Search Results
Search results: 7
-
Thoreau's Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture
by Caleb SmithHow 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: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
The Oracle and the Curse: A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War
by Caleb SmithCondemned 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: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict
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: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
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’oIntroduces 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: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
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 AndrewsHarmony 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: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
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 SpriggsMarriage’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: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
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-GrantAmong 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: ENGCopyright: 2021