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Voyage to the Other World: The Legacy of Sutton Hoo Voyage to the Other World The Legacy of Sutton Hoo Calvin B. Kendall and Peter S. Wells, Editors 1992 Spring
A fascinating exploration of pagan Anglo-Saxon culture-a world caught on the boundary between competing ideologies and contrasting social systems. Contributors: James Campbell, Martin Carver, Robert Payson Creed, Roberta Frank, Michael N. Geselowitz, Gloria Polizzotti Greis, Henrik M. Jansen, Simon Keynes, Edward Schoenfeld, Jana Schulman, Alan M. Stahl, Wesley M. Stevens, and Else Roesdahl.
Knowing Nukes: The Politics and Culture of the Atom Knowing Nukes The Politics and Culture of the Atom William Chaloupka 1992 Spring
Countering critics who charge that postmodern positions on language, authority, and power cannot inform effective political responses, this compelling analysis employs these same methods to examine antinuclear politics. Star Wars (the movie and the antimissile system), the Freeze movement, Reaganism, and “lifestyle” politics all receive new treatments.
Red Lake Nation: Portraits of Ojibway Life Red Lake Nation Portraits of Ojibway Life Charles Brill 1992 Spring
Movingly documents, in words and pictures, the life of the Red Lake band on a ‘closed reservation’ in northern Minnesota.
A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature V4: Agriculture in Economic Development 1940s to 1990s A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature V4 Agriculture in Economic Development 1940s to 1990s Lee R. Martin, Editor 1991 Fall
This comprehensive four-volume series provides surveys of the literature in agricultural economics published from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Private Screenings: Television and the Female Consumer Private Screenings Television and the Female Consumer Lynn Spigel and Denise Mann, Editors 1992 Spring
Analyzes how television delivers definitions of “femininity” to its female audiences. Includes a source guide for television shows from 1946-1970. Contributors: Julie D’Acci, Sarah Berry, Aniko Bodroghkozy, Robert H. Deming, Dan Einstein, Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, Mary Beth Haralovich, Lynne Joyrich, William Lafferty, Nina Liebman, George Lipsitz, Denise Mann, Lynn Spigel, Jillian Steinberger and Randall Vogt.
Cognitive Models of Science Cognitive Models of Science Ronald N. Giere, Editor 1992 Spring
Delineates the emerging impact the cognitive sciences are having on the content and methods of philosophy.
Chaucer’s England: Literature in Historical Context Chaucer’s England Literature in Historical Context Barbara A. Hanawalt, Editor 1992 Spring
Represents the first time that disciples of history and English literature have joined forces to present new interpretations of late fourteenth-century English society. Contributors: Caroline M. Barron, Michael J. Bennett, Lawrence M. Clopper, Susan Crane, Richard Firth Green, Nicholas Orme, Nigel Saul, Paul Strohm, and David Wallace.
A Passage to England: Barbadian Londoners Speak of Home A Passage to England Barbadian Londoners Speak of Home John Western 1992 Spring
Grounds of Dispute: Art History, Cultural Politics and the Discursive Field Grounds of Dispute Art History, Cultural Politics and the Discursive Field John Tagg 1992 Spring
“This is an important book by a scholar of international stature. Tagg at once ‘practices’ art history, via his several essays on photography, while at the same time he critiques the disciplinary apparatus by which this can be done. Consistently brilliant, attractive, and compelling.” --Richard Leppert
Travel as Metaphor: From Montaigne to Rousseau Travel as Metaphor From Montaigne to Rousseau Georges Van den Abbeele 1991 Fall
A detailed reading of Montaigne, Descartes, Montesquieu, and Rousseau, underscoring the foundational and potentially liberating force of travel in early modern French philosophy.
Culture and Control in Counter-Reformation Spain Culture and Control in Counter-Reformation Spain Anne J. Cruz and Mary Elizabeth Perry, Editors 1991 Fall
Focuses on the various modes of repression and cultural/social control exerted by Spanish institutions during the counter-reformation.
Thinking Clearly about Psychology V2: Personality and Psychopathology Thinking Clearly about Psychology V2 Personality and Psychopathology Dante Cicchetti and William M. Grove, Editors 1991 Fall
Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients with the MMPI-2 Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients with the MMPI-2 Laura S. Keller and James N. Butcher 1991 Fall
Supplies clinicians with data on the applicability of previous MMPI chronic pain research to the revised version of the test.
Belated Modernity and Aesthetic Culture: Inventing National Literature Belated Modernity and Aesthetic Culture Inventing National Literature Gregory Jusdanis 1991 Fall
Traces literature’s function in the formation of the nation-state through the “belated” emergence of a national aesthetic culture in Greece.
Toward a Medieval Poetics Toward a Medieval Poetics Paul Zumthor 1991 Fall
A major work of modern critical theory that is concerned with establishing the dynamics of textual production in the Middle Ages. Integrating knowledge in philosophy, history, sociology, and language, Zumthor produces a detailed synthesis that depicts the literary understanding during the historical period that laid the basis for modern literature.