Behn (1640-1689) and Cavendish (1623-1673), two prolific women writers acknowledged as bold and thoughtful interpreters and responders to the issues of their times, are the subject of this study. Holm
In this social history, Preston (history, Augustana College, South Dakota) and O hOgartaigh (Royal Academy of Medicine, Ireland) present scholarly essays on how gender and sexual norms affected the pr
During his youth in Nazi Germany, international social worker and educator Louis Lowy (1920-1991) was held in the Terezin ghetto, where he illegally taught Jewish children and served as a youth leader
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict over territory is rarely treated directly by Israeli authors. Applying a geographer's concept of "vernacular landscapes" and "political landscapes," Grumberg (Hebrew s
The sixteen essays of Memory Ireland explore remembrance and forgetting throughout history, from early modern Ireland to contemporary multicultural Ireland. Among the many subjects addressed: Guy Bei
"The Western Sahara is one of the world's last vestiges of colonialism. In this thoughtful and impressive analysis, Stephen Zunes and Jacob Mundy provide valuable insights on the importance of enabli
Like the author of this remarkable collection of thirteen linked stories,the protagonist, Nadia, was born and raised in Egypt, educated in England,and immigrated to the United States. Samia Serageldin
Weiss-Wendt (Norwegian Holocaust Center) recounts the role of Estonians in the Holocaust, an area of study that is not often explored, and what caused them to collaborate with the Nazis in the enslave
Centuries before W. B. Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinships in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the unacknowledged d
American classicist Jayne L. Warner has collected 23 of Halman's (Turkish literature, Balkent U., Ankara) articles published in literary journals and conference proceedings mostly from the 1970s to th
In this collection, Rick Henry transforms the simple events of small-town life into richly poetic narratives brimming with emotion. Set in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the title story chronicles th
Batchelor was a Zen Buddhist nun in South Korea for 10 years before leaving monastic life in 1985, and returning to Europe to write and lead retreats. She recounts her experience in order to set the c
In this work, Rebecca Pelan analyzes religion, region, class, and national and ethnic identity as crucial contexts in shaping feminist consciousness in the two Irelands and compares the divergence of
Sait Faik may well be named "the Turkish Chekhov." In Turkey, critics and readers regard him as their finest short story writer. Since his death in 1954 at the age of forty-eight, his stature has grow
Lennon (English, Manhattan College) traces the literary and intellectual links between the Oriental and the Celt from the medieval period to the mid-20th century. He begins with the earliest Irish leg
In his treatment of Redmond, Joseph P. Finnan demonstrates the multiple identities of the Irish Parliamentary Party as nationalist, liberal, and Catholic. He looks at Home Rule as part of a federal so
For Lang (humanities, Trinity College) the Nazi genocide of the Jews raises questions both in its historical existence and in attempts to represent it in discourse of scholarship and literature. He ac
Written entirely by African-American sociologists, 17 essays are presented by Hare (sociology, Syracuse U.) as representative of the state of sociological studies on people of color in the United Stat
Organized by the color spectra, this field guide moves beyond the flower rainbow to discuss the physical structure of the various types of wildflowers found in these areas of New England. Includes bot
The companion volume to Citizenship and the state in the Middle East , this book explores issues of women's rights as citizens in the Middle East and suggests strategies for change. Its essays consid
The greatest wave of communal living in American history crested in the tumultuous 1960s era including the early 1970s. To the fascination and amusement of more decorous citizens, hundreds of thousand
This remarkable chronicle of New York City's Jewish families during the years of the Great Depression describes a defining moment in American Jewish history. Beth S. Wenger tells the story of a genera
Taking off from the conference "Beijing and Beyond," convened by the Sisterhood Is Global Institute in May, 1996 in Washington DC, this volume contains 16 contributions which focus on ways to promote
This book is an exciting study of clothing as a complex cultural expression. The author analyses contemporary social meanings found in the symbols of dress and shows the way groups and individuals use
This book, a reprint from 1994, follows the history of the Hilldale Club of Darby, Pennsylvania, from 1910 to 1932, and its role in the development of black professional baseball. Lanctot starts with
In their manual, Krathwohl and Smith, both from the Syracuse U. School of Education, ask students to consider all reasons for and the functions of a dissertation before they begin writing. The authors
Wonderley, the curator of the Oneida Community Mansion House, has collected oral narratives from Iroquois and Algonquian peoples in the early 20th century that connect folklore and myth to their world
North Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia has been called the "patriarchal belt," yet they are also experiencing the emergence of vibrant women's movements fighting for their own empowerment and o
This is the first major book to explore uniquely Iroquois components in the Native American oral narrative as it existed around 1900. Drawn largely from early twentieth-century journals by non-Indian
