{"product_id":"house-signs-and-collegiate-fun-sex-race-and-faith-in-a-college-town-9780253223265","title":"House Signs and Collegiate Fun  Sex Race and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn introduction to the ethnography of college life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fascinating, surprising, and intriguing look at pervasive house signs in a Midwestern U.S. college town, this book will delight college students, appeal to those who teach them, and engage those who study them across several disciplines. It is a skillful analysis of contemporary material culture, its playfulness, creativity, and ambiguities. It is also a vivid example of the multiple ways in which people engage with signs (visual or verbal)--from assuming that they have obvious meanings to privileging particular interpretations ,and even to denying that signs have any meaning at all.\" —Virginia Dominguez, University of Illinois\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"LaDousa makes excellent use of the formal interviews collected by his students to show that house signs are indeed a serious subject. In doing so he has provided us with a valuable text for introducing students to the field of linguistic anthropology and the process of collecting and analyzing data about textual practices in everyday life.\" —Journal of Linguistic Anthropology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"LaDousa presents weighty matters with intelligence and nuance, and yet always clearly, and with a wealth of data that generates a multitude of 'aha' moments.\" —James Collins, University at Albany, SUNY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A very lively read, one of those rare books that brings a sophisticated interpretive perspective together with ethnographic materials that are engaging, thought-provoking, and, for many of us and especially for our students, both experience-near and surprising. Good to read and think with, and likely to become, quite deservedly, a classic for undergraduate teaching.\" —Don Brenneis, University of California, Santa Cruz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \"The Ivy League\": House Signs and Their Display\u003cbr\u003e1. \"Bed, Booze, and Beyond\": History and Ethnography of Collegiate Fun\u003cbr\u003e2. \"Witty House Name\": The Textual Lives of House Signs\u003cbr\u003e3. \"Inn Pursuit\"… of Christ: The Unevenness of Agency\u003cbr\u003e4. \"Ghetto Fabulous\" and \"Plantation\": Racial Difference in a Space of Fun\u003cbr\u003e5. \"Hot Box,\" \"Box Office,\" and \"Fill Her Up\": Reflections on Gender and Sexuality\u003cbr\u003eConclusion \"Where the Sidewalk Ends\": Remarks on Cultural Production and Ethnography\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eReferences \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400669307223,"sku":"9780253223265","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253223265.jpg?v=1730471252","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/house-signs-and-collegiate-fun-sex-race-and-faith-in-a-college-town-9780253223265","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}