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Euphoria and Exhaustion Modern Sport in Soviet Culture and Society

Katzer Nikolaus, Budy Sandra, Kohring Alexandra, Zeller Manfred

ISBN: PB: 9783593392905, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, March 2011
320 pp., 21.1x14.2 cm

The architects of the Soviet Union intended not merely to remake their society – they also had an ambitious plan to remake the citizenry physically, with the goal of perfecting the socialist ideal of man. As "Euphoria and Exhaustion" shows, the Sovie...

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Cloning Terror The War of Images, 9/11 to the Present

Mitchell W. J. T.

ISBN: PB: 9780226532608, University of Chicago Press, January 2011
240 pp., 21.5x14 cm, 38 halftones, 8 colour illus.

The phrase "War on Terror" has quietly been retired from official usage, but it persists in the American psyche, and our understanding of it is hardly complete. Nor will it be, W. J. T Mitchell argues, without a grasp of the images that it spawned, a...

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Marriage and Cohabitation

Thornton Arland, Axinn William G., Xie Yu

ISBN: PB: 9780226798677, ISBN: HB: 9780226798660, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
412 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 29 tables, 16 line illus.

Situating their argument in the context of the Western world's 500-year history of marriage, the authors of this work reveal what factors encourage marriage and cohabitation in a contemporary society where marriage and the relationships between women...

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Media Studies

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Starring Mandela and Cosby Media and the End(s) of Apartheid

Krabill Ron

ISBN: PB: 9780226451893, ISBN: HB: 9780226451886, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa – among both Black and White South Africans – was "The Cosby Show". Why did people living under a system built on the idea that Black people were inferior and th...

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Anthropology at War World War I and the Science of Race in Germany

Evans Andrew D.

ISBN: PB: 9780226222684, ISBN: HB: 9780226222677, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
312 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 16 halftones

Between 1914 and 1918, German anthropologists conducted their work in the midst of full-scale war. The discipline was relatively new in German academia when World War I broke out, and, as Andrew D. Evans reveals in this illuminating book, its develop...

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America

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Alaska Native Cultures and Issues Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

Roderick Libby

ISBN: PB: 9781602230910, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2010
102 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 map, 16 halftones

Making up more than ten percent of Alaska's population, Native Alaskans are the state's largest minority group. Yet most non-Native Alaskans know surprisingly little about the histories and cultures of their indigenous neighbors, or about the importa...

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Belonging in an Adopted World Race, Identity, and Transnational Adoption

Yngvesson Barbara

ISBN: PB: 9780226964478, ISBN: HB: 9780226964461, University of Chicago Press, June 2010
264 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 line drawings, 9 tables, 16 halftones

Since the early 1990s, transnational adoptions have increased at an astonishing rate, not only in the United States, but worldwide. In "Belonging in an Adopted World", Barbara Yngvesson offers a penetrating exploration of the consequences and implica...

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Living the Drama Community, Conflict, and Culture among Inner-City Boys

Harding David J.

ISBN: PB: 9780226316659, ISBN: HB: 9780226316642, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 6 tables, 5 line illus.

For the middle class and the affluent, local ties seem to matter less and less these days, but in the inner city, your life can be irrevocably shaped by what block you live on".Living the Drama" takes a close look at three neighborhoods in Boston to...

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Laughing Saints and Righteous Heroes Emotional Rhythms in Social Movement Groups

Effler Erika Summers

ISBN: PB: 9780226188669, ISBN: HB: 9780226188652, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 4 line illus.

Why do people keep fighting for social causes in the face of consistent failure? Why do they risk their physical, emotional, and financial safety on behalf of strangers? How do these groups survive high turnover and emotional burnout? To explore the...

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Anthropology

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Anthropology and Global Counterinsurgency

Kelly John D., Jauregui Beatrice, Mitchell Sean T., Walton Jeremy

ISBN: PB: 9780226429946, ISBN: HB: 9780226429939, University of Chicago Press, April 2010
408 pp., 23x15 cm, 3 tables, 5 halftones

Global events of the early twenty-first century have placed new stress on the relationship among anthropology, governance, and war. Facing prolonged insurgency, segments of the U. S. military have taken a new interest in anthropology, prompting inten...

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