Author: Irene Cieraad
Publisher: Syracuse University Pre
Keywords: space, place, society, domestic, anthropology, home
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2006-10-30
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0815629036
ISBN-13: 9780815629030

In a volume that brings together a wide range of disciplines - art history, sociology, architecture, cultural anthropology, and environmental psychology - Irene Cieraad presents a collection of articles that focuses on the practices and symbolism of domestic space in Western society. These essays go beyond the discussion of conventional issues such as aesthetics and social standing. At Home takes an in-depth anthropological look at how different cultures use their homes as a visual model of the culture’s social structure.

Author: David Michael Griffi
Publisher: Syracuse University Pre
Keywords: fungi, soil, ecology
Number of Pages: 193
Published: 1972-12-27
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0815650353
ISBN-13: 9780815650355

Author: Carol Malt
Publisher: Syracuse University Pre
Keywords: east, middle, gender, culture, politics, jordan, case, voices, museums, women, studies
Number of Pages: 138
Published: 2005-02-28
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815630786
ISBN-13: 9780815630784

Written with verve and style, this book begins with an historical overview of the museums of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and the West Bank of Palestine and then focuses on the museums of Jordan and the women who work in them. Carol Malt intertwines a history of Islam and a discussion of the emerging public role of women in Muslim society. A museum director herself, the author provides a unique perspective and meaningful insights into the lives and work of twenty-four women who founded, curate, administer, and support Jordan’s museums. Their individual and collective contribution

Authors:David Lavery, Angela Hague, Marla Cartwright,
Publisher: Syracuse University Pre
Keywords: television, series, files, reading, knowledge, deny
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1996-11-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0815604076
ISBN-13: 9780815604075

The "X Files" is as complex and controversial a phenomenon as the television series "Twin Peaks" was in the early 1990s. Mysterious and macabre episodes, led by fictional FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, captivate devotees week after week. Contributors to this volume examine the same intricate storylines that challenge viewers. Theoretically sophisticated, however, this book provides a forum for the creative process and a discussion of the state of popular culture as a whole. Part police drama, part horror story, and part science fiction, the show has dared to suggest with great seriousn

Author: Robert H. Phel
Publisher: Syracuse University Pre
Keywords: york, times, new, meaning, editor, search, god
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0815609140
ISBN-13: 9780815609148

For nearly twenty years Robert H. Phelps ran interference for, cheered on, and sometimes scolded star reporters and top editors at the New York Times. Starting his editing career at the desk of the Providence Journal-Bulletin, Phelps joined the New York Times as a copy editor, eventually serving as the Times news editor for the Washington bureau. Along the way he struggled with balancing his moral ideals and his personal ambition. In this compelling memoir, Phelps interweaves his personal and professional experiences with some of the most powerful stories of the era. With candor and keen obser

Author: David G. Roskie
Publisher: Syracuse University Pre
Keywords: traditions, literature, music, art, judaic, culture, responses, catastrophe, modern, jewish, apocalypse
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1999-11-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 081560615X
ISBN-13: 9780815606154

This text documents a virtually unknown chapter in the history of the refusal of Jews throughout the ages to surrender. The author employs wide-ranging scholarship to the Holocaust and the memories associated with it, in affirmation of both continuities and violent endings.

Authors:Robert Bogdan, Todd Weseloh,
Publisher: Syracuse University Pre
Keywords: people, photography, guide, postcard, photo, real
Number of Pages: 274
Published: 2006-09-21
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0815608519
ISBN-13: 9780815608516

Lavishly illustrated, this encyclopedic volume provides the most comprehensive look at the history and culture of real photo postcards to date. The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and observation to address all aspects of the photo postcard from its history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like dating, purchasing, condi