Describes Purdue's travels to diverse places where she lived in order to learn about the mysterious relative known in her family as Uncle. This book examines her... Læs mere
Explores the contemporary cultural construction of work, beginning with the expression, ""A Real Job"". Can the concept of work be divorced from the thinker's past?
Hoosier farming was an inter-dependent activity leading to a society of borrowing and loaning. The interactions of farmers were replete... Læs mere
Maps the presence, position and use in the narrative of a variety of material objects in Marguerite de... Læs mere
Covers gene regulation to enzyme mechanisms and protein structure.
A major focus of this work is to consider the Jewish role in American life as well as the American role in shaping Jewish life. This fifth volume of the Casden Institute's annual review is organised along five broad themes - politics, values, image, education and culture.
Provides an overview of the relationship between Germany, German speakers, and successive waves of German colonists with their eastern neighbors from the Middle Ages. This book... Læs mere
By focusing on the dialogic relationship that inherently exists between performer and spectator in performance, this work... Læs mere
Presents an interdisciplinary study of the Civil War and its enduring impact on American writers and filmmakers.... Læs mere
Provides readers with an understanding of the complexities and nuances that characterize both Victor Hugo's novel writing and the nineteenth-century French novel.
Provides a comparative cultural analysis of the unprecedented success of the Jewish novel in the postwar United States by situating the process and event in the context of... Læs mere
Examines contemporary French society's relationship with violence in an era of increased media dominance. This book presents an interdisciplinary approach which... Læs mere