Women's space

Art historical and literary perspectives on the place of women in the medieval church.This interdisciplinary collection addresses the location of women and their bequests within the single most important public and social space in pre-Reformation Europe: the Roman Catholic Church. This innovative...

Prioritizing urban children, teachers, and schools through professional development schools

Provides insights into university partnerships with urban schools.How can we better educate disadvantaged urban students? Drawing on over five years' experience in a broad partnership involving twelve urban professional development schools in five districts, a teachers' union, a comprehensive pub...

Idealism without absolutes

Extends the boundaries of Romantic culture from its pre-Kantian past to contemporary theory and beyond.Idealism without Absolutes offers an ambitious and broad reconsideration of Idealism in relation to Romanticism and subsequent thought. Linking Idealist and Romantic philosophy to contemporary t...

Body as evidence

Analyzes how race and gender intersect in the rhetoric and imagery of popular culture in the early twenty-first centuryIn Body as Evidence, Janell Hobson challenges postmodernist dismissals of identity politics and the delusional belief that the Millennial era reflects a "postracial" and "postfem...

Scripting the black masculine body

Traces the origins of Black body politics in the United States and its contemporary manifestations in hip-hop music and film.Winner of the 2007 Everett Lee Hunt Award presented by the Eastern Communication Association Scripting the Black Masculine Body traces the origins of Black body politics in...

Envisioning a sustainable society

The evidence is increasingly persuasive. We are changing the way our planet's physical systems work-irrevocably. These changes are global and interconnected and unavoidable. They are upon us already, making it virtually impossible for any modern society to continue its present trajectory of growt...

Enabling the elderly

Here three gerontological professionals have combined their diverse backgrounds in a timely and urgently needed study of how religious institutions interact with their communities to provide care for the elderly. In an easily accessible and well-written text, actual and potential services are des...

The ticking tenure clock

Lydia Martin begins her tenure year one book shy, and when a sensational project presents itself she finds herself romantically entangled and ethically challenged.Lydia Martin begins her fifth year as an assistant professor of political science at Patrick Henry University with every reason to thi...

Polls and politics

A provocative examination of the use and abuse of public opinion polls.This hard-hitting and engaging examination of polls and American politics asks an essential question: do polls contribute to the vitality of our democracy or are they undermining the health of our political system? Leading sch...

Jamaica kincaid

Offers a new perspective on the psychological and affective dynamics of Jamaica Kincaid's fiction and nonfiction.Haunted by the memories of her powerfully destructive mother, Jamaica Kincaid is a writer out of necessity. Born Elaine Potter Richardson, Kincaid grew up in the West Indies in the sha...

The history of al-ṭabarī vol. 18

This volume presents for the first time in English Ṭabarī's complete account of the twenty-year long reign of the fifth caliph, Muʿāwiyah (661-680). The importance of this account lies partly in Ṭabarī's quotation of major portions of the work of earlier authors, such as Abu Mikhnaf and other eig...

The wind and the source

Explores the role of a significant yet elusive feature of the French landscape in literature, philosophy, and art.What does it mean to love a landscape? Why do certain authors have a predilection for specific landscapes? Why might one be fascinated by a landscape in which one would never wish to ...

Mexico unmanned

Demonstrates how transhistorical myths of masculinity are both perpetuated and challenged in recent Mexican cinema.Iconic images of machismo in Mexico's classic cinema affirm the national film industry's historical alignment with the patriarchal ideology intrinsic to the post-revolutionary state'...

Despite all adversities

Provides sophisticated theoretical approaches to Latin American cinema and sexual culture.2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Despite All Adversities examines a representative selection of notable queer films by Spanish America's most important directors since the 1950s. Each chapter focuses o...

Kabbalah in print

Demonstrates the impact of print culture on the spread of Jewish mysticism, focusing on Kabbalistic study guides by R. Yissakhar Baer of seventeenth-century Prague.How did Jewish mysticism go from arcane knowledge to popular spirituality? Kabbalah in Print examines the cultural impact of printing...

Searching for ashoka

Reveals how the persona of India's most famous emperor was constantly reinvented in ancient times to suit a variety of social visions, political agendas, and moral purposes.Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka unravels the various avatars of India's most famous empe...

Merleau-ponty and nishida

Places the phenomenologies of Merleau-Ponty and Nishida in dialogue and uncovers a demand for a motor-perceptual form of faith in both philosophers' meditations on artistic expression.Winner for the 2023 European Network of Japanese Philosophy Award for Excellence in Japanese Philosophy presented...

The politics of multiracialism

A provocative analysis of current thought and discourse on multiracialism.This is the first book to critically look at the political issues and interests surrounding the broadly defined Multiracial Movement and at what is being said about multiracialism. Many of the multiracial family organizatio...

Returning to irigaray

Leading scholars examine the relation between Irigaray's early writings and her later, more political work.Luce Irigaray is one of the most influential philosophers and theorists in the field of feminist thought, and her work is considered both revolutionary and controversial. This volume offers ...

Chuang-tzu for spiritual transformation

This book offers a fundamentally new interpretation of the philosophy of the Chuang-Tzu. It is the first full-length work of its kind which argues that a deep level cognitive structure exists beneath an otherwise random collection of literary anecdotes, cryptic sayings, and dark allusions. The au...

Tales from the sausage factory

A former state legislator and a political scientist team up to show how New York's legislature was once the nation's model professional legislature, and how it might recover from its present dysfunction."Laws are like sausages," Otto von Bismarck is said to have remarked. "It is better not to see...

Community self-determination

Examines the educational programs American Indians developed to preserve their cultural and ethnic identity, improve their livelihood, and serve the needs of their youth in Chicago.After World War II, American Indians began relocating to urban areas in large numbers, in search of employment. Part...

Truth and interpretation

A resolute defense of philosophy and hermeneutics against the threats of dogmatism and relativism.Luigi Pareyson (1918–1991) was one of the most important Italian philosophers to emerge after World War II and stands shoulder to shoulder with fellow hermeneutic thinkers Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul...

Rock on record

Shows students how to listen to and enjoy the rich repertory of rock records made between the 1950s and 1980s.An introductory textbook for Rock Music Appreciation and History courses, Rock on Record traces the story of rock from the late 1940s through the pre-rock styles of the 1950s to rock in i...

Ethical theory in global perspective

A straightforward, accessible introduction to core theories in normative ethics from Western and non-Western philosophy suitable for the classroom.Ethical Theory in Global Perspective provides an easy-to-teach introduction to ethical theory from a uniquely global perspective. In addition to key W...

Managed professionals

Focuses on the ongoing negotiations of professional autonomy and managerial discretion and provides insight into the broad restructuring of faculty, with conclusions that extend beyond unionized faculty to all of academe.Managed Professionals is a source book on the negotiated terms of faculty wo...

We have not stopped trembling yet

A father's personal and intimate account of his Filipino and Alaska Native family's experiences, and his search for how to help his children overcome the effects of historical and contemporary oppression.In a series of letters to his mixed-race Koyukon Athabascan family, E. J. R. David shares his...

Poverty and charity in middle eastern contexts

Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor.Offering insights and analysis in a field that has only recently come into existence, this book explores the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies-from the ri...

This dagger, my heart

Historical fiction centered around the life and tragic death of the German Romantic poet and philosopher Karoline von Günderrode.In 1806, when she was only twenty-six, Karoline von Günderrode plunged a dagger through her heart. She was a gifted poet and philosopher, a member of the circle of Roma...

Political theory and partisan politics

Renowned theorists address the interconnections between those who engage in political struggle and those who study it.Political theorists typically define political action in terms of rational potential rather than conflict, and for this reason neglect the partisan nature of political experience....

The street addict role

This book provides a new answer to the question, "Why do people use heroin and other street drugs?" Drawing upon a growing body of studies of drug users conducted by sociologists and anthropologists, it attempts to integrate their findings into a theoretically unified sociocultural explanation of...

Revaluing ethics

Challenges influential interpretations of Aristotelian ethical and political philosophy.Revaluing Ethics criticizes the notion that the Nicomachean Ethics is a moral textbook written for an indeterminate audience. Rather, Smith argues that the Ethics is a pedagogy and so must be read in light of ...

Sacred play

Explores the significance of levity and humor in South Asian religious traditions.Frivolity isn't always frivolous-sometimes it can be sacred. Sacred Play uncovers levity and playfulness in a variety of South Asian traditions where one might least expect to find it: in the heart of ritual. While ...

Religion and women in india

Examines the intersections of gender, religion, and politics among various Indian religious communities, from early British rule to the late twentieth century.In Religion and Women in India, Tanika Sarkar provides an account of gender prescriptions and proscriptions and their operation among vari...

The war that wasn't

An ambitious and timely look at the role of religion in New York State's early public schools.Finalist for the 2006 History of Education Society's Outstanding Book Award Winner of the 2005 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the New York State Archives presented...

Bringing zion home

Demonstrates how American Jews used culture—art, dance, music, fashion, literature—to win the hearts and minds of postwar Americans to the cause of Israel.Bringing Zion Home examines the role of culture in the establishment of the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel in the...

Masculine pregnancies

Examines literary depictions of "mannish" pregnant women and metaphors of male pregnancy to reframe the relationship between creativity and gender in modernism.Who is taken seriously as an artist? What does gender have to do with it? Is there a relationship between artistic creation and physical ...

Learning to think environmentally

The survival of planet Earth's nourishing life systems ultimately depends on how we humans think about them. Unfortunately, our culture's assumptions about the way the world works ignore recent scientific understanding of life systems. This book explains the interdependency and delicate balance o...

The limits of knowledge

Argues for a transactionally situated approach to science and medicine in order to meet the needs of marginalized groups.The Limits of Knowledge provides an understanding of what pragmatist feminist theories look like in practice, combining insights from the work of American pragmatist John Dewey...

Haight-ashbury, psychedelics, and the birth of acid rock

Illuminates the beginnings, downfall, and legacy of the acid-inspired, spontaneous, and playful approach to life and music in Haight-Ashbury from 1964–1967.Combining literature, social history, and personal experience, author Robert J. Campbell traces the birth, downfall, and legacy of the innova...

Teaching selves

Through the experiences of six students who wish to become high school teachers, this book explores the process of what it means to be a teacher and proposes ten principles for identity development.2001 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title This is a book about how identities arise, in particular, ab...

Yogi heroes and poets

An exploration of the history, religion, and folklore of the Nāths, a Hindu lineage known for Hatha yoga practice.This book provides a remarkable range of information on the history, religion, and folklore of the Nāth Yogis. A Hindu lineage prominent in North India since the eleventh century, Nāt...

Gambling, game, and psyche

The fate of the hero-gambler, as described by Dostoevsky, Balzac, Poe, and others, is the focus of this unprecedented exploration of gambling and the human psyche.Bettina Knapp adds a new spin on the study of gambling as she explores both sides of the coin-the rush and thrill of risk taking versu...

Public health in pharmacy practice

Clinical studies in transpersonal psychotherapy

Demonstrates the dramatic results of blending the traditional with the transpersonal approach to psychoanalysis.In this book, Seymour Boorstein builds upon his classical training as a psychiatrist to show the dramatic results of blending the traditional with the transpersonal approach to psychoth...

Public spaces, marketplaces, and the constitution

Examines how the Supreme Court has banished free expression from shopping malls and other public spaces.In spite of their public attractions and millions of visitors, most shopping malls are now off-limits to free speech and expressive activity. The same may be said about many other public spaces...