Social Science : Anthropology : Cultural

Drawing on feminist and Foucauldian theory, Quinby offers a powerful critique of the millenarian rhetoric that pervades American culture. Tracing the deployment of power through systems of alliance, sexuality, and technology, the author promotes a variety of critical stances—genealogical feminism, an ethics of the flesh, and “pissed criticism”—as challenges to apocalyptic claims for absolute truth and universal morality. more...

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Using a mix of literary and social analysis, this book examines a range of modern Arab American literary fiction and illustrates how numerous socio-political phenomena have affected the development of the Arab American novel. It offers reflections on the viability of developing an Arab American Studies. more...

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Historical archaeology has largely focused on the study of early military sites and homes of upper class. This text offers research on the lower classes as more than merely a supplement to local histories. more...

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Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from Americas earliest purpose-built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. Generously illustrated, The Architecture of Madness is a fresh and original look at the American medical establishments century-long preoccupation with therapeutic architecture as a way to cure social ills. more...

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Compelling, accessible and beautifully written, this is the first comprehensive exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western society - from antiquity to the present - and in a variety of non-Western societies. more...

Price: $180.00