Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th and 17th centuries, ancient religious tracts emphasizing humility as the mother of virtues, the ......
Divided into three parts, this work gives a historical and geographic overview of humankind's practice of and attitudes toward cannibalism. It discusses motivational factors for cannibalism. It also addresses our fascination with cannibals, man-eating witches, werewolves, and vampires in literature, myth, and the media.
The book combines cultural anthropology, cognitive psychology, neurophysiology, and the study of psychosomatic illness to present the information on the dissociative process. Experts in each of these fields bring their knowledge on the unique role that dissociation plays in moderating social and psychological effects on the body.
Drinking, Smoking, Taking Drugs, Gambling, Sexual Misbehavior and Sweari
Tracing the evolution of each of the bad habits, this title shows how liquor control boards encouraged the consumption of alcohol; how alcoholic beverage producers got their workers deferred from the draft during World War II; and how convenience stores and accounting firms pursued profits by pushing legalized gambling.
This is the study of a major change in American middle-class emotional culture. It took place between the end of World War I and the 1950s. Becoming a cool character meant adopting an air of nonchalance, an emotional mantle, to shield the whole personality from embarrassing excess.
Presents selections that span the political gamut from the far left to the far right, demonstrating the clash of views on the many issues surrounding the political correctness debate.
Draws upon evidence from infant observation and linguistics as well as from information theory in order to make two related points. This title demonstrates how our prevailing theories of meaning have failed to account for how we distort meaning.
Radical Theory and Practice in William S. Burroughs' Fiction
In this pioneering study, Robin Lydenberg focuses upon the stylistic accomplishments of this controversial and experimental writer. In doing so, she skillfully demonstrates that the ideas we now recognize as characteristic of post-structuralism and deconstruction were being developed independently by Burroughs long ago.
This book is about the world of black police in New York City: who they are, how they work with the department, how they are recruited by whites, how they are treated in turn by their fellow blacks, and how they operate day by day in the richest as well as the poorest parts of the city. Leinen provides direct quotations from police, citizens, city ......
Before Margaret Mead, even before Ruth Benedict, it was Elsie Clews Parsons who paved the way as the first woman president of the American Anthropological Association. Born into a prominent New York family in 1874, Parsons showed early determination to be free of social constraints.
This anthology is considered one of the groundbreaking collections of feminist essays published in the 1970's, and includes works by authors such as Sally Slocum. The ideas expressed in this collection are heavily focused towards the development of universal explanations and helpful dichotomies.
