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David Yount Faith under fire
Analyse van de rol van religie in de Noord-Amerikaanse samenleving.
Non-fictie
Engels | 191 pagina's | CeShore, Pittsburgh, PA | 2004
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Useful bodies
humans in the service of medical science in the twentieth century
Artikelen over medische proeven op levende mensen die in de twintigste eeuw plaatsvonden, de ethiek en zin ervan en de rol van democratische overheden daarbij.
Non-fictie
Engels | 217 pagina's | Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD [etc.] | 2003
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All work and no play ...
how educational reforms are harming our preschoolers
Kritische analyses van actuele trends in het basisonderwijs in de Verenigde Staten, waardoor aan het bijbrengen van kennis en vaardigheden op zeer jonge leeftijd veel aandacht wordt besteed, ten koste van de mentale ontwikkeling van peuters en kleuters.
Non-fictie
Engels | 215 pagina's | Praeger, Westport, CT [etc.] | 2003
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Critical views of September 11
analyses from around the world
Engels | 290 pagina's | The New Press, New York, NY | 2002
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American Klezmer
its roots and offshoots
Engels | 245 pagina's | University of California Press, Berkeley, CA [etc.] | 2002
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Robert F. Reid-Pharr Black gay man
essays
At turns autobiographical, political, literary, erotic, and humorous, Black Gay Man spoils our preconceived notions of not only what it means to be black, gay and male but also what it means to be a contemporary intellectual. Both a celebration of black gay male identity as well as a powerful critique of the structures that allow for the production of that identity, Black Gay Man introduced the eloquent voice of Robert Reid-Pharr in cultural criticism. At once erudite and readable, the range of topics...
Engels | 195 pagina's | New York University Press, New York [etc.] | 2001
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Ruth Crawford Seeger The music of American folk song and selected other writings on American folk music
Engels | 156 pagina's | University of Rochester Press, Rochester, N.Y. | 2001
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The state of democracy in America
Engels | 284 pagina's | Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C | 2001
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The visual culture of American religions
Engels | 427 pagina's | University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif., [etc.] | 2001
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Beauty and business
commerce, gender, and culture in modern America
Engels | 340 pagina's | Routledge, New York [etc.] | 2001
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American popular music
Engels | 280 pagina's | University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA | 2001
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Perspectives on American music, 1900-1950
Engels | 415 pagina's | Garland, New York [etc.] | 2000
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American Indian grandmothers
traditions and transitions
Schweizer blends documentary history, oral history, and ethnographic observation to shed light on the world of grandmothering in Native America. The cultural and emotional resources of their ethnic traditions help grandmothers grapple with the social, economic, cultural and political challenges they face in the late twentieth century. Indian grandmothers are almost universally occupied with child care and child rearing at some time, but such variables as lineal descent, clan membership, kinship patterns,...
Engels | 239 pagina's | University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque | 1999
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Perspectives on American music since 1950
Engels | 482 pagina's | Garland, New York [etc.] | 1999
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The new American cinema
Collection of essays providing a survey of Hollywood and independent films from the mid-sixties to the present. The essays are divided into three sections: movies and money, cinema and culture and independents and independence. Focus lies among others on the economics of the film industry, the distribution of studio and independent films, the political significance of films, the films of women, the stereotyping of African Americans.
Engels | 405 pagina's | Duke University Press, Durham [etc.] | 1998
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Critical issues in public art
content, context, and controversy
Defining national values: American monuments, murals and memorials; politics, patronage and public art. Public art is a complex achievement that must speak to increasingly diverse groups and causes often controversies. Public art overtly and covertly conveys civic values and national culture. Each work can only be understood by analysing the context in which it is commissioned, built and recieved.
Engels | 314 pagina's | Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington [etc.] | 1998
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Entertaining crime
television reality programs
Engels | 218 pagina's | Aldine De Gruyter, New York | 1998
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Max Wilk They're playing our song
conversations with America's classic songwriters
Non-fictie
Engels | 294 pagina's | Da Capo Press, New York | 1997
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Musics of multicultural America
a study of twelve musical communities
Engels | 348 pagina's | Schirmer Books, New York | 1997
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New world Hasidim
ethnographic studies of Hasidic Jews in America
Engels | 285 pagina's | State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. | 1995
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