Author: Carol Delaney
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: comparative, studies, muslim, societies, society, village, soil, gender, cosmology, turkish, seed
Number of Pages: 393
Published: 1991-11-20
List price: $27.50
ISBN-10: 0520075501
ISBN-13: 9780520075504

How do the metaphors we use to describe procreation affect our view of the relative worth of each gender? Carol Delaney discloses the powerful meanings condensed in the seemingly innocent images of "seed" and "soil." Drawing on her work in a small Turkish village of Sunni Muslims, she shows us that the images are categorically different, hierarchically ordered, and unequally valued.The ways in which the creation of a child is understood in Turkey furnish a key to understanding a whole range of Turkish attitudes toward sexuality and gender, honor and shame, authority and submission, time and sp

Author: Carol Delaney
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: anthropology, introduction, experiential, culture, investigating
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2004-02-23
List price: $65.95
ISBN-10: 0631222375
ISBN-13: 9780631222378

Investigating Culture offers an innovative approach to understanding culture as a constructed phenomenon open to investigation of its implicit premises and explicit forms. Provides a refreshing alternative to traditional textbooks by challenging students to think in new ways and to apply these ideas to their own lives Focuses on the ways that humans orient themselves, e.g., in space and time, according to language, food, the body, and the symbols provided by public myth and ritual Each chapter includes: an introduction framing the central issues, examples from a range of cultures, a selected r

Author: Ann DeLaney
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, politics
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2002-05-20
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0764508873
ISBN-13: 9780764508875

Whether you understand politics or not, it still affects your life in very real ways. But American politics can be confusing. What’s a caucus? How do primaries work? How can you sift through all the babble to get to the truth? Politics For Dummies offers all these answers and more. And it’s not just for political novices; even those with a firm understanding of politics can use this book to fill out their knowledge of the little complexities – from how the Electoral College works to campaign contribution limits. If you have little or no knowledge of politics, don’t worry. Most peopl

Author: Tim Delaney
Publisher: Prometheus Book
Keywords: seinfeld, sociology, seinology
Number of Pages: 317
Published: 2006-03-01
List price: $20.98
ISBN-10: 1591023955
ISBN-13: 9781591023951

No one was better at turning everyday social interactions into memorable comedy sketches than Seinfeld creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David. The show, still very current in syndication, is filled with astute social observations delivered with great comic effect. Sociologist, and avid Seinfeld fan, Tim Delaney explores the sociological implications of the famous comedy show in Seinology. Part sociology primer and part Seinfeld tribute, Delaney’s book uses excerpts from many of the now-classic episodes to illustrate key facets of sociology. Along the way, readers are treated to an entertaini

Author: Tim Delaney
Publisher: University Press of America
Keywords: love, people, sports
Number of Pages: 246
Published: 2009-05-16
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 0761844899
ISBN-13: 9780761844891

Why do billions of people around the world love sports? This informative book attempts to find out why--by examining sports in all its facets, providing an overview of the history of sports, with a constant focus upon the social conditions through which sport arises.

Author: Tim Delaney
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Keywords: springfield, bit, little, simpsonology
Number of Pages: 411
Published: 2008-02-28
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1591025591
ISBN-13: 9781591025597

In this amusing and informative appreciation of The Simpsons, sociologist Tim Delaney looks at the many ways America’s longest-running sitcom and animated TV program reflects American culture. For more than fifteen years, the Simpsons have touched upon nearly every aspect of the American social scene--from family dynamics and social mores to local customs and national institutions. With over four hundred episodes aired so far, Delaney finds a goldmine of insights couched in parody on any number of perennial topics: · On television’s influence on American culture, Krusty the Clow

Author: Tim Delaney
Publisher: University Press of America
Keywords: behaviors, shameful
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2008-08-22
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0761840885
ISBN-13: 9780761840886

What do Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Richard Gere, untalented American Idol singers, former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, former baseball player Jose Conseco, _dead-beat_ fathers, and drunken college students all have in common? They have all engaged in some type of shameful behavior.Seemingly, an increasing number of people are acting rudely, displaying poor etiquette, and acting shamelessly in an increasing number of social situations. In fact, it appears as though there is a rising culture of shamelessness in the United States. Shameful Behaviors presents a unique look at American culture base