-written. . . . Over the years, I have read almost every book about parrots published in the English language, and this is, hands down, the best parrot book published in the past ten years, and certainly one of the best ever published. This succinct and erudite summary of the latest scientific research into these birds’ natural history, biology, ecology, and evolution is most unusual because it will be read and cherished by ornithologists and scientists as well as non-specialists, and by parrot breeders, behaviorists, and owners alike for years to come, and will appeal to anyone who wishes to learn more about how parrots view the world." -- GrrlScientist * Forbes *"There have been numerous books written about these remarkably brainy but especially endangered birds. This is one of the very best. The authors have studied the lives of wild parrots for over thirty years. Their groundbreaking research into the social behavior, ecology, and intelligence of a wide range of parrot species greatly augments the knowledge obtained from studies of captive birds, and plays an important part in helping conservationists understand how best to save them. This is both a beautifully written survey that anyone can appreciate and a serious reference work." * BBC Wildlife *"Parrots are birds that are familiar to all, famed for their beauty, their ability to mimic and talk, and for their emotional bonds with humans. Most books about parrots are either field guides to all the species or books on captive care. Here ecologists Bond and Diamond focus instead on the minds and behavior of parrots in the wild, drawing together years of their own field work and that of scores of other researchers; the massive bibliography alone is worth the price of the book. Divided into six sections, this inquiry into wild parrots examines their evolution, their behavior, their sociability, their cognition, the lives of the few parrot species that have expanded their ranges, and, finally, the conservation of parrots, the majority of which are threatened by human-caused environmental change. Throughout, Bond and Diamond intersperse tales of their own research on New Zealand’s parrots with studies of other parrot species around the world, illuminating the adaptability and intelligence of these gorgeous birds even in the face of environmental stress. Parrots are very sophisticated animals! . . . Give this very readable compendium to bird-loving and nature-intrigued teens." * Booklist *"Thinking like a Parrot describes the behavior, cognition, ecology, and conservation of wild parrots and includes a number of appendixes, an extensive list of references, and a beautiful set of color plates. The book does not discuss parrots as though they were small humans but, instead, is a well-considered attempt to explain parrot behavior in terms of parrot ecology and evolution. . . . I highly recommend Thinking like a Parrot to anyone interested in birds, animal cognition, and conservation and management." * BioScience *"Bond and Diamond take on the immense task of elucidating aspects of parrot evolution, ecology, and behavior that have largely remained inaccessible, endeavoring to fill a gaping niche of priceless information and insight about these charismatic organisms. A collection of informative essays preceded by vivid vignettes of recollected experiences with wild parrots, Thinking like a Parrot takes its readers down a logical path of immersion into the reality that parrots face. . . . Bond and Diamond have taken on a very ambitious task in Thinking like a Parrot, shouldering the heavy responsibility of bringing so many commonly unknown aspects of parrots to light and in charming detail. The book is a fabulous read, with excellent starting points to enable readers to delve deeper into topics concerning the lives of wild parrots. Even as bird experts, we discovered many fascinating new details. It is a welcome, necessary, and appreciated body of work; even long-time parrot owners and enthusiasts would be well served to read this book." * Current Biology *"Under the 'thinking' rubric are chapters on the evolution of brain and sensory systems; various models of behavior, social relationships and communication, adaptive flexibility or lack (hence range expansions and contractions); and something called 'intelligence.' Parrots have it and outperform corvids (crows, jays, ravens), the next 'smartest' bird group. Anyone who has cohabited with parrots (they are more companions than pets) knows about their 'smarts,' dealing with novelties, persistence, and long-term memory. This book focuses on lessons from wild parrots: from both authors’ studies of parrots on several continents and from the literature. This is a far-ranging work, clearly written and extensively referenced and generally makes interesting reading. Even an experienced parrot biologist will say, 'I didn’t know they could do that.'" * Choice *“The minds of wild parrots brim with intelligence, and their lives with clever, flexible, and exuberant behavior. This fascinating book takes us into their universe to discover not just how these birds live, but how they think, ‘talk,’ and feel. You’ll be amazed by the surprises—the slang of kākās, the playful gangs of galahs, the ingenious adaptability of rose-ringed parakeets.” -- Jennifer Ackerman, author of "The Genius of Birds"“Parrots have unusually large brains, surprisingly flexible learning and intelligence, amazing mimetic abilities, and rich, complicated social interactions. What evolutionary pressures have shaped these traits? In this entertaining and well-written book, Bond and Diamond offer a vivid portrait of the lives of parrots, keas, and macaws. It is a scientifically up-to-date tour de force, easily accessible to scientists and non-scientists alike, that elegantly summarizes the birds’ history, biology, and spread throughout the world—not to mention their complex relations with humans, who have for centuries selectively bred them for their wits and personalities.” -- Robert M. Seyfarth, University of Pennsylvania, coauthor of "The Social Origins of Language" and "Baboon Metaphysics: The Evolution of a Social Mind"“Although parrots have shared our hearts and hearths for hundreds of years, our understanding of their natural behavior has remained shrouded in mystery—until now. As parrots are notoriously difficult to study in the wild, the soap opera of their existence has remained unclear. In Thinking like a Parrot, Bond and Diamond have looked behind the curtain to reveal that parrots possess minds and behavior as complex and intriguing as any creatures in the animal kingdom. This is an exceptional guide for anyone who wants to discover more about how this stunning group of birds think about the world. As we continue to destroy the diverse habitats that wild parrots call home, it’s become apparent that we need to learn all we can about them before it’s too late. Parrots are so much more than the chatty, funny trickster companions that we know and love. This is the perfect guide to learning their secrets.” -- Nathan J. Emery, Queen Mary University of London,author of "Bird Brain: An Exploration of Avian Intelligence"“There is indeed something special about parrots. Bond and Diamond have captured beautifully the essence of both the extreme complexity and sophistication of the wild birds and our complex relationship with them. Thinking like a Parrot nails the most difficult aspect by managing to explain, without getting bogged down, the high levels of cognition and intelligence of parrots, especially in context of their complex social lives. Totally original and engagingly written.” -- Robert Heinsohn, Australian National University, coeditor of "Boom and Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country"Table of ContentsPrefacePart One: Origins 1. Rainbow Lorikeet 2. Evolution 3. Brain and Sensory SystemsPart Two: Behavior 4. Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo 5. Expression and Response 6. PlayPart Three: Sociality 7. Crimson-Fronted Parakeet 8. Relationships 9. Vocal CommunicationPart Four: Cognition 10. Kākā 11. Cognition in the Wild 12. IntelligencePart Five: Disruption 13. Rose-Ringed Parakeet 14. ExpansionPart Six: Conservation 15. Kākāpo 16. Contraction and CollapsePart Seven: Parrots and People 17. Captain Flint Meets Polynesia Acknowledgments Appendix A. Common and Scientific Names of Parrot Species Mentioned in the Text Appendix B. Analysis Methods for Brain Volume and Body Mass in Parrots and Corvids Appendix C. Comparisons of Form and Frequency of Play Behavior in Keas, Kākās, and Kākāpōs Appendix D. Kea Social Network Analysis Appendix E. Kea Vocalizations Appendix F. Kākā Vocalizations and Dialect Methods Appendix G. Conservation Status of Parrot Species Mentioned in the Text Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This well-written, persuasive, and important book analyzes an important paradox: why is an institution focused on merit-based evaluation so unsuccessful at promoting meritocracy? It will be read widely by those studying gender and racial inequalities in higher education and STEM.” -- Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst“Extremely well-written, and their findings ring painfully true. The authors are very compelling in pointing out the many inconsistencies that otherwise smart people don’t or won’t see. All faculty interested in promoting diversity will engage with this insightful and compelling scholarship.” -- Cathy Nagler, University of Chicago"The meticulous attention to detail and argument these authors show is essential for potentially disrupting the habitual deflections about the objectivity of scientific merit. This book is required reading for academic administrators, leaders of STEM equity programs, and STEM department chairs. Highly recommended." * Choice *"This is an important book that deserves attention beyond the context of U.S.-based STEM academia it studies. It is especially impressive for the work it does to substantiate through its empirical research how biased ideas take hold and operate in professional cultures." * Science and Engineering Ethics *"Misconceiving Merit is a must-read for researchers, students, and academic administrators interested in transforming STEM professions and institutions of higher education in ways that equitably attract, reward, and retain scientists in academia." * Social Forces *"Researchers will likely see their own experiences in the book’s rich descriptions of the priorities and pressures of a competitive academic environment. These descriptions, paired with ample quotes from interviewees, make for compelling reading, painting a portrait of STEM faculty who work all the time, are highly engaged with their work, struggle to balance personal and professional obligations, and feel that they are always behind and never enough." * Science *Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures 1 Misperceiving Merit, Excellence, and Devotion in Academic STEM 2 The Cultural Construction of Merit in Academic STEM 3 The Work Devotion Schema and Its Consequences 4 Mismeasuring Merit: The Schema of Scientific Excellence as a Yardstick of Merit 5 Defending the Schema of Scientific Excellence, Defending Inequality 6 The Moralization of Merit: Consequences for Scientists and Science Acknowledgments Appendix Notes References

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"There are many paths through the radical arts of the 1960s. Nadja Millner-Larsen’s Up Against the Real: Black Mask from Art to Action takes one back alley and turns it into a bustling boulevard. . . . Millner-Larsen’s book is lucidly written and densely reasoned. The author doesn’t romanticize Morea’s flame-throwing ideas; she takes them seriously. Up Against the Real is also impressively researched, with a bit more than two hundred pages of text followed by forty-five pages of notes." * Artforum *"Millner-Larsen reproduces examples of Black Mask alongside Abstract Expressionist paintings and images of expanded cinema events and political protests, mapping how the debates laid out in the broadsheet emerged in the ‘real’ world through Black Mask’s commitment to direct action. . . . Though Black Mask and UATWMF are remembered as a vigilante street gang, Millner-Larsen’s historically and materially grounded study specifies the ways in which the group’s commitment to direct action was rooted in an interest in the political and philosophical uses of aesthetics and abstraction, one that was maintained even after their edict to cease artmaking following their name change." * Art Review *"Millner-Larsen’s frequently brilliant analysis by no means isolates the era of Black Mask as separate from our own. Her commentary is effective in its ability to link our present Zeitgeist to both general Black Mask & Up Against the Wall, MF! impressions and specific memories of the 1960s. . . . Up Against the Real offers an expertly crafted documentation of Black Mask paired with a deeply impressive contextualization of this group within a larger picture of post-World War II American art and oppositional communities. It is undoubtedly a masterful contribution to the literature on this subject and anyone interested in Black Mask should take a sojourn in its pages, which are clearly the result of years of breathtaking effort." * Fifth Estate *"In the afternoon of October 10, 1966, six members of a radical anti-arts arts group marched in front of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) handing out leaflets while two members unraveled a large canvas sign announcing, 'MUSEUM CLOSED.' . . . The demonstrators were with the Black Mask and were offended by MoMA’s exhibition, 'Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage,' which they felt violated the Dadaist and Surrealists very creative visions. . . . Nadja Millner-Larsen brilliantly tells the story of this now nearly all-but-forgotten group and how they pushed art beyond representation into activist demonstrations, foreshadowing the eclipse of the 1960s counterculture." * New York Journal of Books *“Up Against the Real is an original, highly informed, and scholarly examination of a fascinating segment of contemporary art history. Millner-Larsen treats the complex milieu of 1960s radical politics and art as a living force within culture. She weaves a brilliant and scholarly narrative that on one level treats the anarchist art collective Black Mask as an anomaly, but also serves to illuminate the cultural politics of this tumultuous era.” -- Gregory Sholette, author of The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art“In Up Against the Real, Millner-Larsen introduces us to Black Mask, a group of downtown New York anti-art saboteurs who blasted out of the world of experimental painting and cinema and onto the streets, insisting that the abstraction of late modernist art heralded a new, liberatory, antirepresentational politics. With an acute understanding of the historical and theoretical stakes at play, Millner-Larsen restores their cultural revolution to its rightful place alongside the Situationists, the Young Lords, and other exemplars of ’60s radicalism.” -- Tom McDonough, author of The Beautiful Language of My CenturyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Revolution Will be Real One Direct Painting/Direct Action Two The Subject of Black Three Pure Activism in Theory and Practice Four We’re Looking for People Who Like to Draw Five Sweet Assassins Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisExploring Wong Kar-wai's groundbreaking use of sound and visual technique to create a new form of cinemaTrade Review“An insightful and encompassing look at an important director.”--Film International"Brunette traces the love, longing, and regret on view in all of Wong's films, and he rightly emphasizes their 'graphic expressivity'—that is, the distinctive, visually kinetic approach that continues to be the director's hallmark as he matures."--Booklist"Highly recommended."--Choice"Film scholars and movie buffs alike will surely welcome [Brunette's] stimulating discussion."--Ruby Cheung

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Book SynopsisThe alarm and anxiety unleashed by the Great Recession found fascinating expression across popular culture. Harried survivors negotiated societal collapse in The Walking Dead. Middle-class whites crossed the literal and metaphorical Mexican border on Breaking Bad or coped with a lack of freedom among the marginalized on Orange Is the New Black. Camilla Fojas uses representations of people of color, the incarcerated, and trans/queers--vulnerable populations all--to work through the contradictions created by the economic crisis and its freefalling aftermath. Television, film, advertising, and media coverage of the crisis created a distinct kind of story about capitalism and the violence that supports it. Fojas shows how these pop culture moments reshaped social dynamics and people's economic sensibilities and connects the ways pop culture reflected economic devastation. She also examines how these artifacts illuminated parts of society usually kept off-screen or on the margins even as thTrade Review"Fojas has done it again. With her trademark elegance of prose and sharp cutting cultural critique she slices through those thick layers of capitalist ideology that wrap all variety of popular cultural entertainment. From blue-ice meth to the zombie invasions, Fojas scrapes to the bone just how pop culture speaks to and against very real, everyday material concerns of twenty-first century trans-Pacific borderland denizens. Extraordinary! Exquisite! Edifying!"--Frederick Luis Aldama, author of The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez"The range of this book is astonishing and Fojas does justice to complex theoretical concepts by showing how they help us understand the primary texts while not dumbing down the theory."--David Schmid, author of Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture"Powerful and inventive, offering a new way to think about zombie media as critiques of debt that are themselves too often unable to think their way of the global orders of racial capitalism against which they so anxiously rage." --American Quarterly"Essential."--PopMatters"Camilla Fojas's Zombies, Migrants, and Queers: Race and Crisis Capitalism in Pop Culture is a detailed and timely investigation of some of the most popular media of the past decade in the context of the global economic downturn."--Journal of Asian American Studies"Zombies, Migrants and Queers: Race and Crisis Capitalism in Pop Culture by Camilla Fojas is such as an academic work, bringing together theories and topics from many different disciplines (sociology, economics, cultural studies, philosophy) in a very casual--yet impressively coherent--way." --Ethnic and Racial Studies"An exciting book, quite probably Fojas's most important work to date. It is timely, edgy, well-researched, impassioned. In it, Fojas analyzes journalism, memoirs, literature, photography, art, film, TV, music, economics, history, all in relation to 'popular culture.' . . . She adroitly draws on Greek myths, Freud, Lacan, Marx, Deleuze and Guattari, Lyotard, Barthes, Michelle Alexander, Angela Davis, Foucault, and others in her contemplation of specific artistic and mass media exemplars."--Christine Holmlund, editor of The Ultimate Stallone Reader: Sylvester Stallone as Star, Icon, Auteur

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Book SynopsisThe emergence of Haiti as a sovereign Black nation lit a beacon of hope for Black people throughout the African diaspora. Leslie M. Alexander’s study reveals the untold story of how free and enslaved Black people in the United States defended the young Caribbean nation from forces intent on maintaining slavery and white supremacy. Concentrating on Haiti’s place in the history of Black internationalism, Alexander illuminates the ways Haitian independence influenced Black thought and action in the United States. As she shows, Haiti embodied what whites feared most: Black revolution and Black victory. Thus inspired, Black activists in the United States embraced a common identity with Haiti’s people, forging the idea of a united struggle that merged the destinies of Haiti with their own striving for freedom. A bold exploration of Black internationalism’s origins, Fear of a Black Republic links the Haitian revolution to the global Black pursuit of liberatiTrade Review"In this clear and impeccably researched volume, historian Leslie M. Alexander explores the imperative role Haiti and the Haitian Revolution played in the growth of Black internationalism, sovereignty and freedom. " --Ms. Magazine“An impressive feat of scholarly research, unremitting in its focus on Black discourses and activities, as recorded in African American serial publications and institutions. The book luminously chronicles the hopes and dreams, the aspirations and yearnings, that United States Black folk invested in the Haitian Revolution and what it wrought, the sovereign state of Haiti.”--Michael O. West, author of From Toussaint to Tupac: The Black International since the Age of RevolutionTable of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1. A United and Valiant People: Black Visions of Haiti at the Dawn of the Nineteenth CenturyChapter 2. Ruin Stares Everybody in the Face: The Era of the IndemnityChapter 3. Haiti Must Be Acknowledged: The Fight for Haitian Recognition BeginsChapter 4. The Voices of the People Will Be Heard: Haiti Comes to WashingtonChapter 5. Let Us Leave This Buckra Land for Hayti: The Limits of Black UtopiaChapter 6. I Will Sink or Swim with My Race: Black Internationalism in the Era of SoulouqueChapter 7. A Long-Cherished Desire: Haitian Emigration during the U.S. Civil WarChapter 8. Too Soon to Rejoice?: The Battle for Haitian Recognition in the U.S. Civil War EraEpilogue: We Have Not Yet Forgiven Haiti for Being BlackNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a book for movie buffs, Black history enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates solid research and good storytelling." --Roundup Magazine"Richly researched. . . . This carefully crafted academic treatment will enhance library shelves." --Library Journal (starred review)"A unique take on a key genre of cinema." --Film Stage“Mask provides an insightful commentary on the Civil Rights era and its African-American-themed Westerns from today's perspective.”--Angela Aleiss, author of Hollywood's Native Americans: Stories of Identity and ResistanceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Football Heroes Invade Hollywood Black Masculinity on Horseback: From Duel at Diablo to Buck and the Preacher Blaxplotation versus Black Liberation: The Charley Trilogy Harlem Rides the Range: Nobody Told You There Were Black Cowboys Westerns and Westploitation: Brothas and Sistas at the O.K. Corral Appendix: Interview with Jeff Kanew NotesFilmographyBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThose who take the journey with Ziporyn will find a rich and rewarding work, not simply due to the mind-boggling Tiantai doctrine, but also because of Ziporyn's respect for the tradition and his extraordinary finesse in presenting its demanding ideas. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Just Here Is the End of Suffering: Letting Suffering Be in Early Buddhism 2. Rafts and Arrows: The Two Truths in Pre-Tiantai Buddhism 3. Neither Thus Nor Otherwise: Mahāyāna Approaches to Emptiness 4. Buddha-nature and Original Enlightenment 5. How to Not Know What You're Doing: Introduction to the Lotus Sūtra 6. The New Middle Way: Highlights of the Lotus Sūtra in Tiantai Context 7. The Interpervasion of All Points of View: From the Lotus Sūtra to Tiantai 8. Tiantai: The Multiverse as You 9. Experiencing Tiantai: Experiments with Tiantai Practice 10. Tiantai Ethics and the Worst Case Scenario Epilogue: So Far and Yet So Close NotesBibliography and Suggested ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisWhat can you do with a folklore degree? Over six dozen folklorists, writing from their own experiences, show us. What Folklorists Do examines a wide range of professionalsboth within and outside the academy, at the beginning of their careers or holding senior management positionsto demonstrate the many ways that folklore studies can shape and support the activities of those trained in it. As one of the oldest academic professions in the United States and grounded in ethnographic fieldwork, folklore has always been concerned with public service and engagement beyond the academy. Consequently, as this book demonstrates, the career applications of a training in folklore are manyadvocating for local and national causes; shaping public policy; directing and serving in museums; working as journalists, publishers, textbook writers, or journal editors; directing national government programs or being involved in historic preservation; teaching undergraduate and graduate students; producing musiTrade ReviewTimothy Lloyd, former Executive Director of theAmerican Folklore Society, has assembled a valuablecompendium of 76 short essays by folklorists, mostlyNorth Americans, exploring an impressively broadrange of professional options and careers. . . . What Folklorists Do is an important, exciting and accessible book that I wouldrecommend to anyone with any interest in folklore. -- Timothy H. Evans * Journal of Folklore and Education *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Researching and TeachingDoing Fieldwork, by Tom MouldIntegrating Fieldwork and Library Research, by Elissa R. HenkenCollaborating Across Disciplines, by Sheila BockPracticing Internationalism, by Dorothy NoyesConnecting Folklore Studies to Digital Humanities, by John LaudunUsing Big Data in Folklore Scholarship, by Timothy R. TangherliniUnderstanding the Information Technology World Ethnographically, by Meghan McGrathDoing Public Humanities, by Danille ChristensenServing a Campus as an International Scholar, by Ziying YouWorking as an Independent Scholar, by Luisa Del GiudiceTeaching at a Community College, by David J. PugliaTeaching Undergraduate Students, by David Todd LawrenceTeaching Graduate Students, by Ray CashmanTeaching in an Interdisciplinary Department, by Tom DuBoisTeaching Medical Professionals, by Bonnie Blair O'ConnorTeaching Writing, by Martha C. SimsIntegrating Vernacular and Mainstream Science in Teaching, by Sandra Bartlett Atwood2. Leading and ManagingLeading at a University, by Patricia A. TurnerChairing a Department, by Debra Lattanzi ShutikaDirecting an Academic Program, by Michael Ann WilliamsManaging an Academic Program, by Cassie Rosita PattersonBuilding an Online School, by Sara Cleto and Brittany WarmanPerforming Diplomacy, by Valdimar HafsteinLeading a Federal Government Agency, by Bill IveyDirecting a Federal Government Office, by Elizabeth PetersonLeading in a Consulting Firm, by Malachi O'ConnorDirecting Communications Strategy, by Katy CluneDirecting a Learned Society, by Jessica A. TurnerDirecting a Museum, by Jason Baird JacksonDirecting a Non-Profit Organization, by Ellen McHaleDirecting a Recording Label, by Daniel SheehyCoordinating Research Projects, by Diana Baird N'DiayeManaging Regional Arts Programs, by Teresa HollingsworthManaging a State Government Program, by Steven Hatcher3. Communicating and CuratingArchiving for Preservation, Access, and Understanding, by Terri M. 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Book SynopsisDelivers a stimulating quartet of essays on the four cardinal virtues. Josef Pieper demonstrates the unsound overvaluation of moderation that has made contemporary morality a hollow convention and points out the true significance of the Christian virtues.Trade Review“Dr. Pieper, with his grounding in Scholastic thinking, especially Thomas Aquinas, brings to the reader an interpretation of this classical tradition that has things to say about the human person today. He attempts to make what could become a list of requirements for ethical behavior into a human quest for the wisdom that enables one to become the kind of person one strives to be.” —Studies in Formative Spirituality

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Book SynopsisFrom burning draft cards to staging nude protests, much left-wing political activism in 1960s America was distinguished by deliberate outrageousness. This book argues that these over-the-top antics were far more than just the spontaneous actions of a self-indulgent radical impulse.Trade Review"Craig J. Peariso’s work challenges traditional narratives regarding some of North America’s most significant political iconoclasts of the 1960s." -- Max Shulman * TDR: The Drama Review *"Radical Theatrics is a thought-provoking book that should educate and trouble anyone desperate to change the world and confused about what to do when those efforts stall." -- Jeremy Varon * Journal of American History *"This intriguing book presents a revisionist revaluation of the more problematic radical edges of political performance art in the United States of the mid-to-late 1960s. . . . Peariso has successfully shown that awkward decade was up for it in many compelling ways. . . . [Radical Theatrics] launches a sophisticatedly argued call for newly creating politico-aesthetic styles of ‘anti-representational’ performance." -- Baz Kershaw * Studies in Theatre and Performance *"Peariso’s study of ‘failed’ sixties radicalism is an important contribution to our growing understanding of the complexities of radicalism in the postmodern, where performance is everywhere and manifold." -- Alan Filewod * Labour / Le Travail *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction | Stereotypes, Opposition, and “the Sixties” 1. Monkey Theater 2. “Watch Out for Pigs in Queen’s Clothing”: Camp and the Image of Radical Sexuality 3. “Erect . . . Strong . . . Resilient and Firm”: Eldridge Cleaver and the Performance of “Black” Liberation Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFinnegan's Wake" is perhaps the most difficult and wilfully obscure piece in all of modern literature, a book written in polyglottal puns that continues to baffle not only lay readers but, in large part, Joyceans as well. Here in 12 chapters, John Bishop aims to unravel Joyce's obscurities and aims to reveal the "Wake" more clearly than anyone has done before.

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Book SynopsisThe definitive cookbook on contemporary sauces that highlights fresh flavours and updates classics.Trade Review"Smart and wide-ranging, with terrific pages of tips and variations." -- Bonnie Benwick - Washington Post "Volland's intent is to get you comfortable with the elements of a good sauce, then set you free in your kitchen. ... The book is not about the five French mother sauces; oh, they're here, but much more ink in the 450-plus pages is spent on how we cook today, from updating those classics to her endlessly adaptable stir-fry sauce to smart things to do with canned tomatoes." -- Joe Gray - Chicago Tribune "The bible of successful sauce making." -- Nick Harman - Foodepedia "In this penetrating volume, the reader will learn sauces ranging from hollandaise to Thai peanut sauce-Mastering Sauces is a must-buy, and an essential one, for any serious cook." -- James Peterson, James Beard Award-winning author of Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making "Susan's contributions to The Cooking Lab were invaluable. Now she's written a comprehensive guide to learning the fundamentals of sauce-making, taking home cooks on a tour of versatile techniques and international flavors." -- Nathan Myhrvold, coauthor of Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking and Modernist Cuisine at Home "Susan Volland combines science, hedonism, and common sense in this groundbreaking book. So much more than a cookbook, Mastering Sauces is a treatise on flavor, taste, and texture for the twenty-first century." -- Molly Stevens, James Beard Award-winning author of All About Roasting and All About Braising "Susan Volland gives home cooks the confidence and knowledge not only to make sauces, but also to create their own. This book is an important addition to every kitchen library." -- Jennifer McLagan, James Beard Award-winning author of Bones, Fat, Odd Bits, and "A smart, lucid, and beautifully written manual for making glorious sauces from around the world. It will educate and inspire both learned sauciers and novices alike." -- James Oseland, editor-in-chief, Rodale's Organic Life and author of Cradle of Flavor "From the chef's perspective, a dish isn't finished until you sauce it. The recipes in this book-focused and sensuous-are right in tune with the way we eat today. So don't cover up that pristine fillet of wild salmon or those fresh, fat spears of local asparagus you so carefully sourced with a tone-deaf sauce. Try a recipe from this book and elevate your home cooking from ordinary to extraordinary." -- Tom Douglas, James Beard Award-winning chef, Dahlia Lounge, Seattle, and author of Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a breakdown of the process involved in creating a garden, from making an initial assessment of the site's possibilities to applying design principles and choosing plants and landscaping materials. It is aimed at readers who have no previous knowledge of garden-making but will also be of value to professionals entering the trade.Trade ReviewInspiration, ideas and a thorough breakdown of how to create a garden The Garden

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book takes on the debate around what makes ceramics an art form and how it has developed. The ‘vessel’, it seems, is a contentious word in ceramics. The book has noted, debates surrounding the validity of the term reveal ‘tensions about the relative value of the pot, the vessel and the object, and the status between the useful and the useless in the art world. The debate as to whether ceramics should be regarded as ‘art’ or ‘craft’ . A very thoughtful read. -- Paul Bailey, Emerging Potters Magazine Oct-Dec 23 * Emerging Potters Magazine Oct-Dec 23 *

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Book SynopsisAn activist's guide to understanding the militarisation of the policing of protest.Trade Review'A welcome contribution to the literature on the sociology of policing more generally. Smart, erudite, and empirically grounded, Wood's perspective on policing protest exposes deeper, often under-explored, theoretical dimensions of the politics of policing' -- James Sheptycki, Professor of Criminology, York University'Sheds light on the economic and political roots of police brutality against legitimate social movements. Unfortunately, this is what our 'democracy' looks like' -- Francis Dupuis-Déri, professor of political science, Université du Québec à Montréal, and member of the Observatory on racial, social, and political profiling in the public space.'An engaging and sophisticated study of protest policing, which exposes the threat such policing poses to democracy and the neoliberal dynamics that have made it a preferred strategy for repressing the 99% whenever they challenge the 1%' -- William K. Carroll, professor of sociology, University of Victoria'A hard-hitting, insightful, and well-researched analysis of the changing forms of protest policing' -- Willem de Lint, professor of criminal justice, Flinders University'Shows clearly that the police wing of the state takes very seriously its task of understanding and defeating social resistance to austerity. Those engaged in that resistance would do well to return the favour. This book provides an excellent source of knowledge and insight into how the not-so-thin blue line thinks and operates' -- John Clarke, Organizer, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty'A must-read for all who care about freedom of speech and see protest and public demonstration as a necessary and legitimate means of protecting democracy' -- Howard F Morton. QC., Barrister'A powerful dissection of the ways that the policing of protests have been transformed over the last decade' -- The BulletTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. Policing Waves of Protest 1995–2013 3. To Serve and Protect Who? Policing Trends and Best Practices 4. Local Legitimacy and Struggles for Control 5. Officers Under Attack: The Thin Blue Line, Pepper Spray and Police Identity 6. Experts, Agencies, the Private Security Sector and Integration 7. Protest as Threat 8. Urine-Filled Supersoakers 9. Crisis and Control Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe popular and bestselling marriage book that has changed millions of couples' lives is now the inspiration for a powerful video curriculum for your church or small group. Six sessions.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines how ordinary families and communities of minority groups in Sri Lanka have dealt with prolonged civil war and resulting issues as diverse as child recruitment, generational and gender conflicts, political terror, refugee camp life, ethnic nationalism, and migration and mobility.Trade Review"Through a series of deeply moving narratives, Thiranagama analyzes the multiplicity of Tamil identifications in Jaffna and brings stories of Muslims back into academic understandings of the war. Thiranagama has written a fantastic and fascinating first book." * Journal of Asian Studies *"As an anthropologist, Thiranagama is interested in how uncontrollable eruptions of violence dislocate people's lives. . . . [In My Mother's House] leaves a profound sense of the victims' unfathomable losses." * Foreign Affairs *"The ethnographic In My Mother's House . . . places Sri Lanka's conflict in its right time-frame, bringing back into the discussion the history before 2009, and how the violence that people experienced over three decades changed lives and society forever." * The Hindu *Table of ContentsNote on Transliteration Foreword by Gananath Obeyesekere Introduction 1. Growing Up at War: Self Formation, Individuality, and the LTTE 2. The House of Secrets: Mothers, Daughters, and Inheritance 3. From Muslims to Northern Muslims: Ethnicity, Eviction, and Displacement 4. Becoming of This Place? Northern Muslim Futures After Eviction 5. The Generation of Militancy: Generation, Gender, and Self-Transformation 6. Conclusions from Tamil Colombo List of Abbreviations Notes References Index Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisSince the publication of their first controversial novels in the 1950s and 1960s, Philip Roth and Edna O'Brien have always argued against the isolation of mind from body, autobiography from fiction, life from art, and self from nation. In this book Dan O'Brien investigates these shared concerns of the two authors.Trade ReviewExceptional, original . . . O’Brien takes on a fascinating topic about which very little has been written and, in so doing, makes a valuable contribution to the growing corpus of books in the emergent field of Irish-Jewish studies. O'Brien's Fine Meshwork interlaces intricately the works, lives and preoccupations of two (variously) misunderstood contemporary writers so as to ask questions that go beyond considerations of nation and biography. O'Brien's carefully and playfully written study, with its bold thesis of flirtatious intertextuality, will do much to advance their cause, while offering new and exciting frameworks against which to consider Irish and Jewish-American literature both as separate entities and in relation to transnational and transatlantic studies.

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays by Alexander addressing the implications of transnational thinking for our understanding of gender, sex, sexuality, and raceTrade Review“Pedagogies of Crossing is a tour de force. M. Jacqui Alexander addresses the conditions that make multiculturalism possible and powerfully shows us that those conditions are ultimately ethical and spiritual. Beautifully written and deeply moving, this book shows us how we need an ethic of translation if we are to be able to engage in classroom teaching so that both students and teachers can grapple with the politics of our complex, globalized world. Pedagogies of Crossing is a must read for anyone in women’s studies, anthropology, political science, English, comparative literature, or sociology.”—Drucilla Cornell, author of Defending Ideals: War, Democracy, and Political Struggles“In Pedagogies of Crossing, M. Jacqui Alexander ventures an archaeology of the heart to cross over to the ‘other side’ of knowing, returning the sacred to the classroom. Here the ‘altar of the secular gods of postmodernity’ is finally dismantled and we are urged the freedom to think before and beyond them. I am indebted to this sister-scholar-in-arms.” —Cherríe Moraga, coeditor of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color“[A] comprehensive, extensive exploration of Alexander’s journey through migration stories (including her own), through academe, the academy and teaching, and through African and Caribbean colonized identities and sexualized politics. Her collection contributes a great deal to the feminist examination of the need to remember, to communicate the experiences of women of colour, including the spiritual survival of women of colour by finding room for the inclusion the Sacred and sacred experiences, as she steps away from the secularized view of experience and power that post-modernism has brought about.” -- Laure E. Lafrance * Atlantis *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I: Transnational Erotics: State, Capital, and the Decolonization of Desire 1. Erotic Autonomy as a Politics of Decolonization: Feminism, Tourism, and the State in the Bahamas 21 2. Imperial Desire/Sexual Utopias: White Gay Capital and Transnational Tourism 66 Part II: Maps of Empire, Old and New 3. Whose New World Order? Teaching for Justice 91 4. Anatomy of a Mobilization 117 5. Transnationalism, Sexuality, and the State: Modernity's Traditions at the Height of Empire 181 Part III. Dangerous Memory: Secular Acts, Sacred Possession 6. Remembering This Bridge Called My Back, Remembering Ourselves 725 7. Pedagogies of the Sacred: Making the Invisible Tangible 287 Notes 333 Bibliography 373 Index 395

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Book SynopsisWalter D. Mignolo analyzes the "colonial logic" that has driven five hundred years of Western imperialism, from colonialism through neoliberalismTrade Review“It is dense, but refreshing and ultimately uplifting. Walter Mignolo’s visionary ideas about the decline and fall of (Western) modernity and hence leadership should be on the syllabus in schools, let alone higher education institutions.” - EC, The Latin American Review of Books“Such a rich and ambitious book, apparently unafraid of taking risks, will prove controversial for it messes with many a wasp’s nest. The Darker Side of Western Modernity is recommended reading for those in search of a challenge rather than a confirmation.” - Sara Castro-Klaren, Modern Language Notes“...the book is elegantly written, even poetic or lyrical at times...I have always appreciated Mignolo’s ability to refine and rework his ideas, and this book seems to be the best example of such evolutionary thinking yet.” - Darrel Allan Wanzer, Cultural Studies“The Darker Side of Western Modernity is a significant, visionary, and hopeful text. More than just revealing the logic and strategy at work in the ‘darker side of Western modernity,’ this book makes evident and gives life to decolonial delinking and thought. Walter D. Mignolo’s eye is toward emergent processes and projects of political-epistemic resistance, disobedience, and transformation that give sustenance, reason, and concretion to the prospect and anticipation of other possible worlds. Through these processes and projects, Mignolo remaps the order of knowing, reading, and doing, while also indicating paths and perspectives for significantly different communal futures.”—Catherine E. Walsh, Director, Doctoral Program in Latin American Cultural Studies, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Quito, Ecuador“Walter D. Mignolo is one of our leading theorists of coloniality/modernity and decolonial thinking. With this superb book, the third in an ‘unintended trilogy’ exploring the nature and limits of modern social thought, Mignolo continues his ambition to ‘break the Western code’ embodied in its rhetoric of modernity and logic of coloniality. This volume brings to light a darker side of the project of modernity, the oppressive relations that were at its heart, and offers decolonial options for the building of communal futures different from our pasts. It is necessary reading for all those interested in the emancipatory potential of social theory for dealing with the challenges of the twenty-first century.”—Gurminder K. Bhambra, author of Rethinking Modernity: Postcolonialism and the Sociological Imagination“It is dense, but refreshing and ultimately uplifting. Walter Mignolo’s visionary ideas about the decline and fall of (Western) modernity and hence leadership should be on the syllabus in schools, let alone higher education institutions.” * Latin American Review of Books *Table of ContentsAbout the Series ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Coloniality: The Darker Side of Western Modernity 1 Part One 1. The Roads to the Future: Rewesternization, Dewesternization, and Decoloniality 27 Part Two 2. I Am Where I Do: Remapping the Order of Knowing 77 3. It Is "Our" Modernity: Delinking, Independent Thought, and Decolonial Freedom 118 Part Three 4. (De)Coloniality at Large: Time and the Colonial Difference 149 5. The Darker Side of Enlightenment: A Decolonial Reading of Kant's Geography 181 Part Four 6. The Zapatistas' Theoretical Revolution: Its Historical, Ethical, and Political Consequences 213 7. Cosmopolitan Localisms: Overcoming Colonial and Imperial Differences 252 Afterword. "Freedom to Choose" and the Decolonial Option: Notes toward Communal Futures 295 Notes 337 Bibliography 365 Index 389

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Book SynopsisThe Migrant Image offers a sophisticated analysis of how refugee and exiled artists imagine a globalized world where borders are shifting, populations are forcibly removed from their homelands, and the gap separating the rich from the poor is growing.Trade Review“The Migrant Image is an important reflection on a form of art practice marked by the ‘posts’ of postmodern critique and a political commitment to oppose prepackaged discourses of crisis, austerity, and futile resistance. In a timely way, Demos shows the two are compatible. The Migrant Image will stimulate fascinating debates in the academic, artistic, and documentary spheres. In triangulating among these camps Demos brings down the barriers separating them.” -- Alex Fattal * Public Books *“Think of T.J. Demos’s The Migrant Image as a field guide to art for those interested in the politics of human rights, globalization, migration, and war.” -- Ryan Wong * Hyperallergic *“T. J. Demos’s The Migrant Image is the most comprehensive and in-depth scholarly investigation of the effects that globalization has had on contemporary artistic practice over the past three decades. The scope of Demos’s investigation is impressive, most notably in his unpacking and explication of key terms in global art discourse that have proven problematic, and at times elusive. The effects of globalization on creative and intellectual practices in the arts has been a controversial subject that has eluded easy consensus – and Demos skilfully brings a much needed legibility to a discussion that is as divisive as it is complex.” -- Derek Conrad Murray * Third Text *“Demos’s deft criticism means that he is able to bring together a broad range of artwork and argue very persuasively in each case for its effectiveness. . . . His authorial voice rings crystal clear throughout the analysis of this range and mix of artistic practice.” -- James Day * Art History *"Framing contemporary artworks dealing with the theme of migration within the twenty-first century context of 'crisis globalization,' Demos engages with a growing and interdisciplinary body of scholarship on neoliberalism and uneven development. The book’s main intervention, however, is within the subfield of global contemporary art history, where it will serve as a very useful text for students, researchers, critics, and curators concerned with the relationship between art and politics in the post–September 11 era." -- Tammer Salah El-Sheikh * Arab Studies Journal *Table of ContentsIllustrations vii Check-In: A Prelude xiii Charting a Course: Exile, Diaspora, Nomads, Refugees: A Genealogy of Art and Migration 1 Departure A. Moving Images of Globalization 21 1. Indeterminacy and Bare Life in Steve McQueen's Western Deep 33 2. "Sabotaging the Future": The Essay-Films of the Otolith Group 54 3. Hito Steyerl's Traveling Images 74 Transit: Politicizing Aesthetics 90 Departure B. Life Full of Holes 95 4. The Art of Emily Jacir: Dislocation and Politicization 103 5. Recognizing the Unrecognized: The Photographs of Ahlam Shibli 124 6. The Right of Opacity: On the Otolith Group's Nervus Rerum 144 Transit: Going Offshore 160 Departure C. Zones of Conflict 169 7. Out of Beirut: Mobile Histories and the Politics of Fiction 177 8. Video's Migrant Geography: Ursula Biemann's Sahara Chronicle 201 9. Means without End: Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri's Camp Campaign 221 Destination: The Politics of Aesthetics during Global Crisis 245 Acknowledgments 251 Notes 255 Bibliography 305 Index 323

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Book SynopsisTony Allen is the autobiography of legendary Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, the rhythmic engine of Fela Kuti's Afrobeat.Trade Review“There’s a sentence in the introduction where Veal, a Yale professor, uses the phrase ‘indigenization of jazz drumming’, but don’t let that put you off. The academic is present primarily to transcribe and edit, while Allen reflects on 50 years at the coalface. . . One of the great sidemen, Allen here cuts mercilessly through the bullshit.” -- David Hutcheon * Mojo *“Allen bring us his inspirational biography. Written together with Michael Veal, author of Fela Kuti’s biography, this is the most accessible Afrobeat book of them all. . . . Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in the history of West-African popular music.” * AfrobeatMusic.net *“Tony Allen is a fascinating insider’s view of how a musician and a musical style developed over time. Allen is a compelling storyteller and sharp observer whose memories bring forth a stream of ideas, anecdotes, humor, and life lessons that add up to an insightful auto-ethnography. Well-organized and concise, the book flows as a story of one of the most important West African musicians of the past 50 years, a narrative of creativity in post-colonial African popular music, and sound advice on how to have a long and productive career in music.” -- Thomas Brett * Popular Music and Society *“This master drummer’s account is enriched by unstinting critical appraisal, whether evaluating Fela’s most loved recordings or his own subsequent solo efforts. Tony Allen, ever restless, retains the enthusiasm of an absolute beginner, tempered with a survivor’s wisdom. His life obviously a work in progress, one anticipates music yet to come and the stories that surface in its wake.” -- Richard Henderson * The Wire *“[D]rummers are going to love this book. With so few autobiographies of drummers in print, the publication of Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat is a cause for celebration. . . . Most importantly, the book is a hell of a lot of fun to read, although Allen's first-hand accounts of his struggles with shamanistic bandleader and Nigeria's adopted ‘black president’ Fela Anikulapo-Kuti will piss off any musician who has had to fight to get paid for playing a gig." -- Chris Becker * All About Jazz *“After decades of being underpaid and underappreciated for his contributions with Kuti and beyond, it’s satisfying to see Tony Allen: An Autobiography of the Master Drummer of Afrobeat in print. Drummers, fans of African music, and lovers of music more generally will find a lot to love in this book.” -- Zachary Stockill * Popmatters *"There is much to enjoy from his account of growing up and becoming part of 'swinging Lagos' pre 1978, before it was unsafe to venture out at night. The part describing his musical influences and relationship with Fela Kuti is illuminating. Tony, one of the originators of Afrobeat, still plays to sellout crowds in his seventies . . . demonstrating that age is just a number. Allen's autobiography is a gem." * The Voice *“Anyone who knows their Afrobeat will tell you how pivotal the kit drummer Tony Allen was to the genre’s development. Indeed, as . . . Michael Veal points out in this important, deftly crafted book, the pairing of Allen and the late great Fela Anikulapo Kuti could be likened to partnerships between such jazz supernovas as Coltrane and Elvin Jones; Miles and Philly Joe Jones; Ornette and Billy Higgins.” -- Jane Cornwel * Jazzwise *“This is not a slice of dry academia, what we get in this incredibly fruitful collaboration is 160 pages of rich revealing narrative that is so engrossing that I missed my stop on the tube. . . . Basically, I couldn’t put the book down and it had me sifting through the records to provide a soundtrack to the narrative.” -- Paul Brad * Ancient to Future *“This is a much needed, truly fascinating book. . . . Allen spins the tale of his life, and of the evolution of one of the great popular musical styles of the 20th century, like the great storyteller he is. It’s a narrative filled with tasty anecdotes and twinkling details, which just add to its momentum. You can almost see the wry smile on his face as he challenges you to make up his own mind . . . Allen’s totally absorbing narrative was edited and shaped by Michael E. Veal. . . . In his introduction he treats us to an unbeatably succinct, lucidly accurate contextual analysis of Allen as a ‘Yoruba modernist’. He also gets to grips with how the Allen technique works. . . . This is highly readable and highly recommended.” -- Max Reinhardt * Songlines *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction / Michael E. Veal 1 1. Right in the Center of Lagos 21 2. Highlife Time 36 3. The Sky was the Limit 47 4. God's Own Country 68 5. Swinging Like Hell! 85 6. Everything Scatter 108 7. Progress 128 8. When One Road Closes . . . 146 9. Paris Blues 162 10. No End to Business 175 Selected References 187 Index 193

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