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University of Chicago Press Write Like You Teach Taking Your Classroom
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University of Chicago Press Critical Terms for Religious Studies Second
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University of Chicago Press Designs of Destruction
Book SynopsisHow architectural monuments survived and historical preservation was reinvented during the destructions of the twentieth century. The twentieth century was highly destructive, but from its landscapes of ruins was born a new architectural type: the cultural monument. In the wake of World War I, an international movement arose which aimed to protect architectural monuments in large numbers, and regardless of style, hoping not only to keep them safe from future conflicts but also to make them worthy of protection from more quotidian forms of destruction. An evolving groupincluding architects, intellectuals, art historians, archaeologists, curators, and lawyersgrew out of the new diplomacy of the League of Nations. During and after World War II, it became affiliated with the Allied Military Government and was eventually absorbed by the UN as UNESCO. By the 1970s, this organization had begun granting World Heritage status to a global register of significant sitesfrom buildings to bridge
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University of Chicago Press The Way of Coyote
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McGill-Queen's University Press Dawn of a New Feeling
Book SynopsisDawn of a New Feeling acknowledges that computers have become a formidable tool for creating art but contends that virtual reality is not conducive to meditations on the aesthetic object. Virtual or augmented reality, Raffaele Milani argues, is illusory and prevents the viewer from feeling a genuine connection with works of art, and nature itself.
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University of Illinois Press Slavery at Sea Terror Sex and Sickness in the
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWesley-Logan Prize, American Historical Association (AHA), 2017Dred Scott Freedom Award in the category Historical Literary Excellence, Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, 2020"Mustakeem's command of sources and methodology is remarkable. . . . Slavery at Sea is an outstanding intervention in the history of slavery." --Journal of African American History"This excellent work illustrates the paradoxical significance of U.S. slavery studies in relation to the larger African Diaspora."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"A compelling and original argument that makes a fundamental contribution to the history of slavery in colonial British America."--William and Mary Quarterly"Mustakeem's groundbreaking study. . . . offers provocative new insights into how gender, health, age, illness, and medical treatment intersected with trauma and violence and transformed human beings into the world's most commercially sought commodity for over four centuries."--Huffington Post"Essential."--Choice"Slavery at Sea does an excellent job describing the importance of the Middle Passage, as well as forcefully rejecting the notion that slave subjugation began upon arrival in America. . . . Excellent research, a clear and engaging literary style, and an appropriate use of primary source material recommend this book for the student of the Atlantic slave trade or the historian who desires new insights into the manufacturing process of slavery."--Civil War News"An intensely social history of the transatlantic slave trade . . . Mustakeem consciously centers her narrative on the very young and old, women, and the infirm to demonstrate the ways in which there was no one Middle Passage."--The Junto"Slavery at Sea is a welcome book because it provides a more sustained account of the deprivations and indignities inflicted upon enslaved Africans by European capitalists and their collaborators in Africa. . . than virtually any other book."--Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews"In Slavery at Sea, Mustakeem writes with power and heart, offering a deeply intimate narrative of the experience of dehumanization and the undeniable awareness that nothing good came from this history."--Journal of American Culture "Mustakeem does a remarkable job exploring the untold and overlooked stories of the most marginalized of the Africans. . . . Her work challenges many prevailing assumptions and offers an insightful, alternative contribution to our understanding of slavery at sea." --The Journal of American History "A tremendously important contribution to understandings of the Middle Passage. This work will shift the ways scholars frame the history of slavery in the Americas by extending the terrain of enslavement across the Atlantic and centering the lives and deaths of enslaved African women and men in the Middle Passage."--Barbara Krauthamer, author of Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South "It is not easy to say new things about the slave trade, but Mustakeem does so, again and again. She strikes a mighty blow against the 'violence of abstraction' that has long governed the study of the subject. She makes us understand the slave trade in a new, visceral way."--Marcus Rediker, author of The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom "Slavery at Sea includes heartbreaking stories of capture, breathtaking vignettes of torture, and harrowing tales of the Middle Passage that bring to life the terror that many enslaved people experienced at sea. This well-researched study also pays critical attention to how age, gender, and health informed the economic development of the international slave trade."--Jim Downs, author of Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction
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University of Illinois Press Banjo Roots and Branches
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewNicholas Bessaraboff Prize, American Musical Instrument Society, 2020 "Anyone with a strong interest in the early history of the banjo or in the broader history of American instrumental music in oral tradition will want a copy of this fine collection. All the work is imaginative, careful, and thoroughly documented. The essays flow smoothly." --Western Folklore"Banjo Roots and Branches is a comprehensively researched and pathbreaking piece of banjo roots scholarship. " --Music in American Life"Inspired by Dena Epstein, this is the first book to use a holistic approach in exploring the history of the banjo; it is an excellent compilation of articles for those interested in the music of Africa and the Americas."--Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje, author of Fiddling in West Africa: Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures"Winans makes a rich addition to the literature. Recommended." --Choice"As far as I know this book has no real equivalents. Several of the essays are pioneering contributions to the esoteric but intriguing field of banjo research and folklore and ethnomusicology generally."--Robert S. Cantwell, author of Bluegrass Breakdown: The Making of the Old Southern Sound"An excellent book with plenty of material for both specialist and casual readers." --Galpin Society Journal"Roots and Branches collects an extraordinary amount of research into the ongoing discovery of the banjo's Byzantine history. . . .Each essay speaks directly to all others, lending the book an unusual level of cohesion for an edited volume." --The World of Music"A significant contribution to our understanding of the history and current significance of the banjo." --Ethnomusicology
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John Wiley & Sons The Future of Memory
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Indiana University Press Topophrenia Place Narrative and the Spatial
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Tally writes tersely and elegantly of the Odyssey, The Divine Comedy, of Moby-Dick (notably 'The Chart' sequence), Ulysses, Tolkein's 'middle worlds,' and, soon after, Thomas More and of the relation of utopia to fantasy and science fiction. If space belongs to the form and purpose of the novel, it also applies to Topophrenia in general. ... Ambitious in scope, the strength of Topophrenia is found in how it makes its case."—Peta Mitchell, author (with Jane Stadler and Stephen Carleton) of Imagined Landscapes: Geovisualizing Australian Spatial Narratives"With Topophrenia Robert Tally discerns, first, how literature invents and produces space, and second, what the creative imagination does with space. These become the ground of a critical praxis addressing the conditions of the world in which we live. Blending close analysis with dialectics, Tally's book is a compelling study of the complex relations of literature and geography."—Tom Conley, author of An Errant Eye: Poetry and Topography in Early Modern FranceTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Cartographic ImperativePart I: Place in Geocritical Theory and Practice1. Topophrenia2. Introducing Geocriticism3. Geocritical SituationsPart II: Spatial Representation in Narrative4. The Mise-en-Abyme of Literary Cartography5. The Space of the Novel6. Theatrum GeographicumPart III: Fantasy and the Spatial Imagination7. Adventures in Literary Cartography8. In the Suburbs of Amaurotum9. Beyond the Flaming Walls of the WorldConclusion: A Map of the PyreneesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Cultivating Perception through Artworks
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Cultivating Perception through Artworks is written with an acuity that is as refreshing as it is empowering and is an indispensable guide for those of us wishing to think accurately and compassionately within today's contexts of global challenge and strife. Fielding's art-based cultivations of embodied perception help practitioners deviate from the varied cognitive-linguistic systems and binary logics in which we are embedded and through which all manner of inequities are rationalized and allowed to proliferate. Her demonstrations reveal how we may reconfigure our often-overstimulated senses and learn to trust them as means of "encountering alterity without appropriation, domination, or fusion"."—Jorella Andrews, Goldsmiths, University of London"In Cultivating Perception through Artworks, Fielding radiantly presents the reader with living encounters with artworks in which painting unveils the invisible, seemingly floating sculptures mark time, and poetry tells stories that cannot be told—thus disclosing the ethical, political, and cultural potential of her rich notion of embodied perceptual cognition. With a distinctive feminist, critical phenomenological approach, Fielding thinks alongside artworks, adroitly interweaving perception with reflection in the quest for respectful attunement to alterity and an openness to 'the movement of life.'"—Mariana Ortega, author of In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self"In this important work, Helen A. Fielding shows us what it would mean to think and perceive with artworks, bringing them to life on the page in ways that teach us to do philosophy differently. Engaging with Merleau-Ponty, as well as Arendt, Irigaray, Heidegger and others, Fielding brings phenomenology and art to bear on, and to speak to, one another. This delicate and insightful balance means that Fielding's phenomenological approach and her theoretical analyses flow from the artworks with which she stays, critically transforming how phenomenology takes place. More than a question of application or description, this is an intertwining that shows phenomenology of art at its best."—Alia Al-Saji, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionEnacting Ethics1. Perceptual Ethics2. The Ethics of Embodied LogosEnacting Politics3. Experiencing Public Space4. Building Different WorldsEnacting Culture5. Polyphonic Attunement6. Decolonizing ReasonBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Independent Africa
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this revealing book, a distinguished historian trains his eyes on the first two decades of Africa's independence. Erudite and judicious to a fault, Emanuel Akyeampong ranges from religion and the arts to economics and politics to weave a fascinating synthesis that does not skimp on the telling detail and the complexities of a variegated continent. Economists and other social scientists interested in the political economy of development will learn much from this book."—Dani Rodrik, Harvard University"In this fascinating book, distinguished historian Emmanuel Akyeampong offers an insightful, nuanced, and comparative analysis of nation building, economic development, and shifting international relations in select post-independent African countries in the 1960s and 1970s. It brilliantly examines the political and economic thought of the new leaders in the context of the dominant development paradigms of the time, as well as the complex development trajectories of their new nations. An impressive achievement that is a must read for anyone who wishes to understand the political and cultural economies of early postcolonial Africa."—Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USATable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsAcronyms and AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Africa in the Twentieth Century2. Religion, Culture, and the Arts in the Making of the Africa Nation State3. Economic Imaginaries: African Leaders and Development Economics4. Pan-African Socialism: The African Developmental State, Regional Integration, and Worldmaking5. Nkrumah, Cocoa, and the United States: The Vision of an Industrialized African Nation-StateConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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MH - Indiana University Press Emerging Perspectives in the Study of Folklore
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John Wiley & Sons And the Cow Burned Animals and Philosophy in the Cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky
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Indiana University Press Passing the Time in Ballymenone History of an
Book SynopsisReprint of a classic work in folklore and literature by a famous scholar.Trade Review"This is an extraordinary book." Progress in Human Geography "... fresh and fascinating." Come-All-Ye " ... an extraordinarily rich and rewarding book... it is about the effort of one man to find for himself and us the life's breath of the people of Ballymenone... It is certainly a remarkable tour de force." Emmet Larkin, New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsPrefacePart One: A Territory of Wits1. Crossing Drumbargy Brae2. Silence, Speech, Story, SongPart Two: Saint Febor, Black Francis, and the Performance of History3. Ceili at Flanagans'4. The Next Day5. Late HarvestPart Three: Saints6. Sacred Beginnings7. Saints at WarPart Four: Battles8. The Ford9. Mackan Hill10. The Band11. Saints at WorkPart Five: Working the Land12. Plans and Snags13. Home14. Clay15. Moss16. BogPart Six: Patterns of Historical Action17. The Man Who Would not Carry Hay18. The Days of the Landlords19. The FaminePart Seven: Enough and a Little Bit More20. Butter21. BrickPart Eight: A Place on The Holy Land22. Humanity23. Society24. Space25. Time26. LifePart Nine: The Topography of Past Time27. Ballymenone's Terrain28. A Chronicle29. Culture30. History31. The Idea of Placepart Ten: Stars32. The Star's Nature33. QuietNotesSourcesIndex
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Indiana University Press The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power PanAfrican
Book SynopsisA book that rigorously interrogates the language of body politics in the context of neo-colonialist dominationTrade Review"Thomas offers here one of the most provocative and consequential analyses of empire and sexual politics in recent years. His work provides new ways of conceptualizing sexuality, race, and empire which makes the case for rethinking all of the ways in which these fields are studied. His erudition is vast and the acuity of his analysis, unparalleled." —Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot Professor, University of California, Berkeley"This book is an amazing intervention into a range of related contemporary discourses as it provides important and informed critiques of imperialism. As we witness new formations of empire and sexuality via incidents like Abu Ghraib, it is important to recall these old manifestations of imperialism. This is perhaps the only text now that one can read about pan—Africanist projects and the particular conjunctions of sexuality and colonialism. Greg Thomas, a leading member of a new generation of scholars, advances well the activist intellectual work of the best in the black radical intellectual tradition. This is a scholar whose stunning intellectual energy already challenges, troubles, bothers entrenched, fixed positions as it clearly stimulates new discussions and reverberates in a range of related fields. —Carole Boyce Davies, Professor of Africa" —New World Studies and English, Florida International University"I found this book to be not only a stimulating and thought-provoking read, butalso one that was impressive for how accessible Thomas made such a thoroughgoing analysis of a broad range of fields. This review can only hint at the richness of the text and the powerful nature of the argumentation. Thomas must be commended for his ability to so clearly capture such an in-depth critique in ways that are always already reconstructive at the same time as they are deconstructive." —Body & SocietyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Pan-Africanism or Sexual Imperialism: White Supremacy, Hellenomania, and Discourses of Sexuality2. The Madness of Gender in Plantation America: Sex, Womanhood, and U.S. Chattel Slavery, Revisited3. Sexual Imitation and the Lumpen-Bourgeoisie: Race and Class as Erotic Conflict in E. Franklin Frazier4. Sexual Imitation and the "Little Greedy Caste": Race and Class as Erotic Conflict in Frantz Fanon5. Colonialism and Erotic Desire—in English: The Case of Jamaica Kincaid6. Neo-colonial Canons of Gender and Sexuality, after COINTELPRO: Black Power Bodies/Black Popular Culture and Counter-insurgent Critiques of Sexism and HomophobiaConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
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University of Notre Dame Press Divine Scripture in Human Understanding
Book SynopsisDivine Scripture in Human Understanding addresses the confusing plurality of approaches to Christian Scripture by articulating a traditionally grounded, constructive systematic theology.Trade Review"This book is a rich meditation on the theology of scripture. Its thoroughness, variety of interlocutors, clarity of expression, and irenic results make it suitable for undergraduate and graduate courses in doctrine or biblical interpretation. The substantive contributions it makes to the constructive articulation of scripture make this rewarding reading for systematic theologians and biblical scholars as well." —Reviews in Religion and Theology"Due to the trenchant work displayed by Gordon, his theology of Scripture is required reading for any scholar doing work on the nature and purpose of Holy Writ and it is worth wrestling through and interacting with for the serious student of theologies of Scripture." —Criswell Theological Review“Gordon uses a wide range of sources from the patristic thinkers to the present day to make arguments that will resonate with and challenge readers across denominational lines. He challenges those seeking security in the text, to seek encounter through its pages with the living God to whom Scripture points. Scholars of systematic theology and biblical studies will find this book essential reading for the ways that it speaks to both theological doctrines about the nature of Scripture, and the practical implication of these beliefs on those who read Scripture in faith.” —Religious Studies Review"On the whole, Gordon makes an important contribution in this work to thinking about questions of revelation as well as to Lonergan studies. As a systematic theology of the Bible, it is impressive precisely because it makes clear systematic arguments. Indeed, the work proceeds outward from the Bible to articulate a theology of God, human beings, and God’s self-communication to people through revelation." —Horizons"Although Gordon repeatedly stresses the indefinite article in his book’s title, insisting that his work represents merely a systematic theology of scripture, this act of humility sells his work short. For those seeking to reconcile a Christian view of holy writ with contemporary advances in philosophy and science, or with the seemingly infinite number of methods and interpretations that have only multiplied with the advent of digital communication, Divine Scripture is quite possibly the most important work on the subject in decades." —Reading Religion"Divine Scripture in Human Understanding delivers on its promise. It is, in fact, a systematic theology of the Christian Bible in Lonergan's refined sense of systematics. It advances multiple conversations at the same time (biblical studies, systematic theology, hermeneutics, patristics, and even studies of Henri de Lubac . . .). It is a major contribution to Lonergan studies." —The Lonergan Review“Joseph Gordon here undertakes the demanding task of setting out a detailed account of a Christian doctrine of Scripture in the fullest context of systematic theology. Through six closely-reasoned chapters, he situates Scripture with relation to formal doctrinal teachings, to the manifest material properties of Bibles, to questions of meaning, to the development of doctrine, to ascribing divine characteristics to material entities—to any number of other relevant topics. . . . A commendable achievement . . . Gordon’s project brings a markedly fresh perspective to problems that sometimes seem as though they have been done to death.” —Modern Theology“[Divine Scripture in Human Understanding] is much more than a book on doctrines surrounding Scripture (unity, authority, inspiration, inerrancy, etc.), although its interventions there are valuable. A systematic theology of Scripture demands, Gordon says, that Scripture be understood within a comprehensive vision of the divine economy (a ‘rule of faith’), a theological anthropology, & detailed knowledge of the Bible's material history. Tall orders each, but Gordon delivers on all three, giving both general systematic accounts of admirable sweep & adjudications on many particular questions. . . . [R]ichly compendious . . . deep, wide, & rewarding.” —Nova et Vetera“This volume reflects the impressive depth and breadth of Gordon’s reading. The great strength of this volume is synthetic, systematic pulling together of various positions & arguments into a systematic theology of scripture. . . . [Divine Scripture in Human Understanding] does extraordinarily important synthetic work.” —Scottish Journal of Theology“It is possible that this is the book that we need at just this time, helping us to read the Bible with both learning & integrity. . . . This is a book to be read by anyone who has an interest in knowing how to read the Bible in the context of religious faith.” —The Heythrop JournalDivine Scripture in Human Understanding addresses the confusing plurality of contemporary approaches to Christian Scripture―both within and outside the academy―by articulating a traditionally grounded, constructive systematic theology of Christian Scripture. —Englewood Review of Books"Biblical scholars and theologians alike will find Gordon’s approach of seeing everything, from the human authors and readers of Scripture to the nature and purpose of Scripture itself, through the lens of systematic theology as a useful addition to the scholarly conversation about Scripture." —Journal of Theological Interpretation"Divine Scripture in Human Understanding does service to Christians who want to interpret Scripture faithfully by showing that theology is integral to interpretation." —Journal of Theological Interpretation“This is a book of real significance, bestriding as it does two rather different worlds. There has arisen a tendency for a scholarly standoff between critical study of the Christian Scriptures and a so-called theological approach to biblical studies, often underpinned by Barthian assumptions. Joseph Gordon’s book recognizes this shift and tackles the underlying issues head-on.” —The Living Church“This wide-ranging, informative, and readable study offers the reader ‘a systematic theology of the Christian Bible,’ intended to assist contemporary Christians in the ‘perennial challenges’ of ‘determining the function and role of Scripture in Christian life and thought and articulating the precise parameters of interpretation of the Bible.’” —Christian Studies“Joseph Gordon’s first book achieves something truly impressive. For Divine Scripture in Human Understanding is straightaway a major contribution to the fields of biblical interpretation and the doctrine of Scripture, combining influences and areas of research in novel and sometimes unique ways.” —Anglican Theological Review“Gordon’s work is successful in what it sets out to do. It is technically precise, extensively researched, and gracious in tone. ...His book models the way that the theologian can successfully integrate insights from history and historical-critical scholarship into a systematic theology.” —Journal of Anglican Studies“The merits of Gordon’s project are profuse and fruitful for both scholars who identify in the traditional categories of Biblical studies and systematic theology. The most commanding element of Gordon’s work is his insistence upon the relationship between Scripture and the hermeneutical act.” —Toronto Journal of Theology
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Penn State University The Pink Scar
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SPCK Publishing Saturated with God
Book SynopsisExploring the profound images of water in scripture, this book stirs up the call on every Christian to more closely follow Jesus and readies us to thirst for spiritual revival in our day.Trade Review"Malcolm has lived for, prayed for, worked for, and looked for revival for over thirty years. This book is the fruit of his quest and it is both kindling and spark to ignite the fire of revival in your heart, your church, your community and your nation. The most exciting book on renewal in a generation." -- Simon Ponsonby, St Aldate's, Oxford"Malcolm Macdonald masterfully draws God's living water from our ancient wells. Not just to give his readers a quick drink, but with his charism as a giant of faith, to raise our ambition. What does it mean to be 'saturated by God' in a way that transforms lives, churches, communities and society? I loved it!" -- Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster"A realistic assessment of where we are and a hopeful portrayal of where we could be. We are praying with Malcolm for the move of God he writes about so clearly here. Might we see floods of revival again." -- Gavin and Anne Calver, CEO, Evangelical Alliance and Unleashed Overseer"We are taught to have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Malcolm Macdonald has done that and captured it wonderfully in this book. It is a word for our time as he calls us back to the Church's roots in the presence and power of the Holy Spirit and encourages us to prepare for the revival future God has for us. Sharp analysis of the state of the Church today deeply convicted me about the poverty of my life in God and yet I was filled with hope as I read of past revivals. This book invites us to believe for more of God." -- Revd Canon John McGinley, Leader of Myriad"Saturated with God echoes the cry of many hearts in the church today; 'there must be more than this'. In a world that has experienced global chaos and trauma over the last few years, this book provides fresh hope and life for those seeking more. Malcolm provides for us a clear guide to going deeper into both God's presence and God's power; one that he has consistently modelled personally in his own life and ministry. I highly recommend it." -- Nicola Neal, CEO, Every Life
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University of Texas Press The Men of Cajamarca A Social and Biographical
Book SynopsisA study of a group of earlier Spaniards in America.Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations Part I. Social Phenomena 1. Narrative Preliminaries: Cajamarca and Other Episodes in the Conquest of Peru 2. Before the Event: Backgrounds, Characteristics, and Types 3. After the Event: Life Patterns of Repatriates and Settlers 4. Organization, Politics, and Faction 5. The Roll of Cajamarca 6. Some General Reflections Part II. The Men 7. Leaders 8. Hidalgos 9. Clerks 10. Men of Affairs 11. Marginal Hidalgos and Solid Commoners 12. Artisans 13. Men from the Sea 14. Lower Plebeians 15. The Obscure 16. Auxiliaries Appendix I. A Letter from Cajamarca Appendix II. Mistakes, Lies, and Legends: Men Who Were Not at Cajamarca Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Inanna Lady of Largest Heart
Book SynopsisThe earliest known author of written literature was a woman named Enheduanna, who lived in ancient Mesopotamia around 2300 BCE. High Priestess to the moon god Nanna, Enheduanna came to venerate the goddess Inanna above all gods in the Sumerian pantheon. The hymns she wrote to Inanna constitute the earliest written portrayal of an ancient goddess. In their celebration of Enheduanna''s relationship with Inanna, they also represent the first existing account of an individual''s consciousness of her inner life.This book provides the complete texts of Enheduanna''s hymns to Inanna, skillfully and beautifully rendered by Betty De Shong Meador, who also discusses how the poems reflect Enheduanna''s own spiritual and psychological liberation from being an obedient daughter in the shadow of her ruler father. Meador frames the poems with background information on the religious and cultural systems of ancient Mesopotamia and the known facts of Enheduanna''s life. With this information, Trade Review"That these poems deal immediately with the very popular 'goddess literature' and with an individual woman in a most important historical situation should give this work widespread appeal." John Maier, SUNY College at Brockport, cotranslator of the Epic of Gilgamesh "The Epic of Gilgamesh is well-known as the earliest extant work of literature, but try the Bronze Age poems if Inanna. Written around 2,300BC, they contain fabulous lines: "Lady of blazing dominion, clad in dread. Riding on red fire-power." Stand in the Middle East today and you can feel the heat of the great goddess coming at you." - Bettany Hughes, The Week, May 12th 2012Table of Contents Foreword by Judy Grahn Acknowledgments Part I. The Cultural and Historical Context 1. Introduction: "Through the Gate of Wonder": An early cuneiform sign of the goddess Inanna appears in the author's dream 2. "Great Lady Inanna":Paradoxical goddess encompasses heaven, earth, and the underworld 3. "The Robes of the Old, Old Gods": Ancient mythologems: Neolithic Mesopotamian parallels to Inanna's iconography 4. Unearthing Enheduanna: Leonard Woolley's excavations at Ur identify the high priestess Enheduanna 5. Enheduanna's Life Story: Sargon's daughter Enheduanna matures in an era of new consciousness of the individual 6. The High Priestess at Ur: Enheduanna manages the extensive temple estate and directs ritual tending of moon goddess and god from her quarters, the house of women, the gipar. 7. The Poems and Hymns of Enheduanna: The first literary texts disclose the emotion and imagery of the poet and the systematic theology of the priestess Part II. The Three Inanna Poems: Introduction 8. The First Poem: Inanna and Ebih Introduction Inanna and Ebih: Text of the Poem "Terror Folds in Her Robes": Inanna, the force of nature, combats a mountain paradise "I Will Not Go There With You": The sky god An deserts Inanna "Fury Overturns Her Heart": Inanna assumes her full stature and autonomy "Because You Puff Yourself Up": Parallels between Ebih and the creation story in Genesis 9. The Second Poem: Lady of Largest Heart Introduction Lady of Largest Heart: Text of the Poem "Eldest Daughter of the Moon": The paradox of dark and light "The Carved-Out Ground Plan of Heaven and Earth": Inanna's world without illusion "Look at Your Tormenting Emotions": Primary emotions and the goddess Four Spiritual paths Warrior: Creative autonomy and senseless destruction Priestess: Lunar spirituality and the internal sanctuary Lover: Sexuality, sacred marriage, and the swelling of desire Androgyne: Gender crossing and gender ambiguity 10. The Third Poem: The Exaltation of Inanna Introduction The Exaltation of Inanna: Text of the Poem "He Robbed Me of the True Crown" Enheduanna's expulsion: portents of things to come "Rekindle Your Holy Heart" Woman's self-love and the goddess "Proclaim!" Legacy of a woman's voice Bibliography Notes Captions for Illustrations
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University of Washington Press Molecular Feminisms
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A timely and welcome intervention is Deboleena Roy's book, Molecular Feminisms: Biology, Becomings, and Life in the Lab. Thinking about the connections and potential created between molecular biology and feminism, and philosophy and science, Roy thinks with philosophy [and] situates her work, which she names molecular feminisms, in the ontological and ethical reorientations made possible by thinking matter, ethics, and knowledge-making practices together." * Hypatia Reviews Online *
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University of Washington Press Pushed Out Contested Development and Rural
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The book...combines narrative storytelling, historical research and sociological theory to paint a complete and compelling picture." * Sandpoint Reader *"In clean and engaging prose, Pilgeram describes the heartache of a disenfranchised population, while also delivering a tough scholarly analysis." * Bookmonger *"Through extensive interviews and archival work, this sociological study draws on the descriptive power of ethnographic writing to trace the path of rural development in an engaging and accessible book." * Choice *"[I]t speaks to urgent changes in the contemporary West...the book's closing reminder that we can imagine, and enact, different futures is a hopeful and necessary one." * Western American Literature *"Pilgeram’s work constitutes an excellent intervention into the problems associated with rural gentrification." * Contemporary Sociology *"Pilgeram's book is a thoroughly engaging, well researched, and important exploration of a type of gentrification often ignored and misunderstood in the broader social discussion of displacement." * Growth and Change *
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University of Washington Press Underflows
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Covering an impressive swath of ground, this book presents insightful and challenging departures in theory and methodology and is a worthwhile read for ecological scientists and social theorists alike." -- Dani Slabaugh * LSE Review of Books *"In insightful, inviting, and compelling ways, Underflows brings attention to possibilities beneath and beyond the surface flows of straight/settler science…[I]nnovative, collaborative approaches like Wölfle Hazard’s, particularly where they support and align with Indigenous-led stewardship and maintenance, are more crucial than ever." * H-Net Reviews *"Underflows will be deeply relevant to thinkers across and beyond academic disciplines. At various times addressed to practitioners of the ecological sciences, river workers, queer and trans theorists, ecocritics, and queer and trans folks outside academia, Wölfle Hazard’s exciting and thought-provoking study offers much-needed insight into queer and trans ecology and its affinities with Indigenous science, environmental justice, ecopoetics, and river ecosystems." * ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment *
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University of Washington Press The Camphor Tree and the Elephant
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