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  • Thoreau's Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture

    Thoreau's Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture

    by Caleb Smith

    How nineteenth-century “disciplines of attention” anticipated the contemporary concern with mindfulness and being “spiritual but not religious”Today, we’re driven to distraction, our attention overwhelmed by the many demands upon it—most of which emanate from our beeping and blinking digital devices... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2023
  • The Oracle and the Curse: A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War

    The Oracle and the Curse: A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War

    by Caleb Smith

    Condemned to hang after his raid on Harper’s Ferry, John Brown prophesied that the crimes of a slave-holding land would be purged away only with blood. A study of omens, maledictions, and inspired invocations, The Oracle and the Curse examines how utterances such as Brown’s shaped American literatu... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2012
  • The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict

    The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict

    by David W. Blight • Robert B. Stepto • Caleb Smith • Austin Reed

    The earliest known prison memoir by an African American writer--recently discovered and authenticated by a team of Yale scholars--sheds light on the longstanding connection between race and incarceration in America. In 2009, scholars at Yale University came across a startling manuscript: the memoir ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Third Edition (Keywords #11)

    Keywords for American Cultural Studies, Third Edition (Keywords #11)

    by Walter Johnson • Andrew Ross • Lisa Nakamura • Angela D. Dillard • George Lipsitz • Sunaina Maira • Nikhil Pal Singh • E. Patrick Johnson • Timothy Mitchell • Carla L. Peterson • George J. Sanchez • Ashley Dawson • Josh Kun • Caleb Smith • Kandice Chuh • Lisa Lowe • Ann Cvetkovich • Christopher Newfield • George Yúdice • Alys Eve Weinbaum • Brian T. Edwards • Leerom Medovoi • Lauren Berlant • Junaid Rana • Erin Manning • Cynthia G. Franklin • Julie Sze • Scott Herring • Christina B. Hanhardt • Rebecca Wanzo • Juana María Rodríguez • Marc Bousquet • Laura Briggs • Sandra M. Gustafson • Erica Kohl-Arenas • Kevin K. Gaines • Henry Yu • David Kazanjian • Dean Spade • Siobhan B. Somerville • Crystal Parikh • Lee Bebout • Rebecca Hill • Jack Halberstam • Kirsten Silva Gruesz • Eric Lott • David F. Ruccio • Marlene L. Daut • Kyla Schuller • Jentery Sayers • Robert McRuer • Matthew Frye Jacobson • Alyshia Gálvez • Kembrew McLeod • Daniel Martinez HoSang • Valerie Rohy • Joseph Lowndes • Amaranth Borsuk • Robert Fanuzzi • John Kuo Wei Tchen • Lauren Klein • Miriam Posner • Tara McPherson • Jodi Melamed • Vermonja R. Alston • Stephanie Smallwood • J. Kēhaulani Kauanui • June Wayee Chau • Oneka LaBennett • Tavia Nyong’o

    Introduces key terms, research traditions, debates, and histories for American Studies and Cultural Studies in an updated editionSince its initial publication, scholars and students alike have turned to Keywords for American Cultural Studies as an invaluable resource for understanding key terms and ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2020
  • Harmonious Hearts 2016 - Stories from the Young Author Challenge (Harmony Ink Press - Young Author Challenge #3)

    Harmonious Hearts 2016 - Stories from the Young Author Challenge (Harmony Ink Press - Young Author Challenge #3)

    by Arbour Ames • Dani Anderson • Anika Olivo • Chloe Smith • Hilda Friday • Sarah Caulfield • Frisk Gillespie • Nick Anthony • Xoe Juliani • Julia Dupuis • Irene Grant • Anne Regan • Latitude Brown • Caleb Andrews

    Harmony Ink Press is delighted and honored to showcase the short fiction of some of the best up-and-coming authors working in the LGBT genre. The stories in this third volume of Harmonious Hearts represent the winners of our Young Author Challenge--a group of talented writers between the ages of fou... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2016
  • Revising Eternity: 27 Latter-day Saint Men Reflect on Modern Relationships

    Revising Eternity: 27 Latter-day Saint Men Reflect on Modern Relationships

    by Stephen Carter • Ted Smith • Dan Smith • John Doe • David Nicolay • Joey Franklin • Kevin Barnwell • Scott Blanding • Joseph Broom • T. Kay Browning • Michael Carpenter • Tyler Chadwick • Kelland Coleman • John B Dahl • Scot Denhalter • Theric Jepson • Clyde Kunz • Scott Russell Morris • Thomas W Murphy • Boyd Jay Petersen • Robert Raleigh • Robert A. Rees • Eric Robeck • Caleb Scoville • Kim Siever • Nicholas Don Smith • Andrew Spriggs

    Marriage’s central role in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distinguishes the faith while simultaneously reflecting widespread American beliefs. But what does Latter-day Saint marriage mean for men? Holly Welker presents a collection of essays exploring this question. The essayists pr... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2022
  • The Synergistic Classroom: Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting

    The Synergistic Classroom: Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Small College Setting

    by Allan W. Austin • Paola Prado • Corey Campion • Aaron Angello • Paul D. Reich • Patricia Marchesi • Patrick L Hamilton • Christine Dehne • Jonathan Munson • April M Boulton • Erika Cornelius Smith • Maryann Conrad • Julia F. Klimek • Christine D Myers • Audra L Goach • Hilary Cooperman • Winston Ou • Lana A. Whited • Sharon E. Stein • Martha Barcenas-Mooradian • Amanda M. Caleb • Alicia H. Nordstrom • Tina L Hanlon • Peter Crow • Susan V Mead • Carolyn L Thomas • Delia R. Heck • Autumn Quezada-Grant

    Among the many challenges confronting the liberal arts today is a fundamental disconnect between the curricula that many institutions offer and the training that many students need. Discipline-specific models of teaching and learning can underprepare students for the kinds of interdisciplinary colla... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2021
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