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Book SynopsisDemonstrates how landscape features such as waterways, iron forges, and caves played a key role in the conduct and effectiveness of the Underground Railroad.Trade Review"In this book Cheryl Janifer LaRoche provides a corrective to this gap in the history by taking a broader landscape approach to 'geographies of resistance,' and she also traces in understated terms but powerful examples the silencing of the same history."--The Journal of American History "LaRoche deserves praise for her effort to situate free blacks firmly at the center of the scholarship on the Underground Railroad. She also makes contribution to that body of literature."--Civil War Book Review "This important addition to the scholarship on the Underground Railroad focuses on the role of free black communities. . . . Utilizing archaeology, previously untapped written sources, and oral history, the author makes a convincing argument for including black communities in the narrative about the Underground Railroad. Highly recommended."--Choice"The Geography of Resistance is carefully researched, tightly organized, and written from the heart. . . . LaRoche recognizes the natural environment as an agent of history, and she deftly weaves the landscape into each story. The book demonstrates the level of scholarship that is now possible thanks to research conducted in recent decades by federal archaeologists and by African American historical organizations, and the work that has been encouraged and guided by the National Park Service."--Annals of Iowa"An exemplary model of nuanced, interdisciplinary scholarship."--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society"By considering the land itself a ‘geography of resistance’ and using an interdisciplinary approach, LaRoche pushes the boundaries of traditional scholarship. LaRoche marshals significant historical evidence to connect black churches and the Underground Railroad. Quite notable indeed."--The Journal of Southern History"Of interest to lay readers and scholars alike. Anyone fascinated by the Underground Railroad and black resistance more broadly will profit from this volume."--Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains"The Geography of Resistance is carefully researched, tightly organized, and written from the heart.--The Annals of Iowa "LaRoche's well-written and carefully researched study provides new insight into the history of the Underground Railroad and will serve as an indispensable resource for anyone who is interested in the study of early nineteenth-century America."--The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "LaRoche's work contributes to a more complete understanding of the relationship between free black communities, the black church, and the Underground Railroad."--American Historical Review "Well researched and well written. . . . The Geography of Resistance: Free Black Communities and the Underground Railroad adds valuable new insights into the story of the migration of African Americans. It broadens the knowledge of a people who were fugitives in their own country, and it will allow future researchers to uncover other places of refuge for these African Americans."--Northern Terminus: The African Canadian History Journal "Employing the tools of archeology, LaRoche's study provides a powerful new window into the Underground Railroad and significantly enriches our understanding of it. She helps rescue some of the crucial Underground Railroad lore that scholars have been attempting to substantiate or refute for more than a century."--Keith Griffler, author of Front Line of Freedom: African Americans and the Forging of the Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewColin Burnett's The Invention of Robert Bresson is a breathtaking act of scholarship. The portrait of Bresson that emerges here, in biographical, cultural and aesthetic terms, is the most complete one that we have to date and will likely ever see. Burnett is as concerned to trace Bresson's relation to figures like Max Ernst as he is to show us just how deep Bresson's involvement was with Coco Chanel and the world of advertising. This is not the Bresson most of us have imagined. But even beyond the book's contribution to Bresson scholarship and French film studies, which is already considerable, Burnett offers us a new way of thinking about what he calls "a cultural marketplace," a mode of inquiry that will invigorate single author studies by way of the painstaking detail Burnett's model gives to the aesthetic and industrial forces at work at the various stages in an auteur's development, which inform, but do not determine in any simple way, the kind of decisions that a filmmaker is forced to make. For those of us who believe in the importance of single author studies, this book comes as a massive breath of fresh air. For those of you who believe auteurism has run its course, I dare you to read The Invention of Robert Bresson. It will not be easy, I predict, to maintain your resistance. -- Brian PriceColin Burnett keeps historical questions front and center as he explains Bresson's creative role within the lively cultural marketplace of post-WWII French cinema. The Invention of Robert Bresson goes beyond the confines of the usual auteur study, revealing the many innovative ways that Bresson promoted his personal style, while also participating fully in the artistic and critical context of his era. Burnett re-energizes our interest in this rewarding auteur and his place within a rich, unprecedented cinéphilia. -- Richard NeupertAn essential book for those interested in cinema authorship, French film and visual culture, and the iconoclastic Robert Bresson. Burnett's bold intervention takes Bresson down off his marble plinth and makes him a flesh-and-blood practitioner once again, in fierce conversation with the artistic and industrial situations that nourished his work. Burnett's real achievement is to make us look at Bresson—and postwar French cinema in all its troubled creative ferment—profoundly anew again. -- Tim PalmerFrench director Robert Bresson is celebrated among cinephiles for his distinctively spare films, and with this volume Burnett contributes considerably to the scholarship on this auteur. . . . Essential. * Choice *Burnett offers us an important contribution to work on Bresson, which signicantly expands and complements existing, more tex trather-than-context-bound studies. * French Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One: Alternative Institutions1. Under the Aegis of Surrealism: How a Publicity Artist Became the Manager of an Independent Film Company2. The Rise of the Accursed: When Bresson was Co-President of an Avant-Garde Ciné-ClubPart Two: Vanguard Forms3. Purifying Cinema: The Provocations of Faithful Adaptation and First-Person Storytelling in "Ignace de Loyola" (1948) and Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951)4. Theorizing the Image: Bresson's Challenge to the Realists—Sparse Set Design, Acting and Photography from Les anges du péché (1943) to Une femme douce (1969)5. Vernacularizing Rhythm: Bresson and the Shift Toward Dionysian Temporalities—Plot Structure and Editing from Journal d'un curé de campagne (1951) to L'argent (1983)AfterwordSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCasey brings the reader to new edges of philosophical thought in this book. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrelude Introduction: Thinking Edges, Edges of ThinkingPart One: Sorting Out EdgesPreface to Part One1. Panoply of Edges 2. Borders and Boundaries Interlude I: Cusps, Traces, Veils3. Edges and Surfaces, Edges and Limits4 . Edges of Places and EventsPart Two: Constructed versus Naturally Given EdgesPreface to Part Two5. Natural versus Artifactual Edges6. Wild EdgesInterlude II: Listening to Edges in Music 7. Landscape Edges8. Parks, Gardens, Neighborhoods, StreetsPart Three: Edges of Body and Psyche, Earth and Sky Preface to Part Three9. At the Edges of My Body10. Being on Edge and Falling Apart11. From Earth's Edge to the Sky and BeyondPart Four: Parting Shots A Concluding Point: Not to Put Too Fine an Edge on ThingsPostlude: Why Edges MatterEpilogue: Life on EdgeIndex

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Book SynopsisAddressed to educators and general readers - the "consumers of literature" from all walks of life, this book explores the value and uses of literature in our time.Table of Contents1. The Motive For Metaphor2. The Singing School3. Giants in Time4. The Keys to Dreamland5. Verticals of Adam6. The Vocation of Eloquence

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Book SynopsisFocuses on contemporary filmmaking since the 1980s, but also considers the longer history of Arab cinema. This book offers both a coherent, historical overview and an in-depth critical analysis of Arab filmmaking.Trade Review[P]rovides a panoramic overview of the cinematic works of the contemporary generation of Arab filmmakers who have used cinema as a way of exploring their cultural memory, national identity, and political history. Armes concentrates in particular on those Arab filmmakers who were born in the 1960s and who made their breakthrough in the 2000s.69.2 * Film Quarterly *Imbued with a spirit of constant discovery, superbly organized and even-handedly written, New Voices in Arab Cinema instantly becomes the go-to book on the subject and is an absolutely essential volume for any serious collection. * Choice *I would like to conclude this review by giving this work a 'thumbs up' for its thoroughness and excellent research. The author manages to reveal many fascinating behind-the-scene stories about the filmmakers and films he writes about.Sept 15, 2016 * MELA NOTES MID EAST LIB ASSN *In short, for anyone interested in knowing about movements and trends in twenty-first-century Arab cinema, this survey is indispensable.52.2 2017 * Journal of Contemporary History *Armes's vast research results in a book that addresses dozens oflmmakers andlms in the variouslm-producing Arab countries. The author's extensive work over the years on Third World cinema is manifested here in a deep understanding of Arab cinema and,particularly, the forces that have led to thelmic new voices of the 2000s.50.1 2016 * Review of Middle East Studies *While the book's general overview perhaps makes it more appropriate for the generalist or beginning student of Arab cinemas than the established researcher (and the author's clear, readable style makes it very accessible), Armes has, as always, marshalled so much careful information here that even seasoned scholars will find that there are filmmakers or films here that they learn about for the first time. * Journal of North African Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction 1. Characteristics of the New Cinema 2. The Filmmakers The New Importance of Women FilmmakersQuestions of IdentityTrainingFundingA Cosmopolitan Generation3. Documentary PalestineLebanonEgypt and The MaghrebIraqSyria4. Feature Filmmaking AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaEgyptLebanonPalestineIraqSyriaThe GulfNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAesthetics as Phenomenology is an important and potentially major contribution to the philosophy of art. * Phenomenological Reviews *Table of ContentsTranslator's ForewordIntroductionChapter One: Art, Philosophically1. Why Art?2. Which Art?3. Philosophy of Art and AestheticsChapter Two: Beauty4. Free Play5. Appearances and Things6. Showing and Self-ShowingChapter Three: Art Forms7. Arts8. Essential Determinations9. MixturesChapter Four: Nature10. Oppositions11. Limits and Inclusions12. Primordial AppearanceChapter Five: Space13. Places14. Emptiness15. HereBibliographyIndex of Names and SubjectsIndex of Terms

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Unique in its scope and breadth, and thus stands alone as a general history of reed making pedagogy." -Dennis Michel, Bassoonist, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Head of Woodwinds in the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt UniversityTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: The History of Bassoon Pedagogy1. Pedagogic Methods 1687-1803An Oral TraditionThe Performer/Author: Cugnier and OziThe Founding of the Paris Conservatoire2. Pedagogic Methods 1803-1887Ozi's Nouvelle méthode de basson (1803) and Fröhlich's Vollständige theoretisch-praktische Musikschule (1811)Almenraeder's Die Kunst des Fagottblasens, oder, Vollständige theoretische praktische, Fagottschule (1843) and Jancourt's Méthode théorique et pratique pour le basson (1845)Weissenborn's Praktische Fagott-Schule (1887)Part II: The History of Bassoon Reed Making3. Instrument Maker/Reed MakerThe Era of Long Lasting ReedsChanging Demands: The Performer/Reed Maker Emerges4. Performer/Reed MakerEtienne Ozi: Transitional FigureThe Standardization of the BassoonPart III: The History of Bassoon Reed-Making Pedagogy5. Pedagogic Methods 1687-1787A LineageCugnier's "Le Basson" (1780) and Ozi's Méthode nouvelle et raisonnée pour le bassoon (1787)6. The Birth of Reed-Making PedagogyOzi's Nouvelle méthode (1803)7. Pedagogic Methods 1803-1843Fröhlich's Vollständige theoretisch-praktische Musikschule (1811)Almenraeder's Die Kunst des Fagottblasens oder Vollständige theoretisch praktische Fagottschule (1843)8. Pedagogic Methods 1844-1887Willent-Bordogni's Méthode complète pour le bassoon (1844) and Jancourt's Méthode theorique et pratique pour le basson (1847)International PedagogiesWeissenborn's Praktische Fagott-Schule (1887)Part IV: Bassoon Reed-Making Pedagogy in Twentieth Century America9. The Modern Era: The Secrecy of Reed Making10. Researcher/Pedagogue: Louis Skinner11. Reed Maker/Innovator: Don Christlieb12. Artist/Scholar I: Norman Herzberg13: Artist/Scholar II: Lewis Hugh CooperConclusionAppendix 1. Reed Notes: Don Christlieb (1945)Appendix 2. Herzberg Bassoon Reed ExamAppendix 3. Cooper's Reed Contribution SystemAppendix 4. Timeline of Relevant Publications and Events in the History of Bassoon Reed Making PedagogyBibliographyNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFaulkner has found a critic worthy of him. * Times Literary Supplement *Unsurpassed as an act of sustained engagement with Faulkner's language. * New York Review of Books *Unsurpassed as an act of sustained engagement with Faulkner's language. * New York Review of Books *Faulkner has found a critic worthy of him. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsEditions Cited and AbbreviatedIntroduction:Masks and MirrorsPart 1: The Struggle with the Angel1. The Quest for Eurydice 2. The Agony of Dispossession3. The Young Man, Desire, and Death4. Of Time and the Unreal5. The Poison of Resentment6. An Easter without Resurrection?Part 2: Requiem for a Mother7. A "Tour de Force"8. A Dying Life, A Living Death9. Turns of Madness10. The Real and Its RepresentationsPart 3: The Blackness of Darkness11. "The Most Horrific Tale"12. Terror and Transgression13. The Madness of Bodies14. The Infernal NurseryPart 4: Versions of the Sun15. In Praise of Helen16. The Cracked Urns17. The Perils of Purity18. The Fathers19 CirclesEpilogue: Under the Sign of SaturnNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisPlaces Schelling at the core of contemporary philosophical debatesTrade ReviewFor too long Schelling's philosophy has been seen as no more than a transition from the philosophies of Kant and Fichte to that of Hegel. In recent years, however, Schelling's philosophy has begun to be recognized as worthy of study in its own right. Complementing The New Schelling (2004), ed. by Judith Norman and Alistair Welchman, this volume of 14 essays, edited by Wirth (Oglethorpe Univ.), constitutes a crucial further step in establishing the importance and contemporary relevance of Schelling's philosophy. Schelling Now is divided into three sections: New Approaches, Rethinking Concepts, and Schelling and Contemporary Philosophy. Although this last section demonstrates the relevance of Schelling's philosophy to that of Heidegger, Merleau—Ponty, Levinas, Nancy, and Nishitani, none of the essays effectively argues that Schelling has insights not achieved by those other thinkers or that his philosophy can be seen as having advanced, avant la lettre, beyond theirs. Moreover, Schelling's philosophy has not yet been brought into the conversation of analytic philosophy. Not until these occur will it be fully rehabilitated. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers.J. M. Fritzman, Lewis and Clark College, 2005sep CHOICE"For too long Schelling's philosophy has been seen as no more than a transition from the philosophies of Kant and Fichte to that of Hegel. In recent years, however, Schelling's philosophy has begun to be recognized as worthy of study in its own right.... [T]his volume of 14 essays, edited by Wirth (Oglethorpe Univ.), constitutes a crucial further step in establishing the importance and contemporary relevance of Schelling's philosophy." —Choice, September 2005Table of ContentsIntroduction: Schelling Now Jason M. WirthPart 1. New Approaches1. Philosophical Religion and the Quest for Authenticity Joseph P. Lawrence2. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Schelling (but Were Afraid to Ask Hitchcock) Slavoj iek3. Moving Images of Eternity: Powers in Difference Stephen David Ross4. The Work of Experience: Schelling on a Thinking beyond Image and Concept Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback5. Animalization: Schelling and the Problem of Expressivity Jason M. WirthPart 2. Rethinking Contexts6. God's Footstool: A Note on the Source for Schelling's Description of the Olympian Zeus in the 1811 Draft of The Ages of the World David Farrell Krell7. The Electromagnetic Orgasm and the Narrative of Primordiality in Schelling's 1815 Cosmic History Martin Wallen8. A Monstrous Absolute: Schelling, Kant, and the Poetic Turn in Philosophy Theodore D. George9. A Blasphemous Monologue: Technologies and Metaphysics of the Imagination in Schelling's Ages of the World F. Scott ScribnerPart 3. Schelling and Contemporary Philosophy10. Reading Schelling after Heidegger: The Freedom of Cryptic Dialogue Peter Warnek11. Creativity and the Unconscious in Merleau-Ponty and Schelling Patrick Burke12: Eternity and Time: Levinas Returns to Schelling Fiona Steinkamp13. "Giving Way to... Freedom": A Note after Nancy and Schelling Benjamin S. Pryor14. The Problem of Evil and Difference: A Report on Nishitani's Relationship to Schelling Eiko HanaokaFurther ReadingContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is one of the greatest sports stories ever told: How a group of young oarsmen from the Pacific Northwest who could barely afford train fare to Chicago, much less Berlin, won gold medals in the famous Hitler Olympics of 1936. There are two gripping tales here, and Michael Socolow tells them both well. First, there is the David v. Goliath saga of the University of Washington crew team upsetting every Ivy League crew in America to travel to Berlin, where the Huskies prevailed over the greatest crews the world had ever seen. The second story is the birth of modern broadcast sports journalism. What would later become the "wide world of sports" was born in Berlin, where American radio networks implemented new technologies on an almost daily basis to bring their listeners sporting events in "real time"--an amazing accomplishment that we now take for granted. Socolow successfully weaves these two fascinating tales into one enthralling book. Bravo!"--Alex Beam, Boston Globe columnist"Sports, Nazism, and the glory days of radio come together seamlessly in Michael Socolow's gripping account of the hottest ticket at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the Olympic Regatta. Offering expert play-by-play and vivid color commentary, Socolow provides a fascinating look at an epochal moment in sports and media history. Six Minutes in Berlin is a crystal-clear window into the birth of global journalism and trans-national fandom, shadowed throughout by the specter of a more ominous competition on the horizon."--Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University

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Book SynopsisExamines the many ways in which music has been a force of representation, nation building, and social action.Trade ReviewThis monumental contribution to Palestinian studies bridges the work of practitioners and scholars to make available rare oral histories, offer insights onto contemporary musical life, and redress issues of indigeneity and cultural resistance. Impressive in its scope and depth, the anthology's organizational structure enlivens debates between scholars while providing an historical apparatus for better understanding conditions of postcoloniality. It is an indispensable resource for those interested in Middle Eastern folklore, music, history, and politics. * Journal of Folklore Research *Overall, this book is a highly worthwhile read. With its variety of formats, it is appropriate for public libraries as well as academic ones. * Fontes Artis Musicae *Table of ContentsIntroduction Palestinian Music: Surviving in Song Moslih KanaanehPart 1: Background1. Palestinian Song, European Revelation, and Mission Rachel Beckles Willson2. A Musical Catastrophe: the direct impact of the Nakba on Palestinian musicians and musical life Nader Jalal and Issa Boulos interviewed by Heather Bursheh3. Negotiating the Elements: Palestinian Freedom Songs from 1967 to 1987 Issa BoulosPart 2: Identity4. Transgressing Borders with Palestinian Hip Hop Janne Louise Andersen5. Performing Self: Between Tradition and Modernity in the West Bank Sylvia Alajaji6. Realities for a Singer in Palestine Reem Talhami interviewed by Heather Bursheh7. Identity, Diaspora and Resistance in Palestinian Hip Hop Randa SafiehPart 3: Resistance8. Performative Politics: Folklore and Popular Resistance during the First Palestinian Intifada David A. McDonald9. Hamas' Musical Resistance Practices: Perceptions, Production, and Usage Michael Schulz and Carin Berg10. Palestinian Music: Between Artistry and Political Resistance Stig-Magnus Thorsén11. The Ghosts of Resistance: Dispatches from Palestinian Art and Music Yara El-Ghadban and Kiven Strohm

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Book SynopsisA guide to the performance of Baroque and early Classical music, including discussions of notes inegales, fingerings, woodwind tonguings, and string bowings.Trade Review"More than the notation was different! ... fine addition ... " --Early Music News "All practising musicians with an interest in the baroque owe it to themselves to be exposed to the ideas contained in this book." -Continuo "This is a book from an excellent musician in the early field who turns out also to be a most persistent scholar ... " --Early Music " ... the book offers a vast quantity of data from a wide range of sources... George Houle is to be congratulated for his honest presentation of the entire spectrum." --Music Educators JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction1. The Origins of the Measure in the Seventeenth Century2. Time Signatures in the Eighteenth Century3. Rhythmopoeia: Quantitative Meters in Poetry and Music4. Quantitas Intrinseca: The Perception of Meter5. Articulation of Quantitative Meter6. Accent as Measure Articulation and as Measure DefinitionAppendix: Rhythmopoeia according to Johann Mattheson and Wolfgang Caspar PrintzNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA historical, spiritual, and literary portrait of a remarkable nineteenth-century African Muslim woman. This book provides a glimpse into the West African Muslim community at a pivotal point in its history.Trade Review"... this woman's intellectual contribution to a revolution, and her position at the heart of the military and organisational effort, deserves to be better known." -- Graham FurnissTable of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Nana Asma'u and the Scholarly Islamic Tradition2. Qadiriyya Sufism: The Qur'an and the Sunna3. The Caliphate Community4. The Poetic Tradition5. Sokoto as Medina: Imitating the Life of the Prophet and Re-enacting History6. Caliphate Women's Participation in the CommunityAppendix: Poems by Nana Asma'uGlossaryNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisA new perspective on Italian masculinityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements1. In the beginning: Mastroianni, Masculinity and Italian Cinema2. Undressing the Latin Lover: La dolce vita, Fashion and Italian Masculinity3. Masculinity, Sicilian Style: Il bell'Antonio and Divorce - Italian Style4. "Remember, It's a Comedy:" Mastroianni in the Films of Federico Fellini 5. The Inetto versus the Unruly Woman: Mastroianni and Sophia Loren6. Remembrance of Films Past: Mastroianni and the Aging Male BodyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAn engaging overview of dance from the Medieval era through the BaroqueTrade ReviewA big bite of dance history scholarship is undertaken in this study, and it does not seem to be too big for Jennifer Nevile, the editor of the volume, to chew. She manages to weave an introduction into the book, and each of its six subsections make the promise of its lofty title (and the ideas it appears to embrace) within her grasp. Given the book's vast chronological sweep-rather more than the 500 years suggested in the title, since the very useful essay on 'Plato's Philosophy of Dance' by Graham Pont increases the range substantially-it was my guess, when I embarked on my journey through its pages, that I would find some themes on spectacle or the carnivalesque that would override chronology. Or maybe there would be a sociological/anthropological approach to the embodiment of status relationships (politics) through dance that would render chronology secondary to social configurations. With excited anticipation I dove in, expecting to find something along these lines. Although I was not disappointed, I discovered something quite different. The book features a nice selection of generally excellent essays by some leading authorities in historical dance. Each essay offers information situated in its own time frame, and each presents a secure control of primary and secondary sources and includes a very useful list of recommended reading at its conclusion. Some essays provide tantalizing new details (John S. Powell's piece on Beauchamps and public theaters in 17th-century France and David R. Wilson's review of the basse danse are good examples). Some interpret well-known material in new and promising ways. Jennifer Thorp's piece on 'Dance in the London Theatres c.1700-1750' makes me look forward to her important new work. Two essays review material the authors have already addressed, but nevertheless do so here in a compellingly compact way; Ken Pierce's offering on the choreographic structure of Barouque dance and Margaret M. McGowan's essay on court dancing in 16th and 17th-century France. Only a pair of essays (not counting the deceptively erudite and versatile 'Introduction and Overview' by Nevile herself) really fit the themes of bodies, politics, and spectacle announced by the title. Julia Prest's offering on politics and ballet in Louis XIV's France is pretty perfunctory. But Linda J. Tomko's essay on 'Mr. Issac's The Pastorall and Issues of "Party"' really does embrace the kind of inquiry I was expecting. Tomko's is a truly analytical study that responds with vibrancy to the themes called for by the volume's editor. Most of the authors represented here undertake their tasks with precision and skill. Many succeed, and all should be acknowledged for their contribution: those not already mentioned include Alessandro Arcangeli; Katherine Tucker McGinnis, and Karen Silen. Jennifer Nevile's multiple contributions to the volume cannot be praised sufficiently; her essays on Renaissance dance are impressive, her introduction to the volume full of perception. I suppose we must await some future in which an individual truly finds a connection among the various manifestations of social, stage, and court dancing over the ages. But I wonder if this is really important. Dance, after all, is body, is spectacle, is 'politik' (however we configure it). I'm just not sure that Guglielmo Ebreo (15th century), Cesare Negri (c. 1535-after 1604), or Mr. Isaac (late 17th, early 18th century) shared some common agenda (let alone believed they did) when they created their splendid dances. Nevile, nevertheless, would have us believe that something like the same bodies, the same spectacles, the same kinds of politics were enacted (perhaps unintentionally) over and over again across the centuries addressed in this volume. Maybe she is right. The scholars she has brought together, however, do not appear to espouse such a grandiose vision but appear more concerned with a narrower, well-informed view of dancing in a given place at a given time. Congratulations to them all, and to Nevile for bringing this impressive collection to life. I have profited considerably from reading the offerings presented here, and I am certain others will, too. I will recommend readings from this volume to my students for years to come. -- Richard Semmens * Early Music America : Mag Historical Perf *Jennifer Nevile's accessibly written anthology seeks to explore many now obscure aspects of early dance: contributions by twelve scholars elucidate the fascinating, multifarious nature of dance from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century. . . . contributors demonstrate a high scholarly standard and pursue their chosen themes with assurance and passion. The great forte of this collection is its ambitious, multidisciplinary range, and the authors' practical insight, honed by years of performance experience, represents a rare feat indeed. The book should be required reading in dance studies.62 Summer 2009 -- Barbara Ravelhofer * Univeristy of Dunham *A big bite of dance history scholarship is undertaken in this study, and it does not seem to be too big for Jennifer Nevile, the editor of the volume, to chew. . . . Congratulations to . . . Nevile for bringing this impressive collection to life. I have profited considerably from reading the offerings presented here, and I am certain others will, too. I will recommend readings from this volume to my students for years to come. Spring 2009 -- Richard Semmens * University of Western Ontario, Professor of Music History *Nevile . . . has assembled an intriguing book that in many ways serves as an encyclopedia of early dance—a feat not easily accomplished in one volume. . . . [T]his is a fine resource for those who research this specialized period of dance history. An excellent glossary and bibliography and a 'list of dance treatises, manuscripts, modern editions, and translations' complete the book. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers.March 2009 * Choice *This is a great book for understanding music, dance and the part they played in the period covering 1250-1750, in Europe. It is filled with a whole cosmology of ideas. How the arc of five centuries connect, are enmeshed, develop and flow into our own day. This book is a treasure.Winter 2008 -- Paul-James Dwyer * Toronto Early Music Quarterly *The balanced assortment of general introductions and detailed case studies makes Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick, 1250-1750 a useful collection and an engaging 'read' for dance enthusiasts, reconstructors, and scholars alike. -- Emily Winerock * Dance Chronicle *[This] collection more than fulfills its goal of opening up pre-1750 dance studies to a general readership, but will also be of interest to the more informed dance historian. * Historical Dance *Dance, Spectacle, and the Body Politick makes an important contribution to existing dance scholarship ... The essays in Nevile's collection add significantly to this diligent work. Every essay is both informative and interesting, and each author provides a valuable list of further readings on the topic.Volume 16 Issue 2 2011 * European Legacy *This well-researched and original collection of essays on early dance addresses the picture of dance in society from 1250 to 1750. The interdisciplinary and wide-ranging approach of the book makes it very valuable for dance historians, musicologists and historians of ideas alike, as well as anyone interested in dance history. Issue 78, Autumn 2010 * Cahiers Elisabethains *. . . this ambitious anthology . . . manages to fill an academic void . . . .Vol. 35.1 2010 -- Nicole Haitzinger * University of Salzburg *An important book for any musician, theatrical performer, dancer, historian, reconstructor or anyone involved in recreating the work of this time period. Essays with detailed notes, glossary, bibliography and a list of dance treatises, manuscripts, modern editions and published translations are worth the price of the book alone. A great book for understanding music, dance and the part they played in the period covering 1250-1750, in Europe.Summer 2009 -- Paul-James Dwyer * Dance International *Table of ContentsPart 1. Introduction and Overview1. Dance in Europe 1250–1750Part 2. Dance at Court and in the City2. Dance in Late Thirteenth-Century Paris3. Dance and Society in Quattrocento Italy4. Dance in Sixteenth- and Early Seventeenth-Century FrancePart 3. Dance and the Public Theater5. Pierre Beauchamps and the Public Theater6. Dance in the London Theaters c. 1700–1750Part 4. Choreographic Structure and Music7. The Relationship between Dance and Music in Fifteenth-Century Italian Dance Practice 8. The Basse Dance c. 1445–c. 15459. Choreographic Structure in Baroque DancePart 5. Dance and the State10. Your Most Humble Subject, Cesare Negri Milanese11. The Politics of Ballet at the Court of Louis XIV12. Mr. Isaac's The Pastorall and Issues of "Party"Part 6. Dance, Society, and the Cosmos13. Plato's Philosophy of Dance14. Moral Views on Dance15. Order, Proportion, and Geometric Forms: The Cosmic Structure of Dance, Grand Gardens, and Architecture during the RenaissanceList of Dance Treatises, Manuscripts, Modern Editions, and TranslationsGlossaryBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the politics of multiculturalism, citizenship and exclusionTrade Review[T]his book is an important addition to scholarship on citizenship and minority inclusion/exclusion in Europe, adding a much-needed perspective on Germany to a field dominated by work on Britain and France. It is highly readable: Partridge has an easy, engaging style that makes the book eminently suitable for undergraduates, in addition to graduate students and specialists. * German Studies Review *Hypersexuality and Headscarves is a critical analysis of the dynamics of race and citizenship in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. With this highly original investigation, Partridge offers an important contribution to the study of race in Germany. * Reviews & Critical Commentary *[This] book's impressive ethnographic breadth thus serves to convey just how varied, pervasive, and entrenched the mechanisms of exclusion are in Germany. . . Taken as a whole, Partridge's portrait of exclusion in Germany is an illuminating and damning one. August 2013 * AMERICAN ETHNOLOGIST *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologueIntroduction: Becoming Noncitizens1. Ethno-patriarchal Returns: The Fall of the Wall, Closed Factories, and Leftover Bodies2. Travel as an Analytic of Exclusion: The Politics of Mobility after the Wall3. We Were Dancing in the Club, Not on the Berlin Wall: Black Bodies, Street Bureaucrats, and Hypersexual Returns4. The Progeny of Guest Workers as Leftover Bodies: Post-Wall West German Schools and the Administration of Failure5. Why Can't You Just Remove Your Headscarf So We Can See You? Reappropriating "Foreign" Bodies in the New GermanyConclusion: Intervening at the Sites of Exclusionary Production Epilogue: Triangulated (Non)Citizenship: Memories and Futures of Racialized ProductionNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisAttempts to define a philosophy of moral limitsTrade ReviewStoic Pragmatism offers plenty of appeal and promise. It fulfills its pragmatic mission of aiming at amelioration and encouraging our hopes – hopes partly inspired by Lachs's promise of further statements and refinements of his views. * Philosophy in Review *. . . a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion of how pragmatism should be developed today . . . . * Transactions C S Peirce Society *. . . I am confident thatStoic Pragmatism, like Walden, will elevate and humble readers by reminding them of their half-forgotten hopes for a nobler life. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Few scholars have comprehended the capacities and limitations of classical American philosophy better than Lachs, who looks even further back to the Stoics as a model for understanding pragmatism. ... Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. What Can Philosophy Do to Make Life Better?2. Stoic Pragmatism3. Infinite Obligations4. An Ontology for Stoic PragmatismEpilogue: The Personal Value and Social Usefulness of Philosophy

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Book SynopsisPresents information on rhythm from the interrelated fields of music, dance, poetry, rhetoric, and philosophy.Trade Review" ... an extremely valuable resource." Early Keyboard Journal "This is a fascinating, stimulating and challenging book." Music Journal " ... exceptionally thorough job ... quite effective in its blend of wide-ranging research and practical information ..." Continuo "This is a most useful book." Early Music "... belongs on the shelf of anyone seriously interested in Baroque dance and music. Mather and Karns have done a great service by making so much important information easily accessible ..." Dance Research JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction; Prologue: The King's Grand BallPart I: Features of the Dance Rythms 1 Reason and the Passions; 2 Arbeau's Dance Rythms; 3 Dance Rhythms from Early Guitar Sources; 4 Rythmic Movements in Mersenne's and Later Dance Music; 5 The Musical Measure; 6 Correspondence of Melodic and Poetic Rhythms in Lullian Dance Songs; 7 Rhetorial Proportions; 8 Step-units of la belle danse; 9 Symmetrical, Poetic, and Rhetorical Proportions of la belle danse; 10 Tempos and General Affects; 11 Marking the Musical Meter; 12 Lullian Bowing of Dance Rhythms; 13 Forceful Articulation of Lullian Dance Lyrics; 14 Articulation of Dance Rhythms in Concert Pieces; 15 Ornamenting Dance Rhythms; 16 Grouping Unslurred Quick Notes; 17 Summing Up--The Many Apsects of MovementPart II: Rhythmic Characteristics of Fifteen Dance Types 18 Allemandes; 19 Bourrees; 20 Canaries; 21 Chaconnes; 22 Courantes; 23 Folies; 24 Forlanes; 25 Gavottes; 26 Gigues; 27 Loure; 28 Menuets; 29 Passacailles; 30 Passepieds; 31 Rigaudons; 32 SarabandesAppendix: Six Complete Dance Songs

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Book SynopsisAssesses Soviet-East European relations since 1945 and summarizes political, economic, and military developments.Trade Review" ... lucid and stimulating ... " --The New York Times Book Review "Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the new Eastern Europe and the collapse of Soviet control over it--informative and incisive." --Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gati's book ... is the most current and best-informed study of this rapidly changing world... Professor Gati is uniquely qualified to understand and give perspective to the impact of perestroika and Soviet 'new thinking' on the events in Eastern Europe." --William H. Luers, Former U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia " ... a superb synthesis of the postwar evolution of Soviet-East European relations and the first up-to-date analysis of the revolutionary events in that part of the world in 1989." --Michael Mandelbaum, Council on Foreign Relations "An up-to-date and lucid overview of the troubled course of Soviet-East European relations at time of momentous change in the Soviet bloc." --Sarah M. Terry " ... excellent analysis and synthesis ... " --Foreign Affairs "this book is written in a lively style and is a good scholarly synthesis of the post-Second World War evolution of Soviet-East European relations ending in the revolutionary events of 1989." --Canadian Journal of Political Science " ... a lively and perceptive account ... " --Military Review "Clearly and simply written, this book is particularly useful as a compact introduction to the prehistory and transformation of East European politics." --Choice "It is well organized, readable, and sensitive to complexity; find the time to read it." --HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Part One: Looking Back I. Stalin and Socialism in One Region II. From Khrushchev to Chernenko: An Overview Part Two: The Era of Reform, 1985-88 III. Political Relations IV. Economic Relations V. Military Relations Part Three: The Era of Revolutionary Change, Since 1988 VI. Moscow Retreats VII. The Brave New World of Eastern Europe Appendix: A Soviet View of Eastern Europe Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisA study of the Confederacy's inept attempts to win foreign support for its causeTrade ReviewMerli's ability to engage his reader in the tale and history of the CSS Alabama is amazing; it truly is a page-turner and I would wager would be such a page-turner for those not already predisposed to reading about such history. 1/11/2010 * blogbook-reviews.blogspot.com *Table of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsFrank J. Merli (1929–2000)1. The International Dimension of the American Civil War2. Toward the CSS Alabama3. The Law of the Alabama4. E. D. Adams, Roundell Palmer, and the Escape of the Alabama5. Captain Butcher's Memoir of the Alabama's Escape Edited with Renata Eley Long 6. Raphael Semmes and the Challenge at Cherbourg7. The Confederacy's Chinese Fleet, 1861–1867Appendix: Publications of Frank J. MerliNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTransforming citizen-soldiers into an effective combat unitTrade ReviewWeaver has written an excellent account of the Pennsylvania National Guard's role in the European campaign. He has also demonstrated that there is still much important work to be done on the U.S. Army's participation in the 'good war.'April 2011 * The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography *Overall, Guard Wars is an excellent addition to any World War II library. The book is a study in preparedness, and many of its lessons are relevant today. Fall 2011 * Journal of Army History *Weaver has written an absorbing book that includes fascinating details about the pre-war National Guard, its relations with the Regular Army, and the uncomfortable amalgamation of the two caused by the national emergency. Weaver's research is wide-ranging and his writing skill is admirable; his analyses and conclusions are all reasonable and supported by the evidence he presents. * The Journal of America's Military Past *Micheal E. Weaver's Guard Wars does a fine job of bringing the Twenty-Eighth Infantry Division to life. * H-Net Reviews Humanities and Social Sciences *Table of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Background and Issues 2. Relations with the Army and State Identity3. Readiness and Training: 1939–19414. Peacetime Maneuvers: 1939–19415. The Pennsylvania National Guard and American Society6. Social Class, Recruiting, and Ideology7. The October Purge8. Stateside Training: 1942–19439. Training in Wales: 1943–194410. From Normandy to the West Wall11. Battle of the Hürtgen Forest: A Leadership Failure12. Battle of the Bulge: Stubbornness and Flexibility13. Winter Battles14. ConclusionAppendix 1: The Execution of Private SlovikAppendix 2: The Reestablishment of the Pennsylvania National GuardNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHaitian scholars and practitioners examine the intersections of Vodou and Haitian societyTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel1. Vodun and Social Transformation in the African Diasporic Experience: The Concept of Personhood in Haitian Vodun Religion Guérin C. Montilus2. Shadow-Matter Universes in Haitian and Dagara Ontologies: A Comparative Study Réginald O. Crosley3. Broken Mirrors: Mythos, Memories, and National History Patrick Bellegarde-Smith4. Of Worlds Seen and Unseen: The Educational Character of Haitian Vodou Claudine Michel5. Vodun, Music, and Society in Haiti: Affirmation and Identity Gerdès Fleurant6. Vodoun, Peasant Songs, and Political Organizing Rénald Clérismé7. From the Horses' Mouths: Women's Words/Women's Worlds Claudine Michel, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, and Marlène Racine-Toussaint8. Rainbow over Water: Art, Vodou Aestheticism, and Philosophy Marc A. Christophe9. A Reading of the Marasa Concept in Lilas Desquiron's Les Chemins de Loco-Miroir Florence Bellande-Robertson10. Herbs and Energy: The Holistic Medical System of the Haitian People Max-G. BeauvoirConclusion Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine MichelAppendix: Table of Haitian LwaBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisA penetrating study of the Holocaust in UkraineTrade ReviewThe introduction to the volume asks several open questions and makes clear that the intention of the book is to lay the ground for further research on the Shoah in Ukraine within the framework of Holocaust studies. . . This reflects both the circumstance that research on the Shoah in Ukraine as a whole is still only beginning, and the marginalized status of Holocaust remembrance in Ukraine, too. To give the memory of the victims and the acknowledgement of collaboration on Ukrainian soil a future frame, a Ukrainization of the discourse, the aim of the volume being discussed here, is definitely appropriate. * H-Judaic *This book is groundbreaking, but as the co-editors admit in their Introduction, 'a comprehensive history of the Holocaust in the Ukraine as a whole still has not been written'. . . . Thanks to its rich documentation and clearly written, nuanced contributions, The Shoah in Ukraine is an innovative and interdisciplinary contribution that serves as an essential step in that direction by drawing on history, memory studies, and political science. * German Studies Review *[This] volume is a significant contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust as it took place in Ukraine. * Harvard Ukrainian Studies *The Shoah in Ukraine sheds light on the critical themes of perpetration, collaboration, Jewish-Ukrainian relations, testimony, rescue, and Holocaust remembrance in Ukraine. * Shofar *A useful introduction to a very complex topic, but it also highlights the work remaining for scholars in Ukraine and elsewhere and the continuing need for further international scholarly collaboration.Vol. 68.3 July 2009 -- Sean Martin * Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio *Deserving special note are Timothy Snyder's chapter on Volhynian Jewry for its elegant and diligent use of both general and Jewish sources; and Karel C. Berkhoff 's sensitive analysis of the various testimonies of Dina Pronicheva, who survived the nightmarish Babi Yar massacre. Omer Bar-Tov concludes the book with an overview of how the Jewish facets of Eastern Galicia's history are systematically ignored and erased by Ukrainians in whose historical consciousness there is no room for how Jews lived and were murdered in a region that was a center of Jewish culture and religion.Summer 5769/2009 * Jewish Book World *An excellent volume that approaches the Holocaust in Ukraine from a variety of angles. . . . Highlights the complexity of the 'Final Solution' in Ukraine.April 2009 -- Jeff Rutherford * Wheeling Jesuit University *Bitter memories and the specter of the Holocaust continue to haunt Jewish-Ukrainian relations. . . . Only a full admission of the disturbing facts of the past and a full respect for the perpetuation of the memory of the former Jewish communities may at least partly exorcise the guilt and open a new page [in their] mutual relations. Perhaps this book may serve as one of the guiding lights in this direction. * Jerusalem Post *[This] collection contains an interesting mix of general overviews and more specific case studies written by the experts in their field. . . . [I]t is very helpful to have these different approaches in one volume, which represents an excellent introduction to the questions surrounding the Holocaust in Ukraine. Vol. 89, No. 2, April 2011 * Slavonic and East European Review *Written by experts in their fields and accompanied by excellent maps and illustrations, all chapters and the editors' introduction are of very high quality. . . . this volume lays the groundwork for all further study of the Holocaust in Ukraine.Vol. 24.1 2010 -- Helmut Langerbein * University of Texas at Brownsville *This is a really important Holocaust anthology, and essential reading for all scholars and students in serach of the most up-to-date research and interpretation of the Nazi—and indeed subaltern—killing fields in the Ukraine. Vol. 13:3 * Journal of Genocide Research *It represents easily the most detailed and sophisticated survey of the Holocaust in Ukraine that we possess... [A] major contribution to Holocaust historiography.2010, Volume 24 * Jewish History *[This book] . . . represents a major contribution to Holocaust historiography.Jan. 9, 2010 online -- Dan Stone * Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK *Rarely have I read an anthology that is of such consistently high quality. . . . The writing is almost uniformly excellent and the production by Indiana University Press is of the highest quality. . . . The editors have produced a riveting volume that should attract wide scholarly and general audiences.Spring 2010 * Slavic Review *This collection is a worthy enterprise that offers new insights into the Holocaust on the territory of contemporary Ukraine. . . . The investigation of the Holocaust in Ukraine, as well as in Belarus to the north where some 900,000 Jews died, is finally under way.Feb. 2010 -- DAVID R. MARPLES * University of Alberta *Table of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction / Ray Brandon and Wendy Lower1. The Murder of Ukraine's Jews under German Military Administration and in the Reich Commissariat Ukraine / Dieter Pohl2. The Life and Death of Western Volhynian Jewry, 1921-1945 / Timothy Snyder3. Shades of Grey: Reflections on Jewish-Ukrainian and German-Ukrainian Relations in Galicia / Frank Golczewski4. Transnistria and the Romanian Solution to the "Jewish Problem" / Dennis Deletant5. Annihilation and Labor: Jews and Thoroughfare IV in Central Ukraine / Andrej Angrick6. "In him lies the weight of the entire administration": Nazi Civilian Rulers and the Holocaust in Zhytomyr / Wendy Lower7. Soviet Ethnic Germans and the Holocaust in the Reich Commissariat Ukraine, 1941-1944 / Martin Dean8. Jewish Losses in Ukraine, 1941-1944 / Alexander Kruglov9. Dina Pronicheva's Story of Surviving the Babi Yar Massacre: German, Jewish, Soviet, Russian, and Ukrainian Records / Karel C. Berkhoff10. White Spaces and Black Holes: Eastern Galicia's Past and Present / Omer BartovMap SourcesSelected Supplemental BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisWhy certain groups tell jokes about other groupsTrade ReviewI recommend Jokes and Targets as a valuable scholarly study where thoughtul analysis is brought to bear on a wide variety of significant materials and the writing style is pleasantly engaging. * Studies in American Humor *Jokes and Targets deserves a wide readership among persons interested in humour as well as comparative and cultural sociology. Davies shows that cross-national comparison can produce good theory and rigorous analysis, without losing sight of cultural specificities. * Sociology *Christie Davies' Jokes and Targets is a well-written and well-researched book. * H-France Review *Jokes and Targets, being an excellent piece of scholarship, helps to further clarify why certain targets have become conventional and what are the rules that govern target choice. * Folklore *Jokes and Targets is well worth the price of admission. It is a valuable addition to Davies's existing and esteemed corpus of humor research. * Cultural Analysis *[J]okes and Targets is an important addition to Davies' significant previous research on various categories of verbal joke. . . [T]his book, like Davies' previous work, contains a valuable repertoire of jokes from important contemporary joke cycles. These important and sometimes hard-to-find examples will be a rich source for other scholars. Vol. 11.1 2013 * New Directions in Folklore *Davies maintains a lively, provocative style—refreshing in a genre that is all too commonly soulless. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Christie Davies has a very good claim to be the scholar to consult on the universal phenomenon of the joke, with the added bonus that he offers plenty of hilarious examples. * Journal of Contemporary Religion *This is a serious book, clearly written (no sociological jargon from this sociologist!), about something that makes no political difference . . . but that is, after all, deeply embedded in us to the extent that we are social creatures. * Chronicles *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Study Jokes and Targets?1. Mind over Matter: A General Theory of Jokes about the Stupid and the Canny2. Blondes, Sex, and the French3. Jewish Women and Jewish Men4. Sex between Men: Places, Occupations, and Classes5. The Great American Lawyer Joke Cycle6. The Rise of the Soviet Joke and the Fall of the Soviet UnionConclusionReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisMoral thought and ethical practice in South Asia, past and presentTrade Review[A] welcome addition to the growing body of literature on ethics in South Asia. While not losing sight of the significance of texts and religion, the essays move the discussion . . . The recurring theme of embodiment of ethical knowledge through memorization and recitation is as much an important and useful intervention in the study of ethics, as it is in the study of the interface between text and performance in South Asia. * JRNL ASIAN STUDIES *Setting a novel and exciting agenda for the understanding of ways through which 'ethical lives' in South Asia are produced, debated and experienced in the every day, this volume will no doubt take a prominent place on the bookshelves of scholars and students researching ethics and morality in the subcontinent and beyond. * Pacific Affairs *This book is a competent and credible illustration of the richness of south Asian ethical traditions and the resources to be found there for a reorientation and renewal of our ethical sensitivity in changing times. It will be valuable book for anyone studying ethics in the south Asian context, and especially for historians and moral philosophers. * Economic and Political Weekly *This stimulating book well rewards a close and careful reading, and lays the foundation for much future research. * Biblio *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Anand Pandian and Daud AliPart 1. Traditions in Transmission 1. The Subhas.ita as an Artifact of Ethical Life in Medieval India / Daud Ali 2. Disciplining the Senses, Schooling the Mind: Inhabiting Virtue in the Tamil Tin.n.ai School / Bhavani Raman 3. Ethical Traditions in Question: Diaspora Jainism and the Environmental and Animal Liberation Movements / James LaidlawPart 2. Ethics and Modernity 4. Vernacular Capitalists and the Modern Subject in India: Law, Cultural Politics, and Market Ethics / Ritu Birla 5. The Ethics of Textuality: The Protestant Sermon and the Tamil Public Sphere / Bernard Bate 6. Empire, Ethics, and the Calling of History / Dipesh ChakrabartyPart 3. Practices of the Self 7. Between Intuition and Judgment: Moral Creativity in Theravada Buddhist Ethics / Charles Hallisey 8. Young Manliness: Ethical Culture in the Gymnasiums of the Medieval Deccan / Emma Flatt 9. Ethical Subjects: Time, Timing, and Tellability / Leela Prasad 10. Demoralizing Developments: Ethics, Class, and Student Power in Modern North India / Craig JeffreyPart 4. Ethical Lives of Others 11. Living by Dying: Gandhi, Satyagraha, and the Warrior / Ajay Skaria 12. Moral and Spiritual Striving in the Everyday: To Be a Muslim in Contemporary India / Veena Das 13. Ethical Publicity: On Transplant Victims, Wounded Communities, and the Moral Demands of Dreaming / Lawrence CohenList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDiverse perspectives and alternate takes on musical improvisationTrade Review"Valuable not only to researchers but also to performers, who will find their minds opened to how music different from their own can help them improvise better in their chosen genre. . . . Recommended."--Choice"A goldmine of information ... that is relevant to the amateur and scholar alike."--Ethnomusicology"An impressive and often sophisticated collection of essays. . . . it certainly constitutes a welcome addition to the field."--The World of Music"Cutting across traditional subject boundaries in music and cultural studies, this admirably comprehensive work adopts a welcome interdisciplinary ideal and makes a truly significant contribution to our knowledge of musical improvisation."--Robert Witmer, professor emeritus of music, York UniversityTable of ContentsPreface ix Bruno NettlIntroduction 1 Gabriel SolisPART ONE: SOCIETY 1. Jazz as Political and Musical Practice 21 Ingrid Monson 2. John Cage and Improvisation: An Unresolved Relationship 38 Sabine M. Feisst 3. When Traditional Improvisation Is Prohibited: Contemporary Ukrainian Funeral Laments and Burial Practices 52 Natalie Kononenko 4. The Juncture between Creation and Re-creation among Indonesian Reciters of the Qur'an 72 Anne K. Rasmussen 5. Genius, Improvisation, and the Narratives of Jazz History 90 Gabriel Solis 6. Formulas and Improvisation in Participatory Music 103 Thomas TurinoPART TWO: EDUCATION 7. Learning to Improvise Music, Improvising to Learn Music 119 Patricia Shehan Campbell 8. Improvising Mozart 143 Robert Levin 9. Keyboard Improvisation in the Baroque Period 150 Charlotte Mattax Moersch 10. Beyond the Improvisation Class: Learning to Improvise in a University Jazz Studies Program 171 John P. Murphy 11. On Learning the Radif and Improvisation in Iran 185 Bruno Nettl 12. Hindustani Sitar and Jazz Guitar Music: A Foray into Comparative Improvology 200 Stephen Slawek 13. Musical Improvisation in the Modern Dance Class: Techniques and Approaches in Fulfilling a Multi-Layered Role 221 John ToenjesPART THREE: CREATION 14. Representations of Music Making 239 Stephen Blum 15. Improvisation and Related Terms in Middle-Period Jazz 263 Lawrence Gushee 16. Opening the Museum Window: Improvisation and Its Inscribed Values in Canonic Works by Chopin and Schumann 281 Robert S. Hatten 17. Improvisation in Beethoven's Creative Process 296 William Kinderman 18. Why Do They Improvise? Reflections on Meaning and Experience 313 Ali Jihad Racy 19. Preluding at the Piano 323 Nicholas Temperley Contributors 343 Index 349

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Speiser's work is both insightful and accessible."--H-Net Review "[Speiser] offers a new insight into the unique situation of the two former enemies now practicing cohabitation in a European context."--Journal of Contemporary History "Speiser's monograph is valuable because he thoroughly covers a subject that has received little treatment."--Journal of Modern History "Speiser breaks entirely new ground. The assessment of the impact of British public opinion on servicemen's attitudes toward Germany is particularly well done. The extensive use of the German archives is commendable."--Ian F. W. Beckett, editor of Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902"Speiser provides a well-researched, lively account of how, not always successfully, after 1945 the British attempted to use their Rhine Army to win German hearts and minds. In addition to its value as a historical narrative, Speiser's work throws out issues of direct contemporary relevance."--Clive Emsley, author of Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief: Crime and the British Armed Services since 1914

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA significant book that clearly shows the importance and vastness of the clandestine intelligence-counterintelligence war on the Eastern Front. . . . Stephan's thorough and imaginative research, and his patient analysis and interpretation of the documents and memoirs he has unearthed, set a standard that other historians working on intelligence should emulate."" - American Historical Review;""An indispensable account of this dimension of the war on the Eastern Front, and a valuable primer for all those who wish to understand how to conduct intelligence and counterintelligence operations. Needless to say this topic is of immense relevance to American forces and intelligence agencies today.""- Parameters;""Likely to remain the standard book on the subject for years to come. Professional historians, intelligence officers, and the public will find it a rewarding and informative read.""- Journal of Intelligence History;""A reasoned argument backed by extensive research that raises intelligence-counterintelligence studies to a more scholarly level. . . . A powerful view of Soviet counterintelligence efforts--the best we are likely to see for some time to come.""- Journal of Military History;""Stephan's thorough, accurate, and objective study provides unprecedented detail and keen insights on one of history's most illusive subjects. It is destined to become the standard work in this field.""- David M. Glantz, author of The Battle for Leningrad;""Stephan's book demonstrates how the Soviets adroitly manipulated both German intelligence and counter-intelligence in masterfully staged strategic deception operations. It chronicles timely lessons for contemporary intelligence professionals and should grace the libraries of today's intelligence services.""- John J. Dziak, author of Chekisty: A History of the KGB;""Should be read by anyone interested in the history of intelligence or of World War II.""--John Ferris, author of Intelligence in the Second World War""Stephan's thorough, accurate, and objective study provides unprecedented detail and keen insights on one of history's most illusive subjects. It is destined to become the standard work in this field.""- David M. Glantz, author of The Battle for Leningrad;""Stephan's book demonstrates how the Soviets adroitly manipulated both German intelligence and counter-intelligence in masterfully staged strategic deception operations. It chronicles timely lessons for contemporary intelligence professionals and should grace the libraries of today's intelligence services.""- John J. Dziak, author of Chekisty: A History of the KGB;""Should be read by anyone interested in the history of intelligence or of World War II.""- John Ferris, author of Intelligence in the Second World War

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Book SynopsisContinuing his magisterial account of the Eastern Front campaigns, David M. Glantz focuses here on the Red Army's operations from the fall of 1943 to April 1944. Glantz chronicles the Soviet Army's efforts to further exploit their post-Kursk gains and accelerate a counteroffensive that would eventually take them all the way to Berlin.Trade ReviewA revisionist history of the highest order. No serious student of the history of the Eastern Front during the Battle for Belorussia can afford to ignore it.""- Michigan War Studies Review;""This book is a must-read for those interested in the operational details of Eastern Front battles and understand military history jargon.""- Slavic Review;""This book is an especially important contribution to David Glantz’s many books on the Red Army in World War II. The in-depth level of analysis of military operations in Belorussia as the Red Army gathered its strength authoritatively fills [a] gap in our knowledge.""- Russian Review;""For a ‘forgotten’ series of offensives, Glantz leaves readers with few unknowns and an overwhelming number of knowns, making The Battle for Belorussia one of the most important books of the year.""- Stone & Stone World War II Books;Praise for the work of David Glantz:""A superb historian and a brilliant detective.""- New York Review of Books;""Glantz is the world’s top scholar of the Soviet-German War.""- Journal of Military History;""Indisputably the West’s foremost expert on the subject.""- The Atlantic;""Glantz’s unrivalled command of Soviet sources has produced a body of work that has fundamentally revised our knowledge of the Eastern Front in World War II. By providing a comprehensive, accurate perspective on the war the Soviet Union fought, he has almost single-handedly corrected a one-sided German focus that distorted western understanding.""- Slavic Review;""The appearance of any book by David Glantz is an event of the first magnitude.""- World War II;

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Book SynopsisMakes the provocative claim that queer theory has run its course, made obsolete by the elaboration of its own logic within capitalism.Trade Review'The audacious and sound thesis of Penney's new book - that the political as such is structured by sexuality - reties the knot between Freud and Marx' -- Joan Copjec, Brown University'Whether you're convinced or outraged by After Queer Theory, Penney's impressive research demands that you engage with it in the most serious terms' -- Nina Power, University of Roehampton, author of One-Dimensional Woman'States that queer theory is now at a crucial turning point, when the only option is to undertake a radical and thorough critique of its presuppositions and present state. No other critics have undertaken such a project at the present time' -- Clive Thompson, School of Languages and Literatures, University of GuelphTable of ContentsIntroduction: After Queer Theory: Manifesto And Consequences 1. Currents Of Queer 2. The Universal Alternative 3. Is There A Queer Marxism? 4. Capitalism And Schizoanalysis 5. The Sameness Of Sexual Difference 6. From The Antisocial To The Immortal Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsRemerciements Présentation Liste des abréviations I. Un grand homme de province à Paris (1689-1773) Introduction: Piron, un Voltaire provisoire 1. Années dijonaises (1689-1719) 2. Prologue parisien (1719-1727)3. Melpomène et Thalie (1727-1745) 4. La difficile condition d'auteur 5. Le Bourguignon, un type de lettré au dix-huitième siècle 6. Heurs et malheurs 'd'un ouvrier dramatique' (1745-1754) 7. 'Adieux de M. Piron aux Muses' (1754-1773) 8. Un indifférent railleur II. Etude de l'œuvre Introduction 9. Piron, versificateur 10. Piron épistolier et chroniqueur de la vie parisienne 11. Piron, auteur dramatique: l'Opéra-Comique et la petite comédie en vaudevilles 12. Piron, auteur dramatique: le Théâtre-Français Post-face Annexe: répertoires des écrits pironiens Bibliographie Index

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Book SynopsisWhat makes for a good life, or a beautiful one, or, perhaps most important, a meaningful one? Throughout history most of us have looked to our faith, our relationships, or our deeds for the answer. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers an exhilarating new way of thinking about these questions, one deeply attuned to life as it actually is: a work in progress, a journey and often a narrative. Offering moving accounts of his own life and memories alongside rich engagements with philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger, he shows us where to find the significance of our lives: in the way we live them. May starts by looking at the fundamental fact that life unfolds over time, and as it does so, it begins to develop certain qualities, certain themes. Our lives can be marked by intensity, curiosity, perseverance, or many other qualities that become guiding narrative values. These values lend meanings to our lives that are distinct from but also interact with the universal valu

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive textbook teaching English-speakers to read, write and speak contemporary Bulgarian. Volume one, introducing the basic elements of Bulgarian grammar, contains lessons 1-15, a Bulgarian-English glossary, and English-Bulgarian glossary for beginners, and an appendix of verbal forms.Trade ReviewAlexander is one of the foremost experts in Bulgarian in the world and also one of that language’s most experienced pedagogues. We are extremely fortunate that she has undertaken the task of writing a textbook. The result of her efforts is a magnificent course." —Victor Friedman, Chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago

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