Author: Norman Housley
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: contesting, past, crusades
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2006-02-20
List price: $97.95
ISBN-10: 1405111887
ISBN-13: 9781405111881

In this book Norman Housley, one of the most distinguished historians of the medieval period, provides an authoritative introduction to the crusades. Drawing on 30 years’ experience, Housley steers readers through the key historical debates. Almost every aspect of the long and complex history of crusading has been the subject of energetic discussion, and Housley’s account addresses issues ranging from the definition of ‘crusade’, through the origins and character of the First Crusade, to problems explaining and interpreting the later crusades. The author also reviews two debates

Author: Dona Schwartz
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: bowl, super, contesting
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1997-11-05
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 0415919533
ISBN-13: 9780415919531

The Super Bowl is an annual American rite. Around the country, friends gather together around the television with beer and potato chips and gear up for the game of the season. A multi-million dollar event produced by the NFL, corporate sponsors and broadcast networks, the Super Bowl is a carefully crafted spectacle that seems more about revenue than football. But what happens to your town when the Super Bowl comes to visit? Dona Schwartz seized the opportunity to find out when Super Bowl XXVI came to her home town, Minneapolis. The result is Contesting the Super Bowl, an alternative, non-

Author: Roberta Gilchrist
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: past, contesting, archaeology, gender
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1999-12-02
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0415216001
ISBN-13: 9780415216005

Is gender determined by biology, society or experience? How have notions of gender and sexuality differed in past societies? Addressing such questions, Gender and Archaeology is the first critical introduction to the field of gender archaeology as it has evolved over the last two decades. It examines the impact of feminist perspectives on archaeology and shows the unique insights that gender archaeology offers on topics like the sexual division of labor, issues of sexuality, and the embodiment of gender identity. A substantial case study of gender and space in the medieval English castle lucid

Authors:Barber, C.E.,
Publisher: BRILL
Keywords: middle, ages, visualising, painting, logic, contesting
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2007-10-15
List price: $126.00
ISBN-10: 9004162712
ISBN-13: 9789004162716

Drawing on a range of philosophical and theological writings produced in eleventh-century Byzantium, this book offers a reading of the icon and Byzantine aesthetics that not only expands our understanding of these topics but challenges our assumptions about the work of art itself.

Author: Aaron Baker
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Keywords: film, american, sports, identities, contesting
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-02-26
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 0252028163
ISBN-13: 9780252028168

Since the earliest days of the silent era, American filmmakers have been drawn to the visual spectacle of sports and their compelling narratives of conflict, triumph, and individual achievement. In "Contesting Identities", Aaron Baker examines how these cinematic representations of sports and athletes have evolved over time - from The Pinch Hitter and Buster Keaton’s College to White Men Can’t Jump, Jerry Maguire, and Girlfight. He focuses on how identities have been constructed and transcended in American society since the early twentieth century. Whether depicting team or individ

Author: James L. Halverson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: religion, culture, medieval, readings, christendom, contesting
Number of Pages: 254
Published: 2007-07-26
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0742554724
ISBN-13: 9780742554726

This reader fills a gap in classroom offerings by exploring historians’ ongoing attempt to understand the social and cultural aspects of medieval Christianity. James L. Halverson organizes his selections around two central questions: what do we mean when we say that medieval Europe was a Christian culture, and what did it mean to be a Christian in the Middle Ages? He argues that the diversity of medieval society over time and space defies the simple answers given in textbooks and that students of medieval religion must have more exposure to issues such as class, gender, and literacy. Thi

Author: Stanley Cavell
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Keywords: unknown, woman, melodrama, hollywood, tears, contesting
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1997-02-15
List price: $59.00
ISBN-10: 0226098141
ISBN-13: 9780226098142

What is marriage? Can a relationship dedicated to equality, friendship, and mutual education flower in an atmosphere of romance? What are the paths between loving another and knowing another? Stanley Cavell identified a genre of classic American films that engaged these questions in his study of comedies of remarriage, Pursuits of Happiness. With Contesting Tears, Cavell demonstrates that a contrasting genre, which he calls "the melodrama of the unknown woman," shares a surprising number and weave of concerns with those comedies. Cavell provides close readings of four melodram