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Book Synopsis"The Crisis" was an integral part of the struggle to combat racism in America. As editor of the magazine (1910-1934), W E B Du Bois addressed the important issues facing African Americans. This book is an exploration of how W E B Du Bois created a "visual vocabulary" to define a collective memory and historical identity for African Americans.Trade Review[T]he paramount value of Kirschke's laudable acoomplishment is that she has simultaneously added to the Du Boisian mystique, while providing a new understanding and appreciation for his role in shaping the manner in which African Americans viewed themselves and were perceived by others.Vol. 94.1 Fall 2009 -- Randall O. Westbrook * Fairleigh-Dickinson University *. . . valuable. It supplies a concise account of Du Bois's inclusion of art during his editorship of the magazine. It focuses us on the abundance and high quality of the art included and begins the important job of remembering and documenting the work of black artists now too often forgotten. . . . Art in Crisis makes readily accessible to a wide range of readers a rich sampling of work from The Crisis's formative period.Vol.42.2 (rec'd April 2009) -- Elizabeth Ammons * Tufts University *As the first book to examine Du Bois's use of imagery to create racial pride and convey moral outrage, Art in Crisis offers important insights into the history of visual journalism as well as the contributions of one of the twentieth—century's most significant black periodicals. . . * Jhistory *. . . a reminder of the usage and power of visual images to shape ideas and instill self—worth and opinions in American society. . . . Recommended. General readers; lower—division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. W. E. B. Du Bois and African American Memory and Identity2. A History of Black Political Cartoons and Illustrations: The Artists3. The "Crime" of Blackness: Lynching Imagery in The Crisis4. Theories of Art, Patronage, and Audience5. Images of Africa and the Diaspora6. Art, Political Commentary, and Forging a Common IdentityConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisConversations on jazz and literature with some of America's most important artists and writersTrade ReviewAsk Me Now is an excellent and engaging collection. I would recommend this book to anyone who wanted to learn more about jazz, about writing, and about the connections between writing and music. Volume 32, Issue 5, 2009 * Popular Music and Society *The interviewees cover a wide range from jazz-aware poets to literature-aware jazzers...many of the litterateurs not only have genuine enthusiasm for the music but seem to know an awful lot about it...Feinstein's agenda is all about proving that poets have a right to draw on jazz for inspiration.August 2008 -- Brian Priestley * Jazzwise *No matter how much one might know about jazz and the ways contemporary writers make use of the music, this book is a find and a pleasure to read. * American Book Review *. . . convey[s] the power of language within a framework of artistic expression that is both scholarly relevant and readily accessible to readers. . . . * Metro Spirit *In looking at the relationship between jazz and literature, these interviews take up, among other things, the nature of jazz and its frequent neglect in the US. . . . [T]he book offers many original revelations from creative individuals who have had long experience in the field—musicians, critics, scholars, and record producers—and provides an abundance of information about poets inspired by specific musical pieces and musicians being inspired by works of poetry. The conversations with jazz critic Gary Giddins and his mentor Dan Morgenstern alone make this book worthwhile . . . Recommended. * Choice *In Ask Me Now: Conversations on Jazz & Literature. . . , saxophonist and English professor Sascha Feinstein gathers a stunning variety of musicians, poets, and novelists to discuss the engaging interactions between jazz and literature. * ForeWord *Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Better You Say It First / Amiri Baraka2. Those Upward Leaps / Hayden Carruth3. Returning to Go Someplace Else / Jayne Cortez4. Just a Matter of Time / Bill Crow5. Did Your Mama Hear Those Poems? / Cornelius Eady6. Legwork / Gary Giddins7. The House as Open Ground / Lee Meitzen Grue8. Respiration and Inspiration / Fred Hersch9. Stolen Moments / David Jauss10. Survival Masks / Yusef Komunyakaa11. Detroit Jazz in the Late Forties and Early Fifties / Philip Levine12. Where the Call Needs to Be Heard / Haki R. Madhubuti13. Mingus at the Showplace / William Matthews14. Consideration / Dan Morgenstern15. The Greatest Equalizer in the World / Hank O'Neal16. Levels of the Blues / Eugene B. Redmond17. Cante Jondo / Sonia Sanchez18. Ask Me Now / John Sinclair19. Makes Me Feel Like I Got Some Money / Al Young20. Something to Believe In / Paul ZimmerAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisPresents an illustrated collection of insightful lectures and writings from one of the world's most brilliant pianists. This book provides elegant and thorough portraits of an important 20th-century performer and lover of music, as well as of his greatest influences.Trade Review"[Wolff] is a remarkable pianist, an excellent theoretician, a learned teacher, a brilliant thinker and writer." Artur Schnabel "This collection of [Wolff's] writings and letters should bear ample testimony to a musician who happily combined the artist, the teacher, the musicologist, and the charm and integrity of a human being." Alfred Brendel "Konrad Wolff writes about music with the verve and enthusiasm of a great teacher who has never lost his sense of music as an adventure. To read him is to enter into a lively dialogue with a superior musical mind and a buoyant spirit." Richard GoodeTable of ContentsContents (as printed in first-edition book from Greenwood Press)Prologue, Leon FleisherForeword, Russell ShermanPrefaceAcknowledgementsBiographical SketchPart I: ComposersFrescobaldi (1583-1643)Bach (1685-1750) His Last Work Spirit, Style, and FormsBach-Reger Brandenburg Concertos for Piano DuetMozart (1756-1791) Quintet in D Major, K. 593Beethoven (1770-1827) Several Perspectives Mostly Beethoven On Beethoven's Trills Bagatelles, Op. 119 The Ninth Symphony, Op. 125Schubert (1797-1828) Schubert's Reaction to Beethoven Schubert's "L'istesso Tempo" Schubert's String Quintet in C: A Misplaced Repeat Sign?Schumann (1810-1856) On Titles and Verbal Descriptions in MusicLiszt (1811-1886) Beethovenian Dissonances in Liszt's Piano Works Liszt's Approach to Piano TechniqueStravinsky A Modern FaustPart II: LettersFrom: Paul Badura-Skoda; Review of Interpretation on the Piano - What We can Learn from Schnabel Alfred Brendel Paul Henry Lang Rudof SerkinTo: Leon Fleisher Artur SchnabelTo and From: A Colleague Sviatoslav RichterPart III: MiscellanyChristmas MusicMusic AppreciationAuthenticityThe Beginnings of Cyclic Form Bach's Dedication to King FrederickAugust HalmObservations On Teaching On Music an MusiciansA Lesson in WritingJohann Christian Bach (1735-1782): Siciliano in F-Sharp MinorPart IV: The Brendel-Wolff "Debate"The "Debate"Addendum by Alfred BrendelNotesSelected BibliographyIndexA photographic essay follows

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Book SynopsisChallenging the identity politics that sets immigrants against the mainstream, this book explores how black expressive culture has reformulated as global culture in the multicultural and multinational spaces of France. It brings forward questions such as: why France is a privileged site of civilization, who is a French, and who is an immigrant.Trade Review. . . a wide—ranging exploration of the literature of the black experience of France. . . . Particularly valuable is [Thomas's] examination of francophone African literature . . . Any library supporting programs in Francophone or African studies will want this scholarly but accessible book. . . . Recommended. * Choice *[This] book offers a welcome reminder of the breadth and depth of French cultural intersections. 51.1 April 2008 * African Studies Review *Thomas' approach opens up new intersections for a broader understanding of contemporary cultural studies of francophone Africa, as distinct from most studies of Anglophone Africa that are most frequently grounded in history and anthropology to the exclusion of lived experience as a literary adventure. Vol. 33.1-2 (Winter-Spring 2008) -- Peter J. Bloom * University of California (Santa Barbara) *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsNote on Translations1. Introduction: Black France in Transcolonial Contexts2. Francocentrism and the Acquisition of Cultural Capital3. Textual Ownership and the Global Mediation of Blackness4. Rhetorical Mediations of Slavery5. Afro-Parisianism and African Feminisms6. Fashion Matters: La sape and Vestimentary Codes in Transnational Contexts and Urban Diasporas7. African Youth in the Global EconomyConclusionNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review. . . What is clear is that the decidedly global, critical, self-reflexive and praxis-oriented model that Hemment offers here is made for such complex and dynamic interventions, and finally provides an avenue for anthropologists to handle them with the precision, attention and care they deserve. * Anthropological Quarterly *[W]ritten in a clear, accessible, and very engaging way, making it suitable for anyone within the development sector with an interest in gender issues in Russia and the former Soviet Union, or an interest in processes of democratisation . . . * Gender & Development *This is unquestionably an important book in our efforts to understand women in Russia and the evolution of post-Soviet Russian society. . . . It can be recommended to students and scholars of Russia as well as those specializing in women's issues. Vol. 44, No. 4 * Journal of Contemporary History *Despite the critiques of the NGO world and the collapse of the women's crisis centre,Hemment's collaborative research had fruitful results as many women felt empowered and benefited . . . .34.2 March-April 2011 * Women's Studies Intnl Form *. . . This thoughtful, intriguing analysis of a complex situation will be of interest to scholars in Russian studies, anthropology, women's studies, economics, and development studies. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Gendered Interventions1. Muddying the Waters: Participatory Action Research in Tver'2. Querying Democratization: Civil Society, International Aid, and the Riddle of the Third Sector3. Gender Mainstreaming and the Third-Sectorization of Russian Women's Activism4. Global Civil Society and the Local Costs of Belonging: Setting up a Crisis Center in Tver'5. A Tale of Two ProjectsConclusionNotesList of ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first American frontier lay just beyond the Appalachian Mountains and along the Gulf Coast. Here, successive groups of pioneers built new societies and developed new institutions to cope with life in the wilderness. This book tells the dramatic story of these men and women from the first Kentucky settlements to the closing of the frontier.Trade Review. . . a library would not be complete without this work. -- Ginette Aley * Alabama Review *. . .[a] classic that has significantly affected how American frontiers are conceived and how frontiers west of the Appalachian Mountains have been interpreted.July 2009 -- Warren R. Hofstra * Shenanadoah University *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsA Note on Citations, Quotations, Maps, and Place NamesIntroductionPart I. Across the Mountains1. The Struggle for Security2. The Search for Stability3. Security and Stability in the Territory Northwest of the OhioPart II. The Widening Frontier, 1795–18154. The Reach of Government and the Authority of Law Spread across the Western Country5. Diverse Economies Moving toward Commercial Ends6. Many Varied Societies Emerge across the Western CountryPart III. The First Great Migration, 1815–18307. Across the Old Northwest and into Missouri8. The Flowering of the Cotton FrontierPart IV. The Enduring Frontiers9. Michigan: The Great Lakes Frontier10. Florida: A Sectional Frontier11. Arkansas: A Frontier More West than SouthPart V. The Second Great Migration, 1830–185012. The New Counties of Alabama and Mississippi: A Frontier More South than West13. The Last Frontier of the Old Northwest: Illinois, Iowa, and WisconsinPart VI. The Trans-Appalachian West and the Nation14. Villages, Towns, and Cities Spread across the Western Country15. Changing Political Patterns across Three Generations16. The Trans-Appalachian West and the NationNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisFocusing on relations between Muslims and their host countries, this book examines questions of political representation, identity politics, civil liberties, immigration, and security issues.Trade ReviewThis study, a compilation of papers submitted to a September 2005 Indiana University conference, explores the political impact that the growing Muslim minorities in Western Europe and North America have on their host societies. In addition to editor Abdulkader Sinno's introduction and conclusion, the volume contains 12 chapters organized under four broad themes: background studies of different Western countries' Muslim minorities; their representation and integration in the hosts' political system; Western public opinion toward Muslim immigrants; and the post-9/11 era's implications for majority-minority relations. While Sinno cites the Canadian approach with approval, he portrays an often fraught relationship between Western states and their Muslim citizens, and offers a broad range of suggestions for both communities to move towards a genuinely tolerant and integrated society. (HK) -- Hobie Kropp * MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration1. An Institutional Approach to the Politics of Western Muslim Minorities, by Abdulkader H. SinnoPart 1. Western Muslims and Established State-Religion Relations2. Claiming Space in America's Pluralism: Muslims Enter the Political Maelstrom, by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Robert Stephen Ricks3. The Practice of Their Faith: Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany, by J. Christopher Soper and Joel S. Fetzer4. Religion, Muslims, and the State in Britain and France: From Westphalia to 9/11, by Jorgen S. NielsenPart 2. Western Muslims and Political Institutions5. Muslim Underrepresentation in American Politics, by Abdulkader H. Sinno6. Muslims Representing Muslims in Europe: Parties and Associations after 9/11, by Jytte Klausen7. Muslims in UK Institutions: Effective Representation or Tokenism? by Abdulkader H. Sinno and Eren TatariPart 3. Institutional Underpinnings of Perceptions of Western Muslims8. How Europe and Its Muslim Populations See Each Other, by Jodie T. Allen and Richard Wike9. Public Opinion toward Muslim Americans: Civil Liberties and the Role of Religiosity, Ideology, and Media Use, by Erik C. Nisbet, Ronald Ostman, and James Shanahan10. The Racialization of Muslim Americans, by Amaney JamalPart 4. Western Muslims, Civil Rights, and Legal Institutions11. Canadian National Security Policy and Canadian Muslim Communities, by Kent Roach12. Counterterrorism and the Civil Rights of Muslim Minorities in the European Union, by Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen13. The Preventive Paradigm and the Rule of Law: How Not to Fight Terrorism, by David Cole14. Recommendations for Western Policy Makers and Muslim Organizations, by Abdulkader H. SinnoList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAddresses questions of influence between two of the 20th century's greatest mindsTrade ReviewAs a whole, this is a solid, philosophically rich and challenging collection of essays. All of them contribute something to a greater understanding of the complexity of intellectual influence. . . . The editors and authors have succeeded in keeping alive the fecund thought of these two, as they say, 'flamboyant intellectuals,' and we are all most certainly going to benefit from the work they have done. * Sartre Studies International *Table of ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChristine Daigle and Jacob Golomb1. Getting the Beauvoir We DeserveDebra Bergoffen2. Where Influence Fails: Embodiment in Beauvoir and SartreChristine Daigle3. The Question of Reciprocal Self-Abandon to the Other: Beauvoir's Influence on SartreGuillermine de Lacoste4. Beauvoir and Sartre on Freedom, Intersubjectivity, and Normative JustificationMatthew C. Eshleman5. Sartre and Beauvoir on Hegel's Master-Slave Dialectic and the Question of the "Look"Debbie Evans6. Beauvoir, Sartre, and Patriarchy's History of IdeasEdward Fullbrook7. Psychoanalysis of Things: Objective Meanings or Subjective Projections?Sara Heinämaa8. Beauvoir, Sartre, and the Problem of AlterityMichel KailTranslated by Kevin W. Gray9. Moving beyond Sartre: Constraint and Judgment in Beauvoir's "Moral Essays" and The MandarinsSonia Kruks10. Simone de Beauvoir's "Marguerite" as a Possible Source of Inspiration for Jean-Paul Sartre's "The Childhood of a Leader"Eliane Lecarme-TaboneTranslated by Kevin W. Gray11. Taking a Distance: Exploring Some Points of Divergence between Beauvoir and SartreWilliam L. McBride12. Anne, Ou quand orime le spirituel: Beauvoir and Sartre Interact—from Parody, Satire, and Tragedy to Manifesto of LiberationAdrian van den Hoven13. The Concept of Transcendence in Beauvoir and SartreAndrea Veltman14. Freedom F/Or the OtherGail WeissBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisJust a few years ago, most Russian citizens did not recognize the notion of domestic violence or acknowledge that such a problem existed. Today, after years of local and international pressure to combat violence against women, things have changed dramatically. This title examines why and how this shift occurred.Trade ReviewOverall, this is an interesting account of a period of US-led development intervention in Russia and how it was, to a greater or lesser extent, shaped by the actions and goals of feminist activists. As such, it will be relevant to anyone concerned with the way that feminist concerns and development intervention interact, and with the recent development of feminism and civil society in Russia.March 2010 * Gender & Development *...well done and well structured. ...[P]rovides a well elaborated explanatory model of the effects of foreign intervention on the articulation of gender violence and the struggle against gender violence, and the limitations of this struggle, in Russia.Vol. 69. 2 Summer 2010 -- Anna Temkina * European Univ at St. Petersburg, Russia *[T]his is a very interesting, complex and well informed study, highly recommendable not only for scholars within the field of Russian studies, but for all who are interested in global feminism, development aid, and international relations.69.3, July 2010 * The Russian Review *Gender Violence in Russia provides an excellent account of the trials and tribulations of global feminism in Russia during this last, difficult decade. Vol. 6, No. 4, 2010 * Politics and Gender *In periods of rapid social change, the poets of one ideological system or another rush to find the cogent metaphor or, more recently, the winning soundbite, that will interpret the change to suit their own ends, to control meaning. To find and sell the right descriptive phrase is to raise the flag of possession over a historical event. For example, the collapse of the Soviet Union—or, even more stridently, the U.S. victory in the Cold War—spins the end of the 1980s, the end of history, as some proclaimed it, as a triumph of righteousness, rendered even more morally spectacular by the supposed 'coldness' of the conflict, and the ushering in of a new world order. That's why a book like Janet Johnson's 'Gender Violence in Russia' is so badly needed. The conclusion Johnson's study reaches is . . . that what really works, in terms of feminist intervention, are 'alliances between global feminists and large donors.' Money talks, apparently; or rather its use in creating organizations for women's advocacy is the best agent for social change. What Johnson calls 'flexible and responsive funding' is the key, targeting funds where they are most needed and can do the most good to protect women and to begin to change cultures of violence which have proven fearfully resistant to change.July 2, 2009 -- Rick Taylor * Feminist Review *All in all, this book provides us with a primary argument about the success and failure of international intervention for women's rights, but it can be read in many different ways: as a story about women's movements, as multiple stories about developing policy agendas on different forms of gender violence, as a story about weak state capacity in post-Soviet transition states, or as a story of transnational feminist networking. The wealth of data presented allows all of these readings. I highly recommend this book. * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsPreface: Can Intervention Help Women?AcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Introduction: Foreign Intervention and Gender Violence2. The Global Feminist Challenge, Communism, and Postcommunism3. The Women's Crisis Center Movement: Funding and De-funding Feminism4. Sexual Assault: The Limits of Blame and Shame5. Domestic Violence: The Benefits of Assistance6. Trafficking in Women: The Costs of State Pressure7. Conclusion: Recommendations for Future InterventionsAppendix 1. Women's Human Rights and Gender ViolenceAppendix 2. Notes on Measurement and MethodNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTwo medical schools join forces to battle HIV/AIDS in KenyaTrade Review"Provides an important story and critical lessons that can actually lead to the stabilization and control of the AIDS pandemic in the world, while saving millions of lives in the process." —Robert Aponte, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis"This Indiana-Moi partnership is a model for how to tackle the huge challenges of HIV/AIDS and poverty in general, and one of the most inspiring examples of humanitarian partnership I have ever seen." —Jim Morris, Former Executive Director, United Nations World Food Program"Presents compelling evidence to counter the argument that people in the developing world cannot change their behavior and incorporate drug therapy into their daily lives." —Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, co-editor of Pulling the Right ThreadsTable of ContentsForeword by Paul Farmer Acknowledgments1. Daniel2. Birth of a Partnership3. "We All Need to Be Doing More"4. "Seldom Has History Offered a Greater Opportunity"5. "We Are Not a Mortuary"6. Can Foreign Aid Work?7. The Power of the Academic Health Center8. AMPATH in Action9. Moving UpstreamEpilogueIndex

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Book SynopsisAssesses the development and implementation of UN ideas regarding sustainable economic development and human security, and also applies lessons learned to suggest ways in which the United Nations can play a fuller role in confronting the challenges of human survival with dignity in the 21st century.Trade ReviewA telling account of ideas in action. * The New York Review of Books *As the book makes clear, the UN is important as a site—or as a sort of ecological environment—for not just the exercise of power but also the exercise of imagination.November/December 2009 * Foreign Affairs *A telling account of ideas in action.May 27, 2010 * The New York Review of Books *Table of ContentsList of AbbreviationsList of Figures and Boxes Acknowledgments Foreword by [TBA]IntroductionI. UNIHP at a Glance1. Overview2. "Three UNs" and Their ImpactII. United Nations Ideas that Shaped the World3. Human Rights: From Aspiration to Implementation 4. Gender and Women's Rights: From Empowerment to Equality5. Development Policies: From National and Regional Perspectives to Beyond6. International Economic Relations: From National Interests to Global Solidarity 7. Development Ideologies: From Planning to Markets8. Social Development: From Sectoral to Integrated Perspectives9. Sustainability: From Protecting the Environment to Preserving Ecological Systems10. Peace and Human Security: From States to Individuals11. Human Development: From Narrower to Broader Horizons III. A Future for the UN and the Planet12. A Balance Sheet13. Challenges Ahead14. Strengthening Global GovernanceNotesIndexAbout the AuthorsAbout UNIHP

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Book SynopsisExamines the life and work of women who have reached positions of political power after the end of communism in Europe. This book explores the roles they have adopted, the relationships they have cultivated, and the agendas they have pursued.Trade Review[T]his is a well-researched and well-organized volume. It should be standard reading for both scholars interested in woman politicians generally and post-Communist politics in particular. Its importance lies in the questions that it raises, perhaps more so than the answers it provides. 69.3, July 2010 * The Russian Review *By not focusing on the post-communist superstar, this book draws a nuanced picture of the various women serving as members of parliament in the post-communist era. ... As the women describe their routes to parliament and their work there, they create an account of their experiences with and in power that is comparable to those of women in the West. -- Elisheva Zakheim * Feminist Review *[This] book provides genuinely interesting and legible data and analyses that inform us – both in a comparative sense, and by giving voice to individual actors – on the subject of women's pervasive and persistent inequality in the sphere of high politics. * Canadian — American Slavic Studies *[T]his edited volume is an important addition to the comparative literature on women in politics. It helps illuminate gender politics in an important, unique, and understudied region. . . . Overall, this niche-filling book is a welcome addition to the libraries of both political sociologists and gender scholars. It is a valuable resource, whether used for reference or instruction. * Contemporary Sociology *Unlike so many other edited works, with its succinct and suitable introduction and conclusion, Rueschemeyer and Wolchik's study manages to bring these contributions into a valuable and united whole. . . . This volume is a valuable addition for students of gender politics, as well as of those of post-Communist Central and East Central European cultures and societies. * H-SAE, H-Net Reviews *The volume fills an important scholarly gap by examining transitions in the political, economic, and social spheres of the postcommunist world. . . . [A] real empirical contribution to the study of women in power. * Slavic Review *Table of Contents I Introduction Marilyn Rueschemeyer and Sharon L. Wolchik PART ONEII Women in the Russian Duma Linda J. Cook and Carol Nechemias III Is There a Women's Lobby in the Polish Parliament: Progress and Current Difficulties Renata SiemienskaIV Women in the Slovene Parliament: Working toward a Critical Mass Milica Antic Gaber V Women in Power in the Czech Republic: Problems and Prospects Sharon L. WolchikVI East German Women in the Unified German Parliament Marilyn RueschemeyerVII Reflections on the Return of the King: Women in the Bulgarian Parliament Karen Ghodsee PART TWO VIII Conversations with Russian Parliamentarians Linda J. Cook and Carol Nechemias IX The Perspective of the Head of the Parliamentary Women's Group: Senator Dorota Kempka Speaks with Agnieszka Majcher X A Specialist in Culture in the Slovene Parliament Majda Sirca XI Negotiating the Czech Parliament Anna CurdovaXII From the German Democratic Republic to the European Parliament Constanze KrehlXIII Entering the Bulgarian Parliament Kina Andreeva XIV ConclusionMarilyn Rueschemeyer and Sharon L. Wolchik Selected Bibliography About the Authors

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Book SynopsisExamines English films and television dramas as they relate to English culture in the 20th century. This book traces themes such as the influence of US crime drama on English film, and film adaptations of literary works as they appear in screen work from the 1930s. It also analyzes the documentary "Listen to Britain".Trade Review. . . ambitious and expansive . . . . -- Lucy Scholes * TLS - Times Literary Supplement *A substantive, seductive, charming piece of work, this book is a paradigm of good sense and clarity—neither pedantic nor trendy. . . . Highly recommended. November 2010 * Choice *I recommend this book to those who take pleasure in cinema; I prescribe it to those who need to learn how to write about the aesthetics of cinema, not the ideology of culture.Issue 30 - 2011 * Screening the Past *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceIntroduction: By Way of Hanif Kureishi and Stephen Frears1. Wartime Pageantry The Archers on Pilgrimage Screen Processions and Village Pageants The Documentary Pageant: Jennings's Listen to Britain2. American Gangsters, English Crime Films, and Dennis Potter George Orwell versus James Hadley Chase Contending with America In Search of an English Crime Film The Singing Detective as Summa Criminologica3. Two Texts to Screen How to Adapt Dickens, and How Not to Do It Ishiguro and Merchant-Ivory, Upstairs and Downstairs4. The Strange Potencies of Music Rawsthorne and Rachmaninoff Rolling Out the Barrel, Looking Up and Laughing Distant Voices and Lip-Synched LivesConclusion: By Way of Tony Harrison and Alan BennettNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisDeals with the subject of how Jews think about and work with objects. This title draws from philosophy, cultural studies, literature, psychology, film, and photography to portray the vibrancy of Jewish practice in America. It offers an approach to an understanding of modern Jewish thought and its relation to American culture.Trade ReviewKen Koltun-Fromm's fascinating account of American Jewish thinkers' engagement with material culture explores a subject largely commanded by social historians . . . [His] chapters engage fascinating topics in clear-headed and searching discussions. * Shofar *Material Culture and Jewish Thought in America invites us to re-examine a range of religious-philosophical sources, for which we should be grateful. * Jewish Book World *Koltun-Fromm brings a synthetic approach, and thus, fresh air, to what has too long remained a narrowly focused set of questions. Scholars in a variety of fields will find relevant and rewarding discussions in these pages. Volume 37, Number 4, Dec. 2011 * Religious Studies Review *[This book] offers a bracing insight into the current, vibrant state of American Jewish studies.7/16/10 -- Josh Lambert * Forward *In this tightly argued and sophisticated monograph, Koltun-Fromm seeks to locate and explore the experiences of American Jews with physical objects and things as diverse as journals and urban streets. . . . All libraries supporting such patrons should seriously consider its purchase. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Material Culture and Jewish Identity in America1. The Material Self: Mordecai Kaplan and the Art of Writing2. The Material Past: Edward Bernays, Joshua Liebman, and Erich Fromm3. Material Place: Joseph Soloveitchik and the Urban Holy4. Material Presence: Abraham Joshua Heschel and The Sabbath5. The Material Narrative: Yezierska, Roth, Ozick, Malamud6. The Material Gaze: American Jewish Identity and Heritage ProductionConclusion: American or Jewish Material Identity?NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisUsing South African cinema as a lens through which to view cultural changes resulting from the end of apartheid in 1994, this title examines how media transformed the meaning of race and nation during this period and argues that, as apartheid was disbanded and new racial constructs allowed, South Africa quickly sought a new mode of representation.Trade Review"... an important and pathbreaking contribution to film studies and to the literature on South African cinema.... No monograph or piece of individual scholarship of this kind exists on cinema in postapartheid South Africa." —Sean Jacobs, University of MichiganTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Burdens of Representation2. State and Market Enter the Race3. The Moment of Truth: Screening the Truth and Reconciliation Commission4. Community and Pandemic: Cinematic Interventions in STEPS for the Future5. Quo Vadis? Counter-Cinema in South Africa Today6. The Dialectic of Reconciliation in De Voortrekkers and Come See the BioscopeNotesFilmographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrailblazing representations of black womanhoodTrade ReviewWriting the Black Revolutionary Diva is a lovely book. Brown manages to reinvigorate common notions like wellness, healing, recovery, and pain with the kind of critical rigor that makes them useful in cultural studies but refuses to burden them with unnecessary complexity. . . . Writing the Black Revolutionary Diva and its ideas will be instructive for a very long time to come. * Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature *Brown's work is one of the most thorough studies and critiques of black women's writing to date. September, 2011 * H-1960s *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsPrelude1. From Soul Cleavage to Soul Survival: Double-Consciousness and the Emergence of the Decolonized Text/Subject2. "Who Is the Black Woman?": Repositioning the Gaze and Reconstructing Images in The Black Woman: An Anthology and Essence Magazine3. Constructing Diva Citizenship: The Enigmatic Angela Davis as Case Study4. Return to the Flesh: The Revolutionary Ideology behind the Poetry of Jayne Cortez5. She Dreams a World: The Decolonized Text and the New World Order, Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt EatersCoda: This Is Not Just about "Inward Navel-Gazing": Decolonizing My Own Mind as a Critical StanceNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSpace, governance, and ethnic conflict in contested citiesTrade ReviewThis book offers valuable interdisciplinary perspectives on the nature of identity conflicts and governance, and their impacts upon the urban condition. This book is an insightful read for the urbanist, sociologist, political geographer, and historian alike—or anyone for that matter who is searching for a deeper understanding of the complexities of identities and their relations with networks of sovereignty. * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface and AcknowledgmentsA Note on DatesIntroduction: Cities and Sovereignty: Identity Conflicts in the Urban Realm / Diane E. Davis and Nora Libertun de DurenPart 1. Modes of Sovereignty, Urban Governance, and the City 1. Jerusalem at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: Spatial Continuity and Social Fragmentation / Nora Libertun de Duren 2. Imperial Nationhood and Its Impact on Colonial Cities: Issues of Intergroup Peace and Conflict in Pondicherry and Vietnam / Anne Raffin 3. Confessionalism and Public Space in Ottoman and Colonial Jerusalem / Salim TamariPart 2. Scales of Sovereignty and the Remaking of Urban and National Space 4. Sovereignty, Nationalism, and Globalization in Bilbao and the Basque Country / Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría 5. Contesting the Legitimacy of Urban Restructuring and Highways in Beirut's Irregular Settlements / Agnès Deboulet and Mona Fawaz 6. Urban Locational Policies and the Geographies of Post-Keynesian Statehood in Western Europe / Neil BrennerPart 3. Sovereignty, Representation, and the Urban Built Environment 7. Iconic Architecture and Urban, National, and Global Identities / Leslie Sklair 8. The Temptations of Nationalism in Modern Capital Cities / Lawrence J. Vale 9. Hurvat haMidrash—The Ruin of the Oracle: Louis Kahn's Influence on the Reconstruction of the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem / Eric OrozcoConclusion: Theoretical and Empirical Reflections on Cities, Sovereignty, Identity, and Conflict / Diane E. DavisList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisOne woman's unconventional path to self-discoveryTrade ReviewNiemann has a taut, lyrically restrained but vividly descriptive style, with an observational vigilance befitting a brakeman's mindset, and her narrative clips along like a boxcar rolling through the yard. June/July 2011 * Bloom Magazine *Boomer is a fascinating mix of fact, history, self-confession, self-accusation, and self-forgiveness—a diary of both emotional relationships and travel. * Pasatiempo *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the Indiana edition by Leslie Marmon Silko1. Breaking In2. Under the Freeways3. Boomer in a Boom Town4. Brakettes Invade Tucson5. Pasadena Gothic6. The Monterey Local7. This is the Place8. Cadillac Ranch9. The Pass to the North10. Down the Line11. Versions of Home12. A Road to Ride13. Northline14. Shasta15. End of TrackGlossary

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Book SynopsisHow major research universities contribute to undergraduate teachingTrade Review[This] book contributes significantly to the national discussion of teaching and learning in higher education, and it reflects well on the commitment of Indiana University and other research institutions to improve student learning through leadership and the support of scholarly research.Vol. 77.2 March/April 2006 -- James J. F. Forest * U.S. Military academy *The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is a fine resource, solidly recommended. April 2011 * Midwest Book Review *Drawn from the four-year Scholarship of Teaching and Learning program at Indiana University, the 12 articles in this collection illustrate the contributions that research universities make to pedagogical advances in higher education.Spring 2005 * Research & Creative Activity / RUGS *Table of ContentsFigures and TablesList of ContributorsPreface 1. Visions of the Possible: Models for Campus Support of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Lee S. Shulman 2. Transforming Students into Historical Researchers:A Photographic Historian's Perspective Claude Cookman 3. The Stone Age in the Information Age: Helping Undergraduates Think like Archaeologists Jeanne Sept 4. Studies of Teaching and Learning in the Context of One-on-One Interactions: A Clinical Perspective Moya L. Andrews 5. Bringing Contemporary Quantitative Methods into the Undergraduate Computer Classroom William E. Becker and William H. Greene 6. The Research-Teaching-Research Cycle: One Biologist's Experience Craig E. Nelson7. The Three Faces of SOTL: The Contribution of the Summer Freshman Institute Project to Service, Teaching and Research Bernice A. Pescosolido, Jeni Loftus, Stacy Scherr, Laura Fingerson, Kathryn Gold Hadley, Jenny Stuber and Paul Ruggerio Namaste 8. The Contributions of the Research University to Assessment and Innovation in Undergraduate Education George D. Kuh 9. "In My Class? No.": Professors' Accounts of Grade Inflation Janice McCabe and Brian Powell 10. Educational Assessment and Underlying Models of Cognition Lei Bao and Edward F. Redish 11. A Critique of the Quantitative Research on Teaching: Which Methods Work William E. Becker 12. The Mathematics Throughout the Curriculum Project Daniel P. Maki, Marc Frantz, and Bart S. Ng Index

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Book SynopsisPublic discourse and everyday life during the last days of YugoslaviaTrade ReviewAnthropologist Živković takes readers a long way toward a long overdue, fair-minded, and full analysis of the Serbian imaginary. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Serbian Dreambook is a must-read for all—graduate students and scholars in social sciences, even political scientists and journalists—interested in European identities, particularly southeastern European identities: how they are created, perpetuated, and sustained. It also contributes to the further understanding of present-day political realities in Serbia. * AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST *[E]ssential for anyone interested in Serbian and Yugoslav history and Balkan studies more generally. * SLAVIC REVIEW *[The author] analyzes the ways in which intellectuals contributed to and directly supported the nationalistic discourse of Milosevic's Serbia, relying on the Kosovo narrative of victimhood and exceptionalism. * WORLD LITERATURE TODAY *Živković proves to be an engaging, but also well-informed, guide to ways in which certain key aspects of Serbian history, geography and culture are not only produced but also endlessly debated and assigned new meanings. Primarily addressed to readers in social and cultural anthropology, the book will also be of use to historians: the theory is sophisticated, but worn relatively lightly, with attempts to engage the lay reader. Quite lengthy endnotes provide necessary context and explanation for the uninitiated, as do a dozen or so suggestive illustrations. * English Historical Review *[A] fascinating addition to Indiana University Press's series on 'New Anthropologies of Europe,' as well as a contribution to the broader academic literature related to the decline of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Unlike most studies of this period, which focus on the larger ethnonationalist, political, and historical processes that divided Yugoslavia under the leadership of Slobodan Milošević, Živković draws attention to the private narratives that Serbian civilians used to make sense of their shifting roles and social realities in the new Serbia. In doing so, Živković reveals a complex matrix of ethnonationalist mythologies that were revised and reinvented by Serbian civilians in their efforts to come to terms with the lived experiences of political upheaval, war, and mass atrocities. 40.1 2013 * ORAL HISTORY REVIEW *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Belgrade2 Serbia's Position in European Geo-Political Imaginings3 Highlanders and Lowlanders4 Tender-hearted Criminals and the Reverse Pygmalion5 Serbian Jeremiads: Too Much Character, Too Little Kultur6 Glorious Pasts and Imagined Continuities: The Most Ancient People7 Narrative Cycles: From Kosovo to Jadovno8 "The Wish to be a Jew," or the Power of the Jewish Trope9 Garbled Genres: Conspiracy Theories, Everyday Life and the Poetics of Opacity10 Mille vs. Transition: a super informant in the slushy swamp of Serbian politicsConclusion: Chrono-tropes and AwakeningsNotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe two-sided traditions of multiple births in AfricaTrade ReviewThe book's sixteen excellent essays are not so much about the lives of actual human twins, a subject that is only briefly discussed in a few chapters, but rather about African ideas concerning twins as they relate to broader conceptions of the cosmos, the social order, and humans' place within it. * African Arts *Philip Peek is to be congratulated on marshalling such a diverse range of papers on the topic of twins in ritual practice, belief and the arts. . . . He succeeds entirely in including sufficiently diverse approaches to the topic to annoy and satisfy everyone in equal measure. The broad range of views and wide ethnographic coverage of twins in sub-Saharan and diaspora communities encompassed here makes this an indispensable work for researchers, lecturers and students alike. * Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford *[T]his book will prove useful to general readers and academics alike, especially those who are interested in religion, cosmology, cultural transfers, sociology, history, and anthropology. * African Studies Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Beginning to Rethink Twins / Philip M. PeekPart 1. Roots 2. Twins and Double Beings among the Bamana and Maninka of Mali / Pascal James Imperato and Gavin H. Imperato 3. Twins and Intertwinement: Reflections on Ambiguity and Ambivalence in Northwestern Namibia / Steven Van WolputtePart 2. Doubles and Dualities 4. Sustaining the Oneness in their Twoness: Poetics of Twin Figures (Ère Ìbejì) among the Yoruba / Babatunde Lawal 5. "Son Dos los Jimagüas" ("The Twins Are Two"): Worship of the Sacred Twins in Lucumí Religious Culture / Ysamur Flores-Pena 6. Twins, Couples, and Doubles and the Negotiation of Spirit-Human Identities among the Win / Susan Cooksey 7. Double Portraits: Images of Twinness in West African Studio Photography / C. Angelo MicheliPart 3. The Centrality of Liminality 8. Forever Liminal: Twins among the Kapsiki/Higi of North Cameroon and Northeastern Nigeria / Walter E. A. Van Beek 9. Snake, Bush, and Metaphor: Twinship among Ubangians / Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers 10. Fiction and Forbidden Sexual Fantasy in the Culture of Temne Twins / Frederick John Lamp 11. Embodied Dilemma: Tabwa Twinship in Thought and Performance / Allen F. Roberts 12. Children of the Moon: Twins in Luba Art and Ontology / Mary Nooter RobertsPart 4. Transformations 13. Two Equals Three: Twins and the Trickster in Haitian Vodou / Marilyn Houlberg 14. Divine Children: The Ibejis and the Erês in Brazilian Candomblé / Stefania Capone 15. The Ambiguous Ordinariness of Yoruba Twins / Elisha P. Renne 16. Twins, Albinos, and Vanishing Prisoners: A Mozambican Theory of Political Power / Paulo GranjoList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisInsights from four decades of survey research in the Middle EastTrade ReviewPublic Opinion in the Middle East . . . is a well-written compilation of public opinion research that reflects the past 30 to 40 years of political, social, and economic progression in the Middle East. More broadly, this text will be applicable to survey researchers whose populations of interest are hard to reach, reside in political situations that make research difficult, or are diverse in terms of religion, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. * PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY *[T]his book is a standard reference for students interested in Middle East politics, since it displays the frontline of the study of political culture in the Islamic world. Because of recent political developments in the Arab world, this book is expected to be used as a reference for future studies. * The Developing Economies *This volume is a valuable scholarly entry. . . . [T]he essays in this anthology touch upon core thematic issues profoundly relevant to the study of Middle East politics. It is a worthy contribution. * Intl. Journal of Middle East Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Public Opinion Research in the Arab and Muslim Middle EastPart One Domestic Politics1. Regime Orientation and Participant Citizenship in Developing Countries: Hypotheses and a Test with Longitudinal Data from Tunisia (1981) Mark Tessler and Patricia Freeman2. The Origins of Popular Support for Islamist Movements: A Political Economy Analysis (1997) Mark Tessler3. Islam and Democracy in the Middle East: The Impact of Religious Orientations on Attitudes toward Democracy in Four Arab Countries (2002) Mark Tessler 4. Political Generations in Developing Countries: Evidence and Insights from Algeria (2004) Mark Tessler, Carrie Konold and Megan Reif5. The Democracy Barometers: Attitudes in the Arab World (2008) Amaney Jamal and Mark Tessler Part Two Political Culture And Islam6. Political Culture in Turkey: Connections among Attitudes toward Democracy, the Military, and Islam (2004) Mark Tessler and Ebru Altinoglu7. Assessing the Influence of Religious Predispositions on Citizen Orientations Related to Governance and Democracy: Findings from Survey Research in Three Dissimilar Arab Societies (2006) Mark Tessler8. Democracy and the Political Culture Orientations of Ordinary Citizens: A Typology for the Arab World and Perhaps Beyond (2009) Mark Tessler and Eleanor GaoPart Three International Conflict9. Gender, Feminism, and Attitudes toward International Conflict: Exploring Relationships with Survey Data from the Middle East (1997) Mark Tessler and Ina Warriner10. Islam and Attitudes toward International Conflict: Evidence from Survey Research in the Arab World (1998) Mark Tessler and Jodi Nachtwey11. Further Tests of the Women and Peace Hypothesis: Evidence from Cross-National Survey Research in the Middle East (1999) Mark Tessler, Jodi Nachtwey and Audra Grant12. The Political Economy of Attitudes toward Peace among Palestinians and Israelis (2002) Jodi Nachtwey and Mark Tessler13. What Leads Some Ordinary Men and Women in Arab Countries to Approve of Terrorist Acts against the West: Evidence from Survey Research in Algeria and Jordan (2007) Mark Tessler and Michael D. H. RobbinsBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHow Jewish students promoted diversity in American cultureTrade ReviewThe Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism illuminates our understanding of American-Jewish culture and what we call the American experience. It is a grand study of the IMA's [Intercollegiate Menorah Association] enduring achievements. Vol. 63.1, 2011 * American Jewish Archives Journal *Private or public, school, synagogue or academic collections—if you are interested in the history and the formation of Jewish culture in America, the ongoing debate between the need for pluralism and the fear of assimilation, the differing ideologies and literature of identity formation—you must have (and read!) this book. * AJL Reviews *This ambitious work . . . rewards the reader with a greatly enriched understanding of American cultural pluralism and the context that gave rise to it. * American Historical Review *Greene recovers the lost efforts of the Menorah Journal association and demonstrates their shared interest in notions of pluralism. Hopefully this work will spark new conversations about the relationship between Jews, pluralism, and the United States in the past and the future. * American Jewish History *In his excellent book, The Jewish Origins of Cultural Pluralism . . . Daniel Greene tells the story of [the Harvard Menorah Society] which spread from Harvard to campuses across the country and became the Intercollegiate Menorah Association in 1913 . . . But beyond that, Greene tells the tale of the birth and development of cultural pluralism, the idea that undergirded the Menorah Association. Cultural pluralism, emerging out of a small Jewish student movement, would shape the way Americans understood their diverse nation, and provide the intellectual basis for modern multiculturalism. * Journal of Jewish Identities *This well-written text not only lays out the ideas associated with cultural pluralism as defined by Kallen and others but also offers readers an insight into the world of American higher education and its engagement and connection to the rise of Jewish intellectualism. * Menorah Review *Greene's text has done a great service by placing the social lives of Jews like Horace Kallen back into our consideration of a crucial term in American intellectual life. Grasping the Jewish origins of 'cultural pluralism' allows us to better ground its abstract claims, and to understand its flaws as well as its possibilities. * AJS Reviews *Greene makes out a good case for his contention that what happened to American Jewish college students is a good representation of what happened to American Jews generally during the early part of the 20th century. More significant is his analysis of cultural pluralism. These two elements of the book make for a useful addition to our comprehension of American Jewish history. * Buffalo Jewish Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: "Kultur Klux Klan or Cultural Pluralism"1. The Harvard Menorah Society and the Menorah Idea2. The Intercollegiate Menorah Association and the "Jewish Invasion" of American Colleges3. Cultural Pluralism and Its Critics4. Jewish Studies in an American Setting5. A Pluralist History and Culture6. Pluralism in FictionEpilogue: "The Promise of the Menorah Idea"NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisDiscusses social and moral values in the global Senegalese communityTrade Review"While the author's focus is on the transformation in the role of women both within the family network and in the marketplace, the book allows readers to better understand the impact of globalism on the citizens of Senegal.... Recommended." —Choice"Muslim Families in Global Senegal is certainly a must-read for scholars wishing to understand the daily and ritual exchanges through which West African Muslims cope with times of hardship and uncertainty.... [I]n addition to greatly facilitating the work of comparison for experts of other groups or areas in the region, the narrative fluidity and painstaking effort to contextualise and illuminate the minutiae of social life make this a suitable aid in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching." —Journal of Religion in Africa"A first-rate ethnography of Muslim women in Dakar.... provides not only a wealth of detail but extremely fine-grained analysis of women's exchange networks, both in the domains of commerce but especially in ritual contexts." —Robert Launay, Northwestern University"Muslim Families in Global Senegal is an engaging account of the struggles, at once moral and material, which Senegalese families face to ensure social reproduction in the current context of fiscal instability and religious reforms. It contributes a nuanced understanding of gendered economies in a Muslim society and is highly suitable for classroom adoption due to its relatively short length and the clarity of its presentation. Beth Buggenhagen brings to this ethnography a sustained history of research in Senegal as well as a keen understanding of the Murid diaspora and its role in the Senegalese economy." —Journal of African History"This book offers a powerful entry point into a world of meaning and practice that lies far beyond standard reports from the developing world that focuses on poverty, education, or the status of women." —IJAHS"A lively, insightful, and important study of exchange practices between Senegal and a circuit of global trade. The innovative focus is on the meanings, not the social and economic functions, of exchange." —Karen Tranberg Hansen, Northwestern University"Since the early 1990s, Beth Buggenhagan has been working with an extended Wolof Muslim family in urban Senegal, following the trajectories, travels and tribulations of various members... What makes the book a unique and innovative contribution... is the way it addresses the broad theme of continuity and change..." —AfricaTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsNames and RelationshipsPrologue: Welcome to Khar Yalla1. Global Senegal2. Homes and Their Histories3. The Promise of Paradise4. A Tale of Two Sisters5. A Lamb Slaughtered6. Home Economics7. Only TroubleEpilogueGlossary of Arabic and Wolof TermsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisDetails the culinary life of a Vietnamese townTrade ReviewFor students, researchers, or everyday readers looking to explore the area of nutritional anthropology, Avieli provides a wonderfully written ethnographic narrative that is as engaging as it is appetizing. * Allegra *Rice Talks brings a unique perspective to the study of foodways. The rich ethnography of the culinary sphere of Hoi An fills an important gap in the study of Vietnamese culture, and the theoretical framework adds a new dimension to the study of foodways. . . . For anyone interested in doing a comparative study of the culinary sphere, Rice Talks is a highly valuable addition to anthropological studies on food. * Sojourn *Rice Talks deserves a readership beyond its obvious geographical constituency. This book makes a thought-provoking intervention in anthropology's long-running engagement with the culinary sphere, and anyone interested in identity, community, and contemporary foodways will find stimulating arguments to debate here. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *[T]his is a carefully detailed study, which is easily accessible because it is largely jargon free. For those teaching a course on foodways, it would be highly suitable because it illustrates a particular approach well and offers a view on a cuisine that has not been extensively explored in the existing literature. * Social and Cultural Geography *Written in a clearly accessible style, this book will be greatly welcomed by food researchers, teachers of undergraduate anthropology classes, and general readers, who will then understandably want to search out a good Vietnamese restaurant in their neighborhood. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Deciphering the Hoianese Meal 2. The Social Dynamics of the Home Meal 3. Local Specialties–Local Identity 4. Feasting with the Dead and the Living 5. Wedding Feasts: From Culinary Scenarios to Gastro-anomie 6. Food and Identity in Hoianese Community Festivals 7. Rice-cakes and Candied Oranges: Culinary Symbolism in the Big Vietnamese Festivals Conclusion: Food and Culture Interconnections Epilogue: Doing Fieldwork in Hoi An Glossary NotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisPresents a variety of primary sources on the lives of Russian women from the reign of Peter the Great to the Bolshevik revolution. This is a guide to the social, economic, political, and cultural history of women in Imperial Russia. It includes illustrations, a chronology, a glossary of Russian terms, a map, and a guide to further reading.Trade Review"Women can do everything, men can do the rest." "Between a woman's 'yes' and a woman's 'no,' it's hard to pass a needle." "What goes in with mother's milk goes out with the soul." --Russian proverbsTable of ContentsIntroductionCHAPTER I: Defining IdealsCHAPTER II: Family LifeCHAPTER III: SexualityCHAPTER IV: Work and SchoolingCHAPTER V: Religion, Piety, and Spiritual LifeCHAPTER VI: Opposition and ActivismGlossarySuggested Readings in EnglishIndex

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Book SynopsisDefines more than 1,200 terms and concepts that have been found useful in research and theory on the nonprofit sector. The entries reflect the importance of associations, citizen participation, philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofit management, volunteer administration, leisure, and political activities of nonprofits.Trade ReviewMore than 60 pages of bibliography provide an excellent resource for anyone wishing to review the key literature in the field. * Philanthropy UK *. . . offers over 1,200 entries that review prior theoretical and research aspects of nonprofits. It highlights the multidisciplinary facets of the field with a review of the basic terminology of philanthropy, politics, and volunteerism. The goal is to have these entries eventually become the benchmark for researchers, along with novice readers, while reaching a global audience. Entries are listed in alphabetical order, and most are cross—referenced to a generous 60—page bibliography. Academics and researchers can benefit from the clustering of these entries into 10 conceptual areas of the nonprofit sector, which include the topics of law, religion, and association management. . . . Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, faculty/researchers, and practitioners of nonprofit management. * Choice *This book will be useful for major business administration programs and associations that work with nonprofits. -- Judith J. Field * American Reference Books Annual *The collection of terms and concepts for which definitions are offered here is wide-ranging, and the great majority of them are of real significance for those with broad interests in the nonprofit sector and the organizations related to it. The definitions are cogent, clear . . . I would say this volume has substantial utility as a reference tool.September 2008 -- Thomas Jeavons * Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly *[A] useful book to have on the bookshelf whether nonprofit manager, consultant, or government official.2010, Volume 21 * VOLUNTAS :Intnl Jrnl Voluntary & Non-profit Organizations *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsLexicographic NoteIntroduction: Defining Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector Terms and ConceptsDictionary of Terms and ConceptsBibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review. . . truly the cornerstone for the study of Russian music before the nineteenth century . . . a refreshingly balanced presentation of both sacred and secular music traditions that is truly remarkable in its breadth of scholarship and detail. . . . Findeizen's History deserves high praise and enthusiastic endorsement; it belongs on every post secondary-course reading list as the preeminent source for the study of Russia's musical heritage.April 2009 -- Gregory Myers * Port Moody, BC, Canada *. . . Meticulously indexed, it includes relevant musical scores as appendices and is wonderfully illustrated with everything from images of instruments to skomorokhi. There are copious tables of little known musical terms, samples of chastushki, synopses of operas, lists of published works and famous musicians and composers. . . If it took place in Russia from 1 AD to the end of the 1800s and had to do with music, you are likely to find something in here about it. An invaluable reference work.July 2008 * Russian Life *Copiously illustrated, comprehensive, and exhaustive . . . . a historical first. . . . deserves high praise and enthusiastic endorsement . . . as the preeminent source for the study of Russia's musical heritage.Vol. 68.2 April 2009 -- Gregory Myers * Port Moody, BC, Canada *Certainly, there is still much to be learnt about Russian music before Glinka, and even for those working on the music of the nineteenth, twentieth and now twenty-first centuries, Findeizen and his editors are models for us all.Vol. 88, no. 4, October 2010 * Slavonic & East European Review *Findeyzen's major work . . . remains the foundation-stone on which all later work on the history of Russian music before the 19th century has been built. -- Gerald Abraham * The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians *Findeizen's prose provides a fascinating narrative, and the translator, Samuel William Pring, has succeeded in conveying its original flavour. . . . I can attest that undertaking a translation and commentary that would meet present-day academic criteria must have seemed an almost impossible task. That is why I wish to emphasize that the completion of this project is one worth celebrating, and that the collective labour of those involved deserves the approbation of the wider musicological community.Vol. 6.2 2009 -- Marina Ritzarev * Eighteenth-Century Music *Table of ContentsEditors' Introduction to Volume 1Author's PrefaceList of Abbreviations1. Introduction. The Predecessors of the Slavs2. Pagan Rus'3. Kievan Rus'4. Novgorod the Great5. The Activities of the Skomorokhi in Russia6. Music and Musical Instruments in Russian Miniatures, Woodcuts, and Glossaries7. A Survey of Old Russian Folk Instruments8. Music in Ancient Moscow (Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries)9. Music in the Monastery. Chashi (Toasts). Bell Ringing. Sacred Performances (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries)10. Music in Court Life in the Seventeenth Century11. A Brief Survey of Singers, Composers, and Music Theorists of the Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries12. Music and Theater in the Age of Peter the GreatMusic AppendixNotesVolume 1 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFirst published by Indiana University in 1982, this illustrated book places emphasis on ecology with descriptions of Indiana's habitats, climate, and vegetation and detailed species accounts. It summarizes knowledge about Indiana's mammal species.Trade Review. . . this is one of the better state mammals book[s] around. The authors provide incredibly thorough and detailed descriptions for a book of this scope, and include abundant visual aids and key references. This book is a must have for any public and academic library in Indiana or the surrounding region. Vol. 40 2009 -- Kevin McDonough * American Reference Books Annual *The usefulness of this updated volume extends beyond Indiana, and is a major contribution to North American mammalogy. . . . Highly recommended.July 2009 * Choice *The new edition of this excellent contribution to the literature in mammalogy for Indiana is a bigeographic approach with special focus on ecology.2009 * Mammalia 73 *Table of ContentsPrefacePreface to Second Edition Introduction I. Indiana: The State as an Environment Physiographic Features Vegetation Climate Habitats II. The Mammals of Indiana Pleistocene Mammals Recently Extirpated Species Extirpated but Reintroduced Native Species Extirpated Native Species Species of Questionable Recent Occurrence Species Treated as Extirpated Earlier; Probably Never Occurred in Indiana Species Nearly Extirpated or of Accidental Occurrence in Indiana Species Probably Incorrectly Reported Species Introduced Early, Then Disappeared Endangered and Threatened Species of Indiana Distribution Migration Hibernation Reproduction Population/Community Studies Food Habits Parasites and Other Associates Humans, Agriculture, and Domestic Animals Taxonomy Key to the OrdersSpecies AccountsOrder DIDELPHIMORPHIA — OpossumOrder SORICOMORPHA - Shrews and MolesOrder CHIROPTERA — BatsOrder LAGOMORPHA — RabbitsOrder RODENTIA - RodentsOrder CARNIVORAOrder ARTIODACTYLAReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisA guide to the contemporary art of quilting for quilters and collectors alike. It illustrates the various styles of quilt art, introduces artists, and discusses aspects of their art. It gives an overview of exhibition and marketing opportunities and lists art quilt organizations at the national, regional, and local levels.Trade ReviewToday's quilts are not just family heirlooms stored in a trunk. The concept of quilts as an art medium has created the terms "quilt art," "contemporary quilts," "studio quilts," and "art quilts." Quilts have become fiber or textile arts, part of a larger movement of crafts to fine arts status. Quilters are now artists who make wall hangings, study color and design, and display their work in galleries. Quilts are made with nontraditional materials and can be enhanced with embellishments, paint, photo transfers, or other media. Collectors and museums are acquiring quilts and displaying them as art. In this handsome book, independent scholar Lenkowsky reviews the history of the studio quilt and offers a critical discussion of the work of 19 prominent quilt artists. This very useful volume provides a guide for buyers and collectors, a glossary, a short bibliography, and biographies of the featured artists. Also offered is information on how to learn more about collecting, buying, and commissioning studio quilts, along with material on practical matters such as displaying, storing, and insuring quilts. Lushly illustrated, this volume is a feast for the eyes that will help to inspire not only quilters but also artists in other media. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. -- N. J. Quinlan, Nova Southeastern University * Choice *"This is a well-researched and beautifully illustrated introduction to quilt art, a field that has emerged from its historic origins and flourishes today as a dynamic expression of modern art. Winter 2009" * Surface Design *"This oversized book is full of vibrant colors of a few traditional quilts, but the majority are imaginative designs and creations of contemporary men and women.August 1, 2008" -- Florence Waskelewicz Clowes * Polish American Journal *"Contemporary Quilt Art is a big, erudite, and beautifully produced book in the style done so well by university presses.... [T]his book is a must for any private or guild quilt library.September 3, 2008" * Quilt Channel *"The book exudes a conservative and distinguished spirit, offers impeccable print quality, and is crammed with information for quilters and their cultural community; thus it merits inclusion in any quilt library!" * Textile Forum *"Lenkowsky's survey of the studio-quilt movement makes an important contribution to scholarship on the evolution and current status of the medium.Nov/Dec 2008" * Fiberarts *"Lushly illustrated, this volume is a feast for the eyes that will help to inspire not only quilters but also artists in other media.... Highly recommended.November 2008" -- N. J. Quinlan * Nova Southeastern University *"A well-researched and beautiful book with 142 color photographs, including detail pictures of many of the quilts, Lenkowsky goes a long way towards accomplishing her goal of making the art quilt understandable and accessible to a wide audience.Vol. 32 no. 2" * Museum Anthropology *"In quiltmaker/author Kate Lenkowsky's Contemporary Quilt Art, she educates readers with remarkable verbal and visual dexterity; she alters our perception of quilts, converting us to the religion of quilts as art. It is a revelatory experience.... The accompanying vivid color photographs of the artists' quilts is enough by itself to make you want to own this publication: Each photograph vibrates with crispness and saturated color. Indiana University Press deserves praise for what it has put together." * Deseret News *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsNote on TerminologyPart 1. Introduction1. The Evolution of a New Art Form from an Old TraditionTraditionEarly InnovationsUnique among the CraftsThe Arrival of Modern Art and Some Talented ImmigrantsThe Return of Studio CraftA New Spirit Emerges in Textile and Fiber ArtThe "New" Modern Art Takes Center StageFiber and Textile Art Begin to Flourish"Homemade" Makes a Comeback, and Quilt Guilds ProliferateA New Art Form Begins to Evolve: Early Influences and ChallengesMuseums Play a RoleOld Skills Are Revived Artists Take Charge of the MediumBuilding a Support SystemThe New QuiltsAn Important Question Is RaisedAchieving Professional StatusNew ChallengesSome Final Thoughts and ObservationsPart 2. Artists2. Liz Axford3. Susan Brandeis4. Rachel Brumer5. Pauline Burbidge6. Elizabeth Busch7. Jean Williams Cacicedo8. Dorothy Caldwell9. Kyoung Ae Cho10. Nancy Crow11. Nancy Erickson12. Carole Harris13. Ana Lisa Hedstrom14. Marilyn Henrion15. Michael James16. Jan Myers-Newbury17. Ris? Nagin18. Joy Saville19. Joan Schulze20. Julie John UpshawPart 3. A Guide for Buyers and Collectors21. Educational Resources and the Market Museums Collections and Acquisition Policies Making Use of Museum Resources The International Quilt Study Center The Quilt Index Internet Galleries Private Galleries An Overview What to Expect Cooperative GalleriesNational and International Competitions Regional and Traveling Exhibitions Fiber Art Destinations Open Studio Days Large Quilt Shows and Festivals Local Guild Exhibitions Student Work Charitable Auctions22. Suggestions for Buyers23. Collecting: Some Well-Known Collectors and What We Can Learn from Them 24. Suggestions for Beginning Collectors25. Working with an Art ConsultantTraining and Responsibilities Fees26. Commissioning a Quilt27. Displaying, Caring for, and Storing Studio QuiltsDisplaying Your QuiltsHanging QuiltsSleeve Casing MethodStepsFramingCare InstructionsStorage28. What You Should Know about Appraisals29. Insuring Your Art30. ResourcesMuseums (Selected)Art Centers, Textile and Textile Art Centers (A Sampling)Artist Networks (A Sampling)Galleries (A Sampling)Juried Art Quilt ExhibitionsJuried, Mixed Traditional and Art Quilt Exhibitions/CompetitionsJuried Fiber Art ExhibitionsJuried Craft and Studio Quilt ExhibitsFine Craft Shows and FairsOverseas ExhibitsPublications of InterestAdditional Educational ResourcesEvent CalendarsCare ResourcesDisplay SystemsInsuranceArt ConsultantsGlossaryNotesSuggested ReadingsArtist BiographiesIndex

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Book SynopsisA conservationist history of IndianaTrade Review[This] book details natural habitats, man-made habitats, land use, soils, plants and wildlife. It covers everything from endangered species to invasive species and is a great reference for anyone interested in conserving Indiana's environment. * wbiw.com *Whitaker and Amlaner . . . along with 15 authorities on Indiana wildlife and ecology, provide contributions to this groundbreaking, well-illustrated volume on Indiana's eight wildlife habitats and its many ecological communities. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction Part I – A Statewide Overview: Land Use, Soils, Flora and Wildlife 1. Land Use and Human Impacts on Habitats 2. Soils 3. Vascular Plants and Vertebrate Wildlife Part II – Natural Habitats: Changes over Two Centuries 4. Forest Lands 5. Grasslands 6. Wetlands 7. Aquatic System 8. Barren Lands 9. Subterranean Systems Part III – Man-Made Habitats: Changes over Two Centuries 10. Agricultural Habitats 11. Developed Lands Part IV – Species Concerns: Declining Natives and Invading Exotics 12. Extirpated, Endangered, and Threatened Native Species 13. Exotic and Invasive Species 14. Species Scientifically Described from Indiana Conclusion: Summary and Research Needs Appendices General information Soils Plants Fishes Amphibians and Reptiles Birds Mammals Invertebrates Maps created by ASTERGlossary Literature Index

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Book SynopsisBringing the flavour of the Caribbean to your kitchenTrade ReviewIf you've been to the Caribbean, Paradise Kitchen, with its intriguing yet simple recipes, and gorgeous photos will take you back to that place of pristine beaches and azure waters. If you haven't been, you're going to want to visit after reading this book. June 15, 2011 * The Herald-Times *From coconut martinis, to spicy Caribbean stews ... Paradise Kitchen is a solidly recommended read for those who want the spice of paradise without going to paradise.July, 2011 * Wisconsin Bookwatch *The recipes in Paradise Kitchen, from Anguillan Paella to Warm Coconut Lime Tarts, are full of the warmth and color of the Caribbean. As we head into fall and winter, a little island flavor is a very welcome thing. August/September 2011 * Bloom Magazine *Cooks interested in Caribbean fare will find this offers many innovations on tropical themes, from a Coconut Martini to Orr's creative innovations based on Caribbean ingredients. Any ethnic cookery collection needs this!October 2011 * Midwest Book Review *The cookbook is a fun romp of tropical flavors interlaced with island culture and traditions, with a fine selection of recipes. It's as much fun reading this cookbook as trying the recipes for everything from an all-green gazpacho to tamarind-glazed grouper. * onlineathens.com *[Y]ou can expect some wonderful recipes drawing on both Anguillian and wider Caribbean influences, but also some great insights on the history and culture of the region. This is much more than just a fine cookbook. * www.caribbeanedge.com *[T]he recipes are unique, flavorful, and offer a great look into the local cuisine. There are spice blend recipes that you could use on dishes you create yourself. And, it's just a fun book to leaf through and enjoy. If you've ever been on an island vacation, Paradise Kitchen will allow you to re-create some of the culinary experience. * www.cookbookman.com *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Finding ParadiseCaribbean Food Glossary1. Breakfast at the Beach2. Sunrise Shakes and Smoothies3. Soups and Salads to Beat the Heat4. Energize Your Afternoons: Anytime Energizing Vegetable Juices5. Tango with Tapas6. Caribbean Cocktails7. Homemade Flavored Rums8. Island Starters9. Liming It Up under Pressure: Making Your Gramma's Pressure Cooker Your Friend10. Fish: Brain Food11. Grilled Lobster 10112. Cooking for Carnivores: Getting to the Meat of It13. Sides and Accompaniments14. Caribbean Condiments: Making Every Day Extraordinary15. Bush Teas16. Sunny Sweets17. Recipes for the BodyAppendixes The Perfect Storm: How to Prepare for a Hurricane From One Island to Another: Daniel Orr's Article from the AnguillianIndex

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Book SynopsisHow language and marginalia shape the perception of a landmark legal textTrade Review. . . an indisputably good book. . . assiduous scholarship illumines . . . . * American Historical Review *McGerr has done an excellent job in reminding her audience to pay attention not only to the words in the manuscript, but their margin as well. McGerr's prose is fantastic, too, flowing naturally and being free from unnecessary jargon. * Mediaevistik *[McGerr's] study, scholarly and intuitive in equal measure, demonstrates that what may appear to be an inert status symbol, is actually a highly charged, and exquisitely wrought, political document. * Renaissance Quarterly *McGerr has examined what might otherwise appear to be a common fifteenth-century legal text and has successfully demonstrated the ways in which its visual characteristics may have much greater political implications. * RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cutlural Heritage *Combining evidence and analyses from literature, codicology, history, and art history, A Lancastrian Mirror for Princes returns a considerable dividend for investing sustained attention in one manuscript. * The Medieval Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Margin and the Center—Framing a Reading of a Legal Manuscript1. The Yale New Statutes Manuscript and Medieval English Statute Books: Similarities and Differences2. Royal Portraits and Royal Arms: The Iconography of the Yale New Statutes Manuscript3. The Queen and the Lancastrian Cause: The Yale New Statutes Manuscript and Margaret of Anjou4. Educating the Prince: The Yale New Statutes Manuscript and Lancastrian Mirrors for Princes5. "Grace Be Our Guide": The Cultural Significance of a Medieval Law BookAppendix 1: Chronology of EventsAppendix 2: Codicological Description of New Haven, Yale Law School, Lillian Goldman Law Library MssG +St11 no.1NotesBibliographyIndexPlates appear after page 000.

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Book SynopsisExplores early Depression-era politics on Chicago's South SideTrade ReviewThe Depression Comes to the South Side will be a useful study for experts seeking to fill in gaps in familiar narratives, as well as for undergraduate and graduate students looking for an initial guide to the most important events, individuals, and organizations of the years before the New Deal and the Popular Front. Perhaps the greatest importance of Reed's most recent book is that it advances his longue durée narrative of black Chicago's political history. Reed models a way to incorporate microhistories and multiple biographies into a broader understanding of a community as complex and iconic as black Chicago. * Journal of American Studies *Reed offers a summary of the impact of the Depression on Chicago's South Side in the few years prior to Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 election, and before the New Deal began to ease the suffering of the city's African American population.118.4 2013 * American Historical Review *In demonstrating [Chicago African American's] restlessness and frustration with traditional tools for advancement, Christopher Reed's The Depression Comes to the South Side . . . [begins] to show us how and why African Americans decided to change their political fate. * JOURNAL of ILLINOIS HISTORY *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Impact of the Great Depression2. The Ineffectiveness of Conventional Politics3. Protest Activism in the Streets4. Protest Activism Across the Spectrum: Militant to Radical5. Organized Non-economic Civil Rights Activities6. Cultural Stirrings and ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBrings a jazz legend into clear viewTrade ReviewThe musical legend is nearing his 80th birthday, and this book serves as a testament to his long career. It's a pleasure to have Baker's stories gathered in one place.July 17, 2011 * Bloomington Herald-Times *[A] fascinating and well-documented book. . . The book is rich in detail and stories, personal and musical. * Hoosier Times *Congratulations to Monika Herzig and the team of experts she assembled to contribute to a thorough look at the musical values and achievements of David Baker . . . [It's] a worthy 80th birthday tribute to a unique musician-educator. * Indianapolis Star *Each chapter and contributor to the book is effusive in praise of Baker's personal touch. The reader is reminded that Baker is humble, funny, self-effacing, passionate and of great conviction. It may seem a hagiography at times but Herzig's book serves to inspire. * JazzTimes *Books about musical artists often do a good job of telling us about the artist's life or about the artist's music; only rarely do they do both well. Monika Herzig's new book David Baker is one such book. * Bloom *With the help of several key contributors, Herzig carefully traces Baker's career as a player, composer, educator and artist. It reads like the lives of several wrapped into one amazing person. . . . [T]his book is for anyone who wants to read about a class act, as well as a nice guy who wins in the face of great odds. * Down Beat *Overall, this is a fine tribute to the Indianapolis native and Living Jazz Legend, illuminating his 60-year career as performer, composer, and educator. * Black Grooves *Unlike many other examples of the [Festschrift] genre, this one has real substance. It is a fine tribute to this extraordinary man and a valuable contribution to the history of jazz for the last half-century. I recommend it highly. * JJA News *Table of ContentsForeword / Quincy JonesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Indiana Avenue and Crispus Attucks High School / Lissa May2. A Star Is Born / Monika Herzig3. New Beginnings / Monika Herzig and Nathan Davis4. Defining Jazz Education / JB Dyas5. 21st Century Bebop / Monika Herzig and Brent Wallarab6. The Composer / David Ward-Steinman7. David Baker and the Smithsonian: A Personal Perspective / John Edward Hasse8. Social Engagement / Willard Jenkins9. Coda / Monika HerzigAppendixesBibliography of Written Works by David Baker DiscographySelected List of Books, Articles, and Other Publications about David Baker About the ContributorsCD Track ListingIndex

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Book SynopsisDocuments how re-visiting fieldwork sites shapes anthropologists' interpretationsTrade ReviewOverall, this is a great collection of essays that hang together well and — for once! — address the common theme that the edited volume is ostensibly about. At the same time, each is strong enough that it could be read separately. If you are interested in the topic or the contributors, it is definitely worth picking up. * savageminds.org *This is an important book because we need a disciplinary conversation about our myths. . . . [I]s more always better? Are there limits to the value of returns to the field? What are the costs and who will bear them? Returns to the Field has done us the valuable service of allowing this conversation to begin. * Social Anthropology *[V]aluable insights can be gained by returning to the field—whether physically or intellectually—to reflect upon the inevitable shifts in the researcher's intellectual transformation, disciplinary trends, and even popular understandings of key events and narratives that have been documented. Summer/Fall 2014 * Oral History Review *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction \ Signe Howell and Aud TallePart 1. Change and Continuity in Long-term Perspective 1. Forty-five Years with the Kayapo \ Terence Turner 2. "Soon we will be spending all our time at funerals": Yolngu Mortuary Rituals in an Epoch of Constant Change \ Frances Morphy and Howard Morphy 3. Returns to the Maasai: Long-term Fieldwork and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge \ Aud Talle 4. Contingency, Collaboration, and the Unimagined over Thirty-five Years of Ethnography \ David Holmberg 5. Nostalgia and Neocolonialism \ Peter MetcalfPart 2. Expansion in Time, Expansion in Space 6. Cumulative Understandings: Experiences from the Study of Two Southeast Asian Societies \ Signe Howell 7. Repeated Returns and Special Friends: From Mythic Encounter to Shared History \ Piers Vitebsky 8. Compressed Globalization and Expanding Desires in Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands \ Edvard Hviding 9. Widening the Net: Returns to the Field and Regional Understanding \ Alan BarnardAfterword: Reflecting on Returns to the Field \ Bruce KnauftList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisPersonal reflections on Judaism and warTrade ReviewThe author's goal in this deeply personal and thought provoking book is to challenge conventional perspectives on peace and war and reconcile the bellicosity found in religion with its messages of peace. And yet, as personal as this book is, A Prophetic Peace makes its greatest impact when Isaacs culls through fascinating rabbinic and philosophical material by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Jacques Derrida, Abraham Joshua Heschel, and Martin Buber, among others. * www.jewishbookcouncil.org *[S]tress[es] the importance of the historical prophets to Jewish sensibility.43.1 Autumn 2013 * JOURNAL OF PALESTINE STUDIES *[T]his is un-put-down-able, real philosophy for the real world, with some parting anecdotes that show that you can lead an extremist to dialogue even if you can't make him agree! If you're interested in philosophy, read it; if you're interested in religion, read it; and if you're interested in peace, read it. * Ebor *While Isaacs writes mostly for an Israeli audience, his details, insights, and scholarly analysis would also interest non-Jews that want to learn more about Judaism, Rabbinic philosophy, and the internal struggle of a Zionist who longs for peace. * middleeastexperience.com *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface – Lebanon II1 – Politics, Anti-Politics and Religion2 - Irenic Scholarship3 – Theological Disarmament4 - Deconstruction and the Prophetic Voice5 – Prophetic Peace6 – The Rabbinic Voice7 – A Prayer for Peace8 – Peace EducationAfterword – Beating SoftlyNotes BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisShows how Brahms organized musical elements for expressive purposesTrade ReviewThrough its unique combination of historical narrative, expressive content, and technical analytical approaches, the essays in Expressive Intersections in Brahms will have a profound impact on the current scholarly discourse surrounding Brahms analysis. Because the analyses are so engaged with expressivity, performers too, will likely find many of them enlightening and perhaps critical in helping to hone their interpretations. * Notes *This exceptionally fine collection brings together many of the best analysts of Brahms, and nineteenth-century music generally, in the English-speaking world today. * Nineteenth-Century Music Review *Table of ContentsAckowledgementsPart I1. "The Wondrous Transformation of Thought into Sound": Some Preliminary Reflections on Musical Meaning in Brahms, Heather Platt and Peter H. Smith2. The Learned Self: Artifice in Brahms's Late Intermezzi, Steven Rings Part II3. "Alte Liebe" and the Birds of Spring: Text, Music, and Image in Max Klinger's Brahms Fantasy, Yonatan Malin4. Brahms's Maidens in their Cultural Context, Heather Platt5. Ancient Tragedy and Anachronism: Form as Expression in Brahms's Gesang der Parzen, Margaret NotleyPart III6. Sequence as Culmination in the Chamber Music of Brahms, Ryan McClelland7. 'Phantasia Subitanea': Temporal Caprice in Brahms's Op. 116, nos. 1 and 7, Frank Samarotto8. Monumentality and Formal Processes in the First Movement of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, op. 15, James Hepokoski9. The Drama of Tonal Pairing in Chamber Music of Schumann and Brahms, Peter H. SmithBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDiscusses Debussy's music in the context of pop cultureTrade ReviewBrown . . . has written a fascinating study of Claude Debussy's lifelong interest in popular music, the impact of his music on popular culture, and the migration of musical ideas, materials, and pieces between different cultural domains. * Choice *Debussy Redux is a timely and original contribution to both popular music studies and Debussy scholarship, not least for the sheer wealth of examples that Brown has amassed of what he calls 'Debussy kitsch.' * Music Theory Online *Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Debussy's Legacy1. From Parisian Salon to Billboard Phenom2. The Medium and the Message3. Lights, Camera, Soundtrack!4. In the Moog5. "YoBaudelaire!"6. The Schlock of the New7. Assez Lent or Allegro non troppo?8. Other Cultures, Other SoundsAfterword: High and LowBibliography

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Book SynopsisDeals with the iconic dinosaur Iguanodon and its worldTrade Review[T]here is much to be delved into here, and dinosaur scholars will be especially well served by a swathe of welcome reviews of some lesser-known Cretaceous localities, and unexpected gems . . . This book warrants a place on the shelf of researchers interested in terrestrial ecosystems, especially dinosaurs, and is a good addition to the ongoing Life of the Past series from Indiana University Press. * Quarterly Review of Biology *Although some of the chapters are more technical than others, the way in which [this book] is compiled offers a nice flow of information and can be used as a great reference for Early Cretaceous research. I would suggest this book to anyone who has not only an interest in vertebrate paleontology but also in geology. Well done! * Priscum *Table of ContentsPreface by David B. NormanPart 1. New Investigations into the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart and Other Early Cretaceous Localities in the Mons Basin (Belgium)1. Bernissart and the Iguanodons: Historical Perspective and New Investigations2. The Attempted Theft of Dinosaur Skeletons during the German Occupation of Belgium (1914–1918) and Some Other Cases of Looting Cultural Possessions of Natural History3. A Short Introduction to the Geology of the Mons Basin and the Iguanodon Sinkhole, Belgium4. 3D Modeling of the Paleozoic Top Surface in the Bernissart Area and Integration of Data from Boreholes Drilled in the Iguanodon Sinkhole5. The Karstic Phenomenon of the Iguanodon Sinkhole and the Geomorphological Situation of the Mons Basin during the Early Cretaceous6. Geodynamic and Tectonic Context of Early Cretaceous Iguanodon-Bearing Deposits in the Mons Basin 7. Biostratigraphy of the Cretaceous Sediments Overlying the Wealden Facies in the Iguanodon Sinkhole at Bernissart 8. On the Age of the Bernissart Iguanodons9. The Paleoenvironment of the Bernissart Iguanodons: Sedimentological Analysis of the Lower Cretaceous Wealden Facies in the Bernissart Area 10. Mesofossil Plant Remains from the Barremian of Hautrage (Mons Basin, Belgium), with Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironment Insights 11. Diagenesis of the Fossil Bones of Iguanodon bernissartensis from the Iguanodon Sinkhole 12. Histological Assessment of Vertebrate Remains in the 2003 Bernissart Drill 13. Early Cretaceous Dinosaur Remains from Baudour (Belgium) 14. Geological Model and Cyclic Mass Mortality Scenarios for the Lower Cretaceous Bernissart Iguanodon Bonebeds Part 2. The Bernissart Iguanodons and Their Kin15. Iguanodontian Taxa from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium16. The Brain of Iguanoian Taxa (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Belgium16. The Brain of Iguanodon and Mantellisaurus: Perspectives on Ornithopod Evolution17. Hypsilophodon foxii and Other Smaller Bipedal Ornithischian Dinosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Southern England18. The African Cousins of the European Iguanodontids 19. Anatomy and Relationships of Bolong yixianensis, an Early Cretaceous Iguanodontoid Dinosaur from Western Liaoning, China20. A New Basal Hadrosauroid Dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Kazakhstan Part 3. Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems In and Outside Europe21. Dinosaur Remains from the "Sables Verts" of the Eastern Paris Basin22. Dinosaur Faunas from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian–Albian) of Spain23. New Early Cretaceous Multituberculate Mammals from the Iberian Peninsula24. Danish Dinosaurs: A Review25. The Age of Lycoptera Beds (Jehol Biota) in Transbaikalia (Russia) and Correlation with Mongolia and China26. A New Basal Ornithomimosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Northeast China 27. Australia's Polar Early Cretaceous Dinosaurs28. Assessment of the Potential for a Jehol Biota–like Cretaceous Polar Fossil Assemblage in ictoria, Australia 29. Freshwater Hybodont Sharks in Early Cretaceous Ecosystems: A Review Part 4. Cretaceous Vertebrate Faunas after the Bernissart Iguanodon30. The Late Cretaceous Continental Vertebrate Fauna from Iharkút: A Review31. First Discovery of Maastrichtian Terrestrial Vertebrates in Rusca Montană Basin32. First Late Maastrichtian Vertebrate Assemblage from Provence33. Reassessment of the Posterior Brain Region in Multituberculate Mammals Index

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the writings on virtues and ethics of eighteenth-century Puritan Jonathan Edwards.Trade Review“Elizabeth Agnew Cochran’s examination of Jonathan Edwards and the human virtues engages questions of interest both to contemporary ethicists and to historians of eighteenth-century American and British thought. No other scholar has focused so intently on Edwards’s views of the human virtues or illustrated so carefully the problems inherent in their articulation in his theology or the solutions he devised to overcome those problems. The style is lucid and unpretentious, and Cochran contributes to a lively continuing conversation among ethicists and historians about the plausibility of an ethics of virtue in a Christian moral theology. By arguing skillfully that an ethics of virtue can have, as it did for Edwards, Christian rather than exclusively Aristotelian presuppositions, she stakes out a forceful position in a continuing debate.”—E. Brooks Holifield,Charles Howard Candler Professor, Emory University“Elizabeth Agnew Cochran offers very perceptive insights both into Edwards and into the value of Edwards for contemporary discussions of virtue ethics.”—George Marsden,University of Notre Dame“Professor Cochran explicates with unprecedented clarity Edwards’s concern to balance an exalted vision of true virtue for the saints with a natural goodness available for cultivation more generally. She thus surprises by showing Edwards's God to be concerned with building not only a church shining with moral beauty but also a world of justice and civility. This sophisticated and elegant book will become an essential resource for all future studies of the ethics of America's theologian.”—Gerald R. McDermott,Roanoke College“We have long recognized that Edwards played a key role in the development of American theology and religious life more generally, and in recent years a number of scholars have begun to re-examine his role in the formation of a distinctively American form of philosophy. Given his overall importance, it is hardly surprising that Edwards’s ethical writings, including his theory of virtue, have received sustained attention. At the same time, however, much of the recent work on Edwards’s virtue ethics has minimized its distinctiveness, by assimilating it to more familiar Aristotelian approaches, or taking it out of the wider context of Edwards’s other work, or both. In this book, Elizabeth Cochran offers a bold and much-needed corrective. In her view, Edwards understands the virtues properly so called to be attributes of God, and to be attributes of human persons only in a secondary sense. In order to make the case for this interpretation, she draws on the full range of Edwards’s theological writings, in addition to considering the leading philosophical thinkers who helped to frame the context of his thought. By doing so, she shows Edwards to be a sophisticated moral thinker, important in his own context, and potentially an interlocutor in our own debates over the virtues. In particular, this study will be welcomed by those moral philosophers who have recently attempted to retrieve broadly Platonic, exemplarist theories of the virtues. Cochran shows that this approach to virtue theory can claim at least one distinguished American predecessor in Edwards. Seen from the standpoint of contemporary advocates of an exemplarist account of virtues, Edwards is particularly important because his primary interlocutors are the ‘moral sense’ theorists of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, including David Hume—the ancestors of emotivist theories of virtue which currently constitute another central strand of virtue ethics. Yet Edwards engages directly with the moral sense theorists of his own day, showing how his exemplarist account offers a more satisfactory account of virtue than they can provide, even understood on their own terms. While the terms of the relevant debates have of course changed a great deal since Edwards’s day, he nonetheless offers contemporary philosophers some valuable insights into our current debates, and defenders of exemplarist theories of virtue will find him an unexpected, yet valuable ally.”—Jean Porter,University of Notre Dame“To restore virtue to the heart of morality, today's theological ethicists retrieve and mine the works of Augustine and Aquinas, as well as their philosophical precursors, Plato and Aristotle. Into this pantheon of virtue ethicists, Elizabeth Agnew Cochran now proposes, from the New World, the Puritan Jonathan Edwards. This surprising proposal is completely convincing and satisfying. Cochran gives us not only a compelling key in which to read the great American theologian (Edwards scholars take note!), but also a contemporary notion of moral agency, humbly cognizant of human sinfulness as well as the call to responsibility and the need for grace. Cochran's refreshingly rich theological account makes the restoration of virtue ethics all the more probable by attending to, rather than ignoring, the Reformation. Brava!”—James F. Keenan, S.J.,Boston College“Cochran presents a creative, concise, and lucid account that deserves serious consideration by historians, theologians, and ethicists.”—B. M. Stephens ChoiceTable of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgments1. An Ethic of Receptive Human Virtues2. Love as Necessary and Volitional: Edwards’s Account of True Virtue in God3. Charity as a Human Virtue: The Moral Accountability of a Necessary Nature4. Humility as a Human Virtue: Imaging God’s Mercy Through Creaturely Capacities5. Virtuous Repentance: Apprehending and Approving God’s Moral Excellence6. Justice and Partial Loves: The Natural Goodness of Incomplete VirtuesConclusion Virtues, Accountability, and Dependence: Edwards’s Significance for Contemporary Christian EthicsNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores the work of American artists since 1970 who have created an anti-rape, anti-incest counternarrative in opposition to the acceptance of sexual violence against women. Trade Review“In art communities that rarely discuss sexual trauma, even as it occurs within the communities, and in a cultural climate in which the #MeToo movement remains necessary, Fryd’s book provides survivors of sexual trauma and their allies with deserved acknowledgement and sometimes cathartic release.”—Jennifer Remenchik Hyperallergic“Highly recommended for academic libraries serving art history, women’s and gender studies, pan-African studies, or other units with an interest in intersectional feminism, racial justice, social justice, or art.”—Alex O’Keefe ARLIS/NA Reviews“Pairing trauma theory with detailed analysis of American art focused on sexual violence, Fryd’s study is a timely and compelling contribution to ongoing conversations about the intersections of images and actions, art as social and political catalyst, and the impact of feminist thought in contemporary American culture.”—Erika Doss,author of American Art of the 20th–21st Centuries“Reading [this book] now is simultaneously illuminating and painful, an acute reminder of how far we’ve come in the decades since, yet also of how mired in the same problems we remain. What stands out is the fearlessness of the early female performance artists and the extent to which their work shaped how we think about art today.”—Jillian Steinhauer The New Republic“Eminently worthy of serious reading by art historians, sexual trauma therapists, and anyone interested in the history of women’s struggle to combat rape culture. The depth of research and validity of arguments regarding works developed in the 1970s and by black artists are formidable, as is the thesis that repetition is a strategy of artists working with the subject of rape. For the first author to explore the uncharted territory of art on rape, where all research is new, Fryd’s accomplishment is laudable.”—Monika Fabijanska Woman's Art Journal“Fryd urges us to take seriously the impact of all forms of sexual violence on our society, while encouraging us to consider how art might serve as a source for constructive public dialogue and even a catalyst for change.”—Lesley Shipley Panorama“By naming her book after Susan Brownmiller’s history of rape from 1975, Fryd pays homage to this groundbreaking work and echoes the now widely accepted idea that rape is a crime about power.”—Rachel Middleman Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Suzanne Lacy and Leslie Labowitz: Performing the Anti-rape Cycle in the 1970s Chapter 2 Performing the Anti-incest Cycle in the Los Angeles Woman’s Building, 1977–1985 Chapter 3 Faith Ringgold: Quilting the Anti-rape and Anti-incest Cycle, 1972–1986 Chapter 4 Recirculating the Anti-rape and Anti-incest Cycle in Exhibitions, 1980–1993 Chapter 5 Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman: The Anti-rape and Anti-incest Cycle, 2001–2006 Chapter 6 Kara Walker: Creating a Third-Wave Anti-rape and Antiincest Cycle in Silhouettes, Videos, and Sculpture Since 1994 Chapter 7 Mapping and Chronicling the Anti-rape and Anti-incest Cycle into the Twenty-First Century Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA collection of poetry by 19th-century author Heinrich Heine, focusing on a return to a preoccupation with his Jewish roots, with new English translations alongside the original German.Trade Review“A witty American retelling, in word and in image, of Heinrich Heine’s inside-out, topsy-turvy satiric art.”—Cynthia Ozick “The wonderful translations by Stephen Mitchell and Jack Prelutsky embody Heine’s genius in a contemporary idiom, which happily coexists, in this edition, in parallel columns with the original German text. Poem and translation are supplemented by Mark Podwal’s witty, colorful paintings, which illustrate Heine’s extravagant whimsy in surprising ways. The book is a treasure.”—Neil Arditi Jewish Review of Books“The artwork is the greatest triumph of the book. Podwal offers his familiar style here—representational imagery with soft lines, vivid, contrasting color, and fanciful settings that reflect his creative interpretation. He indulges his imagination with non-standard colors, animation of objects such as yads, letters, and musical instruments, and mixing figures from different times and places in one painting, all to great effect.”—Beth Dwoskin Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews“A lovely, lucid translation by masters Mitchell and Prelutsky, not only of the sense but of the spirit of these beloved and beautiful poems. And an equally delightful feast for the eyes: Mark Podwal’s profound, wry, evocative drawings imbue Heine’s verse with fresh, new life.”—Marc Michael Epstein,author of Skies of Parchment, Seas of Ink: Jewish Illuminated ManuscriptsTable of ContentsContentsForeword by Elisheva CarlebachAcknowledgmentsPrinzessin Sabbat / Princess SabbathTranslated by Stephen MitchellJehuda ben Halevy / Yehuda ben HaléviTranslated by Stephen MitchellDisputation / DisputationTranslated by Jack PrelutskyNotes

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