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Insight Editions Game of Thrones: Hand of the King Hardcover Ruled
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University Press of New England Art and Architecture of Insects
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MQ - University of Nebraska Press The Evolution of Cyber War
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University of Notre Dame Press On What Cannot Be Said Apophatic Discourses in
Book SynopsisApophasis has become a major topic in the humanities, particularly in philosophy, religion, and literature. This two-volume anthology gathers together most of the important historical works on apophaticism and illustrates the diverse trajectories of apophatic discourse in ancient, modern, and postmodern times.Trade Review“Any writer worth his salt knows that what cannot be spoken is ultimately the thing worth speaking about; yet most often this humbling awareness is unsaid or covered up. There are some who have made it their business, however, to court failure and acknowledge defeat, to explore the impasse of words before silence. William Franke has created an anthology of such explorations, undertaken in poetry and prose, that stretches from Plato to the present. Whether the subject of discourse is All or Nothing does not matter: the struggle of speech to name the unnameable is the same. This ambitious two-volume undertaking demonstrates a preoccupation as old as Western civilization itself: the limits of language and the virtue of being at a loss for words. How long we have been raiding the Inarticulate!” —Peter S. Hawkins, Boston University“Developments in critical theory during the past two decades have led to renewed interest in negative theology. Books like Languages of the Unsayable (1989), Negation and Theology (1992), Derrida and Negative Theology (1992), and The Otherness of God (1998) have signaled the resurgence of this ancient tradition. William Franke’s distinctive contribution is to provide the background and texts from which these recent developments have emerged.” —Mark Taylor, Williams College"These two volumes successfully realize a massive project: to propose and delineate a new field of discourse that provides a fresh approach to Western thought as a whole. In short, William Franke demonstrates the centrality of apophaticism, 'what cannot be said,' to the Western tradition, from Plato (and before) to Derrida (and beyond). . . . The first volume covers the first 'cycles' of apophasis, as the Western tradition evolves, stretching from the commentary tradition of Plato's Parmenides to Eckhart and his progenitors. . . . Franke's work is nothing short of brilliant." —Religion and Literature“. . . one of the most important and original contributions to the discussion of apophasis in recent years. . . . Franke’s historical and disciplinary range, in light of his well-written and compelling essays, provides an illuminating insight into the pervasiveness of apophatic discourse. . . . Franke’s anthology is a resource which should not be ignored. Few others, maybe no others, provide the same clarity, coherence, and scope.” —Christianity and Literature“The genius of Franke’s two-volume critical anthology on apophatic discourses is the work’s breadth and depth of engagement with the concept in variously distinct and even conflicting contexts. . . . Franke manages his sweeping and inclusive exploration of apophatic discourses by identifying a thematic lens for selecting his sources as part of a larger, conceptually-rooted genre of discourse. . . . the greatest strength of Franke’s two-volume collection resides in the sheer fact that nothing like it exists.” —Essays in Philosophy
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U.S. Games Old English Tarot
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Potomac Books Inc Cold War Submarines The Design and Construction
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MerryMakers Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons Puppet
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University of Notre Dame Press Summa Contra Gentiles
Book SynopsisThis is not merely the only complete summary of Christian doctrine that St. Thomas has written, but also a creative and even revolutionary work of Christian apologetics composed at the precise moment when Christian thought needed to be intellectually creative in order to master and assimilate the intelligence and wisdom of the Greeks and the Arabs.
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University of Notre Dame Press Many Faces of Beauty
Book SynopsisThe volume The Many Faces of Beauty joins the rich debate on beauty and aesthetic theory by presenting an ambitious, interdisciplinary examination of various facets of beauty in nature and human society. The contributors ask such questions as, Is there beauty in mathematical theories? What is the function of arts in the economy of cultures? What are the main steps in the historical evolution of aesthetic theories from ancient civilizations to the present? What is the function of the ugly in enhancing the expressivity of art? and What constitutes beauty in film? The sixteen essays, by eminent scientists, critics, scholars, and artists, are divided into five parts. In the first, a mathematician, physicist, and two philosophers address beauty in mathematics and nature. In the second, an anthropologist, psychologist, historian of law, and economist address the place of beauty in the human mind and in society. Explicit philosophical reflections on notoriously vexing issues,Trade Review“In 2012, the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) sponsored “The Many Faces of Beauty” conference, which offered a deep dive into the debate on beauty and aesthetic theory. This collection of 16 essays from prominent artists, scientists, mathematicians and critics features three Notre Dame scholars: The Huisking Professor of Theology Cyril O’Regan, the Rev. Joyce Professor of German Language and Literature Mark Roche, and J. Dudley Andrew ’67.” —Notre Dame Magazine
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Random House USA Inc The Belly Book
Book SynopsisBefore you get to meet your baby, you spend a swell (so to speak) nine months getting acquainted with your growing belly. The first pregnancy journal devoted 100% to you and your belly, The Belly Book is organized by trimester and includes pages for “time-lapse” belly photos and ultrasound images, as well as prompts for writing about morning sickness, food cravings, maternity clothes you never want to see again, and much more.Her books radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting.- New York Times Book Review
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The University of Chicago Press What Is a Dog
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The University of Chicago Press Interacting with Print
Book SynopsisA thorough rethinking of a field deserves to take a shape that is in itself new. Interacting with Print delivers on this premise, reworking the history of print through a unique effort in authorial collaboration. The book itself is not a typical monographrather, it is a multigraph, the collective work of twenty-two scholars who together have assembled an alphabetically arranged tour of key concepts for the study of print culture, from Anthologies and Binding to Publicity and Taste. Each entry builds on its term in order to resituate print and book history within a broader media ecology throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The central theme is interactivity, in three senses: people interacting with print; print interacting with the non-print media that it has long been thought, erroneously, to have displaced; and people interacting with each other through print. The resulting book will introduce new energy to the field of print studies and lead to considerable new avenues of investigation.
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The University of Chicago Press Europes Steppe Frontier 15001800
Book SynopsisAnalyzes the process whereby the thinly occupied grasslands of southeastern Europe were incorporated into three great empires: the Ottoman, the Austrian, and the Russian.Trade Review"To say that this is the best available introduction to the international history of Eastern Europe may sound to the author a left-handed compliment....Perhaps McNeill himself will oblige us with a sequel." (Historical Journal)"
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University of Chicago Press The Reformation of Emotions in the Age of
Book SynopsisExamining a variety of works, from revenge plays to Shakespeare's first history tetralogy and beyond, the author explores how this title not only exposed the faultlines of society on stage but also provoked playgoers in the audience to acknowledge all the differences they shared with one another.Trade Review"The Reformation of Emotions in the Age of Shakespeare is a powerful and provocative meditation on the innovative cultural forms and emotional processes that emerged from the violent affective dislocations of memory, identity, and community of the English Reformation. Mullaney addresses issues of wide interest among scholars of early modern literature and culture through evocative readings of both familiar and unfamiliar plays that are consistently surprising, insightful, and original." (William N. West, Northwestern University)
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The University of Chicago Press Invitation to Law and Society An Introduction to
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University of Chicago Press A Naked Singularity A Novel
Book SynopsisDeals with Casi, a child of Colombian immigrants who lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan as a public defender - one who, tellingly, has never lost a trial. Never. In this book, we watch what happens when his sense of justice and even his sense of self begin to crack - and how his world then slowly devolves.Trade Review"When I started reading A Naked Singularity, after a page or two I realized I was going to love it-and I did-but why? I've never sat down to analyze what it is that makes me read a book voraciously from cover to cover, fretting when I have to put it down and longing through the day to get back to it. I like, admire, appreciate a whole range of books and am happy to devote my time and attention to them, but the ones that take me over are rarer.... Casi's voice is astonishing, cynical but compassionate, alive to the ridiculous and the pitiful and the horrific but never losing its commitment to morality." -Lian Hearn, author of Tales of the Otori"
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The University of Chicago Press Banking on Words
Book SynopsisIn this provocative look at one of the most important events of our time, renowned scholar Arjun Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008-while indeed spurred on by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking-was, ultimately, a failure of language. To prove this sophisticated point, he takes us into the world of derivative finance, which has become the core of contemporary trading and the primary target of blame for the collapse and all our subsequent woes. With incisive argumentation, he analyzes this challengingly technical world, drawing on thinkers such as J. L. Austin, Marcel Mauss, and Max Weber as theoretical guides to showcase the ways language-and particular failures in it-paved the way for ruin. Appadurai moves in four steps through his analysis. In the first, he highlights the importance of derivatives in contemporary finance, isolating them as the core technical innovation that markets have produced. In the second, he shows that derivatives a
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The University of Chicago Press Katherine Parr
Book SynopsisTo the extent that she is popularly known, Katherine Parr (1512-48) is the woman who survived King Henry VIII as his sixth and last wife. The author assembles the four publications attributed to her - Psalms or Prayers, Prayers or Meditations, The Lamentation of a Sinner, and a compilation of prayers and Biblical excerpts written in her hand.Trade Review"Here we have one of Henry VIII's queens-the one who survived him-in her own words, making laws as regent of England, writing confessional prayers or short childish notes as a little girl.... Katherine Parr is one of the lesser known of Henry's wives, far from the dramatic triangle of Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn, but this collection of her writings will remind historians that Parr was an extraordinary woman of letters and passions." (Los Angeles Times) "A testament to a remarkable woman, whose learning and character speak powerfully to us across the centuries." (Literary Review)"
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The University of Chicago Press Against Fairness
Book SynopsisBorn out of democracy and raised in open markets, fairness has become our de facto modern creed. In our zealous pursuit of fairness, we have banished our urges to like one person more than another, one thing over another, hiding them away as dirty secrets of our humanity. In this book, the author drags them triumphantly back into the light.Trade Review"Against Fairness is a terrific book. Stephen T. Asma goes a long way toward convincing readers of a challenging argument. Engagingly written, it avoids the ponderousness that so often characterizes work in philosophy, and I would recommend it to anyone who seems excessively committed to 'fairness' as the sine qua non of just policy." -Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice"
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The University of Chicago Press Teaching Artist Handbook Volume One
Book SynopsisBased on the premise that teaching artists have the ability to engage students as fellow artists, this book includes a collection of essays, stories, lists, examples, dialogues, and ideas, all offered with the aim of helping artists create and implement effective teaching based on their own expertise and strengths.Trade Review"The growing field of teaching artistry has needed the Teaching Artist Handbook for a long time. Needed it badly. And here it is, even better than I hoped. Thanks to the authors whose work will help us all get better; congratulations to the field that, because of the book, takes another step into fuller recognition and more powerful practice. This book belongs on every teaching artist's bookshelf-no, on their bedside table." (Eric Booth, author of The Everyday Work of Art: Awakening the Extraordinary in Your Daily Life)
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Intensive Bulgarian Volume 2 A Textbook and
Book SynopsisA comprehensive textbook teaching English-speakers to read, write and speak contemporary Bulgarian. Volume two, treating more complex issues of grammar and syntax, contains lessons 16-30 and a cumulative Bulgarian-English glossary covering both volumes.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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Indiana University Press After the Dinosaurs
Book SynopsisThe Age of Mammals, the Cenozoic Era, has never had its Jurassic Park, but it was an amazing time in earth's history, populated by a wonderful assortment of bizarre animals. This book presents their story, which is part of a larger story of a world emerging from the greenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic.Trade ReviewRecommended. General readers; interested upper—level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. * Choice *. . . Prothero's new book has the advantage of something for everyone. . . . A specialist can read it for a fine overview of many aspects of life throughout the age of mammals; a general reader will get the same overview, plus an introduction to a great many new topics to research further. This is about the most readable volume imaginable . . . * Reports of the National Center for Science Education *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction2. The End of the Dinosaurs?3. Brave New World: The Paleocene4. Dawn of the Recent: The Eocene5. The Icehouse Cometh: The Oligocene6. The Savanna Story: The Miocene7. The World in Transition: The Pliocene8. Ice Time: The Pleistocene9. Our Interglacial: The HoloceneBibliographyIndex
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University of Texas Press Aztecs Moors and Christians
Book SynopsisIn this perceptive book, Max Harris seeks to understand the "puzzling and enduring passion" of both Mexicans and Spaniards for festivals of moros y cristianos, mock battles between Spanish Christians and Moors or Aztecs that range from brief sword dancesTrade Review"This is a major contribution to the rich and fascinating cultural history of colonial-era Mexico and the tumultuous clash of European and Native American values, institutions, and technologies... It is beautifully written and makes compelling reading." Robert Potter, Professor of Dramatic Art, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of Contents Acknowledgments List of Illustrations Part One: Prologue 1. Beheading the Moor (Zacatecas, 1996) 2. Reading the Mask (Cuetzalan, 1988) Part Two: Spain, 1150-1521 3. A Royal Wedding (Lleida, 1150) 4. A Medley of Battles (Zaragoza, 1286-1414) 5. A Martyrdom with Hobby Horses (Barcelona, 1424) 6. A Game of Canes (Jaén, 1462) Part Three: Mexico, 1321-1521 7. The Fields of the Wars of Flowers 8. The Festival of the Sweeping of the Roads 9. The Festival of the Raising of the Banners 10. The Festival of the Flaying of Men 11. The Dance of the Emperor Motecuzoma Part Four: Mexico, 1521-1600 12. The Conquest of Mexico (1524-1536) 13. The Conquest of Rhodes (Mexico City, 1539) 14. The Conquest of Jerusalem (Tlaxcala, 1539) 15. The Tensions of Empire (Mexico City, 1565-1595) 16. The Travels of Alonso Ponce (New Spain, 1584-1589) 17. The Conquest of New Mexico (1598) Part Five: Spain, 1521-1600 18. Touring Aztecs (1522-1529) 19. Royal Entries (Toledo, 1533, and Naples, 1543) 20. Great Balls of Fire (Trent, 1549) 21. Noble Fantasies (Binche, 1549, and Rouen, 1550) 22. Fêted Dreams of Peace (Andalusia, 1561-1571) 23. Changing Tastes (Daroca to Valencia, 1585-1586) 24. Gilded Indians (1521-1600) Part Six: Epilogue 25. Dancing With Malinche (New Mexico and Oaxaca, 1993-1994) Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press Offspring of Empire
Book SynopsisExplores a range of themes, including the roots of capitalist development in Korea, the origins of the modern business elite, the nature of Japanese colonial policy and the Japanese colonial state, the relationship between the colonial government and the Korean economic elite, and the nature of Korean collaboration.Trade Review"Should be ranked among the best in the field of Korean studies and should be required reading for those interested in Korea studies and/or serious about Japanese and Asian studies." * Journal of Asian Studies *"Must become required reading for all students of East Asia in the twentieth century." * Journal of the School of Oriental and African Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. Merchants and Landlords 2. An Industrial Bourgeoisie 3. Class and State: The Financial Nexus 4. Class and State: Partners in Management 5. Between Metropole and Hinterland: The Acquisition of Raw Materials and Technology 6. Between Metropole and Hinterland: The Quest for Markets 7. "Without Any Trouble" 8. Class Over Nation Conclusion Notes Guide to Romanization Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press The Dread of Difference Gender and the Horror
Book SynopsisNow updated to include contemporary developments in the horror film genre and the critical thinking about it, Barry Keith Grant’s groundbreaking exploration of the cinema of fear has sold over 8,000 copies.Trade Review"These essays are highly intelligent, yet also highly readable, and because of that, the book comes highly recommended. It’s a fantastic, meaty-thick collection as is, but also a good gateway for cinephiles who haven’t yet dared make the leap into reading film criticism, as opposed to the mere 'movie review.’" * Flick Attack *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart One1. When the Woman Looks (Linda Williams)2. Horror and the Monstrous-Feminine: An Imaginary Abjection (Barbara Creed)3. Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film (Carol Clover)4. The Monster and the Homosexual (Harry M. Benshoff)Part Two5. “It Will Thrill You, It Will Terrify You, It Might Even Horrify You”: Gender, Reception, and Classic Horror Cinema (Rhona J. Berenstein)6. Bringing It All Back Home: Family Economy and Generic Exchange (Vivian Sobchack)7. Trying to Survive on the Darker Side: 1980s Family Horror (Tony Williams)8. Genre, Gender, and the Aliens Trilogy (Thomas Doherty)9. Taking Back the Night of the Living Dead: George Romero, Feminism, and the Horror Film. (Barry Keith Grant)10. Gender, Genre, Argento (Adam Knee)11. “Beyond the Veil of the Flesh”: David Cronenberg and the Disembodiment of Horror (Lianne McLarty)12. The Horror Film in Neoconservative Culture (Christopher Sharrett)13. Torture Porn and Uneasy Feminisms: Rethinking (Wo)men in Eli Roth’s Hostel Films (Maisha Wester)Part Three14. Horror, Femininity, and Carrie’s Monstrous Puberty (Shelley Stamp)15. The Monster as Woman: Two Generations of Cat People (Karen Hollinger)16. Here Comes the Bride: Wedding Gender and Race in Bride of Frankenstein (Elizabeth Young)17. Burying the Undead: The Use and Obsolescence of Count Dracula (Robin Wood)18. Old Times in Werewolf of London (Robert Spadoni)19. Daughters of Darkness: The Lesbian Vampire on Film (Bonnie Zimmerman)20. Birth Traumas: Parturition and Horror in Rosemary’s Baby (Lucy Fischer)21. The Place of Passion: Reflections on Fatal Attraction (James Conlon)22. Feminine Horror: The Embodied Surrealism of In My Skin (Adam Lowenstein)23. Uncanny Horrors: Male Rape in Twentynine Palms (Lisa Coulthard)Selected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsIndex
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University of Texas Press Flintknapping
Book SynopsisThe most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available, and the only one written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them.Trade ReviewA mid-range user’s guide to flintknapping is long overdue. There have been some admirable attempts to produce such a volume, but these have been targeted at specific, fairly narrow audiences. Not so with Flintknapping.... [Whittaker’s] clear aim is to reach professional archaeologists as well as hobbyists. I believe he achieves this goal with incredible skill and humor.... I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in flintknapping. * Plains Anthropologist *This is the best, most thorough summary available on flaked stone technology. The book skillfully blends instruction on how to make stone tools with information on how to interpret flaked stone artifacts. * Northern Arizona Archaeology Society Newsletter *Table of Contents Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Using This Book Learning to Knap 2. Flintknapping: Basic Principles Flintknapping Conchoidal Fracture Properties of Material Flakes and Cores 3. A Brief History of Flintknapping Prehistory of Stone Tools Recent "Stone-Age" People Modern Knapping Further Readings Other Resources: Finding Other Knappers 4. Raw Materials Stone Quality Stone Materials Heat-Treating Collecting Material: Ethical and Practical Considerations 5. Safety Proper Technique Eyes Hands Other Body Parts Lungs Waste Disposal Benefits 6. Hard-Hammer Percussion Material and Equipment Percussion-Flaking Principles: An Experiment Percussion Flaking Platforms The Face of the Core Terminations Curvature Starting a Core Summary: Nine Essentials Examples 7. Pressure Flaking Tools Raw Material First Principles Working Position Beginning Platform Preparation Thinning Notching Other Pressure-Flaking Techniques Summary: Six Essentials Application: Small Triangular Points from the Southwest Pressure-Flaking Problems Patterned Pressure Flaking 8. Soft-Hammer Percussion and Bifaces Definitions Tools Beginning Soft-Hammer Principles and Results Biface Thinning Flakes Fracture Theories The Blow Platforms Biface Stages Knapping Strategy and Other Considerations Example: A Basic Biface Biface Problems: Prehistoric Mistakes Summary 9. Blades and Fluting Blades Platforms Holding Punches The Blow Fluting Example: Fluted Point 10. Using Stone Tools Stone vs. Steel Edges and Cutting Making a Projectile Foreshaft Going On 11. Archaeological Analysis of Stone Tools Typology Stone Tool Types and Change through Time What People Did with Stones Sources of Variation: Why Stone Tools Are Not All Alike Analyzing Stone Tool Materials Technology and What It Tells Us Figuring Out Function Questions of Style Conclusions Appendix: Resources for Knappers References Index
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University of Washington Press Pictorial Anatomy of the Dogfish
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1) The Skeleton 2) The Muscles 3) The Digestive and Respiratory Systems 4) The Circulatory System 5) The Urogenital System 6) The Nervous System 7) The Sense Organs Bibliography
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University of Washington Press Outline of Cat Anatomy with Reference to the
Book SynopsisThe cat has been used as a subject for dissection in the study of mammalian anatomy for almost two centuries. This book employs anatomical terms used in human rather than veterinary anatomy and includes illustrations of human anatomy that may be compared with those of the cat. It is useful for students who do not have access to human dissections.Table of ContentsPreface 1) The Skeleton 2) The Muscles 3) The Respiratory and Digestive Systems 4) The Urogenital System 5) The Circulatory System 6) The Nervous System 7) The Eye 8) The Ear 9) Definitions of Descriptive Terms Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press The Coptic Tapestry Albums and the Archaeologist
Book SynopsisInterweaves the creation of the Coptic textiles in the Greco-Roman city of Antinoe with their discovery by the archaeologist Albert Gayet. This book features album pages and covers illustrated in colour, along with archival photographs from Gayet's expeditions. It includes technical drawings that illustrate the weaving techniques of the Copts.Trade Review“Master weaver, scholarly detective, and sensitive connoisseur, Nancy Hoskins combines all these skills to describe and identify this unusually wide range of Egyptian Coptic textile fragments. Her descriptions of weaving techniques create a fundamental glossary of technical terms, which all who study textiles should use. The detailed data on each piece are a benchmark for all who work in the field.”—Jere L. Bacharach, Director, American Research Center in Egypt"The author's obvious love of her studies, her dedication to her field, and her expertise in presenting her findings will give readers great pleasure. Scholars of textiles, collectors, art historians, and weavers of all levels of experience will find this book very inspiring." * Handwoven *"Scholarly research and meticulous attention to detail mark this fascinating study of Coptic tapestries." * Complex Weavers Newsletter *"High-quality images of a wide range of Egyptian Coptic Tapestry fragments, scholarly yet readable insights, and clear diagramming of techniques make this book a beautiful and valuable resource." * Fiberarts *Table of ContentsForeword Preface Introduction Part One The Archaeologist of Antinoe, Albert Gayet Part Two The Antinoe Textiles: Fiber, Fabric, and Fashion Part Three The Text and Textile Albums Connections and Conclusions Appendixes Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Appian Way Ghost Road Queen of Roads Culture
Book SynopsisTo walk on remnants of the storied Appian Way, from Rome to Italy, is to walk in the footsteps of ghosts. In this book, the author is our guide to those ghosts - and the layers of history they represent. It takes us on a trek with him back in time, to the campaigns of Garibaldi, the revolt of Spartacus, and the glory days of Imperial Rome.Trade Review"Layer upon layer, Italy's storied past unfolds in Kaster's captivating journey along the venerable Queen of Roads. I cannot imagine a more perfect guide to such a rich trove of ancient and modern memories. Illuminating, erudite, entertaining, and evocative." (Adrienne Mayor, author of The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy) "How many Great Pyramids match the amount of earth moved to make the greatest Roman road? More than you think-until you have read Kaster's The Appian Way: Ghost Road, Queen of Roads, a work of erudite classical commentary as well as excellent advice for travelers today." (Peter Stothard, author of On the Spartacus Road: A Journey through Ancient Italy) "A wonderful preface for any traveler planning an outdoorsy day in Rome or, especially, a trip through southern Italy. Kaster's enthusiasm for the road and the people (past and present) who populate it is contagious." (Booklist)"
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University of Washington Press Stories for Future Generations Qulirat Qanemci
Book SynopsisFor ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people.Trade Review"Fienup-Riordan is renowned for her intelligent anthropological essays and for her close involvement with Yup'ik communities..[This] volume is remarkable because it presents not only an incredible variety of narratives, but also documents the wealth of oral narratives that one individual might possess. The book is a marvelous contribution to the study of Eskimo literature and oratory." * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Kangrilnguum ayuquciq man'a tekilluku --Paul John's life up to this time Taun qanemiciq ayaagturatullrulliniuq arulaiyuunani --That story went on and on without stopping A'ka Tamaani Yuullrat --Life in the Past Cingumailriit kingumta yuitnek --To encourage future generations Allamek-gguqella yuituq --They say the world is populated by on one else [but relatives] Yuut Ungungssit-llu --Humans and Animals Tan'gaurluq nakacuut ayautellrat --The boy who was taken away by bladders Yuuk malruk atertellrek --Two who drifted away Yuilqumun ayalleq nunameggnek --The one who left her village and went to the wilderness Enret aulukellrata iqukegtarii --A good ending for taking care of bones Nunakun ciutelget --Those who have ears through the ground Tan'gaurluum Qayassiigmi Uitallra --The boy who had an experience on Qayaassiq Tamaani Cat Paivngallratni --Back When Extraordinary Beings Were Present Qamungelria --The old bear Amiingirayulit --Those who are good at blocking doors Anglingnarlit --The ones who grow Kiirraraarmeng Yuullret --Those Who Lived Alone Angun-ciissiq-llu --The man and the ciissiq Apalek --One with a grandfather Angutet Arnat-llu --Men and Women Angutem Anrutaanek arcaqakinrilnguq --The one who didn't think much of a man's stomach Arnaq anagkenglleq --The woman who won Aavacin --Aavacin Uqilalria arnaq --A woman who was a fast runner Malrugnek nulialek --The one with two wives Aipaqellrianun alerquun --Advice to couples Angayuqat Irniarit-llu --Parents and Children Aanaka-llii ner'aqa-llii --I have eaten my mother Umyuamek catevkarillerkaq --The way the mind can be hurt Angelria angun --The big man Qetunraq qamiqurrlainaq --Son who was nothing by a head Yupiuyaraq --Becoming a Yup'ik Person Elpecenek uptuci --You are getting yourselves ready Niicugninqegcaarturaasqelluki qanrucetullruit --They told them to listen thoroughly and attentively Nasaurluut waten elpeciucetun ayuqucirkaatnek qanaataqluki --He would give advice to young girls like you about proper behavior and conduct Tan'gaurliq kangingaqami taugaam taqtuli --Boy who had to find out for himself Alerquutet iinrutun ayuqut --Advice is like medicine Ungalek --One with a beard Qanruyutelten maligtengnaqu'urluki ernikina ernerpak --Try to follow what was said to you all day Kass'at yuullrat qacignarqenrituq --White people do not live easy lives Anngaat Uyuraat-llu --Older Brothers and Younger Siblings Anngaan nayagani-llu --The older brother and his younger sister Anngaq uyuraq-llu --The older brother and the younger brother Anngaqelriik --Those to who were brothers Anngaq nayagani-llu --An older brother and his younger sister Angalkut --Shamans Tumaralria --Tumaralria Tumaralria Kangangaq-llu --Tumaralria and Kangangaq Kukugyarpak --Kukugyarpak Aatama atallranek --My father's deceased father Angalkut --Angalkut Angalkunek qanemcit --Stories of angalkut Temcinarqerrlulriit --Some That Are Slightly Funny Temcinarqerrlulriit --Some that are slightly funny Tengssuucet akaar paqnanarqellruut --Airplanes were interesting a long time ago Cam Ayagniqarraallra --Origins Nunivaam yung'eqarraallra --How Nunivak first got its people Yupiit atunem anguyakutellrat --Yupiit going to war against each other Nukalpiat --Great Hunters Nukalpialler --The bad nukalpiaq Nukalpiaq alegyunglleq imarpigmek --A nukalpiaq who became confident [he could travel and hunt] on the ocean Tamaani yuut ucurnarqellratni --In those days when people did things to be pround of Asgirpagkaq Uqumyaar-llu --Adgirpagkaq and Uqumyaar Pamailnguaraurluuq --One who was always slow to respond Yuut atertellri --People who drifted away Atertaulleq yuk --The person who drifted away Tan'gaurluq tengyugngalria --The boy who could fly Ellminek Ikayuryqraq Yuilqumi --Yup'ik Survival Tools Makuat --Glittering particles used as compasses Anuqem tungai ellaliuryaraq-llu --Weather directions and forecasting Ellaliuryaraq --Checking the weather Ellarrlugmi cayaraq --What to do during a storm Ayuqucin pascirluku yuugi --Start living with something to back you up Yugtun igautellrit Kass'atun-llu mumigtellrit --Yup'ik transcription and translation Notes Glossary References
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University of Washington Press War in a European Borderland Occupations and
Book SynopsisExamining the many regime changes that took place in occupied Ukraine during WWI. This book traces the similarities among the various occupying forces as well as the important differences that shaped the individual regimes. It also provides historical background to events in Ukraine, and offers lessons on the problems faced by occupying powers.Trade Review"Mark von Hagen has produced a very condensed but solid work on one of the most complex yet insufficiently studied topics of the Great War. I highly recommend his book . . ." -- Ernest Gyigel * Journal of Ukrainian Studies *"The book provides an illuminating and clearly focused outline that will benefit university teachers. Students also will appreciate a condensed and lucid version of a period that historians are often reluctant to approach because of its sheer complexity and rapidly changing regimes." * The International History Review *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. Outbreak of War and the Transformation of Austrian Galicia 2. Russian War Aims and Wartime Propaganda 3. The Ukrainian Adventure of the Central Powers 4. The Brusilov Offensive and the Second Russian Occupation Regime 5. The German Occupation of Ukraine 1918 Bibliography
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University of Texas Press Los Lobos
Book SynopsisLos Lobos leaped into the national spotlight in 1987, when their cover of La Bamba became a No. 1 hit. But what looked like an overnight achievement to the band's new fans was actually a way station in a long musical journey that began in East Los Angeles in 1973 and is still going strong. Across four decades, Los Lobos (Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, and Steve Berlin) have ranged through virtually the entire breadth of American vernacular music, from rockabilly to primal punk rock, R&B to country and folk, Mexican son jarocho to Tex-Mex conjunto and Latin American cumbia. Their sui generis sound has sold millions of albums and won acclaim from fans and critics alike, including three Grammy Awards.Los Lobos, the first book on this unique band, traces the entire arc of the band's career. Music journalist Chris Morris draws on new interviews with Los Lobos members and their principal collaborators, as well as his own rTrade Review"A useful cultural history that is sure to please fans and musicologists. " * Kirkus Reviews *"Morris is the ideal teller of this tale, drawing on decades of his own fandom and reportage and a wealth of experience in both consumer and trade journalism (including long, distinguished runs at the Reader, the Hollywood Reporter and Billboard). . . . Morris writes with care and insight about each Los Lobos record, providing rich geographical, cultural, and historical context along the way." * The Huffington Post *"How Los Lobos navigated the move to performing electric in front of the Mohawk-hair generation, enjoyed success with the soundtrack from La Bamba, dealt with music business missteps and never stopped experimenting and collaborating is a fascinating tale. The book was a fast read for me; I was unable to put it down. Morris excels at keeping the storyline moving with equal measures of factlets and anecdotes. . . . Dream in Blue brings into sharper focus a truer narrative of what growing up and being successful in America looks like." * No Depression *"Writer Chris Morris’ new biography, Los Lobos: Dream in Blue, offers overwhelming evidence that the band deserves to glide its way into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame." * Los Angeles Times *"Both informative and engrossing . . . Chris Morris is to be commended for putting the story of this most American of bands to paper, and Dream In Blue will satisfy the most ardent of fans. Highly recommended." * The Big Takeover *"The best books about music and musicians are a direct reflection of their subjects and Chris Morris' chronicle on Los Lobos, Dream in Blue, is just such a book." * All About Jazz *"Few musical acts have been as well served by their chronicler as Lobos are with Dream In Blue by Morris, a veteran Los Angeles music journalist who has seen the Wolves perform and followed their music since their first gig . . . Dream In Blue may be a short and quick read, but in its tight, fact-based richness, Morris gives Los Lobos the smart and insightful book this distinctive and distinguished musical act merits." * Best Classic Bands *"Morris writes in such a way that you can almost smell and taste the smells and tastes of East L.A. in the boom of the psychedelic era and its aftermath." * PopMatters *"[An] insightful and affectionate history." * Austin Chronicle *"A dream of a read for fans of the Lobos." * AllMusicBooks.com *"Chris Morris’s Los Lobos: Dream in Blue gives both fans and critics a satisfying chronicle of Los Lobos’ journey through critical and popular successes, failures, and artistic responses to the challenges faced by the ever-evolving, genre-defying group." * Southwestern American Literature *Table of Contents Prologue: Cinco de Mayo 1. The Neighborhood: Life and Music in East L.A. 2. Homeboys: Growing Up and Garfield 3. A Beginning: The Founding of Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles 4. Recording por La Raza: The Making of Si Se Puede! and Just Another Band from East L.A. 5. Happy Hour: Going Electric at Las Lomas and a Baptism of Fire at the Olympic 6. Wolves of Hollywood: Los Lobos’ Arrival on the Punk Scene and at the Whisky 7. Arrivals: Steve Berlin, Slash Records, T Bone Burnett, and the Grammys 8. Quantum Leap: How Will the Wolf Survive? 9. Breakdowns: The Graceland Session and By the Light of the Moon 10. Numero Uno with a Bullet: La Bamba 11. Rooted and Rocked: La Pistola y El Corazon and The Neighborhood 12. Let’s Try This: Kiko, Latin Playboys, and Colossal Head 13. Side Tracks: Papa’s Dream, Soul Disguise, Houndog, Dose 14. In the Mouse’s House: Disney, Hollywood Records, This Time, and Good Morning Aztlán 15. Homecomings: The Ride, The Town and the City, Tin Can Trust Epilogue. 40: Back at the Whisky Gracias Very Much Listening, Reading, and Viewing
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University of Texas Press Among Women From the Homosocial to the
Book SynopsisThis book explores a wide variety of textual and archaeological evidence for women's homosocial and homoerotic relationships from prehistoric Greece to fifth-century CE Egypt.Trade Review"This book is the most thorough account of female homo-erotic materials from the ancient Mediterranean I have yet seen in English... I can easily see it becoming a standard work on ancient female homo-eroticism." John S. Rundin, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of Texas at San AntonioTable of Contents Abbreviations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction (Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz) 2. Imag(in)ing a Women's World in Bronze Age Greece: The Frescoes from Xeste 3 at Akrotiri, Thera (Paul Rehak) 3. Aphrodite Garlanded: Erôs and Poetic Creativity in Sappho and Nossis (Marilyn B. Skinner) 4. Subjects, Objects, and Erotic Symmetry in Sappho's Fragments (Ellen Greene) 5. Excavating Female Homoeroticism in Ancient Greece: The Evidence from Attic Vase Painting (Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz) 6. Women in Relief: "Double Consciousness" in Classical Attic Tombstones (John G. Younger) 7. Glimpses through a Window: An Approach to Roman Female Homoeroticism through Art Historical and Literary Evidence (Lisa Auanger) 8. Ovid's Iphis and Ianthe: When Girls Won't Be Girls (Diane T. Pintabone) 9. Lucian's "Leaena and Clonarium": Voyeurism or a Challenge to Assumptions? (Shelley P. Haley) 10. "Friendship and Physical Desire": The Discourse of Female Homoeroticism in Fifth-Century CE Egypt (Terry G. Wilfong) Works Cited Notes on Contributors Index
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University of Texas Press Realm of the Saint
Book SynopsisThis book presents a systematic history of Moroccan Sufism through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries C.E. and a comprehensive study of Moroccan Sufi doctrine, focusing on the concept of sainthood.Trade ReviewThis highly original study explicates brilliantly the doctrinal and metaphysical aspects of premodern Moroccan Sufism and provides a thorough sociological analysis of the cult of saints. -- ChoiceTable of Contents Preface and Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Transliteration of Foreign Terms Introduction. Morocco and the Problem of Sainthood in Islamic Studies Part I. Sainthood and Authority in Morocco: The Origins and Development of a Paradigm Chapter One. Sainthood in an Urban Context: Sulaha', 'Scholars, and "Anchors of the Earth" Chapter Two. Arbiters of the Holy in the Countryside: Rural Legists, Spiritual Masters, and Murabitun Chapter Three. Knowledge, Power, and Authority in Monographic Biography Chapter Four. Qualifying the Ineffable: Sainthood in the Hagiographical Anthology Part II. The Paradigm Institutionalized Chapter Five. Moroccan Sufism in the Marinid Period Chapter Six. An Emplotment of a Paradigmatic Saint: The Career of Muhammad ibn Sulaymán al Jazuli Chapter Seven. The Ideology of Paradigmatic Sainthood: The Jazfilite Doctrine of the "Muhammadan Way" Chapter Eight. Paradigmatic Sainthood in the Material World: The Jazuliyya and the Rise of the Sharifian State Conclusion. Power and Authority in Moroccan Sainthood Notes Glossary of Technical Terms Selected Bibliography Index
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MU - University of Texas Press The Jaguar Within Shamanic Trance in Ancient
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Pluto Press Hizbullah
Book SynopsisIndepth study of one of the largest and most successful Islamist parties, examining its role in Lebanese politics and the wider Muslim umma.Trade Review'A fine exposition of the evolution, the religious and political philosophy of one of the most important movements in the contemporary Middle East' -- Tribune'This is one of the very best works on the subject' -- Middle East International'The most detailed and scholarly analysis to date of the ideology of the Lebanese Shi'a radical Hizb'ullah' -- CHOICETable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Political Accommodation And Violence In Non-Islamic States 2. The Islamic State And Democracy 3. The Concept Of The Guardianship Of The Jurisprudent 4. Islamic Universalism And National Identity 5. The Struggle With The West 6. The Resistance To The Israeli Occupation Of South Lebanon 7. Anti-Zionism And Israel 8. Anti-Judaism Conclusion Appendix 1: Miladi Equivalents To Hijri Years Appendix 2: List Of Hijri Months References Glossary Index
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Indiana University Press Sofia Gubaidulina
Book SynopsisRussian composer, Sofia Gubaidulina has achieved international acclaim for her musical oeuvre which draws on Eastern and Western musical traditions. This biography places her life and the evolution of her work within the cultural and political context of post-Stalin Soviet Union.Trade Review. . . Taking a thoroughly biographical tack, Kurtz explains the origins of many of Gubaidulina's compositions . . . He . . . offer[s] accounts of Gubaidulina by colleagues and performers, and these are a rich source of new material on the composer. Including a handful of photographs, notes, a chronological summary, and a list of Gubaidulina's compositions, this book will be useful to those interested in musical culture and religious life in the Soviet Union. . . . Recommended.July 2008 * Choice *. . . a solid piece of work whose straightforward design and clarity of prose (even in translation) will benefit scholar and general reader alike.Vol. 68.2 April 2009 -- David Haas * University of Georgia *. . . valuable as the first English-language guide to Gubaidulina. . . . Kurtz has expertly presented us with valuable material . . .Vol. 90.2 May 2009 -- IVANA MEDIC * University of Manchester *With this thorough and well-researched biography of the eminent Russian composer Sophia Gubaidulina, author and scholar Michael Kurtz has made a landmark contribution to the growing body of literature on that emergent group of post-WWII composers. Vol. 54.2, Summer 2010 * Slavic and East European Journal *This is an extremely helpful publication for future researchers of Gubaidulina's music. It comes with a detailed chronology, and with a full list of the composer's works. Vol. 89.1, January 2011 * Slavonic and East European Review *Kurtz's biography gives a good, thorough account of Gubaidulina's life that is more immediately accessible and less vexing for general readers than for specialists. Yet specialists will find it necessary reading due to the many significant details uncovered thanks to Kurtz's interviews with Gubaidulina and her associates65.1 Sept. 2008 * Notes *Table of ContentsPreface by Mstislav Rostropovich Preface to the American Edition Introduction and Acknowledgments 1. Ancestors 2. Childhood and Youth, 1932-1949 3. At the Kazan Conservatory, 1949-1954 4. At the Moscow Conservatory, 1954-1959 5. Searching for Her Own Way, 1959-1965 6. A Late Artistic Birth, 1965-1970 7. Finding the Legato in the Staccato of Life, 1970-1975 8. Composing and Improvising, 1975-1979 9. "Offertorium"-a Musical Offering, 1979-1981 10. The Rhythm of Musical Form, 1981-1985 11. Travels, Travels, and More Travels, 1985-1991 12. Worldwide Fame-Worldwide Demand, 1991-1996 13. The Center of Life: St. John Passion and St. John Easter, 1996-2004 Chronology of Gubaidulina's Life List of WorksNotesBibliography Index
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Indiana University Press When Doctors Say No The Battleground of Medical
Book SynopsisOne of the most important documents in 20th-century musical thought finally available in an affordable paperback editionTrade Review. . . [this book] is the single best volume extant if one wishes to learn about the technical conception of music held by one of the greatest composers (and greatest music educators) of modern times. * MLA Notes *This book is easy to read because there is no analysis without aim, no theoretical viewing without connections to genuine musical aspects.April 2007 -- Eike Fe * Besprechungen *Table of ContentsContents Foreword (2006) by Walter Frisch List of Abbreviations of Cited Sources Editors' Preface Acknowledgments Commentary Schoenberg's View of Art Schoenberg's Preface The Musical Idea Comprehensibility and Coherence Theory of Form The Constructive Function of Harmony ConclusionThe Musical Idea and the Logic, Technique, and Art of Its Presentation Preface and Overview Preface Title Page Principles of the Presentation of the Idea Plan of the Book The Profundity of the Idea and Its Realization as a Standard The Musical Idea and the Logic, Technique, and Art of Its Presentation Idea (1 and 2) The Idea in the Contrapuntal Art of Composition and Its Presentation Principles of Construction Comprehensibility Laws of Comprehensibility Coherence The Laws of Musical Coherence Elements of Form The Parts of a Piece Part Elements of Form Phrase Gestalt Grundgestalt and Motive The Difference Between Gestalt and Phrase Features of the Motive Statement Stable Formation Loose Formation Theme Melody Sonority as a Formative Element Rhythm Rhythm Classification of Rhythms Accentuation and Nonaccentuation Formal Procedures [Formal Procedures] Articulation Change, Variation, Variant, Varying Kinds of Variation Coherence of "New Components" Mirror Forms Close Cadencing Cadential Fall Kinds of Connection Technique of Joining Condensation Dissolution, Liquidation Tendency of the Smallest Notes The Structural Capacities of the Scale Wave-Shaped Progression Contrasts (Contrasting Themes) Digression from the Main Idea Principal Idea, Subsidiary Idea Subordinate Theme Secondary, Tertiary, etc. Gestalten and Motives The Shaping of Principal and Subordinate (Accompanying) Voices Development Section Sequences Intensification Does Repetition Have an Intensifying Effect? Voice (Independent) Introduction (1 and 2) Preparation Extramusical Means of Coherence Fantasy Description of All Forms Miscellaneous Performance and Gestalt The Sense of Rit. and Accel. Relaxation Symmetry Origin of Repetitions Primitive Principles Popular Music and Melody Harmony The Constructive Function of Harmony Addendum Keywords Still to Be Indexed Keywords Concordance of Terms Appendix 1 Descriptions of the Gedanke Manuscripts Appendix 2 Contents of Manuscript No. 10, Listed in Their Original Order Appendix 3 German Texts of Unpublished Gedanke Manuscripts Referred to in the Commentary Notes Bibliography Index of Musical Examples Name Index Subject Index
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Indiana University Press Soviet and Kosher Jewish Popular Culture in the
Book SynopsisExplores the formation of a unique Soviet Jewish identityTrade ReviewThis sensitive rehumanization of hitherto dichotomized interpretations and constructions of 'Soviet Jewry' stands as Shternshis's most important contribution to the growing number of post-Soviet studies of the intersection of Communist and Jewish societies. * Religious Studies Review *. . . highly recommended to anyone interested in Jewish and popular culture . . . it is invaluable for scholars of Soviet Jewry and early Soviet culture.1/2009 * Ab Imperio *Thanks to this well-written and informative study, the Soviet-and-kosher population appears less enigmatic. In any case, one can easier understand the problems of gauging the (post-)Soviet Jewish identity by applying to it Western yardsticks of Jewishness.April 2009 * Slavonic and East European Review *Soviet and Kosher is a long overdue historical study of the role of popular culture in the formation of Soviet Jewish identity in the 1920s and 1930s. With clear, appealing prose and a highly original methodology, Anna Shternshis offers a fascinating exploration of the central paradox of the early Soviet Jewish experience . . . * Studies in Contemporary Jewry *Shternshis . . . looks at the life of the Yiddish language and Yiddish culture in the Soviet Union in the years before WW II. Jewish and Yiddish intellectual life did not automatically die with the coming of Lenin or even Stalin. Many young Jewish revolutionaries may have abandoned the world of their fathers, but they did not forsake their language. Yiddish did not disappear; ironically, it flourished in that antireligious atmosphere before the outbreak of the war that eventually led to the destruction of millions of Yiddish speakers. This well-documented study is a tribute to that Yiddish culture as it enjoyed one last nova in Europe, as Yiddishkeit and Marxism embraced each other one last time. . . . Recommended. * Choice *. . . everything is illuminated by Ms. Shternshis in Soviet and Kosher: Jewish Popular Culture in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939. . . . The book blends archival data with comments from 225 men and women born between 1906 and 1930 in Russia and the Soviet Union and interviewed in New York, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Berlin, and Moscow. Ms. Shternshis explores Yiddish-language culture, as well as portrayals of Jews in Russian-language works often created, remarkably, in Stalinist-era efforts to combat anti-Semitism. * Chronicle of Higher Education *What is indisputable 15 years after the Soviet Union's collapse is that Jews were never truly able to escape their Jewishness, as nationality was marked on every Soviet passport beginning in 1932, and state-sponsored antisemitism blocked advancement for decades thereafter. Yet Shternshis makes a strong case against assimilation as the sole driving force of the Soviet Jewish experience by unearthing the roots of the vibrant secular culture that emerged from the clash between ideology and religion. The outcome . . . may not be strictly kosher, but it is proudly and defiantly kosher style. * Forward *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Sara F.'s Kosher PorkNote on Transliteration1. Antireligious Propaganda and the Transformation of Jewish Institutions and Traditions2. From Illiteracy to Worker Correspondents: Soviet Yiddish Amateur Writing3. Amateur Local Yiddish Theaters4. Soviet Yiddish Songs as a Mirror of Jewish Identity5. Soviet in Form, National in Content: Russian Jewish Popular CultureConclusionNotesBibliography Index
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Indiana University Press Levinas and Kierkegaard in Dialogue
Book SynopsisA comparative study of the thought of Levinas and KierkegaardTrade ReviewWestphal (Fordham Univ.) has written the first book-length comparative study of Kierkegaard and Levinas, and for that reason alone it is worth reading for students and scholars of either major figure. The chapters are reworked articles and book chapters dating back to the early 1990s, so readers will discern that Westphal has been thinking about these figures for some time. The book comprises four units: "Revelation," "God," "Heteronomy," and "Reversal." Each unit consists of two chapters, and the layout is almost chronological in terms of their previous publication. This organization allows one to witness Westphal's thinking mature and develop, chapter by chapter. Although this volume is not the final word on Kierkegaard and Levinas studies, it aptly sets the stage for a continuing conversation about existential philosophy, phenomenology, the status of ethics, the place of religion in the present age, and sociopolitical theory, which has gone through the "postsecular" turn. Westphal's previous work is clearly focused on Kierkegaard and post/modern Christian philosophy, but the author is interested in and conversant with Levinas's Judaic tradition. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through faculty/researchers. -- ChoiceM. R. Michau, Penn State University, December 2008"[Westphal] has provided us with an important study, not only in terms of the ways it illuminates these two particular thinkers, but also in its careful comparative methodology that provides a useful model for further philosophical dialogue between past and present representatives of Jewish and Christian religious thought." —Daniel H. Weiss, University of Cambridge, MODERN THEOLOGY, 26.3 July, 2010"Westphal's book will set the terms for future debates about what at times seem like the indiscernible differences that make these two thinkers both very near and very far from each other. —Jeffrey Kosky, Washington and Lee UniversityThis is an important and engaging work that will help readers to understand better not only Levinas and Kierkegaard, but also the nature of otherness and transcendence." —Brian Treanor, Loyola Marymount University"This is an important and engaging work that will help readers to understand better not only Levinas and Kierkegaard, but also the nature of otherness and transcendence." —Brian Treanor, Loyola Marymount UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1. Revelation1. Revelation as Immediacy2. Revelation as Enigma and ParadoxPart 2. God3. Teleological Suspensions4. Commanded Love and Divine TranscendencePart 3. Heteronomy5. The Trauma of Transcendence as Heteronomous Intersubjectivity6. Transcendence, Heteronomy, and the Birth of the Responsible SelfPart 4. Reversal7. The "Logic" of Solidarity8. Inverted Intentionality: Being AddressedNotesIndex
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Indiana University Press The World of the Haitian Revolution
Book SynopsisDefinitive work on one of the most consequential events in the history of Atlantic slaveryTrade Review[A] rich sample of recent work on colonial and revolutionary Haiti, and on the revolution's impact in the broader Atlantic world, in a format both accessible to a wide academic audience and of import and interest to specialists.vol. 85 no. 1 & 2 (2011) * New West Indian Guide *Eighteen articles range from studies about Saint-Domingue on the eve of the 1791 slave insurrection to the transition from emancipation to the permanent break with France in 1804, and, finally, to the reverberations of the island's events upon other slave societies and upon fiction, the fine arts, and the craft of history. . . . Highly recommendedJanuary 2010 * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsForewordPrefacePart I : Saint-Domingue on the Eve of Revolution: Politics and Economics1. The Colony of Saint-Domingue on the Eve of Revolution David Geggus2. Vestiges of the Built Landscape of Pre-revolutionary Saint-Domingue Jacques de Cauna3. Saint-Domingue's Free People of Color and the Tools of Revolution John Garrigus4. On the Road to Citizenship: The Complex Paths toward the Integration of Free People of Color in the Two Capitals of Saint-Domingue Dominique Rogers5. Colonial Absolutism: Politics in Principle and Practice in the Old Regime Gene OglePart II: Unfolding of the Slave Revolution6. The Insurgents of 1791, their Leaders, and the Concept of Independence Yves Benot7. Avenging America: The Politics of Violence in the Haitian Revolution Laurent Dubois8. Fêtes de l'hymen, fêtes de la liberté: Matrimony, Emancipation, and the Creation of New Men Elizabeth Colwill9. The Colonial Vendée Malick Ghachem10. The Slave Revolution and the Unfolding of Independence in Saint-Domingue, 1801-1804 Part III: Reverberations Carolyn Fick11. The French Revolution's Other Island: The Impact of Saint-Domingue on Revolutionary Politics in France Jeremy Popkin12. Repercussions of the Haitian Revolution in Cuba, 1791-1812 Ada Ferrer13. Exiles in the United States Ashli White14. Free Upon Higher Ground: Saint-Domingue Slaves' Suits for Freedom in U. S. Courts, 1792-1830 Sue Peabody15. Repercussions of the Haitian Revolution in Brazil João José Reis and Flavio GomesPart IV: Representations of the Revolution16. The Specter of Saint-Domingue: The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the United States and France Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall17. Representations of the Haitian Revolution in French Fiction Léon-François Hoffmann18. Neo-Classicism and the Haitian Revolution Carlo CéliusAfterwordIndex
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Indiana University Press John Zorn
Book SynopsisJohn Zorn is an active American composers/performer. This book offers a number of perspectives for understanding Zorn's music and musical practices, while challenging certain assumptions that limit the ways in which contemporary music is typically addressed.Trade ReviewThe composer John Zorn likes to think of himself as an outsider, wallowing in paradoxes, and he's done a terrific job of it. The musicologist John Brackett has written what is apparently the first book-length study of the man's music, titled John Zorn: Tradition and Transgression. He's done not quite so terrific a job, but for anyone interested in an initial foray into the thickets of complexity and contradiction enveloping Zorn and his "poetics" (a Brackettian favorite), this is a start. It's a tribute to Zorn, who was born in 1953, that he has remained so stubbornly unknown to the general public for so long; he's been making his music on the Lower East Side of Manhattan for more than thirty years. Part of his problem—if it is a problem for a defiant outsider, who is seemingly willing to offend anyone who might help propel him into the mainstream—is his determined catholicity of taste. He has undertaken free improvisation, jazz, hardcore rock, noise, and classical chamber and orchestral scores. In most of his music, idioms and genres flash by with disorienting rapidity. It can be fun but wearing, too, a roller-coaster ride of composition that is a long way from symphonic form or harmonic logic in any conventional sense. His albums and tracks pay homage to an equally dizzying number of icons, musical and otherwise, from the Schoenberg-Berg-Webern triumvirate to Stravinsky to Messiaen and Kagel to Cage and Feldman to Coleman and Dolphy to Bataille to Crowley and Lovecraft to Anger (Zorn means "anger" in German, appropriately enough, given his edgy aesthetic, but this Anger is Kenneth) to Deren to Bacon to Cornell to Spillane and Morricone. European postmodernist theoreticians and, yes, transgressives (Genet, Derrida, Foucault) stud his liner notes. Japanese erotic and sadistic manga serves as musical inspiration, as well as lurid album art, as do all manner of shadowy Kabbalists and Gnostics. It's quite a stew. With all these ingredients, Zorn whips up a frenetic froth of sound, although every once in a while he calms down into lyricism. The effect is sometimes ebullient and amusing, though Zorn's all-purpose anger insists on priority. It all sounds anarchic on a first listen, for good or ill, and Brackett labors mightily to impose some sort of order on this chaos. Although his musical discussions are more descriptive than deeply analytic—the nonmusical ones are better—Brackett shows us how Zorn uses numerological symbolism, as did Bach, Mahler, and the twelve-tonalists. (Music and mathematics lie close, and lots of composers have embedded number secrets in their scores.) Compressed chunks of others' scores often act as jumping-off places for Zorn's own compositions, providing historical reference points and skeins of unity, at least on paper. The sonic equivalent of film montage is another favored device. The trouble is that Zorn himself has said, "My concern is not so much how things sound, as with how things work." In other words, he loves the process of creating intricate scores that sound like maniacs improvising on the fly. In that limited sense, he's like an abstruse academic modernist composer, as in the old distinction between "ear music" you can listen to and "eye music" best appreciated through a close reading of the notes. But by any reasonable criterion—and despite Brackett's deliberate obfuscation of the fact—Zorn is a postmodernist, even the king of the New York postmodernist hill. People like or dislike his music for its jumpy flow, its wild clashes of style, its passion and humor, its hair-trigger virtuosity in conception and performance. Brackett, an assistant professor of music at the University of Utah, boasts an impressive knowledge of classical, jazz, and pop, of avant-garde theory and practice, and of literary, filmic, and visual histories. Bursting with all these references, the book reads like a doctoral dissertation blown up into a bid for tenure, yet despite his work's flaws, Brackett probably deserves the promotion: His interests really are that broad and that deep—almost as diverse as Zorn's. The book's four chapters are devoted to Zorn's problematic erotic themes, including the sadomasochistic artwork on many of his albums from the late '80s through the mid-'90s (especially involving the torture of Asian women); what Brackett calls "magick and mysticism" in Zorn's more recent work; and Zorn's nonmusical (chapter 3) and musical (chapter 4) homages. In the epilogue, Brackett tries to sum everything up but only ties himself in knots over how best to categorize Zorn (modernist? postmodernist? historical? transgressive?). All of this is at least mildly piquant, and Brackett's tactic of zeroing in on particular pieces works well. But he has a habit of filtering his discussions through some usually trendy, often French essayist or theorist. Thus he attempts to deconstruct and blur the straightforward moral repugnance that Ellie Hisama, Catharine MacKinnon, and other feminists feel toward Zorn's pornographic album art, offering elaborate theories about the borders between reality (a word Brackett often puts in quotation marks) and fantasy, invoking Bataille über alles. Crowley et al. figure heavily in "magick and mysticism." Marcel Mauss's gift theory, in which a seemingly simple act is embedded in a complex network of social obligations, dominates Brackett's homage chapters, though curiously he never extends the discussion to sampling (not a big part of Zorn's more overtly compositional aesthetic, but one might have thought it worth considering). The French hover more than the Germans, no doubt because of the Frankfurt School's snooty disdain for commercial music—not that Zorn has gotten rich from his vast output of mostly cult CDs. John Zorn reads like a series of extended aperçus. There is no biographical information to speak of, and as Brackett readily concedes in his introduction, he slights Zorn's work prior to the late '80s, his improvisation, his role and skills as a saxophonist and performer, and his place in the fecund downtown-Manhattan jazz/rock/improv scene of the late '70s and '80s and beyond. Aside from the academic jargon, the book's conceptual confusion supposedly mirrors Zorn's own multivalent compositional method. But even Brackett has his doubts: "Many readers are probably wondering about the value or utility of quasi-formalistic close readings such as those presented above," he muses at one point. Later, after his failure to take a position on Zorn's troubling artwork, he frets that "for some readers, my position might be understood as a 'cop-out.'" The prose is nothing if not dense, as in "Furthermore, given Lowe's emphasis on the fictionalized 'remembering' or the 'putting-back-togetherness' of an emergent Asian American cultural identity . . ." Yet there is much to admire here, particularly the discussions, to which Brackett repeatedly loops back, of the narrow, dangerous space between tradition and transgression. For him, Zorn doesn't so much wish to destroy social and aesthetic norms as challenge them, although whether Zorn has thought about his own work in quite this manner—sometimes he's more like an intellectualized Road Runner than an academic cogitator—seems doubtful. In interviews, he has sounded diffident about his undoubted intellect; after reading Brackett's gift theorizing, it's refreshing to find the composer himself joking about his "plagiarism" and "stealing." Though it's fair to say that this book would be Greek to anyone not already interested in Zorn and his music, Brackett does successfully limn the tensions in the music of a remarkable composer. It is a testament to how far academic musicologists have ventured since the dear, unlamented years when they merely buried their noses in lute tablature, afraid to creep anywhere near the present, let alone the demotic. There's a heady new world out there, and Brackett is part of it. If he could only match his thinking and his academically cloaked passions with a prose style equivalent to the passion and humor of his subject, he would have a book really worth reading. -- John Rockwell * Bookforum *[T]he book is a heady brew of fascinating ideas, analyses, conjectures, and unifying theories, which presents some masterful strategies for the 'game of analysis' to which Zorn challenges all comers. Vol. 5, No. 1 * Critical Studies in Improvisation *Brackett has made an indispensible contribution to scholarship a subject that deserves many more important books, and he has set the bar high for future authors. December 2009 * Notes *As the first book of scholarship on this multifaceted artist, John Zorn . . . accomplishes a great deal and should initiate a new and more serious phase in Zorn's treatment at the hands of academic authors. Winter 2010 * American Music *Though his book plumbs depths of theory and esoteric cultural history that may interest only the most hardcore Zorn and experimental-art fans, those very depths make it an invaluable guide to the aesthetic methods and motivations of an artist who pays homage to the old as he seeks to make it new. August/September 2009 * Bloom Magazine *. . .scholar John Brackett moves away from the clichéd interpretation of Zorn as a postmodernist . . . to offer a more nuanced interpretation, one that considers his role as historian and caretaker of earlier artworks. June 2009 * AllAboutJazz-New York *Brackett offers a number of perspectives for understandign Zorn's music and musical practices, while challenging certain assumptions that limit the ways in which contemporary music is typically addressed.January 26, 2009 * www.avantmusicnews.com *. . . Brackett does a thorough job of addressing the various complexities and contradictions found in Zorn's body of work. The author provides a well-grounded starting point for exploring Zorn's output . . . May 2009 * Choice *. . . [Brackett's] passion for Zorn's work is evident throughout his remarkably insightful [book]. Brackett has attained a significant level of involvement from Zorn himself, and the book includes segments from their conversations as well as previously unseen sketches, notes, and documents relating to the composer's work. For die-hard followers, the book is an invitation into the inner sanctum.January 28, 2009 -- Michael Patrick Brady * PopMatters *Brackett's groundbreaking book . . . confronts Zorn's contradictory modes of expression . . . brilliantly demonstrating how these powerful dualities of thought—real yet fantastic, pleasing yet horrifying—synergize to make Zorn's compositional voice unique and seminal in the 21st century.November 3 2008 -- Severine Neff * Mainly Music Meandering *Table of ContentsContentsForeword by John ZornAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. From the Fantastic to the Dangerously Real: Reading John Zorn's Artwork2. Magick and Mysticism in Zorn's Recent Works3. Tradition, Gifts, and Zorn's Musical Homages4. Continuing the Spiral: Aporias and the Prisms of TraditionEpilogueDiscography/FilmographyNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Basic Questions of Philosophy Selected Problems
Book SynopsisFirst published in German in 1984 as volume 45 of Martin Heidegger's collected works, this book is an English translation of a lecture course he presented at the University of Freiburg in 1937-1938. Heidegger's task here is to reassert the question of the essence of truth, not as a problem of logic, but as the basic question of philosophy.Trade ReviewA helpful elucidation of the truth as [Heidegger] sees it. . . . This excellent translation will be of great value to students of Heidegger's thought. * Library Journal *Well suited to the task of beckoning the novice onto the path of Heidegger's most arduous thought. . . . a useful introduction to the thought of one of our most original thinkers. * International Studies in Philosophy *Table of ContentsTranslators' ForewordPreparatory Part: The Essence of Philosophy and the Question of TruthChapter One: Preliminary Interpretation of the Essence of PhilosophyChapter Two: The Question of Truth as a Basic QuestionMain Part: Foundational Issues in the Question of TruthChapter One: The Basic Question of the Essence of Truth as a Historical ReflectionChapter Two: The Question of the Truth (Essentiality) of the EssenceChapter Three: The Laying of the Ground as the Foundation for Grasping an EssenceChapter Four: The Necessity of the Question of the Essence of Truth, on the Basis of the Beginning of the History of TruthChapter Five: The Need and the Necessity of the First Beginning and the Need and the Necessity of an Other Way to Question and to BeginAppendicesThe Question of TruthFrom the First DraftEditor's Afterword
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Indiana University Press A General Introduction to the Semiotic of Charles
Book SynopsisPresents a systematic account of Peirce's theory, including the role of semiotic in the system of sciences, with an analysis of its three main branches - grammar, critical logic, and universal rhetoric.Table of ContentsPreface1. The Discipline of Semeiotic2. Semeiotic Grammar3. Critical Logic4. Universal RhetoricNotesReferencesIndex
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Indiana University Press Possible Worlds Artificial Intelligence and
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsGlossary Introduction Part I: The Fictional Game 1. Fictional Recentering 2. Possible Worlds and Accessibility Relations: A Semantic Typology of Fiction 3. Reconstructing the Textual Universe: The Principle of Minimal Departure 4. Voices and Worlds 5. The Fiction Automaton Part II. The Plotting of the Plot 6. The Modal Structure of Narrative Universes 7. The Dynamics of Plot: Goals, Actions, Plans and Private Narratives 8. Virtuality and Tellability 9. Stacks, Frames, and Boundaries, or Narrative as Computer Language 10. The Formal Representation of Plot 11. The Heuristics of Automatic Story Generation Conclusion Notes References Index
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