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Working Cures: Healing, Health, and Power on Southern Slave Plantations - Paperback

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by Sharla M. Fett (Author)Exploring the charged topic of black health under slavery, Sharla Fett reveals how herbalism, conjuring, midwifery, and other African American healing practices became arts of resistance in the antebellum South. Fett shows how enslaved men and women drew on African precedents to develop a view of health and healing that was distinctly at odds with slaveholders' property concerns. While white slaveowners narrowly defined slave health in terms of "soundness" for labor,...

Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia - Paperback

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by Anthony Cavender (Author)In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, medical anthropology, and Appalachian history and draws extensively on oral histories and archival sources from the nineteenth century to the present. He provides a complete tour of ailments and folk treatments organized by body systems, as well as information on medicinal plants, patent medicines, and magico-religious beli...

Living Indian Histories: Lumbee and Tuscarora People in North Carolina - Paperback

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by Gerald Sider (Author)With more than 40,000 registered members, the Lumbee Indians are the ninth largest tribe in the country and the largest east of the Mississippi River. Despite the tribe's size, the Lumbee lack full federal recognition and their history has been marked by a struggle to articulate an Indian identity against the imposition of non-native definitions of Indianness. Gerald Sider explores the complexities of Lumbee tribal identity, focusing on the tribe's socioeconomic and po...

Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed - Paperback

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by Scott Calef (Editor)Led Zeppelin, who bestrode the world of rock like a colossus, have continually grown in popularity and influence since their official winding up in 1980. They exasperated critics and eluded classification, synthesizing blues, rock, folk, rockabilly, funk, classical, country, Indian, and Arabic techniques. They performed the alchemical trick of transmuting base led into gold--and platinum--and diamond. They did what they would, finding wisdom through personal excess and ...

Swamplife: People, Gators, and Mangroves Entangled in the Everglades - Paperback

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by Laura A. Ogden (Author)Little in North America is wilder than the Florida Everglades-a landscape of frightening reptiles, exotic plants in profusion, swarms of mosquitoes, and unforgiving heat. And yet, even from the early days of taming the wilderness with clearing and drainage, the Everglades has been considered fragile, unique, and in need of restorative interventions. Drawing on a decade of fieldwork with hunters in the Everglades, Laura A. Ogden explores the lives and labors of people...

Black Behind the Ears: Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops - Paperback

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by Ginetta E. B. Candelario (Author)Black behind the Ears is an innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States. For much of the Dominican Republic's history, the national body has been defined as "not black," even as black ancestry has been grudgingly acknowledged. Rejecting simplistic explanations, Ginetta E. B. Candelario suggests that it is not a desire for whiteness that guides Dominican identity discourse...

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by Allen G. Noble (Editor)Originally published in 1995, Barns of the Midwest is a masterful example of material cultural history. It arrived at a critical moment for the agricultural landscape. The 1980s were marked by farm foreclosures, rural bank failures, the continued rise of industrialized agriculture, and severe floods and droughts. These waves of disaster hastened the erosion of the idea of a pastoral Heartland knit together with small farms and rural values. And it wasn't just an idea...

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by Jennifer Doyle (Editor), Jonathan Flatley (Editor), José Esteban Muñoz (Editor)Andy Warhol was queer in more ways than one. A fabulous queen, a fan of prurience and pornography, a great admirer of the male body, he was well known as such to the gay audiences who enjoyed his films, the police who censored them, the gallery owners who refused to show his male nudes, and the artists who shied from his swishiness, not to mention all the characters who populated the Factory. Yet even though War...

This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible - Paperback

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by Charles E. Cobb (Author)Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. during the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott, journalist William Worthy almost sat on a loaded pistol. "Just for self-defense," King assured him. It was not the only weapon King kept for such a purpose; one of his advisors remembered the reverend's Montgomery, Alabama, home as "an arsenal." Like King, many ostensibly "nonviolent" civil rights activists embraced their constitutional right to self-protection--yet this crucial dimension o...

Working the Boundaries: Race, Space, and Illegality in Mexican Chicago - Paperback

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by Nicholas De Genova (Author)While Chicago has the second-largest Mexican population among U.S. cities, relatively little ethnographic attention has focused on its Mexican community. This much-needed ethnography of Mexicans living and working in Chicago examines processes of racialization, labor subordination, and class formation; the politics of nativism; and the structures of citizenship and immigration law. Nicholas De Genova develops a theory of "Mexican Chicago" as a transnational socia...

The Other State, New Mexico USA - Paperback

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by Richard McCord (Author)The party in the cemetery. The amputation of the bronze foot. The reincarnation of Billy the Kid. The only book ever to make The New York Times best-seller list in both fiction AND non-fiction. The female gentlemen. The cave that waited 40 years. The murderous "squaw man."Where will you find these strange stories, and more? Only in "The Other State: New Mexico, USA." Anyone who lives in or travels to New Mexico understands that it is a place unlike anywhere else. Ext...

Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker - Hardcover

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by Lawrence O. Koch (Author)A comprehensive study of jazz great Charlie Parker, including details of record dates, more than 200 musical illustrations, and biographical material arranged chronologically and linked with Parker's recordings. The "Bird Stories" are all here, from Parker's Kansas City roots to his untimely death, as well as the seminal journal article on Parker's music, "Ornithology" that appeared in the Journal of Jazz Studies. Number of Pages: 346 Dimensions: 0.98 x 9.34 x 6.32...

Reinterpreting New England Indians and the Colonial Experience - Paperback

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by Colin G. Calloway (Author), Neal Salisbury (Author), Colonial Society of Massachusetts (Prepared by)For the indigenous peoples of New England--the Abenaki, Mohegan, Mohican, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Pequot, Schaghticoke, Wampanoag, and other tribal nations--the colonial period has not yet ended. In light of the contemporary struggles of Native peoples to defend their resources, shape their futures, safeguard their health, and provide for their families, the academic ...

Tribal Sovereignty: The Right to Self-Rule - Paperback

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by Gary Robinson (Author)This booklet answers frequently asked questions about Native American tribes, tribal governments and tribal sovereignty. Questions such as: What is a tribal government? When did they originate? How does the concept of sovereignty relate to Indian tribes? Why are tribes allowed to operate casinos. Scholars consulted for the research for this book in the fields of government and society, anthropology, history and tribal gaming. Perfect for presentations to local governm...

The Breath of Odin Awakens - Questions & Answers: Secrets of the Ond, Hamingja & Norse Luck Unveiled - Paperback

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by Frank a. Rúnaldrar (Author)The Breath of Odin Awakens - Question & Answers Edition The essential guide and companion to 'The Breath of Odin Awakens' looks at readers' questions, issues, difficulties and experiences. It provides direct guidance on many of the most common and complex issues raised. You will be guided through some of the most frequently encountered hurdles, sticking points and draw benefit from essential pointers on how to overcome these challenges. In addition, you will ...

The Pink Marine: One Boy's Journey Through Bootcamp To Manhood - Paperback

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by Greg Cope White (Author), Norman Lear (Foreword by)THE PINK MARINE is set in the Marine Corps in the 1980s. Our unlikely hero is a gay teen who joins the Corps with his straight best friend. And yes, it's insanely dangerous for both of them. But as fate would have it, turns out the Few and the Proud are a bunch of oddballs and eccentrics - and thus, a brotherhood is born. In a world where the landmines are both literal and metaphorical, this memoir takes a hard - and hilarious - look at ma...

How to Foster a Rescue Dog: Training for You and Training for Your Foster Dog. From Selecting a Rescue to Adoption. - Paperback

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by Wendy Blanda (Author)Fostering a rescue dog can be rewarding both to the volunteer and to the dog. It is a way to help dogs in need, reduce the pet overpopulation problem, and have a loving four legged house guest on a short-term basis.But how do you get started in dog fostering?How do you pick a good rescue to work with? What do you need to do to begin?How do you select the right dog and the right adoption application? Isn't it too hard to let them go? Don't you want to keep them all?"How...

Budoji: A Tale of the Divine City of Ancient Korea with an Overview of Korean Shamanism - Paperback

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by Sungje Cho (Author), Jesang Park (Author), Seo Choi (Translator)A powerful ancient story of indigenous Korea about the creation of the universe, the dawn of humanity, and more.Now available in English for the first time, with an overview of Korean ShamanismAn essential resource for those seeking to connect with deep Korean ancestral wisdom.The original text of Budoji was written by Jesang Park (363 - 419 CE), a loyal official of the Silla Kingdom of ancient Korea. It was a chapter in a lar...

LMSW Exam Prep Pocket Study Guide: Intervention Methods and Theories - Paperback

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by Jeremy Schwartz (Author)Study for your ASWB social work licensing exam on the go! With this pocket study guide from social work exam coach Jeremy Schwartz, author of Pass the LMSW Exam and LMSW Passing Score, you can review content and practice questions during gaps in your day. This volume covers intervention methods and theories, one of the core content areas for the ASWB Master's level social work licensing exam, and includes 80 practice questions with detailed answer explanations. This...

LMSW Exam Prep Pocket Study Guide: Assessment and Intervention Planning - Paperback

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by Jeremy Schwartz (Author)Study for your ASWB social work licensing exam on the go! With this pocket study guide from social work exam coach Jeremy Schwartz, author of Pass the LMSW Exam and LMSW Passing Score, you can review content and practice questions during gaps in your day. This volume covers assessment and intervention planning, one of the core content areas for the ASWB Master's level social work licensing exam, and includes 80 practice questions with detailed answer explanations. T...

Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit - Paperback

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by Ashley Mears (Author)A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley...

The Art of Reading Minds: How to Understand and Influence Others Without Them Noticing - Paperback

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by Henrik Fexeus (Author)The internationally bestselling guide to "mind-reading" by influencing those around you via non-verbal communication, from human psychology expert Henrik Fexeus. How would you like to know what the people around you are thinking? Do you want to network like a pro, persuade your boss to give you that promotion, and finally become the life of every party? Now, with Henrik Fexeus's expertise, you can. The Art of Reading Minds teaches you everything you need to know in o...

Studies of the Yaqui Indians of Sonora, Mexico: The History, Culture and Anthropology of the Yaqui Native Americans - Paperback

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by William Curry Holden (Author)In the 1930s, a party led by Professor W. C. Holden led these investigations into the Yaqui Native American tribes of Sonora, Mexico, revealing much about their culture and characteristics.Noting a relative absence of Yaqui studies in Native American ethnology, Professor Holden sought to fund an expedition to their lands from Texas. The-then ensuing Great Depression meant obtaining funds necessary for travel and study was difficult; requisite monies took time a...

Vital and Valuable: The Relevance of Hbcus to American Life and Education - Paperback

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by James V. Koch (Author), Omari H. Swinton Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are a crucial element of higher education in the United States. As of 2021, there were more than 100 HBCUs, with a total enrollment of approximately 300,000 students. Many of the most famed figures in African American history attended HBCUs, and the alumni of these institutions have a strong track record of upward mobility and professional attainment. However, the value and contributions of HBCUs ...

People of the Ucayali: The Shipibo and Conibo of Peru - Hardcover

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by Lucille Eakin (Author), Erwin Lauriault (Author), Harry Boonstra (Author)Describes the cultures of two closely related language groups in the Peruvian Amazon: the Shipibo and Conibo. Shares personal observations of their subsistence and economic, social, and political organization. Looks at their view of medicine and the supernatural. Discusses their life cycles Number of Pages: 74 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 28, 1986

The Mis-Education of the Negro - Paperback

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by Carter G. Woodson (Author), Jarvis R. Givens (Introduction by), Henry Louis Gates (Editor)The most influential work by "the father of Black history", reflecting the long-standing tradition of antiracist teaching pioneered by Black educators A Penguin Classic The Mis-education of the Negro (1933) is Woodson's most popular classic work of Black social criticism, drawing on history, theory, and memoir. As both student and teacher, Woodson witnessed distortions of Black life in the history and...

The Secret Commonwealth and the Fairy Belief Complex - Paperback

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by Brian Walsh (Author) Number of Pages: 216 Dimensions: 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 07, 2002

Disciplining Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Cultural Politics of Black Sororities - Paperback

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by Deborah Elizabeth Whaley (Author)Black Greek-letter organizations offer many African Americans opportunities for activism, community-building, fostering cultural pride, and cultural work within the African American community. Disciplining Women focuses on the oldest Black Greek-letter sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, established in 1908. In this innovative interdisciplinary analysis of AKA, Deborah Whaley combines ethnographic field work, archival research, oral history, and interpretive readi...

Carnival in Alabama: Marked Bodies and Invented Traditions in Mobile - Paperback

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by Isabel Machado (Author)Mobile is simultaneously a typical and unique city in the postwar United States. It was a quintessential boomtown during World War II. That prosperity was followed by a period of rapid urban decline and subsequent attempts at revitalizing (or gentrifying) its downtown area. As in many other US cities, urban renewal, integration, and other socioeconomic developments led to white flight, marginalized the African American population, and set the stage for the developmen...

Listening and Talking to Your Sexually Abused Child: A Brief Beginning Guide for Parents of Children Victimized by Child Molestation, Rape, or Incest - Paperback

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by Lynn Daugherty (Author)Your child was sexually abused You want to help . . . but how? Respected Clinical Psychologist Dr. Lynn Daugherty guides you as you listen and talk to your sexually abused child. Develop a stronger relationship with your son or daughter as you start the journey toward recovery from child molestation, rape, or incest. You can . . . Support your child, through listening and talking. Gain confidence in your own communication skills. Build a solid foundation for future ...

Hoodoo and Conjure: New Orleans - Paperback

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by Dorothy Morrison (Contribution by), Louis Martinie (Contribution by), Alyne Pustanio (Contribution by)A special edition of the acclaimed magazine journal under the new name of simply Hoodoo and Conjure is here In all its gloriousness and fabulous writ, this special edition publication of Hoodoo and Conjure: New Orleans brings to you a fantastic collection of articles from a variety of notable as well as up and coming authors. The majority of the articles center on aspects of New Orleans V...

Deception Detection: A Pocket Guide to Statement Analysis, Micro-Expressions, Body Language, Interviews and Interrogations - Paperback

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by Daniel E. Loeb (Author)The Deception Detection guidebook is not intended to provide a thorough explanation of the various concepts involved in Statement Analysis, Body Language, or Deception Detection. This handbook is intended to be used as a reference for supervisors, LEOs, or other deception detectors to quickly refresh or review the various concepts. This guide is not written in a chapter format, but seeks to provide a quick overview of the various concepts/topics and to provide the re...