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University of Virginia Press I Tituba Black Witch Of Salem
Book SynopsisThis wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse Condé brings Tituba out of historical silence and turns her into ""a sort of female hero”.Trade ReviewIn less sure hands, this short, powerful novel, which won France’s Grand Prix Littéraire de la Femme in 1986, might well have become merely an extended denunciation of a perverted and evil society. What makes it larger and richer are Ms. Condé’s gift for storytelling and her unswerving focus on her characters, combined with her mordant sense of humor." —New York Times Book Review"At once playful and searing, Condé’s work critiques ostensibly white, male versions of history and literature by appropriating them." —Publishers Weekly"Condé is one of the most prolific writers of the Caribbean and perhaps the most powerful woman’s voice in contemporary literature of the Americas. Her interpretation of the Salem witch trials, recast from her own dreams, is a remarkable work of historical fiction that is a haunting and powerful reminder of the dangers of intolerance of differences." —Choice"Maryse Condé’s imaginative subversion of historical records forms a critique of contemporary American society and its ingrained racism and sexism that is as discomfiting as Arthur Miller’s critique, based on the same historical material, of McCarthyism and 1950s America in his play ‘The Crucible.’" —Boston Sunday Globe
£18.95
John Wiley & Sons Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia The Equality of Believers
Book SynopsisFrom the beginning of the nineteenth century through to 1960, Protestant missionaries were the most important intermediaries between South Africa’s ruling white minority and its black majority. The Equality of Believers reconfigures the narrative of race in South Africa by exploring the pivotal role played by these missionaries and their teachings in shaping that nation’s history.
£34.15
New York University Press A New Critical History of Old English Literature
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New York University Press The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race A
Book SynopsisTraces the major trends in scientific and intellectual understandings of "race" from the Middle AgesTrade Review"Add[s] a needed dimension to the study of race in political science that I hope scholars beyond the field of theory will take to heart." * Perspectives on Politics *"An indispensable book. The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race takes the study of whiteness to a new level both historically and theoretically. No previous study of the familiar racial category-& white-has attained such global breadth and analytical depth. It remedies a significant gap in the social scientific study of race, providing an intellectual history of whiteness that is both erudite and accessible." -- Howard Winant,author of The New Politics of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice"Clearly and stylishly written and argued. . . well-supported by wide-ranging research and striking knowledge. . . . The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race ranges across centuries and continents and moves from intellectual to political and social history gracefully." -- David Roediger,author of The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class"In charting the course of the 'Caucasian race' from a despised, barely European peoples to a scientific classification for white identity, Bruce Baum illuminates the socially constructed nature of race and the role of science in shaping it. His analysis of the changing fortunes of this curious concept demonstrates that even scientific inquiry is deeply influenced by the social and political assumptions of its time. By showing that the Caucasian race is a product of power rather than a racial group descended from the Caucasus region, The Rise and Fall of the Caucasian Race makes an important contribution to the study of race and whiteness." -- Joel Olson,author of The Abolition of White Democracy"In racial discourse, the term & Caucasian has always had a scientific aura and a prestige elevated above that of the simpler colloquial 'white.' Bruce Baum's fascinating and extensively researched genealogy of the concept and its subsequent career provides an eye-opening history of the utter bogusness of these pretensions. As such, the book is not merely an invaluable addition to the recent & whiteness literature and a documentation of the myriad shifting possibilities of racialization, but a salutary reminder of the political economy that always underlies the category & race." -- Charles W. Mills,author of The Racial ContractTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: "Caucasians"and the Political History of Racial Identities * 1 Before the "Caucasian Race": Antecedents of European Racialism, ca. 1000-1684 * 2 Enlightenment Science and the Invention of the "Caucasian Race," 1684-1795 * 3 Passage into "Our Ordinary Forms of Expression": The "Caucasian Race," ca. 1795-1850 * 4 Racialized Nationalism and the Partial Eclipse of the "Caucasian Race," ca. 1840-1935 * 5 The Color Line and the "Caucasian Race" Revival, 1935-51 * 6 Not-so-Benign Racialism: The "Caucasian Race" after Decolonization, 1952-2005 * 7 "Where Caucasian Means Black": "Race," Nation, and the Chechen Wars Conclusion: Deconstructing "Caucasia," Dismantling Racism Notes Index About the Author
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Rutgers University Press The Transatlantic Zombie Slavery Rebellion and
Book SynopsisProvides a more complete history of the zombie than has ever been told, explaining how the myth's migration to the New World was facilitated by the transatlantic slave trade, and reveals the real-world import of storytelling, reminding us of the power of myths and mythmaking, and the high stakes of appropriation and homage.Trade Review"Simply put, this is a tremendous—even epic—study of the zombie in a range of literary, cinematic, political, and popular contexts. A groundbreaking work!" -- Aviva Briefel * Bowdoin College *"This meticulously researched and exhaustive study is an invaluable offering to both Haitian and humanist scholarship. The historical depth and cultural breadth call attention to the zombie's impact as real social phenomenon and as provocative metaphor for the human condition." -- Kaiama L. Glover * author of Haiti Unbound: A Spiralist Challenge to the Postcolonial Canon *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on OrthographyIntroduction: Zombie Dialectics1 Slavery and Slave Rebellion: The (Pre)History of the Zombi/e2 “American” Zombies: Love and Theft on the Silver Screen3 Haitian Zombis: Symbolic Revolutions, Metaphoric Conquests, and the Mythic Occupation of History4 Textual Zombies in the Visual ArtsEpilogue: The Occupation of MetaphorFilmographyNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Of Giants
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P Musical Tradition of the Eastern European Synago
Book SynopsisThis work collects, analyzes, and systematically presents in over 160 examples a magnificent tradition to future generations of cantors, scholars of Jewish music, and music enthusiasts worldwide. It reacquaints acculturated Jews with a largely unknown part of their heritage.
£63.75
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Against the Unspeakable Complicity the Holocaust
Book SynopsisIn the wake of World War II, the Nazi genocide of European Jews has come to stand for ""the unspeakable,"" posing crucial challenges to the representation of suffering. This book argues against the ""unspeakable"" as any kind of inherent quality of such an event. It shows how, when, and why the term ""unspeakable"" is used.
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John Wiley & Sons At Home
Book SynopsisIn a volume that brings together a wide range of disciplines - art history, sociology, architecture, cultural anthropology, and environmental psychology - Irene Cieraad presents a collection of articles that focuses on the practices and symbolism of domestic space in Western society.Trade ReviewThis volume on domestic space brings together research traditions that have never mingled before: art history, social history, women's studies, design history, architectural history, cultural anthropology, ethnology, sociology, housing sociology, environmental psychology, material cultural studies and consumer studies.... The book displays the varied approaches that can be taken when studying domestic space and is a very interesting read. - Area ""Amsterdam anthropologist Irene Cieraad edits this interdisciplinary collection of articles looking inward at Western urban living and examining what our homes reveal about our cultures and societies." - Today's Books
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MW - Rutgers University Press The Circassian Genocide
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[An] outstanding contribution to Caucasus studies. Richmond makes an important contribution to the understanding of the contemporary problems in the Caucasus, one that suggests that the deep-rooted wounds of the past do not cure themselves and do not simply go away with time but are still waiting to be resolved, even after a century and a half. All students and scholars, as well as policy makers, interested in the history and contemporary politics of the Caucasus will benefit from reading this excellent study." * Slavic Review *"Walter Richmond's The Circassian Genocide is a timely work that masterfully investigates the ninteenth-century Russian policies over the Circassian lands, shedding light on one of the least-known and first genocides of modern history." * Russian Review *"Richmond provides a well-researched history of the deportation and destruction of the Circassians. This guide to the destruction of the Circassians, an often-overlooked tragedy, is valuable for a wide range of audiences. Recommended." * Choice *"[The Circassian Genocide] is well informed and contains a mass of information that will be new to most readers, about the events of 1863–1864 themselves, their background and subsequent developments." * Europe-Asia Studies *"Richmond's work is a ground-breaking contribution to the history of Russia, the Caucasus, and genocide. For the first time it sheds light on this hidden tragedy on the frontier between Russia and the Middle East." -- Brian Glyn Williams * University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. "The Plague Was Our Ally" 2. A Pawn in the Great Game 3. From War to Genocide 4. 1864 5. A Homeless Nation 6. Survival in Diaspora 7. Those Who Stayed Behind 8. The Road to Sochi Epilogue: The Cherkesove Affair Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Minnesota Press Culture In The Plural
Book SynopsisSince his death in 1986, Michel de Certeau has come to be seen as a founding figure in cultural studies. In this translation of "La Culture au Pluriel", de Certeau anticipates current debates surrounding multiculturalism and social diversity, providing a critique of identity politics.
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University of Minnesota Press Between the Sheets in the Streets Queer Lesbian
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays focuses on queer, lesbian and gay documentary, arguing that documentary films and videos articulate an essential political and social urgency, acting as testaments to the importance of reclaiming history and reasserting the importance of these points of view.Table of ContentsMarkers queer representation and Oregon's 1992 anti-gay ballot measure - measuring the politics of mainstreaming, Ronald Gregg; imaging the queer south - southern lesbian and gay documentary, Chris Cagle; Real/young/tv queer memories, Erika Suderburg; of hags and crones - reclaiming lesbian desire for the trouble zone of aging, Linda Dittmar; documentary that dare/not speak its name - Jack Smith's "Flaming Creatures", Marc Siegel; walking on tippy toes - lesbian and gay liberation documentary of the post-Stonewall period 1969-1984, Thomas Waugh; marriage and mourning when autobiography meets ethnography and girl meets girl - the "dyke docs" of Sadie Benning and Su Friedrich, Chris Holmlund; love, death and videotape - "Silverlake Life", Beverly Seckinger and Janet Jakobsen; autobiography, home movies and Derek Jarman's history lesson, Justin Wyatt; mirrors getting into lesbian shorts - white spectators and performative documentaries by makers of colour, Lynda Goldstein; "Hard to Believe"- reality anxieties in "Without You I'm nothing" , "Paris is Burning", and "dunyementaries", Cynthia Fuchs; transgender mirrors - queering sexual difference, Chris Straayer; irony and dissembling - queer tactics for experimental documentary, Kathleen McHugh; film and videography, Lynda McAfee.
£23.39
University of Minnesota Press Medieval Masculinities
Book SynopsisThis work explores the issues of men's studies and contemporary theories of gender within the context of the Middle Ages.Table of ContentsPart 1 Constructing masculinities: the herrenfrage: the restructuring of the gender system, 1050-1150, Jo Ann McNamara; On being a male in the Middle Ages, Vern L. Bullough; The [dis]embodied hero and the signs of manhood in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Clare R. Kinney. Part 2 Men in institutions: Burdens of matrimony - husbanding and gender in medieval Italy, Susan Mosher Stuard; Subaltern patriarchs - patrician bachelors in Renaissance Venice, Stanley Chojnacki; Friars, sanctity, and gender - mendicant encounters with saints, 1250-1325. John Coakley; The male animal in the fables of Marie de France, Harriet Spiegel. Part 3 Epic and empire: Men and Beowulf, Clare A. Lees; Men in the Roman d'Eneas - the construction of empire, Christopher Baswell; Representing "other" men Muslims, Jews, and masculine ideals in medieval Castilian epic and ballad, Louise Mirrer.
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New York University Press Essential Papers on Suicide
Book SynopsisSeeks to answer why people take their own lives
£27.54
Rutgers University Press Superman The Persistence of an American Icon
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With a fan's instincts and a scholar’s passion, Ian Gordon delivers a highly readable and insightful treatment of the comic book and cinematic Superman, the most American of superheroes." -- Viet Thanh Nguyen * Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Sympathizer *"This is the most thoughtful and thoroughly researched study about one of the most iconic characters of the last century. Ian Gordon – Superman expert – has produced a stellar book on Superman: his history and significance in popular culture; his cross-media and cross-generational reach; and his continued mythic significance for global culture. This is a must read for academics and fans alike!" -- Angela Ndalianis * author of Batman: Myth and Superhero *"This startling new study brings a new perspective and shows us Superman as a process: a shared, and often fought-over, element of American culture. The next time I teach on Superman, or superheroes in general, this will be my go-to book." -- Charles Hatfield * author of Alternative Comics *"Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon is an interesting read and well worth the time for any Superman fan interested in the character’s past, his growth, his icon status and his success over the years." * supermanhomepage.com *Included in The Top 75 Community College Titles: September Edition "This is not just another superhero study; it is one of the most comprehensive, well-thought-out analyses of the Man of Steel. Concisely packed, this book covers all dimensions of Superman: mythos, history, ideology and morality, object of nostalgia, production, authorship, ownership, audiences, and brand. Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon is extraordinarily rich, the analysis is meticulously conceived and implemented, and the writing is clear and interesting, spiced with anecdotes, asides, and quotes." -- John Lent, Temple University * Choice360 *"Gordon’s Superman will be most useful in the undergraduate classroom – it leaves plenty of room for instructors to flesh out the material as they see fit, making it a good textbook candidate in a variety of first- or second-year courses in disciplines such as Cultural Studies, American Studies and Media Studies." * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *"Highly recommended for scholars, nerds, and casual fans." * The Journal of American Culture *"The book is not only a crucial new resource for anyone interested in the history of Superman, but also an important contribution for the way it situates comics in general, and superheroes specifically, within a broader culture." * The Journal of Comics and Culture *"Gordon displays his considerable skills as a media historian...[A] fine book." * Inks *"Superman at 80," by Karen McCally * University of Rochester *"For a real insider look at what makes Superman tick be sure to pick up a copy of this book. It looks like superman will be around for a very long, long time." * Collector's Corner *"A fun read that can appeal to the casual reader as well as academic scholars and students. His thread of 'iconic status' is woven throughout the book to tie all of the chapters together well. As a result, this book offers a solid overview of the history of Superman while approaching the material with some new insight and interesting examples that will appeal to a variety of readers looking to learn more about not only the Man of Steel—but why his character has thrived for over 80 years." * Journal of American Culture *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Superman: The Persistence of an American Icon 1 Superman Mythos and History 2 Ideology and Morality 3 Superman: The Object of Nostalgia 4 Production, Authorship, and Ownership 5 Readers and Audiences 6 Superman the Brand and Beyond Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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New York University Press Irving Howe A Life of Passionate Dissent
Book SynopsisAn illuminating biography of an American intellectual and one of the century's most important public thinkers whose commitment to social reform was balanced by his love of fiction, poetry, baseball, and music.Trade ReviewGerald Sorin has written a lively and compelling biography of Irving Howe. A New York intellectual, Howe figured in most of the major and many of the minor debates of mid-twentieth-century America: socialism, modernism, Yiddish culture, civil rights, the new politics of postwar America, and the antiwar movement of the turbulent sixties. Howe spoke out forcefully and fearlessly, carving a place for intellectuals with moral vision. Sorins first biography deftly captures the complexity of the man and his eras. -- Deborah Dash Moore,author of To the Golden Cities: Pursuing the American Jewish Dream in Miami and L.A.Irving Howes career, with its constantly shifting strands of political activism, literary commentary, and accessible Jewish scholarship, makes a great subject for an intellectual biography. Painstakingly researched and fluently written, Gerald Sorins book strikes just the right balance between sympathetic identification and critical distance. Making excellent use of interviews, memoirs, and unpublished letters, Sorin recreates the many significant issues that engaged Howe. He brings considerable drama to Howes gradual break with Marxist sectarianism, his shifting perspectives on socialism, his momentous reconnection to Jewish culture, his battles with the New Left, and the literary controversies that accompanied his steady growth as a subtle reader and vigorous, penetrating critic. -- Morris Dickstein,author, Gates of Eden: American Culture in the SixtiesSorin does a solid and convincing job of chronicling Howe's life and times * The Jewish Quarterly Review *Irving Howe: A Life of Passionate Dissent offers such an intellectually detailed and conceptually animated account of Howes work. Sorin did an excellent job. * Magill's Literary Annual *What Sorin has accomplished in this beautifully written, balanced and probing intellectual biography is the most complete picture we have of Howe, a portrait of how one Jewish intellectual and activist struggled daily to balance scholarship and politics and the life of the mind and a life of action. . . . Sorin has ably captured the life and passion of this most unusual man, whose commitment to democracy is a legacy still worth cherishing. * LA Times *Table of Contents1 The Trauma of Sharply Fallen Circumstances: World of Our Fathers2 Illusions of Power and Coherence at CCNY: World of College Politics in the 1930s3 The Second World War and the Myopia of Socialist Sectarianism4 The Postwar World and the Reconquest of Jewishness5 Toward a "World More Attractive"6 The Origins of Dissent7 The Age of Conformity8 The Growth of Dissent and the Breakup of the Fifties9 More Breakups10 The Turmoil of Engagement: The Sixties: Part 111 Escalation and Polarization: The Sixties: Part 212 Retrospection and Celebration13 Sober Self-Re?ections: Democratic Radical, Literary Critic, Secular Jew
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New York University Press The Digital Person Technology and Privacy in the
Book SynopsisExplains why digital dossiers pose a grave threat to our privacy. This book sets forth a different understanding of what privacy is. It recommends how the law can be reformed to simultaneously protect our privacy and allow us to enjoy the benefits of our digital world.Trade ReviewSolove ultimately is no & chicken little but an idealist of the best sort, concluding a positive role for law in the problem of privacy. Whether the world will leave Orwell and Kafka behind and evolve into Solove remains to be seen, but herein is offered a plan to achieve that objective. * Journal of Information Ethics *The Digital Person challenges the existing ways in which law and legal theory approach the social, political, and legal implications of the collection and use of personal information in computer databases. Soloves book is ambitious, and represents the most important publication in the field of information privacy law for some years. * Georgetown Law Journal *This comprehensive analysis of privacy in the information age challenges traditional assumptions that breeches of privacy through the development of electronic dossiers involve the invasion of one’s private space. * Choice *Daniel Solove is one of the most energetic and creative scholars writing about privacy today. The Digital Person is an important contribution to the privacy debate, and Soloves discussion of the harms of what he calls 'digital dossiers' is invaluable. -- Jeffrey Rosen,author of The Unwanted Gaze and The Naked CrowdAnyone concerned with preserving privacy against technology's growing intrusiveness will find this book enlightening. * Publishers Weekly *Solove . . . truly understands the intersection of law and technology. This book is a fascinating journey into the almost surreal ways personal information is hoarded, used, and abused in the digital age. * The Wall Street Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Introduction I Computer Databases2 The Rise of the Digital Dossier 3 Kafka and Orwell: Reconceptualizing Information Privacy 4 The Problems of Information Privacy Law 5 The Limits of Market-Based Solutions 6 Architecture and the Protection of Privacy II Public Records7 The Problem of Public Records8 Access and Aggregation: Rethinking Privacy and Transparency III Government Access9 Government Information Gathering 10 The Fourth Amendment, Records, and Privacy11 Reconstructing the Architecture 12 Conclusion Notes IndexAbout the Author Contents
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New York University Press Scottsboro Alabama A Story in Linoleum Cuts
Book SynopsisScottsboro, Alabama, which consists of 118 exceptionally powerful linoleum prints, provides a unique graphic history of one of the most infamous, racially-charged episodes in the annals of the American judicial system, and of the racial and class struggle of the time. With a foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley.Trade Review"A stunning artifact, Scottsboro, Alabamas narrative and images capture the tragedy of race in the American South. I haven't seen anything this tersely powerful in years." -- Nell Irvin Painter,author of Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol"Wow! This is political art at its most powerful. These evocative images outrage and provoke, leaving an indelible impression of an unjust world at an unjust time. Scottsboro, Alabama will incite you to join the struggle for racial equality and justice." -- Alan Dershowitz,author of Supreme Injustice"This extraordinary graphic book from 1935 reproduces 118 linocuts illustrating the history of African Americans up to and including the Scottsboro trials… the reproductions are excellent, and Lee and Robin D.G. Kelley provide background essays on the trials and the provenance of the book. A welcome addition to all collections… highly recommended." * Library Journal,starred review *"Scottsboro, Alabama...provides a unique graphic history of one of the most infamous, racially-charged episodes in the annals of American justice." * New Voice of New York *"The prints have tremendous visual power...they constitute a progenitor of the contemporary graphic novel that artistically outclasses most current examples of the genre." * Booklist (July 2002) *
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The Catholic University of America Press Sources of Christian Ethics
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1985 as Les sources de la morale chrétienne, this work has been recognised by scholars worldwide as one of the most important books in the field of moral theology. It’s now available for the first time in an English translation, which includes a new preface.Trade ReviewPinckaers' wonderful book is characterized by a return to the centrality of the virtues for how one thinks about the moral life. . . ." ―First Things"This work provides a succinct overview of the history of moral theology, written with a sureness of touch developed by long years of research. . . . There is no comparable single work in English which explains what moral theology is and what it is about."―Brian V. Johnstone, C.Ss.R., Alphonsian Academy, Rome"A very readable translation of Pinckaers's award-winning work in foundational ethics...." ―Religious Studies Review
£28.45
The Catholic University of America Press Understanding Europe
Book SynopsisExpresses a desire for Europe to rediscover and renew its foundational Christian sources in order to recover a deeper sense of integrity.
£18.86
The Catholic University of America Press Thomas Aquinas and the Philosophy of Punishment
Book SynopsisExplores how Aquinas's understandings of natural law and the common good apply to the contemporary philosophical discussion of punitive justice. It is the first book-length study to consider this question in decades, and the only book that confronts modern views of the topic.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Aquinas on the Divine Ideas as Exemplar Causes
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New York University Press Jewish Radicals
Book SynopsisExplores the intertwined histories of Jews and the American Left through a rich variety of primary documents. Written in English and Yiddish, this title includes documents that reflect the entire spectrum of radical opinion, from anarchism to social democracy, Communism to socialist-Zionism.Trade ReviewFrom America's leading historian of Yiddish-speaking radicalism comes this rich anthology of contemporary Jewish-American voices from the 1880s through the 1940s. Among the diverse experiences and points of view reflected here, Michels convincingly identifies three dominant threadssocialist awakening as a rite-of-passage, the agony and ecstasy of political struggle, and Yiddish-based education as a labor-centered project with an uncertain agenda for national emancipation. -- Leon Fink,editor of Labor Studies in Working-Class History of the AmericasMichels has assembled a fine collection of primary sources, one that successfully illuminates the experiences of Jewish radicals and uncovers many unknown and remote voices. This book will appeal to both lay readers and a scholarly audience. -- Evan C. Rothera * Yearbook of German-American Studies *This book will stimulate the mind and gladden the heart of anyone who cares about the history of American Jews or the American left and the always close, if eternally tempestuous relationship between them. Tony Michels has assembled a feast of documents and is an expert guide to their meaning and context. -- Michael Kazin,author of American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a NationHe has made an important contribution to out understanding of one significant aspect of American Jewish history * The Jewish Chronicles *Whether devoured in big chunks, or savored in small bites, Jewish Radicals is a fun and fortifying read. * Jewish Currents *[Michels] has made an important contribution to our understanding of [a] significant aspect of American Jewish history. * Buffalo Jewish Review *Recommended for upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Jewish-Socialist Nexus Tony MichelsPart I: AwakeningsAbraham BisnoEmma GoldmanAlexander BittelmanLucy Robins LangPaul JacobsPart II: In Struggle Di nyu-yorker yidishe folkstsaytungDovid EdelshtatBernard VaynshteynDi arbeter tsaytungWomen's Societies Alexander BerkmanAbraham ShiplacoffIsadore WisotskyRose Pastor StokesAbraham CahanLouis WaldmanLouis MichelJusticeSam DarcyUpton SinclairThe NationWomen's Circle, Branch 417Isadore BernickFrank CrosswaithJennie CohenJ. B. S. HardmanPart III: Life of the Mind Ida Van EttenEducation SocietiesPauline NewmanBernard G. RichardsPhillip DavisNew York TimesA. FaynmanB. SheyferOswald Garrison VillardUnited Jewish Workers' Cultural SocietyInternational Ladies' Garment Workers' UnionN. GlassUnited Council of Yiddish Women's Reading Circles of DetroitNathan AusubelPart IV: The Russian Revolution New York TimesLouis WaldmanKatherina MarysonNew York TimesMoissaye J. OlginWorkers' (Communist) Party; Roger Baldwin and Earl BrowderNokhum KhaninMax GranichVanguardPaul JacobsThe New InternationalJewish LifePart V: The Question of Zionism Jacob MilchDer yidisher kemferRandolph BourneHerts BurginThe ForvertsDi morgn frayhaytHayim GreenbergSamuel WeissBezalel ShermanArthur RosenbergErnest MandelAlbert GlotzerAlexander Bittelman Recommended Reading Index About the Editor
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Wildman of Rhythm The Life and Music of Benny Mor233
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£17.06
The University of Chicago Press The Other Dark Matter
Book SynopsisGrossly ambitious and rooted in scientific scholarship, The Other Dark Matter shows how human excrement can be a life-saving, money-making resource—if we make better use of it.Trade Review"A take on waste that's anything but wasteful—it's a fascinating dig into the history and science of handling human excrement. . . . Equally remarkable are Zeldovich's sections on the development and evolution of wastewater treatment plants. . . . Zeldovich is at home with an awkward subject, making for a grossly engrossing and vivid survey. Readers won't take the 'flush and forget' mindset for granted again." * Publishers Weekly *"Zeldovich is an engaging writer. She loves puns and poop jokes. (Who doesn't?) And her travels around the world are, in their own scatological way, inspiring." -- Elizabeth Kolbert * New York Review of Books *"[An] original, necessary book." * Nature *"It would be easy for a book that focuses on obstacles to improving global sanitation, fixing the agricultural waste cycle, reducing pollution, and improving health to resort to paralyzing gloom. The Other Dark Matter does not shy from the enormity of the problems, yet suggests solutions are achievable, at scales from individuals to entire countries. Paced quickly with prose enlivened by the author's on-location reporting and personal experiences, the book is far from a grim slog through the world's sewers—it's more like an exciting tour in a biogas-powered balloon." * Undark *"The Other Dark Matter does not shy from the enormity of the problems, yet suggests solutions are achievable, at scales from individuals to entire countries. Paced quickly with prose enlivened by the author's on-location reporting and personal experiences, the book is far from a grim slog through the world's sewers — it's more like an exciting tour in a biogas-powered balloon." * Salon *"It's unusual to come across a book that makes you say, 'Oh, crap!' in a good way." * American Scientist *“In bright and airy prose, she takes readers on a globe-spanning trip to sites where fecal material is reprocessed and figuratively turned into gold. . . . Readers should leave this book with a renewed interest in sustainable systems to manage what we normally put out of sight and out of mind." * Natural History *“It is unquestionably [a topic] that—given the ever-increasing human population belaboring the planet—merits our attention if we are, ecologically and sustainably speaking, to prevent finding ourselves collectively up a famous creek without a propulsion device. Ms. Zeldovich’s new book looks to be an excellent way to introduce ourselves to it.” * The Well-Read Naturalist *"Given the growing scale of public engagement in sanitation, there is a glut of books on the subject. Not all of them are readable, not all of them are well researched. This one is. It takes the technology questions further. It is an engaging read on a queasy topic" * Shaastra *"In writing a primer on poop and its possibilities, [Zeldovich] performs a much larger function: destigmatizing a vital biological product that has long gotten a bum rap." * Columbia Magazine *"Some of the ideas in [the book] really feel like they could change the world in a major way. . . . It's really excellent." * Across the Margin *"Even readers familiar with the history and ecology of waste management will not be disappointed. . . . As detailed as it is witty. . . . Given the growing scale of public engagement in sanitation, there is a glut of books on the subject. Not all of them are readable, not all of them are well researched. This one is. It takes the technology questions further. It is an engaging read on a queasy topic." * Shaastra *"This is some good shit, people. Not only entertaining, but deeply important. Everyone with a colon should read this book. Centuries back, people knew the value of shit. In countries with poor soil, human waste was like gold: people stole it, paid their rent with it, and gave it as gifts. Today, keeping it out of our waterways is our best hope for defusing what Zeldovich calls the Great Sewage Time Bomb. She is an ideal guide to this ridiculously fascinating world." -- Mary Roach, author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers"Zeldovich shows to dazzling effect how a famously difficult subject—the often peculiar scientific history of human waste—can become an engrossing tale. The story is enlightening, surprising, occasionally enraging—and wholly worth your time." -- Deborah Blum, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Poison Squad"Zeldovich shows that excrement can be useful, profitable, and anything but waste, and does this with warmth, curiosity, and humor. This book is a great companion should you wish to journey to the rich and still underexposed world of shit (and you should)." -- Rose George, author of The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters"Here is an indispensable book about what we might call the Anthro-poo-cene. Humanity's current collision course with nature has everything to do with energy and how we abuse it—including the human waste products of our metabolic bodies. This lively and entertaining history is also full of innovative ways people are finally dealing with their you-know-what." -- Mary Ellen Hannibal, author of Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction"Who knew our poop could be so fascinating and important? In her brilliantly reported and written new book, Zeldovich shows that now more than ever the health of humanity and the rest of nature depends on how we handle 'the other dark matter.'" -- John Horgan, author of Pay Attention: Sex, Death, and Science"An intriguing, compelling, very human story of how a valuable resource has been used and squandered, thrown away, and rediscovered. It is a story of the people who, against a background of mockery and disbelief, have developed creative, lucrative, and ecologically viable options for reframing what many have seen as a 'problem' of 'waste disposal' into an opportunity for innovative resource use. It will have wide appeal to all intelligent readers, both within and well beyond academia." -- David Waltner-Toews, author of The Origin of Feces: What Excrement Tells Us About Evolution, Ecology, and a Sustainable SocietyTable of ContentsPart 1: The History of Human Waste Chapter 1: How I Learned to Love the Excrement Chapter 2: The Early History of Human Excreta Chapter 3: Treasure Night Soil as if It Were Gold! Chapter 4: The Water Closet Dilemma and the Sewage Farm Paradigm Chapter 5: Germs, Fertilizer, and the Poop Police Part 2: The Present: A Sludge Revolution in Progress Chapter 6: The Great Sewage Time Bomb and the Redistribution of Nutrients on the Planet Chapter 7: Loowatt, a Loo That Turns Waste into Watts Chapter 8: The Crap That Cooks Your Dinner and Container-Based Sanitation Chapter 9: HomeBiogas: Your Personal Digester in a Box Chapter 10: Made in New York Chapter 11: Lystek, the Home of Sewage Smoothies Chapter 12: How DC Water Makes Biosolids BLOOM Chapter 13: From Biosolids to Biofuels Part 3: The Future of Medicine and Other Things Chapter 14: Poop: The Best (and Cheapest) Medicine Chapter 15: Looking where the Sun Doesn’t Shine Chapter 16: From the Kindness of One’s Gut: An Insider Look into Stool Banks Afterword: Breathing Poetry into Poop Notes Index
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Peasants and Politics in the Modern Middle East
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Rutgers University Press Frank Millers Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism
Book SynopsisIn the late 1970s and early 1980s, writer-artist Frank Miller turned Daredevil from a tepid-selling comic into an industry-wide success story. Frank Miller's Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism is both a rigorous study of Miller's artistic influences and innovations and a reflection on how his work on Daredevil impacted generations of comics publishers, creators, and fans.Trade Review"Part of what makes Young's book so readable and compelling is the knowledge that, underneath all of the analysis, there is a highly intelligent man who knows the boy he was, struggling to figure out what to make of this creator whose early work meant—and continues to mean—so much to him." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"This analysis of the man without fear—rendered by the man without fear of merciless vigilante violence—makes for exceptional reading … Unlike far too many ponderous, jargon-laden academic studies, Young gives us a refreshingly conversational and astutely engaging exploration of the visual genius and often warped sensibilities of one of the most important practitioners of the comics form." * Print Magazine *"Young's warm veneration of Miller's aesthetic and disdain for his fascist tendencies make for a personal and engaging read, even for those who are not fans of comics or graphic novels … Highly recommended." * Choice *"An incisive and focused discussion of an understudied era in the Daredevil series that provides a rewarding exploration of how the superhero reflects and shapes broader areas of culture." -- José Alaniz * author of Death, Disability, and the Superhero: The Silver Age and Beyond *"Knowledgeable with regard to the commercial and aesthetic contexts of the superhero genre, but also willing to risk more personal reflection, Young helps us to read these pivotal, powerful works of popular culture afresh." -- Benjamin Saunders * Director of Comics Studies, The University of Oregon *"Young’s Daredevil will be a necessary resource for personal research on subjects such as ‘auteur’ comics, the ‘gritty’ turn in superhero fiction, and the role of ethics and religion in superhero comics." * Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics *"Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism joins superb formal analysis to searching moral self-reflection as Young charts his growing disillusionment with Miller’s work without losing sight of the qualities that drew him to it in the first place. If comics studies has yet to fully resolve or even approach the contradictions of Frank Miller, Paul Young has at least shown us one way we can start." * Journal of Comics and Culture *"The Top 75 Community College Titles: January Edition: The best of all the titles appropriate for two-year colleges reviewed in the January issue of Choice." * Choice *"A deeply personal, informative, and astutely analytical work which paints the moral complexities and themes coursing through Miller’s work on Daredevil in the 1970s and 1980s." * Studies in Comics *"The author delves deeply into the life and work of Frank Miller, his influences, his vision of Daredevil and how he successfully re-engineered the Man Without Fear and his rogue’s gallery and supporting cast. Full-color page and scene reproductions from Miller’s run on Daredevil are examined and the author fleshes out how Miller’s innovative layouts, story-telling techniques and unique take on the character changed the way superheroes were viewed." * Collector's Corner *Table of Contents Acknowledgments A Note on the Texts and Images Introduction: Dealing with the Devil 1 Our Story So Far 2 Into the Snake Pit 3 The Unholy Three 4 Comics for Comics’ Sake Interlude: Daredevil versus the Catechism Conclusion: Exposé Notes Index
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons Acting Behind the Silver Screen
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New York University Press Internationalizing the History of Psychology
Book SynopsisDiscusses the development of psychology beyond the US in the last 50 yearsTrade Review";The history of psychology is at the forefront of the struggle to re-vision the discipline as a genuine set of global and diverse maps. Instead of a uniform topography where only certain features count, and the only places worth studying are those that are home to the original map-makers, this book offers a new cartography for those willing to invest in different landscapes of psychology. For those who wish to glimpse the future of psychology, there is no better place to begin than with this historical volume." -- Henderikus J. Stam,University of Calgary and editor of the journal Theory & Psychology"A welcome corrective to the texts that place North America at the center of the intellectual universe. The volume uses an international perspective to illuminate important topics for all countries, including psychology's relation to liberal democracy, the psychologizing of social relations, and psychology's role in cultural imperialism. . . . An illuminating guide to the history of psychology." -- Benjamin Harris,University of New Hampshire"Previous collections on international psychology . . . have provided historical perspective, but with these essays Brock offers a more critical and nuanced treatment." * Choice *"These essays . . . offer perspectives on hitherto off-the-map psychologies, as developed in China, India, Argentina, and Turkey, as well as interrogate ‘Western’ psychology. . . . A thought-provoking book!" * The Psychologist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Adrian C. Brock1 Constructing Subjectivity in Unexpected Places Johann Louw2 Transatlantic Migration of the Disciplines of the Mind: Examination of the Reception of Wundt's and Freud's Theories in Argentina Cecilia Taiana3 From Tradition through Colonialism to Globalization: Re?ections on the History of Psychology in India Anand C. Paranjpe4 History of Psychology in Turkey as a Sign of Diverse Modernization and Global Psychologization Aydan Gulerce5 Origins of Scienti?c Psychology in China,1899-1949 Geoffrey Blowers6 Behavior Analysis in an International Context Ruben Ardila7 Internationalizing the History of U.S. Developmental Psychology John D. Hogan and Thomas P. Vaccaro8 Psychology and Liberal Democracy: A Spurious Connection? Adrian C. Brock9 Double Rei?cation: The Process of Universalizing Psychology in the Three Worlds Fathali M. Moghaddam and Naomi Lee10 Psychology in the Eurocentric Order of the Social Sciences: Colonial Constitution, Cultural Imperialist Expansion, Postcolonial Critique Irmingard Staeuble11 Universalism and Indigenization in the History of Modern Psychology Kurt DanzigerPostscriptAdrian C. BrockContributors Index
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia James Madison A Biography
Book SynopsisA biography of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, who was elected in 1809. Ketchman provides an analysis of his political theory and of the way in which he sought to apply it to the establishment of constitutional government.Trade ReviewMadison's personality comes alive in these pages, his strengths and weaknesses of mind and character clearly outlined. His great services in the Constitutional Convention of 1787 are graphically portrayed. The analysis of his political theory, and of the way in which he sought to apply it to the establishment of of government under the Constitution, is excellent. The depiction of Jeffersonian and Madisonian foreign policy up to the outbreak of the War of 1812 is clear and succinct. This is an excellent biography." —American Historical Review"Utilizing the vast amount of source material made available in the last 30 years, Ketcham has captured the essential man in his times and in doing so has made him understandable for us in our own day." —Los Angeles Times"This single volume has provided a penetrating and highly readable biography which merits distinction as the best one-volume life of Madison yet written." —Virginia Magazine of History and Biography"Ketcham's long-standing familiarity with Madison's life and times is evident in this accessible work...Ketcham has written an enjoyable and scholarly narrative that will no doubt be considered of great value to Montpelier's more serious visitors, as well as students, scholars, and general readers with an interest in the founding couple." —Kellie Strickland, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Historical Review
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MP-SYR Syracuse University P Mizora
Book SynopsisThis book about an 1880s radical feminist utopia includes an extensive introduction that provides critical apparatus to appropriately place Mizora and author Mary Bradley Lane in the cultural and historical context of the 19th century.
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Rutgers University Press Holocaust Theoretical Readings
Book SynopsisThis anthology addresses the relationship between the events of the Nazi genocide and the intellectual concerns of contemporary literary and cultural theory in one volume. It collects together both classic and new theoretical writings.Table of ContentsTheory and experience -- The Drowned and the Saved / Primo Levi -- 'Resentments' / Jean Améry -- Days and Memory Charlotte Delbo -- 'The Camps' / Ruth Kluger -- Historicizing the Holocaust? -- 'On the Public Use of History' / Jürgen Habermas -- 'The "Final Solution": On the Unease in Historical Interpretation' / Saul Friedlander -- 'Historical Understanding and Counterrationality: The Judenrat as Epistemological Vantage' / Dan Diner -- 'The Uniqueness and Normality of the Holocaust' / Zygmunt Bauman -- 'The European Imagination in the Age of Total War' / Omer Bartov -- The Origins of the Nazi Genocide / Henry Friedlander -- Nazi culture, fascism, and antisemitism -- 'The Rhetoric of Hitler's "Battle" / Kenneth Burke -- 'The Psychological Structure of Fascism' / Georges Bataille -- 'Elements of Anti-Semitism' / Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno -- 'The Fiction of the Political' / Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe -- 'Anti-Semitism and National Socialism' / Moishe Postone -- 'Ordinary Men' / Christopher Browning -- Race, gender, and genocide -- 'Floods, Bodies, History' / Klaus Theweleit -- 'Racism and Sexism in Nazi Germany' / Gisela Bock -- 'The Unethical and the Unspeakable: Women and the Holocaust' / Joan Ringelheim -- 'Women and the Holocaust: Analyzing Gender Difference' / Pascale Rachel Bos -- Psychoanalysis, trauma, and memory -- 'Trauma and Experience' / Cathy Caruth -- 'Trauma, Absence, Loss' / Dominick LaCapra -- 'Trauma and Transference' / Saul Friedlander -- 'History Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Some Thoughts on the Representation of Trauma' / Eric L. Santner -- 'Bearing Witness or the Vicissitudes of Listening' / Dori Laub -- Questions of religion, ethics, and justice -- 'Thinking the Tremendum' / Arthur A. Cohen -- 'To Mend the World' / Emil L. Fackenheim -- 'Ethics and Spirit' / Emmanuel Levinas -- Eichmann in Jerusalem / Hannah Arendt -- 'What is a Camp?' / Giorgio Agamben -- The Differend / Jean-François Lyotard -- 'New Political Theology: Out of Holocaust and Liberation' / Gillian Rose -- Literature and culture after Auschwitz -- 'Theses on the Philosophy of History' / Walter Benjamin -- 'Cultural Criticism and Society' / Theodor W. Adorno -- 'Meditations on Metaphysics' / Theodor W. Adorno -- 'Writing and the Holocaust' / Irving Howe -- 'Non-Philosophical Amazement: Writing in Amazement: Benjamin's Position in the Aftermath of the Holocaust' / Sigrid Weigel -- The Writing of the Disaster / Maurice Blanchot -- 'Shibboleth' / Jacques Derrida -- 'Language and Culture after the Holocaust' / Geoffrey H. Hartman -- 'Representing Auschwitz' / Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi -- Modes of narration -- 'The Moral Space of Figurative Discourse' / Berel Lang -- 'Writing the Holocaust' / James E. Young -- 'The Modernist Event' / Hayden White -- 'Against Foreshadowing' / Michael André Bernstein -- 'Deep Memory: The Buried Self' / Lawrence L. Langer -- 'The Return of the Voice: Claude Lanzmann's Shoah' / Shoshana Felman -- Rethiking visual culture -- Reflections of Nazism / Saul Friedlander -- 'Holocaust' / Jean Baudrillard -- 'Anselm Kiefer: the Terror of History, the Temptation of Myth' / Andreas Huyssen -- 'The Aesthetic Transformation of the Image of the Unimaginable: Notes on Claude Lanzmann's Shoah' / Gertrud Koch -- 'In Plain Sight' / Lilliane Weissberg -- Latecomers: negative symbiosis, postmemory, and countermemory -- 'Memory Shot Through with Holes' / Henri Raczymow -- 'Mourning and Postmemory' / Marianne Hirsch -- 'Negative Symbiosis: Germans and Jews after Auschwitz' / Dan Diner -- 'The Countermonument: Memory Against Itself in Germany' / James E. Young -- Uniqueness, comparison, and the politics of memory -- 'Two Kinds of Uniqueness: The Universal Aspects of the Holocaust' / Alan Milchman and Alan Rosenberg -- 'What Was the Holocaust?' / Yehuda Bauer -- The Black Atlantic / Paul Gilroy -- 'Thinking about Genocide' / Mahmood Mamdani -- 'Dare to Compare: Americanizing the Holocaust' / Lilian Friedberg -- The Holocaust in American Life / Peter Novick.
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Rutgers University Press The Burdens of Disease Epidemics and Human
Book SynopsisCovers the evolution of drug-resistant diseases and HIV/AIDS, along with data on mortality figures and other relevant statistics. This book chronicles perceptions and responses to plague and pestilence over two thousand years of western history.Trade Review"Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this. Hays's book should be in every undergraduate library and be recommended reading, as a whole or in part, in a wide range of history of medicine courses." * Isis *"Required reading for any university-level course on the social history of disease and, indeed, of medicine generally. A masterly and reliable synthesis." * American Historical Review *"This is an impressive piece of work. It delivers more than it promises, for it not only treats epidemics and Western responses to them, but also discusses conflicting ideas about disease in relation to such topics as population, tuberculosis, technology, and empire—and all in a lucid, even-handed, and generous way. A fine and focused overview of a significant range of topics in the history of medicine." -- M. Jeanne Peterson * Indiana University *"In The Burdens of Disease J. N. Hays has synthesized a very large literature dealing with the history of medicine and disease. The result is an original and impressive book that deserves a wide readership. It provides a fascinating perspective on contemporary health issues." -- Gerald Grob * Institute for Health Policy, Rutgers University *"An impressive text. Hays has presented us with a well-researched and insightful thesis, which deserves a wide readership not only among the microbiologically inclined, but also among all those concerned with the impact of microbial disease on public policy." * Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists *Table of ContentsList of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1One: The Western Inheritance: Greek and Roman Ideas about Disease 9Two: Medieval Diseases and Responses 19Three: The Great Plague Pandemic 37Four: New Diseases and Transatlantic Exchanges 62Five: Continuity and Change: Magic, Religion, Medicine, and Science, 500–1700 77Six: Disease and the Enlightenment 105Seven: Cholera and Sanitation 135Eight: Tuberculosis and Poverty 155Nine: Disease, Medicine, and Western Imperialism 179Ten: The Scientific View of Disease and the Triumph of Professional Medicine 214Eleven: The Apparent End of Epidemics 243Twelve: Disease and Power 283 Notes 315 Suggestions for Further Reading 341 Index 357
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University Press of Florida A New Orleans Voudou Priestess The Legend and
Book SynopsisLegendary for a combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity. This book explores social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans.
£19.76
University of Minnesota Press In The Metro
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University of Minnesota Press The Dada Cyborg Visions of the New Human in
Book SynopsisIn an era when technology, biology, and culture are becoming ever more closely connected, The Dada Cyborg explains how the cyborg as we know it today actually developed between 1918 and 1933 when German artists gave visual form to their utopian hopes and fantasies in a fearful response to World War I.
£999.99
Syracuse University Press Preparing For Peace Conflict Transformation
Book SynopsisSince the early 1950s, John Paul Lederach has travelled worldwide as a mediation trainer and conflict resolution consultant. He has worked with governments, justice departments, and youth programs in Latin America, the Philippines, Cambodia, Somalia, and Africa. Drawing on his experience, Lederach explains the process and key variables used in teaching conflict resolution.
£16.16
University of Minnesota Press Black Hunger Soul Food And America
Book SynopsisTrade Review"What emerges from this deeply critical, at times humorous, foray into African American food history is a theoretical work as sensuous as the subject matter. Witt takes the reader on a journey through popular food discourses and along the way unpacks the signifiers of belonging, resistance, abjection, purity, and lust. Reading Black Hunger, I was reminded that food is not simply good to eat, it is also good to think with."—American Anthropologist"A fascinating look at food’s role in African-American culture."—Chicago Sun-Times"A well-researched and insightful discussion of the creation of mythology about black women and food."—Women’s Review of Books"The work is an impressive collection of cultural artifacts that allow a reader to understand the political implications of purchasing a bottle of Aunt Jemima syrup, or the gender-specific implications that adopting a vegetarian diet may hold for African American women."—MultiCultural Review Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ProloguePart I Servant Problems One "Look Ma, the Real Aunt Jemima!" Consuming Identities under Capitalism Two Biscuits Are Being Beaten: Craig Claiborne and the Epistemology of the Kitchen DominatrixPart II Soul Food and Black masculinity Three "Eating Chitterlings Is Like Going Slumming": Soul Food and Its Discontents Four "Pork or Women": Purity and Danger in the Nation of Islam Five Of Watermelon and Men: Dick Gregory's Cloacal ContinuumPart III Black Female Hunger Six "My Kitchen Was the World": Vertamae Smart Grosvenor's Geechee Diaspora Seven "How Mama Started to Get Large": Eating Disorders, Fetal Rights, and Black Female AppetiteEpilogue Appendix African American Cookbooks Chronological Bibliography of Cookbooks by African Americans Notes Works Cited Index
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University of Minnesota Press French Theory How Foucault Derrida Deleuze Co.
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University of Minnesota Press Decolonization and the Decolonized
Book SynopsisWritten by the author of "The Colonizer and the Colonized", this book reevaluates colonialism's legacy.
£13.29
University of Minnesota Press First Days Of The Year
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press Moose Tracks FeslerLampert Minnesota Heritage
Book SynopsisTwelve-year-old Seth wants to prove to his stepfather, the game warden, that he is responsible enough to use his shotgun on his own and shoots his first rabbit without permission. But when he sees poachers slaughter a moose cow and injure her calf, Seth must try to rescue the moose and bring the poachers to justice.Trade Review"A quick-moving adventure that, without preachiness, shows the importance of knowledgeable gun use and respect for wildlife." —Kirkus Reviews"Casanova’s description of the frigid, northern Minnesota landscape is so chillingly vivid a cup of hot chocolate may be in order." —Booklist"A fast-paced adventure story, frequently helped along by Casanova’s precise and evocative descriptions. Seth is a winning character." —School Library Journal
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University of Minnesota Press Gestures
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Flusser transforms gesture to the level of metaphor, offering deep, sometimes metaphysical, interpretation of the human condition. Though it resists being put in a particular disciplinary niche, Gestures will surely become a standard for the many scholars who have already debated or acknowledged the value of Flusser’s claims."—CHOICE"Flusser’s book transcends the time in which it was written."—International Journal of Communication"Flusser's writings have a more accessible style, offering precise examples and analogies to specify key concepts. For this reason, the work of Flusser, especially Gestures, eclectically engages with deconstructive paradigms of philosophy at a level accessible to undergraduate students and academics."—Screen BodiesTable of ContentsContentsTranslator’s PrefaceGesture and Affect: The Practice of a Phenomenology of GesturesBeyond Machines (But Still within the Phenomenology of Gestures)The Gesture of WritingThe Gesture of SpeakingThe Gesture of MakingThe Gesture of LovingThe Gesture of DestroyingThe Gesture of PaintingThe Gesture of PhotographingThe Gesture of FilmingThe Gesture of Turning a Mask AroundThe Gesture of PlantingThe Gesture of ShavingThe Gesture of Listening to MusicThe Gesture of Smoking a PipeThe Gesture of TelephoningThe Gesture of VideoThe Gesture of SearchingAppendix: Toward a General Theory of GesturesTranslator’s NotesIndex
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New York University Press America Ascendant From Theodore Roosevelt to FDR
Book SynopsisA lively tour of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, this book traces the development of America's industrial power and its commercial deployment, at home and abroad. It sets the American story within the dramatic context of the rise and fall of political empires in Europe and Asia and two devastating world wars.Trade Review"A brilliant book in this competitive market. . . . an excellent synthesis of the history of the United States from Theodore Roosevelt's succession to the Presidency in 1901 to Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945 or, actually, the end of the war in the Pacific. . . . [It] reads well and has a compelling fascination." -- Francis M. Carroll,co-author of The Free and the Unfree
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University of Texas Press Sexual Labor in the Athenian Courts
Book SynopsisA holistic study of five key texts of Athenian oratory, this book unravels the complex cultural constructions of sexual labor in classical Athens and offers a new perspective on the history of sex laborers in ancient Greece.Trade Review[Sexual Labor in the Athenian Courts] will be a valuable addition to the library of scholars in Athenian forensic oratory and ancient sexuality and gender. * The Classical Review *[A] splendid and important book...Glazebrook’s demonstration of the potential power of even enslaved sex laborers in Athens is a signal example of the many insights found in this volume. Scholars of Athens, and academics pursuing gender and liberation studies, are alike now indebted to Allison Glazebrook for an outstanding book, well-organized, well-researched and well-written, offering a pioneering approach to the writing of social history. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *A valuable contribution to the field…[Sexual Labor in the Athenian Courts] is a book which will be valuable for new students of sexuality and gender in antiquity and for experienced scholars alike...Glazebrook provides a worthwhile discussion of how the portrayal of sex labourers is used by the orators to expose and test the tensions within Athenian social norms and institutions...the book’s streamlined focus constrains discussions to the Attic orators, resulting in a tight, focused and thorough exploration of sexual labour within the genre. * Journal of Hellenic Studies *Glazebrook’s writing is clear and to the point. The introduction’s explanation of the Athenian court system, with a map indicating potential locations of the courts, reveals two strengths of the book that will be found throughout: incorporating material evidence and maintaining accessibility for nonspecialists...The standout features of the book are its consideration of place and movement, its inclusion of material culture, its amplification of female citizenship, and its accessibility...The book achieves its aims of treating the trope of the sex laborer in the orators as a window into Athenian society. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsList of Figures A Note to the Reader Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Under the Influence 2. In the Oikos 3. Part of the Family 4. Same-Sex Desire 5. Citizen Sex Slaves Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Texas Press Womens Lives Womens Voices
Book SynopsisLiterary evidence is often silent about the lives of women in antiquity, particularly those from the buried cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Even when women are considered, they are often seen through the lens of their male counterparts. In this collection, Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland have gathered an outstanding group of scholars to give voice to both the elite and ordinary women living on the Bay of Naples before the eruption of Vesuvius. Using visual, architectural, archaeological, and epigraphic evidence, the authors consider how women in the region interacted with their communities through family relationships, businesses, and religious practices, in ways that could complement or complicate their primary social roles as mothers, daughters, and wives. They explore women-run businesses from weaving and innkeeping to prostitution, consider representations of women in portraits and graffiti, and examine how women expressed their identities in the funerary realm. PrTrade ReviewThis volume challenges the reader to look for women in the archaeological record—even where they are not immediately visible—and to hear them in the silences. Giving voice to a wider cross-section of Pompeiian women, this volume makes an excellent contribution not only to Roman material culture studies of Pompeii, but also to female agency in the Roman world more broadly. * Antiquity *These essays do much to make the fascinating archaeological material accessible. * Shepherd *A pathbreaking collection of essays that challenge us to rethink gender-based occupational stereotypes, Roman women’s identities and public participation in spheres exclusively associated with Roman elite men...Challenging familiar elitist-classicist standards dominating past scholarship, this book pushes women’s and gender studies, feminist art history, urban materiality, women’s local involvement and daily lives into a new era of research...this book is very useful for researchers as well as students, with enormous potential to shape future research on Roman women. * CLARA *Women’s Lives, Women’s Voices is an incredibly important and enlightening volume for which its editors and contributors should be commended...Each chapter returns agency to one or another group of women in the Bay of Naples, and these re-centering efforts involve women of many more classes, statuses, and communities than is typical...The volume’s extensive bibliography, high production quality (including seventy-six figures and sixteen full-color plates), and relatively affordable price only enhance its utility and accessibility. * Woman's Art Journal *The contributors bring novel approaches and interpretations to well-studied evidence...This volume offers innovative ways of looking at evidence, helps to correct the scholarly blindness of the past and unveils the diverse lives of the women who dwelt in Pompeii and Herculaneum. * Journal of Roman Culture *Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland’s Women’s Lives, Women’s Voices: Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples…[is] indicative of both the vibrancy of this field and the need for future research. * Opuscula: Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome *Table of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction. Negotiating Silence, Finding Voices, and Articulating Agency (Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland) Part I. Public and Commercial Identities Chapter 1. Pompeian Women and the Making of a Material History (Lauren Hackworth Petersen) Chapter 2. Women’s Work? Investors, Money-Handlers, and Dealers (Molly Swetnam-Burland) Chapter 3. From Household to Workshop: Women, Weaving, and the Peculium (Lauren Caldwell) Chapter 4. Buying Power: The Public Priestesses of Pompeii (Barbara Kellum) Chapter 5. Real Estate for Profit: Julia Felix’s Property and the Forum Frieze (Eve D’Ambra) Part II. Women on Display Chapter 6. Contextualizing the Funerary and Honorific Portrait Statues of Women in Pompeii (Brenda Longfellow) Chapter 7. Portraits and Patrons: The Women of the Villa of the Mysteries in Their Social Context (Elaine K. Gazda) Chapter 8. “What’s in a Name?” Mapping Women’s Names from the Graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum (Erika Zimmermann Damer) Chapter 9. The Public and Private Lives of Pompeian Prostitutes (Sarah Levin-Richardson) Part III. Representing Women Chapter 10. Women, Art, Power, and Work in the House of the Chaste Lovers at Pompeii (Jennifer Trimble) Chapter 11. The House of the Triclinium (V.2.4) at Pompeii: The House of a “Courtesan”? (Luciana Jacobelli) Chapter 12. Sex on Display in Pompeii’s Tavern VII.7.18 (Jessica Powers) Chapter 13. Drawings of Women at Pompeii (Margaret L. Laird) Epilogue. The Complexity of Silence (Allison L. C. Emmerson) List of Contributors Bibliography Index
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University of Minnesota Press The Anime Machine A Media Theory of Animation
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Combining superb scholarship, a palpable passion for his subject, and a singular sensibility for the art of the moving image, Thomas Lamarre has produced a landmark work in cultural theory and media history. The Anime Machine navigates the intercultural and transmedia complexities of the worlds of anime with expertise and originality. Everyone from the anime enthusiast to the philosopher will come away with a heightened appreciation of one of the defining art forms of our era.” —Brian Massumi, author of Parables for the Virtual“With the help of thinkers such as Deleuze and Guattari, Thomas Lamarre identifies in anime an originary machinic force, one that traverses both animation and cinema, with a capacity for heteropoeisis through technological practices. This is an inspiringly sophisticated and imaginative book.” —Rey Chow, author of Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese FilmsTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Anime Machine Part I. Multiplanar Image 1. Cinematism and Animetism 2. Animation Stand 3. Compositing 4. Merely Technological Behavior 5. Flying Machines 6. Full Animation 7. Only a Girl Can Save Us Now 8. Giving Up the Gun Part II. Exploded View 9. Relative Movement 10. Structures of Depth 11. The Distributive Field 12. Otaku Imaging 13. Multiple Frames of Reference 14. Inner Natures 15. Full Limited Animation Part III. Girl Computerized 16. A Face on the Train 17. The Absence of Sex 18. Platonic Sex 19. Perversion 20. The Spiral Dance of Symptom and Specter 21. Emergent Positions 22. Anime Eyes Manga Conclusion: Patterns of Serialization Notes Bibliography Index
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