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  | | Writing Religion(1st Edition) The Case for the Critical Study of Religion by Steven W. Ramey, Steven Leonard Jacobs, Russell T. Mccutcheon, Theodore Louis Trost, Arjun Appadurai, Nathan Katz, Amy-Jill Levine, Tomoko Masuzawa, Professor Ann Pellegrini, Jonathan Z. Smith, Judith Plaskow Phd, Aaron W. Hughes, Martin S. Jaffee, Bruce Lincoln, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2015 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1872-7, ISBN: 0-8173-1872-0 "In 2002, the University of Alabama's Department of Religious Studies established the annual Aronov Lecture Series to showcase the works of nationally recognized scholars of religion capable of reflecting on issues of wide relevance to scholars from across the humanities and social sciences. Writing Religion: The Case for the Critical Study of Religion is an edited collection of essays that highlights critical contributions from the firs ..." |
 | | Landscapes of Origin in the Americas(1st Edition) Creation Narratives Linking Ancient Places and Present Communities by Dr. Jessica Joyce Christie, Contributor-Polly Schaafsma, Contributor-Merideth Paxton, Contributor-Betty Cornelius, Contributor-Christopher Oakley, Contributor-Richard Stoffle, Contributor-Larry Eddy, Contributor-Richard Arnold, Kathleen Van Vlack, Allen J. Christenson, Manuel Aguilar-Moreno, Patricia J. Netherly, Richard Arnold Bar, Christopher Arris Oakley, University Alabama Press Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2009 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5560-9, ISBN: 0-8173-5560-X "Landscape is a powerful factor in the operation of memory because of the associations narrators make between the local landscape and the events of the stories they tell. Ancestors and mythological events often become fixed in a specific landscape and act as timeless reference points. In conventional anthropological literature, "landscape" is the term applied to the meaning local people bestow on their cultural and physical surrounding ..." |
 | | Crossing the Borders(1st Edition) New Methods and Techniques in the Study of Archaeological Materials from the Caribbean (Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory) by Iris Briels, Jago Cooper, Alfredo Coppa, Andrea Cucina, Benoit Berard, Loe Jacobs, Sebastiaan Knippenberg, Dr. Corinne L. Hofman, Gareth R. Davies, Mathijs A. Booden, Hylke De Jong, Michaela Lucci, Channah Nieuwenhuis, Raphael Panhuysen, Michael Turney, Harold J. Kelly, Dr. Lee A. Newsom, Roberto Valcarcel Rojas, Christy De Mille, Fernando Luna Calderon, Roberto Rodriguez Suarez, Charlene Dixon Hutcheson, Yvonne Lammers-Keijsers, Marcos Martinon-Torres, Glenis Tavarez Maria, Rita Vargiu, Tamara L. Varney, Johannes Zijlstra, William F. Keegan, Jose R. Oliver, Contributor-Daan Isendoorn, Corinne Lisette Hofman, L. Antonio Curet, Contributor-Roberto, University Alabama Press Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2008 by University Alabama Press Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5453-4, ISBN: 0-8173-5453-0 "Explores the application of a selected number of newly emerging methods and techniques. During the past few decades, Caribbean scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have increasingly developed and employed new methods and techniques for the study of archaeological materials. The aim of earlier research in the Caribbean was mainly to define typologies on the basis of pottery and lithic assemblages leading to the establishment of chron ..." |
 | | Rhetorical Machines(1st Edition) Writing, Code, and Computational Ethics (Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit) by John Jones, Lavinia Hirsu, Jennifer Juszkiewicz, Joseph Warfel, Elizabeth Losh, Jonathan Buehl, Jennifer Helene Maher, Helen J. Burgess, Tim Menzies, Kevin Brock, Ryan M. Omizo, Ian Clark, Minh-Tam Nguyen, William Hart-Davidson, Joshua Daniel-Wariya, James Chase Sanchez, Anthony Stagliano, Annette Vee, J. W. Hammond, University Alabama Press Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2019 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5954-6, ISBN: 0-8173-5954-0 "A landmark volume that explores the interconnected nature of technologies and rhetorical practice Rhetorical Machines addresses new approaches to studying computational processes within the growing field of digital rhetoric. While computational code is often seen as value-neutral and mechanical, this volume explores the underlying, and often unexamined, modes of persuasion this code engages. In so doing, it argues that computation is i ..." |
 | | Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean(1st Edition) Contextualizing Sites through Colonialism, Capitalism, and Globalism (Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory) by Todd M. Ahlman, Gerald F. Schroedl, Douglas V. Armstrong, Samantha Rebovich Bardoe, Paul Farnsworth, Jeffrey R. Ferguson, Diana González-Tennant, Edward González-Tennant, Barbara J. Heath, Carter L. Hudgins, Kenneth G. Kelly, Eric Klingelhofer, Stephan Lenik, Roger H. Leech, Diane Wallman, Christian Williamson, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2019 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-2032-4, ISBN: 0-8173-2032-6 "New perspectives on Caribbean historical archaeology that go beyond the colonial plantation Historical Archaeologies of the Caribbean: Contextualizing Sites through Colonialism, Capitalism, and Globalism addresses issues in Caribbean history and historical archaeology such as freedom, frontiers, urbanism, postemancipation life, trade, plantation life, and new heritage. This collection moves beyond plantation archaeology by expanding th ..." |
 | | Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America(1st Edition) (Amer Lit Realism & Naturalism) by Jill Annette Bergman, Peter Betjemann, Sari Edelstein, Catherine J. Golden, Brady Harrison, Denise D. Knight, Gary Scharnhorst, William C. Snyder, Jennifer S. Tuttle, University Alabama Press Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2019 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5953-9, ISBN: 0-8173-5953-2 "A compelling critical investigation into Gilman’s conception of setting and placeCharlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman’s Place in America is a pioneering collection that probes how depictions of space, confinement, and liberation establish both the difficulty and necessity of female empowerment. Turning Victorian notions of propriety and a woman’s place on its ear, this finely crafted essay collection studies Gilman’s writings and the ma ..." |
 | | A Field on Fire(1st Edition) The Future of Environmental History by Mark D. Hersey, Ted Steinberg, Marco Armiero, Kevin C. Armitage, Lisa M. Brady, Brian C. Black, Karl Boyd Brooks, Robert Wellman Campbell, Brian Allen Drake, Sterling Evans, Sara M. Gregg, Shen Hou, Neil M. Maher, Christof Mauch, Daniel T. Rodgers, Adam Rome, Edmund Russell, Mikko Saikku, Frank Zelko, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 2019 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-2001-0, ISBN: 0-8173-2001-6 "A frank and engaging exploration of the burgeoning academic field of environmental history Inspired by the pioneering work of preeminent environmental historian Donald Worster, the contributors to A Field on Fire: The Future of Environmental History reflect on the past and future of this discipline. Featuring wide-ranging essays by leading environmental historians from the United States, Europe, and China, the collection challenges scho ..." |
 | | Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink(1st Edition) Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast (Archaeology of Food) by Aaron Deter-Wolf, Tanya M. Peres, Rachel V. Briggs, Stephen B. Carmody, Thomas E. Emerson, Kandace D. Hollenbach, Megan C. Kassabaum, Scot Keith, Nicolas Laracuente, Kelly L. Ledford, Thomas J. Pluckhahn, Neill J. Wallis, Lauren A. Walls, Elic M. Weitzel, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2018 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1992-2, ISBN: 0-8173-1992-1 "Archaeological case studies that explore the rituals and cultural significance of foods in the southeastern United States Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast, however, is the first collection devoted exclusively to southeastern foodw ..." |
 | | A Forgotten Front(1st Edition) Florida during the Civil War Era by Seth A. Weitz, Jonathan C. Sheppard, David Nelson, Chris Day, Lauren K. Thompson, R. Boyd Murphree, David B. Parker, Tracy J. Revels, Robert A. Taylor, Zack C. Waters, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2018 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1982-3, ISBN: 0-8173-1982-4 "An examination of the understudied, yet significant role of Florida and its populace during the Civil War. In many respects Florida remains the forgotten state of the Confederacy. Journalist Horace Greeley once referred to Florida in the Civil War as the “smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of secession.” Although it was the third state to secede, Florida’s small population and meager industrial resources made the state of little strat ..." |
 | | Theatre History Studies 2017, Vol. 36 by Sara Freeman, Steven Dedalus Burch, Dorothy Chansky, Eric J. Colleary, Stacey Connelly, Lezlie C. Cross, David Afriyie Donkor, Shannon Epplett, Laura Ferdninand Feldmeyer, Nicholas Holden, Gabrielle Houle, Julie Jackson, Darin Kerr, Todd London, Karin Maresh, L. Bailey Mcdaniel, Matthew Mcmahan, Julia Moriarty, Laura M. Nelson, Deana Nichols, Michael A. Rothmayer, Richard Sautter, Jeff Turner, Dan Venning, Alex N. Vermillion, Elizabeth Wellman, Sarah Wyman, Vivian Appler, Eileen Curley, University Alabama Press Paperback, 376 Pages, Published 2017 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-7111-1, ISBN: 0-8173-7111-7 "A peer-reviewed journal of theatre history and scholarship published annually since 1981 by the Mid-American Theatre Conference.Theatre History Studies is devoted to research in all areas of theatre studies, with special interest in archival research, historical documentation, and historiography. Many issues feature a special section curated around a special theme or topic; for 2017 that special section focus on histories of new writing ..." |
 | | Charlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman's Place in America(3rd Edition) (Amer Lit Realism & Naturalism) by Jill Annette Bergman, Peter Betjemann, Catherine J. Golden, Sari Edelstein, Brady Harrison, Denise D. Knight, Gary Scharnhorst, William C. Snyder, Jennifer S. Tuttle, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2017 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1936-6, ISBN: 0-8173-1936-0 "A compelling critical investigation into Gilman’s conception of setting and placeCharlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman’s Place in America is a pioneering collection that probes how depictions of space, confinement, and liberation establish both the difficulty and necessity of female empowerment. Turning Victorian notions of propriety and a woman’s place on its ear, this finely crafted essay collection studies Gilman’s writings and the ma ..." |
 | | What Democracy Looks Like(1st Edition) The Rhetoric of Social Movements and Counterpublics (Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit) by Christina R. Foust, Kate Zittlow Rogness, Amy Pason, Catherine Chaput, Elizabeth Brunner, Raymie E. Mckerrow, Daniel C. Brouwer, Mary-Louise Paulesc, Catherine Helen Palczewski, Kelsey Harr-Lagin, Karma R. Chávez, Bernadette Marie Calafell, Kevin Michael Deluca, Joshua S. Hanan, University Alabama Press Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2017 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5893-8, ISBN: 0-8173-5893-5 "What Democracy Looks Like is a compelling and timely collection which combines two distinct but related theories in rhetoric and communication studies, while also exploring theories and ideas espoused by those in sociology, political science, and cultural studies. Recent protests around the world (such as the Arab Spring uprisings and Occupy Wall Street movements) have drawn renewed interest to the study of social change and, especiall ..." |
 | | Theatre Symposium, Vol. 24(2nd Edition) Theatre and Space (Theatre Symposium Series) by Becky K. Becker, Arnab Banerji, Lisa Marie Bowler, Chase Bringardner, Alicia Corts, Andrew Gibb, Samuel T. Shanks, Sebastian Trainor, Christine Woodworth, Marvin A. Carlson, University Alabama Press Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2016 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-7011-4, ISBN: 0-8173-7011-0 "At a time when so many options exist for access to theatrical entertainments, it is no surprise that theatre practitioners and scholars are often preoccupied with the role of the audience. While space undoubtedly impacts the rehearsal and production processes, its greater significance seems to rest in the impact a specific location has on the audience. This volume delves into issues of theatre and space, traversing traditional theatre s ..." |
 | | New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee(1st Edition) Intellectual, Methodological, and Theoretical Contributions by David H. Dye, Thaddeus G. Bissett, Jessica Dalton-Carriger, Marlin F. Hawley, Jessica R. Howe, Shannon Koerner, Bernard K. Means, Michael C. Moore, Gerald F. Schroedl, Professor Kevin E. Smith, Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, Lynne P. Sullivan, Giovanna M. Vidoli, Heather Worne, Douglas W. Schwartz, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1905-2, ISBN: 0-8173-1905-0 ""New Deal Archaeology in Tennessee "tells the engrossing story of Southeastern archaeology in the 1930s. The Tennessee Valley Authority Act of May 1933 initiated an ambitious program of flood control and power generation by way of a chain of hydroelectric dams on the Tennessee River. The construction of these dams flooded hundreds of thousands of square miles of river bottoms, campsites, villages, and towns that had been homes to Native ..." |
 | | Eugene O'Neill Remembered(1st Edition) (American Writers Remembered) by Brenda Murphy, George Monteiro, Robert Powell, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2016 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1931-1, ISBN: 0-8173-1931-X ""Eugene O Neill Remembered" offers new views into the playwright s life by capturing the direct memories of those who were close to him through interviews, memoirs, and other recollections. These sixty-two remembrances create an unprecedented image of O Neill. O'Neill is known principally as the author of some of the most significant plays in the American dramatic canon and as one of America's Nobel Laureates in literature. However, O' ..." |
 | | Lost City, Found Pyramid(2nd Edition) Understanding Alternative Archaeologies and Pseudoscientific Practices by Stacy Dunn, Denis Gojak, Christopher Begley, Terry Barnhart, Jeb J. Card, David S. Anderson, James S. Bielo, Tera C. Pruitt, Evan A. Parker, Deborah A. Bolnick, Bradley T. Lepper, Kenneth L. Feder, April M. Beisaw, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2016 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1911-3, ISBN: 0-8173-1911-5 "Lost City, Found Pyramid delves into the fascinating world of sensational “pseudoarchaeology,” from perennial discoveries of lost pyramids or civilizations to contemporary ghost-hunting and reality TV. It examines how nonscientific pursuit of myths and legends warps both public perceptions of archaeology and of human history itself. A collection of twelve engaging and insightful essays, Lost City, Found Pyramid does far more than argu ..." |
 | | Theatre History Studies 2015, Vol. 34 by Elizabeth Reitz Mullenix, Alan Sikes, Andrew Gibb, Nicole Berkin, Megan E. Geigner, Jerry Dickey Dr, Sharon Marie Carnicke, Jonathan Chambers, Miriam Chirico, Meredith A. Conti, Julia Fawcett, Iris Fischer, Brett D. Johnson, Emeline Jouve, Valerie Joyce, Keith Byron Kirk, Jenna L. Kubly, Martha S. Lomonaco, Scott Magelssen, Theresa J. May, Lance Mekeel, Tavia Nyong'o, Alexis Riley, Kristen Rogers, Cindy Rosenthal, Judith Sebesta, Dr Teresa Stankiewicz, Heidi L. Nees Dr, Dr Harvey Young, Beliza Torres Narváez, Kevin J. Wetmore, University Alabama Press, Beliza Torres Narvez Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2016 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-7109-8, ISBN: 0-8173-7109-5 "Volume 34 of Theatre History Studies revisits the foundations of theatre, explores the boundaries and definitions of theatre, and illuminates how writing about the history of theatre is itself a form of historiography. The five essays are arranged chronologically, starting with Alan Sikes's discussion of the Abydos Passion Play. Sikes challenges the long-held interpretation of that ritualized annual reenactment of the death, dismemberme ..." |
 | | Beyond Boundaries(1st Edition) Rereading John Steinbeck by Susan Shillinglaw, Kevin Hearle, Lorelei Cederstrom, Kyoko Ariki, P. Balaswamy, Gavin Cologne-Brookes, James C. Kelley, Warren G. French, Rodney P. Rice, Paul Hadella, Charlotte Hadella, Hiroshi Kaname, Christina Sheehan Gold, Michael J. Meyer, Hiromasa Takamura, Kiyoshi Nakayama, John Ditsky, Mimi Reisel Gladstein, Carol L. Hansen, Stephen K. George, Brian Railsback, Robert Demott, Christine Rucklin, Malithat Promathatavedi, John Seelye, Malithat Promathatavepi, University Alabama Press Paperback, 374 Pages, Published 2016 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5860-0, ISBN: 0-8173-5860-9 "As a writer who, beginning in the 1930s, gave voice to the ordinary man and woman, Steinbeck came to be the conscience of America. He witnessed and recorded with clarity much of the political and social upheaval of the 20th century: the Great Depression, World War II, the Cold War, Vietnam. Yet his place in the literary canon of American literature has been much debated and often dismissed by academics. Beyond Boundaries challenges that ..." |
 | | Tenahaha and the Wari State(1st Edition) A View of the Middle Horizon from the Cotahuasi Valley by Willy Yépez Álvarez, Justin Jennings, Stefanie Bautista, Patricia Bedregal, Ingrid Berg, Camila Capriata Estrada, Isabel Collazos, Matthew J. Edwards, Martha Palma Malaga, Pablo Mendoza, Eduardo Montoya, Franco Mora, Amanda Mummert, Guadalupe Ochoa, Irela Vallejo, Luz Antonio Vargas, Maria D. Velarde, Elina Alvarado Sánchez, Alcides Gavilán Vargas, Oscar Huamán López, Corina M. Kellner, Marco Ubillús, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2015 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1849-9, ISBN: 0-8173-1849-6 "The Middle Horizon period (A.D. 600– 1000) was a time of sweeping cultural change in the Andes. Archaeologists have long associated this period with the expansion of the Wari (Huari) and Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco) states in the south-central Andes and the Pacific coasts of contemporary Peru and Chile. Tenahaha and the Wari State contains a series of essays that challenge current beliefs about the Wari state and suggest a reassessment of thi ..." |
 | | Transforming the Dead(1st Edition) Culturally Modified Bone in the Prehistoric Midwest by Eve A. Hargrave, Shirley J. Schermer, Kristin M. Hedman, Robin M. Lillie, Kathleen T. Blue, Dawn E. Cobb, Della Collins Cook, Paul D. Emanovsky, Cheryl A. Johnston, Christopher Carr Dr, Anne B. Lee, Cheryl Ann Munson, Stephen P. Nawrocki, Anna Novotny, Mary Lucas Powell, Maria Ostendorf Smith, Katie J. Zejdlik, Linea Sundstrom, University Alabama Press Hardcover, 384 Pages, Published 2015 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-1861-1, ISBN: 0-8173-1861-5 "The essays in Transforming the Dead: Culturally Modified Bone in the Prehistoric Midwest explore the numerous ways that Eastern Woodland Native Americans selected, modified, and used human bones as tools, trophies, ornaments, and other objects imbued with cultural signifii??cance in daily life and rituals. Transforming the Dead is a collection of essays that examines culturally modified human bones and their roles as ocultural and ritua ..." |
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