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Book SynopsisTrade Review"As with previous volumes in this series, the translation is lucid and accurate....The comprehensive commentary masterfully guides the reader through the thickets, and illumines the underlying sources and ideas. Joel Hecker's translation and commentary continues the highest standards of scholarship that are a hallmark of this series. It is an indispensable resource for the study of the Zohar which achieves the golden mean of accessiblity to the non-specialist, but also as an invaluable resource for the specialist."—Morris M. Faierstein, Reading Religion

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Book SynopsisOffers an account of development in action. Focusing on experts' attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia, this title exposes the practices that enable experts to diagnose problems and devise interventions, and the agency of people whose conduct is targeted for reform.Trade Review“The Will to Improve is an exceptionally valuable and well-conceived book. It speaks to some of the most significant theoretical discussions of recent years, effectively linking studies of ‘governmentality,’ debates about neoliberalism, and the increasingly rich literature on the social history of colonialism.”—James Ferguson, author of Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order“Magisterially linking the contradictions of peripheral capitalism with the limits of governmentality, Tania Murray Li offers a view of developmental rule that draws productively on Gramsci and Foucault. She provides perhaps the most brilliant account to date of neoliberal development in action. A tour de force.”—Michael Watts, Director, Center for African Studies, and Class of 1963 Professor of Geography, University of California, Berkeley“Tania Murray Li brilliantly combines the analytic rubrics of Foucault, Marx, and Gramsci to explain ‘the will to improve’ as an essential though poorly understood component of rule in Indonesia. This is not your grandmother’s ethnography: the well-written chapters are packed with the conflicts, contestations, and uncertainties that characterize power relations. Deeply engaged with the processes and practices that shape peoples’ lives, Li’s book should be required reading for scholars interested in how power works and for development practitioners everywhere.”—Nancy Lee Peluso, author of Rich Forests, Poor People: Resource Control and Resistance in Java“Insightful and engaging, this is a fascinating book. Drawing on an impressive array of historical and ethnographic sources, including her own fieldwork, Tania Murray Li offers a brilliant account of ‘expert’ interventions that, since the end of the nineteenth century, have endeavoured to improve the welfare of a number of communities in Sulawesi (Indonesia).” -- Dimitri Tsintjilonis * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsList of Acronyms vii Glossary of Indonesian Terms ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Will to Improve 1 1. Contradictory Positions 31 2. Projects, Practices, and Effects 61 3. Formations of Capital and Identity 96 4. Rendering Technical? 123 5. Politics in Contention 156 6. Provocation and Reversal 192 7. Development in the Age of Neoliberalism 230 Conclusion 270 Notes 285 Bibliography 337 Index 367

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Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive study of Nietzsche’s relationship to the agonistic culture of ancient Greece. The book examines not only the overt elements of Greek agonism in Nietzsche’s early works, but also shows how his later works embody its spirit as it is manifest in such notions as the will to power, the overhuman and “active justice.”

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Book SynopsisDuring the last decade, the South American continent has seen a strong push for transnational integration, initiated by the former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who (with the endorsement of eleven other nations) spearheaded the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), a comprehensive energy, transport, and communications network. The most aggressive transcontinental integration project ever planned for South America, the initiative systematically deploys ten east-west infrastructural corridors, enhancing economic development but raising important questions about the polarizing effect of pitting regional needs against the colossal processes of resource extraction. Providing much-needed historical contextualization to IIRSA's agenda, Beyond the City ties together a series of spatial models and offers a survey of regional strategies in five case studies of often overlooked sites built outside the traditional South American urban constructs. Implementing the term resource extraction urbanism, the architect and urbanist Felipe Correa takes us from Brazil's nineteenth-century regional capital city of Belo Horizonte to the experimental, circular, temporary city of Vila Piloto in Três Lagoas. In Chile, he surveys the mining town of María Elena. In Venezuela, he explores petrochemical encampments at Judibana and El Tablazo, as well as new industrial frontiers at Ciudad Guayana. The result is both a cautionary tale, bringing to light a history of societies that were inscribed and administered, and a perceptive examination of the agency of architecture and urban planning in shaping South American lives.Trade Review[Correa's] work describes a series of ex novo urban and regional projects in South America sited and designed to facilitate the mining or harvesting of natural resources. This arresting group of incarnated dreams offers a vivid alternative—or critically supplementary—history of the modern city, embodying an aspirational possibility in which both creating an urban design and realizing it can be imaginative and literal all at once. . . . The author’s evocation of the urban and the territorial is acute and revelatory, a nuanced analysis of the interaction of formal ideals and the aggressive extraction of the earth’s resources. * Architectural Record *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Shaping Resource Extraction Chapter 1. A Regional Capital: Belo Horizonte Chapter 2. A Mining Town Constellation: María Elena Chapter 3. Petrol Encampments: Judibana and El Tablazo Chapter 4. A New Industrial Frontier: Ciudad Guayana Chapter 5. Pioneering Modernity: Vila Piloto Epilogue. The Legacy of Resource Extraction Urbanism and the Future of the South American Hinterland Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique keepsake box and journal set is destined to become a treasured gift that any grandmother will be delighted to share with her beloved grandchildren.The perfect gift for both grandmother and grandchild, this keepsake box and journal set is an ideal way to capture treasured memories, stories, photos and other keepsakes. The set includes: • Keepsake cigar-style box with velvet lined box interior to protect and preserve treasured keepsakes or jewelry. • Beautifully illustrated and designed 144-page Memories Journal designed to capture and preserve a grandmother's unique life story. • Coordinating 32-page Treasures Notebook with space to capture the stories and significance of keepsakes store in the box. • Archival paper envelope to store documents and photos.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This brief but powerful book is a much-needed—and timely—Guide for the Perplexed Citizen, and it is as wise as it is witty. Capitalism and Democracy is a masterful synthesis of disparate sources, and a highly intelligent assessment and critique of arguments advanced by various economists, political theorists, and politicians. Spragens’s prose is pithy, clear, and a delight to read.” —Terence Ball, co-author of Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal“Capitalism and Democracy is a remarkably evenhanded book, and especially so in these highly contentious days. Spragens joins a sophisticated understanding of political theory to economic analysis and provides a fuller account of what is at stake in debates about the extent to which the market should be ‘free’ and the government should ‘interfere’ with it than one usually finds in writings on these matters. I read it practically straight through and found it almost as enjoyable as reading a good novel.” —Richard Dagger, author of Playing Fair"The free-market process is ultimately based on the reality of who we are as human beings. The free economy is not an ‘instrument’ but a ‘process’ which allows the ‘flourishing’ of the human person. . . . Spragens’s study is a most worthwhile contribution in this ongoing discussion." —VoegelinViewTable of ContentsForeword Introduction 1. The Political Economy Debate: What Brings Prosperity? 2. The Moral Philosophy Debate: Are Market Outcomes Morally Acceptable? 3. Markets and the Good Society 4. Why No Slam Dunk Answers 5. Conclusion: Toward Reasonable Judgements

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Book SynopsisA major work of environmental and behavioral biology, this book reinterprets the classification, evolution, anatomy, physiology, and behavior of the higher social insects—ants, social wasps and bees, and termites—through the concepts of modern biology, from biochemistry to evolutionary theory and population ecology.Trade ReviewIf only because of the rarity of the event and the stature of the author…The Insect Societies must be considered a work of major importance. It is certain to influence the focus of research as well as the content of public information on the social insects for years to come…For anyone, layman or specialists, interested in a single, concise, lucid, and authoritative account of the most significant facts and theories about insect societies, The Insect Societies is the best available and will be for many years. -- Mary Jane West Eberhard * Natural History *Because ants, wasps, bees, and termites are of importance to man, because of their ecological domination of the land, and because their activities remind man of his own, this encyclopedic work will attract the general reader, students, and biologists as well as entomologists…This comprehensive work must be recognized as an outstanding contribution to biological literature. * Library Journal *The Insect Societies gives an extraordinarily complete and up-to-date account of the natural history of social insects with their great proliferation of genera, species, and behavioral types…In these fields modern genetics, selection theory, and biomathematics are being developed to explain the evolution of insect societies and their diversity both in size and in longevity. This is one of the growing points in the study of social insects and an undertaking to which Wilson is making important contributions. -- O. W. Richards * Science *In comprehensiveness of scope and modernity of outlook The Insect Societies can truly be said to be unique. For many years to come it will surely constitute a benchmark for all those, professional and amateur alike, for whom the social insects offer one of the most compelling and fascinating pageants in all the world of nature. The book is likely to become a collector's item. -- Caryl F. Haskins * New York Times Book Review *The book is well illustrated, and written in a clear direct style, with such specialist technical terms as Wilson feels obliged to uses explained in a glossary; evidently he is anxious to reach a wider audience than that provided by professional entomologists--as indeed the book deserves to do…This handsome book will undoubtedly be widely read and influential. -- R. A. Crowson * Nature *No book on biology in the past 20 years has been as satisfying as this treatise on ants, bees, wasps and termites…It is written with clarity and verve, but what distinguishes it particularly is its catholic mastery of all of biology, from paleontology to formal genetics, from ethology to biochemistry. Nothing less can be an adequate basis for the study of our social colleagues on this earth, and nothing less has its courageous and energetic author settled for. Biology is a whole science, and here it is wholly seen…It is so honest and yet so rich that it attracts and holds by the scent of understanding. * Scientific American *Table of Contents* Acknowledgment *1. Introduction: The Importance of Social Insects *2. The Degrees of Social Behavior *3. The Social Wasps *4. The Ants *5. The Social Bees *6. The Termites *7. The Presocial Insects *8. Caste: Ants *9. Caste: Social Bees and Wasps *10. Caste: Termites *11. The Elements of Behavior *12. Communication: Alarm and Assembly *13. Communication: Recruitment *14. Communication: Recognition, Food Exchange, and Grooming *15. Group Effects and the Control of Nestmates *16. Social Homeostasis and the Superorganism *17. The Genetic Theory of Social Behavior *18. Compromise and Optimization in Social Evolution *19. Symbioses among Social Insects *20. Symbioses with Other Arthropods *21. The Population Dynamics of Colonies *22. The Prospect for a Unified Sociobiology * Glossary * Bibliography * Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in History""Honorable Mention for the Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies""Winner of the Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award, The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America""[A] richly detailed, fluent and innovative study."---Adam Sutcliffe, Times Literary Supplement"Res­cue the Sur­viv­ing Souls throws us back to a deci­sive moment in the his­to­ry of the Jew­ish peo­ple. . . . With exception­al eru­di­tion, pen­e­trat­ing intel­li­gence, and sparkling prose, Adam Teller depicts this hor­ren­dous moment in all of its com­plex­i­ty: as a moment of death but also of new life; dis­rup­tion and con­nec­tion; and sense­less vio­lence but also pre­cious moments of human sym­pa­thy. Based on research in dozens of archives and almost as many lan­guages, Res­cue the Sur­viv­ing Souls is a tour de force of his­tor­i­cal writ­ing: it is at once com­pul­sive­ly read­able and schol­ar­ly."---Judges' Remarks, National Jewish Book Award"Overall, Teller’s sweeping and comprehensive treatment of the seventeenth century is an important and ground-breaking contribution to the field of Jewish history."---Rebecca Wartell, Mediterranean Historical Review"Rescuing the Surviving Souls is a remarkable achievement, and should be read widely not only by scholars of early modern Jewry, but by all students of the early modern world as well as those interested in refugees regardless of time or place. The dynamism, interconnectedness, and rich emotional and spiritual depth of this historical account come to light at the hands of a master storyteller. . . . Teller's book exemplifies some of the best work being done by historians of refugees."---Jesse Spohnholz, Studia Rosenthaliana"Teller’s valuable work moves us towards histories that foreground relations across and between early modern communities and enables us to contemplate broader narratives."---Nicholas Terpstra, Jewish History"Highly detailed and compelling."---Joshua Picard, Religious Studies Review

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Roper’s book proves that a rigorously scholarly work can also be a pleasure to read."---Dan Hitchens, The Times"Roper questions Luther’s character and legacy with the same anti-authoritarianismthat animated her subject, combining acuity with wit and levity, just as Luther did— though with fewer obscenities."---Suzannah Lipscomb, A Financial Times Best Book Of The Week"Provocative and thought-provoking, Living I Was Your Plague is an important contribution to our understanding of the life and afterlife of one of history’s most complex figures, and a lively testament to the striking originality of Roper’s scholarship."---Alexandra Walsham, Times Literary Supplement"Through its thematic approach this collection says much that could not be said in the inevitably heroic format of the biography. It provides insights that will shape the reader’s experience of every future encounter with Luther. It integrates visual and material culture brilliantly throughout, arguing that from Cranach’s early portraits to Playmobil’s bestselling Luther figurine, images must be central to our interpretation of the Reformation. And it offers a critical reflection – wonderfully personal in places – on the experience of writing biography and living as a historian through a period of intense public interest. At a moment at which tensions over race and heritage have coalesced around public representations of historical men this collection provides a moral compass for those seeking to write the histories of heroes with dark sides."---Bridget Heal, History Today"After an outpouring of books about Luther at the time of the quicentenary, one could have been forgiven for thinking. . . that there wasn't much of interest left to be said. In her ambition to tackle together the life and the legend, and her avowed determination to appraise Luther in a thorougly Lutheran spirit of anti-authoritarianism, Lyndal Roper has triumphantly demonstrated the contrary."---Peter Marshall, The Tablet"[Living I Was Your Plague] may unsettle in ways that open diligent readers to new vision. The book accomplishes something that few of the books about Luther occasioned by the 2017 anniversary accomplished: it sees Luther with fresh eyes and shows us why we need to wrestle with his legacy."---Vincent Evener, Christian Century"Roper questions Luther’s character and legacy with the same anti-authoritarianism that animated her subject, combining acuity with wit and levity, just as Luther did — though with fewer obscenities. But it is those obscenities that Roper, Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, has in mind, as she grapples with how to understand an intellectual in the context of their whole self, conscious and unconscious, warts and all."---Suzannah Lipscomb, Financial Times"Intelligent and absorbing"---Sean Sheehan, The Prisma

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Book SynopsisA memoir by the author who presents an account of the horrifying moment in July 1942 when her father, the rabbi of a small synagogue, was dragged by police from the family home on Rue Ordener in Paris, then transported to Auschwitz. It recounts the horrors of her childhood.

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Book SynopsisThis study attempts to survey the historiography, history and central interpretative problems surrounding the issue of investiture and the clashes between church and monarchy during the Middle Ages.Trade Review"The best introduction in English to the historiography, history, and central interpretive problems of the investiture controversy." * The Catholic Historical Review *"Blumenthal . . . not only clarifies the course of the investiture controversy as such but also sets it satisfyingly in its wider and longer context." * American Historical Review *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Like all good collections organized around a topic of great breadth, Reproducing Reproduction touches on a range of provocative issues without losing sight of the central ideas that connect them." * Women's Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisLynn Chancer advances the provocative thesis that sadomasochism is far more prevalent in contemporary societies like the United States than we realize. According to Chancer, sexual sadomasochism is only the best-known manifestation of what is actually a much more broadly based social phenomenon.Trade Review"An important contribution to that most pressing of cultural projects -- uncovering the psychic roots of authoritarianism.""A brilliant, highly original analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race." -- Ruth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream"A brilliant, highly original analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race." -- Ruth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American DreamRuth Sidel, Hunter College, and author of On Her Own: Growing Up in the Shadow of the American Dream: "A brilliant, highly orginal analysis of contemporary U.S. society. Chancer illuminates fundamental issues in American culture, in the workplace, in gender relationships, and the minefield of race."Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Reflecting on a Set of Personal and Political Criteria Part One Expanding the Scope of Sadomasochism Chapter 1 Exploring Sadomasochism in the American Context Chapter 2 Defining a Basic Dynamic: Paradoxes at the Heart of Sadomasochism Chapter 3 Combining the Insights of Existentialism and Psychoanalysis: Why Sadomasochism? Part Two Sadomasochism in Its Social Settings Chapter 4 Employing Chains of Command: Sadomasochism and the Workplace Chapter 5 Engendering Sadomasochism: Dominance, Subordination, and the Contaminated World of Patriarchy Chapter 6 Creating Enemies in Everyday Life: Following the Example of Others Chapter 7 A Theoretical Finale Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisIn Women and Borderline Personality Disorder, Janet Wirth-Cauchon presents a feminist cultural analysis of the notions of “unstable” selfhood found in case narratives of women diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Trade ReviewA superb, up-to-date feminist analysis of the borderline condition....Characterized by stereotypically feminine qualities, such as poor interpersonal boundaries and an unstable sense of self, borderline diagnosis has been questioned by many as a veiled replacement of the hysteria diagnosis....Wirth-Cauchon includes narratives from women exhibiting the theoretical underpinnings of the borderline diagnosis....The author is rigorous in her analysis, and mainstream academics and diagnosticians should take note lest they create yet another label that disregards the contradictory and conflicting expectations experienced by so many women. Includes an excellent bibliography and a wealth of good reference. Highly recommended. * Choice *This book contributes to a rich, feminist interdisciplinary theoretical understanding of women's psychological distress, and represents an excellent companion volume to Dana Becker's book titled Through the Looking Glass. * Psychology of Women Quarterly *Wonderfully written....[The] argument proceeds with an impeccable and transparent logic, the writing is sophisticated, evocative, even inspired. This work should have enormous appeal. -- Kenneth Gergen * author of Realities and Relationships *Impressive in its synthesis of many different ideas...both clinicians and people diagnosed with BPD may find much of value in Wirth-Cauchon's thoughtful and provoking analysis. * Metapsychology *

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Book SynopsisDemonstrates how digital effects-driven films should be understood as a continuation of the narrative and stylistic traditions that have defined American cinema for decades. Stephen Prince argues for an understanding of digital technologies as an expanded toolbox, available to enhance both realist films and cinematic fantasies.Trade Review"For an understanding of the impact and consequences of digital visual effects in the movies, this book is essential. Prince knows his stuff, and his perspective is wise and compelling." -- Carl Plantinga * author of Moving Viewers: American Film and the Spectator's Experience *"Whereas many books have debated the merits of digital effects in cinema, few of them truly explore the many layers of cinematic experience that are made possible by all kinds of technology. Digital Visual Effects in Cinema is one of the exceptions to this trend in that Prince examines the various levels at which digital effects can be integrated into a film, giving a rich understanding of the range of possibilities and their implications for the production and consumption of a film. An eyjoyable, informative read. Highly recommended." * Choice *"For an understanding of the impact and consequences of digital visual effects in the movies, this book is essential. Prince knows his stuff, and his perspective is wise and compelling." -- Carl Plantinga * author of Moving Viewers: American Film and the Spectator's Experience *"Whereas many books have debated the merits of digital effects in cinema, few of them truly explore the many layers of cinematic experience that are made possible by all kinds of technology. Digital Visual Effects in Cinema is one of the exceptions to this trend in that Prince examines the various levels at which digital effects can be integrated into a film, giving a rich understanding of the range of possibilities and their implications for the production and consumption of a film. An eyjoyable, informative read. Highly recommended." * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Beyond Spectacle1. Through the Looking Glass2. Painting with Digital Light3. Actors and Algorithms4. Digital Environment Creation5. Immersive AestheticsConclusion: The Pleasures of IllusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"By focusing on the concept of sadism and drawing on holocaust atrocities, Kerner offers original insights into the relationship between torture porn and American culture in the post-9/11 period." -- Steve Jones * author of Torture Porn: Popular Horror after Saw *"This remarkable contribution to the scholarship on today’s most reviled film cycle expertly demonstrates the continued relevance of trenchant cultural criticism, from Saw to Bush and beyond." -- Mattias Frey * University of Kent *"Torture Porn in the Wake of 9/11 is an important work in film studies." * Cinema Journal *"Aaron Michael Kerner's Torture Porn in the wake of 9/11 offers a rich and provocative account of the possible cultural and political merits of films representative of the genre." * Women's Studies *"Kerner views [torture porn] with a clear, cold eye, continually drawing readers back to his central point, which is that viewers are complicit in the creation and reception of torture porn films. This offers a bleak signpost to what one can expect in the shared stakes of cinematic representationalism." * Choice *Table of ContentsContentsPreface1 Torture Porn: From 9/11 to the Multiplex2 The Torture Porn Genre3 Some Antecedents: Sadism, Exploitation, and (Neo-)Slashers4 The Saw Franchise: Videogames, and the Sadistic Pro(an)tagonist Jigsaw5 The Hostel Films: Consuming Bodies6 “I think we took a wrong turn . . .”7 Soft-core, and Beyond Torture PornFilmographyNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisChronic pain. Insomnia. Depression. These are just a few of the ongoing, debilitating symptoms that plague some breast-cancer survivors long after their treatments have officially ended. This book is filled with portraits of more than seventy women who are living with the aftermath of breast cancer.Trade Review"After the Cure provides voice to breast cancer survivors thrust into a netherworld of chronic disability." * Macleans.ca *"Reveals the long-term post-treatment symptoms that physicians fail to address." * Library Journal *"Reveal[s] the long-term posttreatment symptoms that physicians fail to address. . . . Women who have felt more isolated after treatment will welcome this validation that they are not alone." * Library Journal *"This compelling work questions what it means to cure disease and should be of interest to the medical community, cancer survivors of all types and those who face medical symptoms that cannot be validated by traditional means. These authors are marking a new developmental phase of cancer care that may lead affected persons to seek partnership with their physicians to combat the long-term side-effects of cancer and its treatments." * Centre Daily *"A collection of humanizing, honest portraits that point beyond the lives of the women to a need for society to reexamine its policies and demands for perfection." * Choice *"With cogent, compassionate analysis, Subramanian and Abel (herself a survivor) remind us of the lasting effects of cancer diagnoses, and the tremendous work still ahead for patients who must learn to trust their gut, and doctors who must learn to listen more considerately." * Pubishers Weekly *"An in-depth exploration of the symptoms experienced by some women after breast cancer treatment, giving voice to a neglected aspect of the breast cancer experience. . . . This book calls important attention to the plight of these women." -- Patricia A. Ganz,University of California, Los Angeles, Schools of Medicine and Public HealthTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Patricia A. Ganz Introduction 1 "Standing on New Ground" 2 "We Saved Your Life. Now Leave Us the Hell Alone" 3 Remedying, Managing, and Making Do 4 "Like Talking to a Wall" 5 Narrowed Lives 6 "Turning a Bad Experience into Something Good" Conclusion Epilogue Appendix Notes Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisA collection of teachings and traditions that contains within it the intellectual output of hundreds of Jewish sages who considered all aspects of an entire people's life from the Hellenistic period in Palestine (c. 315 BCE) until the end of the Sassanian era in Babylonia (615 CE).Trade Review"For the general reader, and the ever-burgeoning number of students in Jewish studies programs, the Essential Papers series brings together a wealth of core secondary material, while the commentaries offered by the editors aim to place this material in critical comparative context." * Jewish Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsI. The Traditional Study of the Babylonians TalmudII. The Modern Study of the Babylonian TalmudIII. The Palestinian TalmudIV. The Talmud and Interdisciplinary StudiesA. HistoryB. EconomicsC. EthicsD. Classical StudiesE. Literary StudiesGlossaryIndexAbout the Editor

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Book SynopsisWhy are today's adults more like adolescents, in their dress and personal tastes, than ever before? Why do so many adults seem to drift and avoid responsibilities such as work and family? This book gives us a vision of what it means to be an adult and makes sense of the longest, but least understood period of the life course.Trade ReviewSociologists will appreciate [Côté's] attempt at showing the social and structural roots of and consequences for unbridled consumerism. * Contemporary Sociology *

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Book SynopsisThe Clay Sanskrit Library, co-published by NYU Press and the JJC Foundation, has been created to introduce classical Sanskrit literature to a wide international readership. This literature combines great beauty, enormous variety and more than three thousand years of continuous history and development.Trade Review"Here are stories and poems of great complexity and seeming simplicity, crafted with joy in the art of storytelling and delight in the nuance and patterning of words." Times Literary Supplement "A handsome new series of dual-language Sanskrit texts... No effort has been spared to make these little volumes as attractive as possible to readers." Times Higher Education Supplement "...a whole library, a whole literature, hot off the press, is now at last open and available to readers of English. It is more than two hundred years since Goethe remarked, after reading some very inadequate translations, that all earthly beauty is condensed into Kalidasa's Sakuntala. Was he exaggerating? Now you can make up your own mind." --David Shulman, The New Republic "Small, elegant books, beautifully printed, sparsely annotated, and bilingual... This arrangement naturally delights students of Sanskrit, who may dispense, at least temporarily, with their dictionaries and grammar books; but you do not have to know Sanskrit to enjoy reading these volumes." The New Republic "The appeal of these books, the reason they stuck around long enough to become classics in the first place, is often their simplicity, the apparently effortless way so many of them distil complex truths into parables that resonate for people and in places distant from the works' authors or origins." Harper's Magazine "Magnificent. Built by the best Sanskrit translators of our time, the CSL launched new translators who brought works that had languished in obscurity into modern English." World Literature Today "These translations promise to revolutionize our sense of the Indian past: it is the greatest publishing project of recent years." Pankaj Mishra "A marvellous new venture. Modelled on the Loeb Library of Greek and Latin classics, the Clay Sanskrit Library presents masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry, drama, and prose in a dual language format ... one of the most admirable publishing projects now afoot." New Criterion "Geek-chic."BookForum "You needn't be a scholar to enjoy this wondrous poem [Buddhacarita], which continually marvels us with its grand gestures: moments of divine intervention, political assassination plots, infernal visions and hellish battles with chimerical fiends. Recent pop culture has tackled the Buddha, from fantastic depictions (see Osamu Tezuka's eight-volume manga interpretation of his life) to the absurd (one thinks of a bronzed Keanu Reeves strutting as Siddhartha in Little Buddha). Yet you would be hard pressed to find anything that ranks close to the Buddhacarita, which still mesmerizes with its vividness and sheer audacity." Time Magazine "Very few collections of Sanskrit deep enough for research are housed anywhere in North America. Now, twenty-five hundred years after the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, the ambitious Clay Sanskrit Library may remedy this state of affairs...a good place to experience some deeply human poetry." Tricycle magazine "The texts reflect the vibrant literary culture of the classical Sanskrit period, taking readers on an adventurous journey through the palaces and gardens of ancient India."East-West TimesTable of ContentsSet contains ISBN'S 9780814719961, 9780814707296, 9780814787021, 9780814716618, 9780814782958, 9780814767337, 9780814788158, 9780814788141

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, the woman suffrage movement has taken on new significance for women's history. This book traces the trajectory of the suffrage story against backdrop of changing attitudes to politics, citizenship and gender, and the resultant tensions over such issues as slavery and abolitionism, sexuality and religion, and class and politics.Trade Review"The anthology is an excellent reader... stimulating, for together {the essays} become more than the sum of their parts…offering the reader an overview of the subject and a chronicle of the development of the field of U.S. women's history over the past twenty years." * Women's Review of Books *"DuBois has written a powerful testament to the importance of being radical--of igniting revolutionary change with the social dynamite of claims to race and gender justice." * In These Times *

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Book SynopsisExamines representations of Arabs, Islam and the Near East in nineteenth-century American cultureTrade ReviewAmerican Arabesque succeeds on many levels, not the least of which is its forging of a method of transnational scholarship. Berman places importance on translation, not only in terms of linguistics but also in terms of cultural forms. The result is a nuanced read of densely overlapping cultural forms and ideas...This is an important scholarly intervention that is sure to push forward transnational scholarship. * Journal of American Studies *Berman's work opens up extended vistas for consideration, and the central accomplishment of the book is immense: by reading Arabic-language texts from North Africa contrapuntally in relation to English-language texts, Berman points toward the possibility of reading nineteenth-century American literature through frames that are far more genuinely planetary and cosmopolitan that has yet been achieved. Berman's study makes an important, indeed vital, contribution to the field of studies of American Orientalism and of Orientalism in Poe's work specifically. * Poe Studies *[T]his book will prove useful to both historians and literary scholars....always stimulating and rewarding...it should inspire many new avenues of research. -- Anna Suranyi * New England Quarterly *Berman's American Arabesquemakes an original contribution to the fields of American, Arab American, and Middle East studies through a combination of a novel comparative angle, bold theoretical argument, keenly perceptive and nuanced textual analyses, and an elegant, fluid style. This book will no doubt become required reading for scholars in this field. -- Wail S. Hassan * Symploke *American Arabesque is daringly ambitious.As a work of scholarship, it ventures an extraordinary range of reference, involving old and new works in English and Arabic. As a challenge to think differently about the United States in a larger world, it ventures to name its perspective & dirty cosmopolitanism. It makes good on both these risks." -- Jonathan Arac,author of Impure WorldsBerman evokes the figure of the arabesque as a mediation between what is & Arab and its representation in the U.S. context, thereby turning the duality of Us vs. Them into a fluid field of interplay and modulation of representations that perform discrete ideological functions for different agents and under different circumstances. Yet Berman is not content to read American literature with a focus on the arabesque; he employs a theoretical perspective that blends classical Arabic hermeneutics and contemporary literary and cultural theory. This is an original contribution to American and Arab American studies that displays genuine intellectual imagination. -- Wail S. Hassan,author of Immigrant NarrativesThis is an original, erudite, and nuanced book that significantly contributes to expanding American studies and to relocating it in a transnational context. -- Amal Amireh,George Mason UniversityTable of ContentsPreface: Roadside Attraction Acknowledgments Introduction: Guest Figures 1 The Barbarous Voice of Democracy 2 Pentimento Geographies 3 Poe's Taste for the Arabesque 4 American Moors and the Barbaresque 5 Arab Masquerade: Mahjar Identity Politics and Transnationalism Afterword: Haunted Houses Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisRather than teaching children to obey authority, to conform, or to seek redemption through prayer, twentieth-century leftists encouraged children to question the authority of those in power. This book collects forty-three stories, poems, comic strips, primers, and other texts for children that embody this radical tradition.Trade Review"I have a soft spot for beautiful and thoughtful children's books, especially children's literature with timeless philosophy for grown-ups...Tales for Little Rebels made me think of the subtle ideological messages in some of my favorite recent children's books." -- Maria Popova * The Atlantic *"Tales for Little Rebels anthologizes 75 years of radical childrens literature. Its a rousing, relevant chronicle of teaching kids about social and environmental justice, civil rights, and their power to challenge the status quo." -- Julie Hanus * The Utne Reader *"Children's literature with timeless philosophy for grown-ups." -- Maria Popova * Brainpicking *"A rarely discussed aspect of childrens literaturethe politics behind, or part, of a books creationhas been thoroughly explored in this intelligent, enlightening, and fascinating account. Even those who have spent a lifetime studying childrens books will find incredible surprises, such as Walter Cranes & Happy Valley or information about Lynd Wards political activism. But the book is not merely a history; it is a very timely exploration of the appropriate inclusion of political/social content in childrens books, and it provides examples of titles that succeed as literature and those in which politics overwhelm the story. Every academic and public library should own a copy; every childrens literature professor needs to read it; all childrens book enthusiasts will want to share it with their colleagues." -- Anita Silvey,author of 100 Best Books for Children"A remarkable book. . . . The prose excerpts are fascinating; the illustrations are perfectly fabulous and, very often, really funny. . . . There is so much here, and something unique for everyone except sourpuss defenders of the status quo." -- Paul Buhle * Monthly Review *"For those who want to understand a time when radicals could think of themselves as having a central place in U.S. culture, right down to science instruction; for those who cherish beautiful, playful, wistful and stark illustrations; for those who can use reminders, after horrors and defeats, of the bedrock ethical bases of socialism, for those who want to know where a Dr. Seuss came from, and what he was part of, and for those who still think the world could use more little and grown-up rebels, this is the book." -- David Roediger,University of Illinois, and author of How Race Survived U.S. History"Mickenberg and Nel have switched on the power of radical childrens literature to maximum wattage, revealing a rich, compelling tradition that deserves our attention. Creating an archive that will have authority and endurance, they have recovered stories encouraging children to engage with social, economic, and environment challenges and to become agents of change." -- Maria Tatar,Harvard University, and author of The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen"Sure, this is an important work. But it aint stuffy. Mickenberg and Nel have created a book that fascinates and entertains. A must for any student of history or childrens books." -- Lane Smith,author of John, Paul, George & Ben and illustrator of The Stinky Cheese Man"While is clearly intended as a textbook for a college course on this subject, the variety within this anthology should suggest it is well worth extended investigation. We may even begin questioning the degree of propaganda that surrounds our daily life as adults and realize such story-telling is no longer limited only to the realm of childhood." * American Communist History *"Tales for Little Rebels is indeed a timely collection and one that serves as an excellent touchstone for future research into a & usable past for contemporary academics." * Children's Literature Association Quarterly *"Mickenberg and Nel fill a gap in scholarship on childrens literature." * Choice *"Mickenberg and Nel have done a real service in reclaiming these selections of children’s literature, some by such well known childrens book authors as Julius Lester and Dr. Seuss but many from writers whose reputations were made and works published on the barricades of the Left." * The Horn Book Inc. *"By introducing kids (and their parents) to a wide range of forgotten and overlooked texts addressing progressive themes, and by provoking a closer look at what the books we already own imply, Mickenberg and Nel have done parents and kids alike a truly important service." * The Texas Observer *"Financial behemoths have been nationalized. There are even rumors of universal health care. Socialism is on the march! As we leave capitalism behind, the traditionalists among you may be wondering: Will they come for our children? Too late. As Mickenberg and Nel document in Tales for Little Rebels, Marxist principles have been dripping steadily into the minds of American youth for more than a century. . . . As America backs cautiously away from its laissez-faire disasters and reluctantly into an unfamiliar, communal style of politics, some of us may find ourselves wishing we had been scared with such rhymes in kindergarten instead of having had to live through them as adults." * The New York Times Book Review *"Consistently fascinating. . . . Boast[s] authors as skilled as Carl Sandburg, Munro (Ferdinand the Bull) Leaf, Dr. Seuss, Eve Merriam and Langston Hughes." * Toronto Globe and Mail *"A ribald, witty, sometimes fun, sometimes thoughtful examination of a wide swath of too little-known literature." * www.schoollibrary.com *"The collection focuses on a fascinating combination of ideology and creativity introducing its readers to a multiplicity of ways didactic messages were presented to a childrens audience. This anthology is important for scholars of Russian literature because it shows the inherent elements of childrens literature that permits its use (and abuse) for ideological purposes." * Working Group for Study of Russian Children's Literature and Culture blog *"Julia Mickenburg and Philip Nel have edited a collection of childrens literature that represents the left-wing-oriented, oppositional tradition in childrens literature in the United States. And a lovely collection it is!... Mickenburg and Nel have done all of us parents, activists, writersa service by providing examples of what has been done. The task remains to carry this forward." * Science & Society *"This book reveals a unique, vibrant, imaginative, and energetic left-wing tradition of writing for young people. It is an invaluable resource for progressive educators and hopefully will inspire teachers to write and even publish their own children’s books dealing with sensitive political and social issues." * Rethinking Schools Online *"As an educator, I share the belief that all of the authors in this collection must also have held as truth: that children are indeed the future, and to bring about social change, one needs to begin by changing the hearts and minds of children... I believe lovers of social/political history and inquiring minds in general, [sic] would find this collection appealing." * Style Substance Soul *"Readers looking for the animals, sprites, and other characters common to childrens literature will find them, with a twist." * The Chronicle Review *

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Book SynopsisPresenting a study of African American healing, this work sheds light on a variety of folk practices and traces their development from the time of slavery through the Great Migrations. Through conversations with black Americans, it demonstrates how herbs, charms, and rituals continue folk healing performances.Trade ReviewAn exploration of the history and practices of black healers and healing illuminating the vital cultural, intellectual, and spiritual expression of a people. This fine multidisciplinary work draws deeply and thoughtfully from the experiences and words of its subjects, offering alternative visions of human creativity, resistance, and community. -- Yvonne Chireau,author of Black Magic: Religion and the African-American Conjuring TraditionAfrican American Folk Healing is an insightful work that places folk healing within the context of larger spiritual, political, and intellectual movements. It illuminates the interconnectedness among activism, medicine, gender studies, folklore, and theology that influence the ways African American female healers work and live. * The Journal of African American History *Persuasively argued. . . . A fascinating study that makes a real contribution to discussions of health, wellness and faith in America. * Publishers Weekly *A readable book well suited for most academic libraries. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction I Historical Paths to Healing1 Stories and Cures: De?ning African American Folk Healing 2 Healing, the Black Body, and Institutional Medicine: Contexts for Crafting Wellness3 Healing in Place: From Past to Present II Today's Healing Traditions4 Healing and Hybridity in the Twenty-First Century 5 Healing the Past in the Present 6 Religion, Spirituality, and African American Folk Healing 7 Hoodoo, Conjure, and Folk Healing Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisAlmost 100 years after the Treaty of Versailles was signed, World War I continues to be badly understood and greatly oversimplified. This work contains a selection of articles and book chapters written by major scholars of World War I, giving readers perspectives on the war that are both historical and contemporary.Trade ReviewThe Great War of 1914-1918 is increasingly understood as the defining event of the twentieth century. . . . Neiberg has done a remarkable job of covering all the appropriate bases and tipping his intellectual hat to the major schools of thought past and present. -- Dennis Showalter,author of Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth CenturyThis first-rate collection of primary documents and excerpts from leading historical works on World War I allows students to enter directly into current debates surrounding the wars meaning and significance. These selections provide a window into the varied wartime experiences of statesmen, generals, women, and soldiers, challenging students to discard over-simplistic interpretations of the war. -- Jennifer D. Keene,author of Doughboys, the Great War, and the Remaking of America. . . [A] valuable text to introduce students to the broad parameters of World War I. Students whose intellectual appetites are whetted by this collection will appreciate the extensive list of books matched to each category at the end of the book. * The Journal of Military History *Neiberg offers an excellent primer for anyone studying the Great War. The book’s strength is its scope. As they proceed from & Part One: Causes to & Part Six: Peace (with most sections offering two primary and two secondary sources), readers will learn from both sides about major leaders, the home front, soldiers and officers in battle, and the politics of peace. * Library Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsMaps Timeline of Major EventsBrief Biographies of Important Figures Mentioned in the Text Introduction Causes1.1 The Great Illusion1.2 Germany and the Next War 1.3 The "Willy-Nicky" Telegrams 1.4 The Circus Rider of Europe 1.5 The Army and the Nationalist Revival Soldiers2.1 The Good Soldier Schweik 2.2 Her Privates We 2.3 A Soldier's Notebook 2.4 O?cer-Man Relations: The Other Ranks' Perspective 2.5 "War Enthusiasm": Volunteers, Departing Soldiers, and Victory Celebrations2.6 Foch's General Countero?ensive, Part IArmageddon3.1 The Destruction of Louvain 3.2 The Historic First of July 3.3 Between Mutiny and Obedience 3.4 The Live and Let Live System Home Fronts4.1 Letters from a Lost Generation 4.2 An English Wife in Berlin 4.3 Home Fires Burning 4.4 The Politics of Race The End of the War5.1 The Fourteen Points5.2 Views on a Prospective Armistice 5.3 The Military Collapse of the German Empire 5.4 Diggers and Doughboys: Australian and American Troop Interaction on the Western FrontPeace6.1 Peacemaking6.2 British Diplomacy6.3 A Peace to End All Peace 6.4 The Kings Depart Further Reading Index About the Editor

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Book SynopsisYoung Americans for Freedom was a conservative political group which locked horns with the New Left and spawned many of the major figures in the contemporary conservative movement. This history of YAF describes how young conservatives, unlike their leftist counterparts, survived the 1960s.Trade Review"A deeply engaging work. I am enormously impressed with the archival research and oral interviews this book represents. Exceptionally well-done." -- Kenneth J. Heineman,author of Campus Wars: The Peace Movement at State Universities in the Vietnam Era

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCovered in Inkprovides a detailed and gendered look at the lives of heavily tattooed women and how their choices to cover their bodies in ink represents both group belonging, yet a life that is still on the periphery of society, especially so for women who are expected to be pretty and sexy, not covered in large 'unfeminine' tattoos. * Metapsychology *Covered in Ink is an excellent addition to the growing body of serious literature on tattooing. Based on extensive ethnographic research and personal experience, the author focuses on issues of central interest including beauty, presentation of self, gender roles, deviance, public interaction, and discrimination. The book is written in an engaging style and offers a uniquely interesting feminist take on an increasingly popular mode of body alteration. -- Clinton Sanders,author of Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of TattooingIn this book, Beverly Yuen Thompson serves up a sophisticated sociology of the skin. From street interactions and family perceptions to legal constraints and workplace dynamics, she shows how the world of tattooing interweaves time and again with issues of gender and the body. As vivid as its subject matter, this book is itself a batch of beautiful ink. -- Jeff Ferrell,author of Empire of Scrounge: Inside the Urban Underground of Dumpster Diving, Trash Picking, anThompson brings up a number of insightful points regarding self-expression, femininity, and the way in which heavily tattooed women navigate a society that is gradually becoming more accepting. * Utne Reader *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Becoming Covered 1 1. Sailors, Criminals, and Prostitutes: The History of a Lingering Tattoo Stigma 21 2. "I Want to Be Covered": Heavily Tattooed Women Challenge the Dominant Beauty Culture 35 3. "I Mom": Family Responses toward Tattooed Women 65 4. "Covering" Work: Dress Code Policies, Tattoos, and the Law 89 5. "Is the Tattoo Guy Here?": Women Tattoo Artists' Experience Working in a Male-Dominated Profession 122 6. Tattoos Are Not for Touching: Public Space, Stigma, and Social Sanctions 151 Conclusion: Toward a Tattoo Etiquette 177 Notes 183 Index 199 About the Author 207

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Book SynopsisThe texts that comprise this volume were selected from Cixous' seminars on the work of Clarice Lispector. They reflect Cixous' meditations on the art of reading, writing and related themes such as giving and loving as well as trace the influence of Lispector on Cixous' own development.Table of Contents"Sunday, before falling asleep" - a primal scene; "Agua Viva" - how to follow a trinket of water; "The Apple in the Dark" - the temptation of understanding; "The Egg and the Chicken" - love is not having; "Felicidade Clandestina" - the promise of having what one will have; "The Hour of the Star" - how does one desire wealth or poverty?

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Book SynopsisUnique in its attention to diverse expressions of personal nonfiction filmmaking, The Subject of Documentary forges a new understanding of the heightened role and function of subjectivity in contemporary documentary practice.

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Book SynopsisFrom a parsing of Lacan's claim that "commenting on a text is like doing an analysis," to sustained readings of "The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious," "The Direction of the Treatment," and "Subversion of the Subject" (with particular attention given to the workings of the Graph of Desire), Fink's book is a work of unmatched.

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Book SynopsisThe Union Pacific lays the groundwork for modern industry in America.

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