Author: Bronwyn Davies
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Keywords: writing
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2000-02-09
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0742503224
ISBN-13: 9780742503229

Weaving together her most influential writings of the 1990s, Bronwyn Davies offers a unique engagement with poststructuralism that defies the boundaries between theory and embodied practice. Whereas poststructuralists are often accused of excessive abstraction, Davies’ sophisticated and nuanced discussions of subjectivity, agency, epistemology, feminism, and power are embedded in vital depictions of lived experience and empirical research. A renowned scholar of education and gender formation, Davies shows the importance of poststructural perspectives for her own research in classrooms, o

Author: Thomas W. Neumann
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Keywords: introduction, archaeology, resources, cultural
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2001-11-19
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0759100950
ISBN-13: 9780759100954

Cultural resources (CRM) archaeology is where graduating archaeology students get their jobs and where most field work and funding is now found. Yet, to date, there has not been a basic textbook introducing students to the proper practices of cultural resources archaeology. . . until now. Neumann and Sanford use their decades of teaching and field experience to walk students through the process of conducting a CRM project. After an introduction to the legal and ethical aspects of cultural resources management, the authors describe the process of designing a project, of conducting assessment, t

Author: Sue Fawn Chung
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Keywords: respecting, ancestors, rituals, death, american, chinese
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2005-04
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0759107343
ISBN-13: 9780759107342

Chinese American Death Rituals examines Chinese American funerary rituals and cemeteries from the late nineteenth century until the present in order to understand the importance of Chinese funerary rites and their transformation through time. The authors in this volume discuss the meaning of funerary rituals and their normative dimension and the social practices that have been influenced by tradition. Shaped by individual beliefs, customs, religion, and environment, Chinese Americans have resolved the tensions between assimilation into the mainstream culture and their strong Chinese heritage i

Authors:Barry Lord, Gail Dexter Lord,
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Keywords: exhibitions, museum, manual
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2001-11-15
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 0759102341
ISBN-13: 9780759102347

This is a guide to the process of planning, designing, producing and evaluating exhibitions for museums. Subjects range from traditional displays of art, artifacts and specimens from the permanent collection to the latest developments in virtual reality, online exhibitions, and big-screen reality.

Author: Thomas F. King
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Keywords: second, practice, laws, resource, cultural
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-06
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0759104743
ISBN-13: 9780759104747

"Renowned cultural resource management consultant Thomas F. King demystifies this web of regulations surrounding this field, providing frank, practical advice on how to ensure regulatory compliance in dealing with archaeological sites, historic buildings, urban districts, sacred sites and objects, shipwrecks, and archives. In this new edition, King reports on changes in cultural resource laws, regulations, and executive orders in the past five years and adds material on Section 106 review, NEPA, and the Preserve America executive order."

Author: Susan Kent
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Keywords: prehistory, african, gender
Number of Pages: 358
Published: 1998-01-21
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0761989684
ISBN-13: 9780761989684

Gender in African Prehistory provides methods and theories for delineating and discussing prehistoric gender relations and their change through time. Sites studied range from Egypt to South Africa and Ghana to Tanzania, while time periods span the Stone Age to the period just prior to colonialization.

Author: Laura M. Wendling Barry A. Lanman
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Keywords: oral, history, education, anthology, historians, generation, preparing
Number of Pages: 508
Published: 2006-05-11
List price: $42.95
ISBN-10: 0759108536
ISBN-13: 9780759108530

Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians is an invaluable resource to educators seeking to bring history alive for students at all levels. Filled with insightful reflections on teaching oral history, it offers practical suggestions for educators seeking to create curricula, engage students, gather community support, and meet educational standards. By the close of the book, readers will be able to successfully incorporate oral history projects in their own classrooms.