This is Lynnea Chapman King reporting books of interest to the
PCA/ACA from
the March 22 & 29, 1996 editions of the __Chronicle of Higher Education__.
The date of each review is listed with each entry.
Send request to review a book listed above for the __Journal of Popular
Culture__ or the __Journal of American Culture__ to Peter Rollins
(rollins@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu).
Lynnea Chapman King, English Dept, Texas Tech U. Lubbock, TX
ykflc@ttacs.ttu.edu
Indiana University Press: All IUP books listed here.
BLACK POLICE IN AMERICA
BY W. MARVIN DULANEY
(Draws on archives, interviews, and newspapers in a history of black
Americans in law enforcement since Reconstruction. 193 pages. March 22)
THE EMERGING MIDWEST: UPLAND SOUTHERNERS AND THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF THE
OLD NORTHWEST, 1787-1861
BY NICOLE ETCHESON
(Explores the development of midwestern identity among those who migrated
from the South. 224 pages. March 22)
BIKE BOYS, DRAG QUEENS, AND SUPERSTARS: AVANT-GARDE, MASS CULTURE, AND GAY
IDENTITIES IN THE 1960S UNDERGROUND CINEMA
BY JUAN A. SUAREZ
(Identifies a gay-influenced cinematic movement in 1960s New York that
recycled elements of popular culture into avant-garde film; focuses on
films by Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, and Andy Warhol. 384 pages. March 22)
New York University Press: All NYUP books listed here.
INTERPRETING JUDAISM IN A POSTMODERN AGE:
STEVEN KEPNES, EDITOR
(Essays that apply deconstructionist and other postmodern approaches to
topics in Jewish culture, history, and religion. 392 pages. March 29)
TITUBA, RELUCTANT WITCH OF SALEM: DEVILISH INDIANS AND PURITAN FANTASIES
BY ELAINE G. BRESLAW
(Reconstructs the life of the Caribbean Indian slave who was at the center
of the 1692 witch trials in Salem; argues that Tituba actively attempted to
prolong her life by testimony that manipulated Puritan fears of
devil-worshipping Indians. 243 pages. March 29)
MAKING MEN MORAL: SOCIAL ENGINEERING DURING THE GREAT WAR
BY NANCY K. BRISTOW
(A study of the Commission of Training Camp Activities, and agency created
by the Wilson Administration to promote temperance and chastity among newly
mobilized troops. 298 pages. March 29)
DIXIE DEBATES: PERSPECTIVES ON SOUTHERN CULTURES
RICHARD H. KING AND HELEN TAYLOR, EDITORS
(Topics include the vision of Southerness in __Southern Living__ magazine;
the role of music in the packaging of New Orleans as a tourist site; and
the literary aesthetics of Alice Walker. 242 pages. March 29)
Routledge:
LANGUAGE AND CONTROL IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
BY MURRAY KNOWLES AND KIRSTEN MALMKJAER
(A computer-based, linguistic analysis of children's literature that
compares texts from the 19th and 20th centuries; focuses on how writers use
language to instill a particular world view. 295 pages. March 22)
Rutgers University Press: All RUP books listed here.
OUR TOWN: RACE, HOUSING, AND THE SOUL OF SUBURBIA
BY DAVID L. KIRP
(Traces the local, state, and national impact of a fair-housing lawsuit
brought in Mount Laurel, N.J., in 1971. 267 pages. March 29)
ABORTION AT WORK: IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE IN A FEMINIST CLINIC
BY WENDY SIMONDS
(An ethnographic study of workers in a non-profit abortion clinic in a
southeastern American city in the early 1990s. 262 pages. March 29)
THE NEW WINTER SOLDIERS: GI AND VETERAN DISSENT DURING THE VIETNAM ERA
BY RICHARD MOSER
(Uses interviews and memoirs to explore antiwar activism among veterans and
soldiers during the Vietnam War; sets the movement in the context of the
"citizen soldier" tradition of the American Revolution. 300 pages. March
29)
Smithsonian Institution Press: All SIP books listed here.
TROLLEY WARS: STREETCAR WORKERS ON THE LINE
BY SCOTT MOLLOY
(Focuses on the 1902 strike by streetcar workers in Pawtucket and
Providence, R.I. 238 pages. March 29)
RACE, DISCOURSE, AND THE ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAS: A NEW WORLD VIEW
VERA LAWRENCE HYATT AND REX NETTLEFORD, EDITORS
(Essays that integrate African and American Indian history into the
narrative of European exploration. 302 pages. March 29)
ILLEGAL TENDER: COUNTERFEITING AND THE SECRET SERVICE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY
AMERICA
BY DAVID R. JOHNSON
(Examines the economic and social world of American counterfeiters, and
traces the anti-counterfeiting campaign that began with the creation of the
U.S. Secret Service in 1865. 222 pages. March 29)
Southern Illinois University Press: All SIUP books listed here.
THE PRESIDENT'S MAN: LEO CROWLEY AND FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IN PEACE AND WAR
BY STUART L. WEISS
(A biography of the American banker who was appointed chairman of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1934 and served in that and other
positions in the Roosevelt Administrations. 311 pages. March 29)
THE LIVES AND TIMES OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
BY E.R. MILNER
(Uses previously unpublished material to trace the lives, romance, and
criminal partnership of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose exploits in
Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas ended with their deaths in a police
ambush in May 1934. 187 pages. March 29)
KEATON'S SILENT SHORTS: BEYOND THE LAUGHTER
BY GABRIELLA OLDHAM
(Discusses the American comedian's work as the director and star of 19
short films produced from 1920 to 1923. 398 pages. March 29)
Syracuse University Press:
HARLEM AT WAR: THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN WWII
BY NAT BRANDT
(Uses the New York neighborhood to explore the origins of tensions in
American black communities during World War II; focuses on factors that led
to the August 1943 riot in which six blacks were killed, 700 injured, and
600 arrested. 296 pages. March 22)
University of Alabama Press: All UAP books listed here.
OUR SOUTHERN ZION: A HISTORY OF CALVINISM IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LOW COUNTRY
BY ERSKINE CLARKE
(Challenges the "cavalier myth" of the low country that depicts the
region's society as especially dedicated to amusement and neglectful of
religion and intellectual pursuits. 472 pages. March 22)
THE NEW CRUSADES, THE NEW HOLY LAND: CONFLICT IN THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CONVENTION, 1969-1991
BY DAVID T. MORGAN
(A history of the conflict between "fundamentalists" and "moderates" in the
Southern Baptist Convention that led eventually to the emergence of a
moderate "quasi-denomination" known as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
246 pages. March 29)
A NEW DEAL FOR SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY
BY EDWIN A. LYON
(Discusses archaeological projects sponsored in the southeastern United
States by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and other "New Deal"
agencies in the 1930s and T40s. 283 pages. March 29)
University of California Press:
FATHERING THE NATION: AMERICAN GENEALOGIES OF SLAVERY AND FREEDOM
BY RUSS CASTRONOVO
(Explores conflicting images of national identity in literary and other
works from the mid-19th century; covers materials from canonical literature
to landscape paintings to slave autobiographies. 295 pages. March 29)
University of Chicago Press: All UCP books listed here.
INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: CHILD CARE, EDUCATION, MEDICAL CARE,
AND LONG-TERM CARE IN AMERICA
VICTOR R. FUCHS, EDITOR
(Essays on economic, political, and social forces that shape policy in the
four areas. 353 pages. March 22)
FREE TO ALL: CARNEGIE LIBRARIES AND AMERICAN CULTURE, 1890-1920
BY ABIGAIL A. VAN SLYCK
(An architectural and social history of the Carnegie library program, a
philanthropic project that helped construct more than 1,600 public
libraries in the United States. 232 pages. March 29)
University of Minnesota Press:
THE HIDDEN FOUNDATION: CINEMA AND THE QUESTION OF CLASS
DAVID E. JAMES AND RICK BERG, EDITORS
(Essays on issues of class in film history and theory; topics include the
expression of class in _film noir_, and the politics of class in 1950s
Chinese cinema. 297 pages. March 29)
University of Toronto Press:
ALLEGORIES OF CONTAMINATION: PIER PAOLO PASOLINI'S "TRILOGY OF LIFE"
BY PATRICK A. RUMBLE
(A critical study of the Italian directorUs trilogy _The Decameron_ (1970),
_The Canterbury Tales_ (1972), and _The Arabian Nights_ (1974). 207 pages.
March 22)