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Presents a portrait of Karimpur, an Indian village, as it has changed over a sixty-year period. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, this title examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male.

This text probes the shape and texture of mass images in Casablanca, from posters, films, and videotapes to elections, staged political spectacles and changing rituals. The book blends ethnographic narrative, cultural reportage and the author's firsthand experiences.

An introduction to the life and work of Walter Benjamin, the German-Jewish philosopher and literary and cultural critic. The text offers insight into Benjamin's complex relationships with Adorno, Brecht, Jewish Messianism and Western Marxism.

Describes Rincon in detail, from the day the brainstorm to bid on the land took shape in the mind of a Perini Co executive until its champagne-soaked opening party. This book focuses on what it takes to build a tiny, self-contained city.

Japanese two-year-olds are indulged, dependent, and undisciplined toddlers, but by the age of six they have become obedient, self-reliant, and cooperative students. Using case studies drawn from two contrasting schools, this title documents the important early stages of socialization in Japanese culture.

This critical study uses the writings of the distinguished Urdu poets Azad and Hali to demonstrate how the British attempted to devalue Indo-Muslim culture following the Mutiny of 1857. It examines how the metaphysical, sexually-ambiguous style of these Urdu poets was derided by the British.

This monograph explores the way that traditional oratory in a Samoan village has been shaped by the needs of the political process. The author explains how grammar has been used to distribute praise and blame, in a way that also defines the standing of individuals in the community.

This book presents translations of four major practitioners of octosyllabic verse, the dominant literary form of 12th- and 13th-century France. The introduction discusses the varying views of women and love in the texts and their place in the courtly tradition.

A study of an early 20th-century intellectual movement which explored issues of politics, literature and nationalism in a manner that continues to influence Japan today. The author argues that the School's interest in romanticism stemmed from its attempt to overcome an impression of lost tradition.

These essays represent the evolution of Coleman's thought, from deep insight into African nationalism, to a refined theory of modernization. His work fused liberal-democratic idealism and scientific realism.

Provides a portrait of rural peasant life in Japan during the Meiji era.

In many South Asian oral traditions, women are viewed as fragmented identities, dangerously split between virtue and virtuosity. This ethnographical study of women in certain North Indian villages criticizes local ideologies of gender and kinship that place women in subordinate positions.

Argues that standard recommendations such as annual Pap smears for women and prostate tests for men over forty are in fact simply rules of thumb that ignore the complexities of individual cases and the tradeoffs between escalating costs and early detection.

Contradicting the traditional views that Benito Perez Galdos, one of Spain's greatest modern novelists, was a champion of the emancipated new woman, this study argues that his views actually reinforced the conservative model of frugal, virtuous womanhood - the angel of the house.

A study of the cultural phenomenon of American cinema in 1920s Berlin, which explores the significant impact of American motion pictures on all social classes, Hollywood's contributions to the Weimar Republic and the globalization of American culture.

Moving from "People" magazine to publicists' offices to tours of stars' homes, this work deals with the larger-than-life terrain of American celebrity culture. It begins with the often-heard criticisms that today's heroes have been replaced by pseudoheroes, that notoriety has become detached from merit.

This text counters dominant models of marginality by looking at modernist poetry written in two decentred languages, Hebrew and Yiddish. What results is a model of literary dynamics, one less tied to canonical norms, less limited geographically and less likely to universalize minority experiences.

A biography of Hermann von Helmholtz, a 19th-century scientist renowned for the co-discovery of the second law of thermodynamics and his invention of the ophthalmoscope. It relates how von Helmholtz also made contributions to the fields of physiology, philosophy of science and mathematics.

Adopting the metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers, this title provides an original approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years.

This study relates one of the most disturbing events of American history - the internment of American citizens of Japanese descent during World War II. It documents the political debate that preceded the internment order and uncovers a governmental campaign to suppress and destroy crucial evidence.

Although many scientists and other Americans protested the pursuit of nuclear superiority after World War II ended, they were drowned out by Cold War rhetoric that encouraged a 'culture of consensus'. This work states that a 'culture of dissent' arose, and traces this rebellion through many forms of popular culture.

Using local studies to answer global questions, this compilation challenges traditional notions concerning historical Chinese population trends. The important issues of fertility, mortality, family structure and migration patterns are examined.

Is the American family a thing of the past? Nonmarriage, childlessness and divorce are commonplace. This work focuses on adults across the nation who reached 'thirtysomething' in the early 1980s.

Challenging the theories of development and labor, this title explores how highly politicized labor movements could arise simultaneously in Brazil and South Africa, two starkly different societies. Beginning with the 1960s, it shows how both authoritarian states promoted specific rapid-industrialization strategies.

How has Cuba, a small, developing country, achieved its stunning medical breakthroughs? This work explores the Cuban medical phenomenon, examining how a governmental obsession with health has reaped medical and political benefits at home and abroad. It is suitable for those dealing with international relations and Third World societies.

Focusing on the hundreds of letters that Columbus wrote to the King and Queen of Spain concerning his discoveries in the New World, this study analyzes questions concerning the authenticity and authority of the texts attributed to Columbus, and his much-discussed opinions of the Indians.

This case study of the vast, high-altitude plains surrounding Peru's Lake Titicaca combines economic and social analysis with cultural and institutional history. The author demonstrates how colonial methods of constructing power and social identity linger to this day.

The nations of Latin America came into being without a strong sense of national purpose and identity. This book offers a cultural history of one nation's efforts to determine its nature, its destiny, and its place among the nations of the world.

A collection of the essays of art critic and poet Peter Schjeldahl, which explores his thoughts on individual contemporary artists, their work, events and ethics in the art world and new, creative directions.

Jean de Lery had undertaken his arduous voyage to the land of Brazil in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. This title presents a translation of an early European account of life in the New World.