The 
image means there
was something in the book I found particularly thought-provoking or
fascinating. The 
indicates I thought
the book was quite good; the little 
means that I didn't. No symbol means I just didn't
care. Keep in mind these are just my personal opinions, so feel free to
take them with a big grain of salt! ;-)
Due to the constraints of space, I've limited this page of reviews,
recommendations, and essays to books only -- while there are many
fascinating articles I've read, I don't have the space to include
everything.
I'm also in the process of including links to the Powell's on-line
bookstore for specific books, and a Powell's search engine if you
wish to just explore their wonderful selection. I've chosen to enter
into a partnership program with Powell's because they're still small
and independent, and every experience I've had with them shows they
still remember retail is a service organization -- to the
customer.
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Some Anthropology Book Reviews |
These are all seminal works in the field of anthropology,
or books on theory. Several of them are excellent, in my
opinion. Putting them on this page also means the library page loads
much quicker! ;-) |
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Collected papers of the 'Third World Women in
Politics' class |
An excellent class which I'd have enjoyed more were I not
quite so frazzled that quarter. The sources for the readings mentioned
in the papers are, incidentally, quite fascinating. |
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Collected papers of the 'Women, Religion, and Society'
class |
I very much enjoyed the reading list for this class. The
papers themselves are a little light, I fear... mostly a quickie synopsis
and a question for class discussion. ;-) |
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Highbrow/Lowbrow:
The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America |
I highly recommend the book this paper reviews; the
author presents a clearly written analysis of the sacralization of "Art"
in America. |
gimme this book! |
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A Quick Review of Reading the
Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature |
This is another book I highly recommend, as far as a
careful (if ultimately non-agreeing) treatment of a popular movement
that is commonly denigrated without thought. |
gimme this book! |
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Wisdom Sits In
Places |
An essay on both the book being reviewed, and cultural
links between language, wisdom, and location for the Western Apache. The
book is well worth reading. |
gimme this book! |
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Symbology in The
Women of Brewster Place |
A review of an unfortunately well-crafted book, brimming
with sexism disguised as anti-racism. No, I didn't like it. |
gimme this book! |
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Whiteness as Racial
Categorization |
From a class where the instructor did not encourage
free expression. This is as carefully neutral a review of Frankenberg's
White Women, Race Matters: The Social Construction of Whiteness
and Walker's "Advancing Luna - and Ida B. Wells" as I could manage
for her. |
gimme this book! |
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Last Updated: Sun, 2002-Mar-11
