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Picturing A Colonial Past: The African Photographs Of Isaac Schapera [Book Review], Nancy Howell, David Lee
Picturing A Colonial Past: The African Photographs Of Isaac Schapera [Book Review], Nancy Howell, David Lee
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Message In A Bottle: Lyrical Laments And Emotional Expression In Mandopop, Marc L. Moskowitz
Message In A Bottle: Lyrical Laments And Emotional Expression In Mandopop, Marc L. Moskowitz
Faculty Publications
This article explores the ubiquitous themes of loneliness, isolation and anomie in Mandopop (Mandarin Chinese language pop music). This is not to imply that people in the PRC and Taiwan are lonelier than people from other countries but, rather, that being human they experience these emotions. What is distinctive here is that Mandopop becomes a primary conduit to express feelings that are sanctioned in daily speech. The article addresses these concerns and uses in-depth interviews in Shanghai and Taipei to find out why Mandopop's themes of loneliness and isolation are so resonant to its fans.
2008-2009, Csusb
Altered States Of Embodiment: Spirit Possession In Ethnographic And Feature Films, Kevin Taylor Anderson
Altered States Of Embodiment: Spirit Possession In Ethnographic And Feature Films, Kevin Taylor Anderson
Adjunct Faculty Author Gallery
Possession and other forms of altered states of embodiment are represented in both feature and ethnographic films, yet result in divergent illustrations. Ethnographic films dealing with possession (a la Rouch, Deren, Adair, Asch) suggest that it is a therapeutic phenomenon, often framed as a means of resistance to dominant socio-political forces. Yet, in feature films the possessed body is rendered as a passive recipient of diabolical forces. In the former case, possession signals empowerment, in the latter disempowerment. In addition to its portrayal as a form of resistance, religious supplicants in such ethnographic films as Rouch’s Les Maitre Fous and …
The Colour Of Time: Head Pots And Temporal Convergences, Charles R. Cobb, Eric Drake
The Colour Of Time: Head Pots And Temporal Convergences, Charles R. Cobb, Eric Drake
Faculty Publications
Colour symbolism permeated the world of indigenous North America. This symbolism was often tied to the cosmos where the earth was viewed as a quadrilateral disk and each of the four cardinal directions was linked with a colour array such as red, white, black, and blue. We suggest that the recurring use of certain colours and colour contrasts comprised a suite of long-term historical practices that were essential for reproducing certain views about the world and about being in the world. Further, the rendering of colour had a plasticity that allowed it to enter a discourse about daily life that …
Rethinking Individuals And Agents In Archaeology, By A.B. Knapp And P. Van Dommelen, Charles R. Cobb
Rethinking Individuals And Agents In Archaeology, By A.B. Knapp And P. Van Dommelen, Charles R. Cobb
Faculty Publications
A comment on Rethinking Individuals and Agents in Archaeology, by A.B. Knapp and P. van Dommelen.
A Probable Hafted Uniface From The Clovis Occupation At The Topper Site, 38al23, Allendale County, South Carolina, D. Shane Miller, Albert C. Goodyear
A Probable Hafted Uniface From The Clovis Occupation At The Topper Site, 38al23, Allendale County, South Carolina, D. Shane Miller, Albert C. Goodyear
Faculty & Staff Publications
No abstract provided.
Archaeology Of The Lower Muskogee Creek Indians, 1715-1836, By H. Thomas Foster Ii, Charles R. Cobb
Archaeology Of The Lower Muskogee Creek Indians, 1715-1836, By H. Thomas Foster Ii, Charles R. Cobb
Faculty Publications
A review of Archaeology of the Lower Muskogee Creek Indians, 1715-1836, by H. Thomas Foster II.
Down & Dirty: Archaeology Of The South Carolina Lowcountry, By M. Patrick Hendrix, Steven D. Smith
Down & Dirty: Archaeology Of The South Carolina Lowcountry, By M. Patrick Hendrix, Steven D. Smith
Faculty Publications
A review of Down & Dirty: Archaeology of the South Carolina Lowcountry, by M. Patrick Hendrix
Claiming Equality: Puerto Rican Farmworkers In Western New York, Ismael Garcia-Colon
Claiming Equality: Puerto Rican Farmworkers In Western New York, Ismael Garcia-Colon
Publications and Research
n July of 1966, a group of Puerto Rican migrant workers protested against police brutality and discrimination in North Collins, a small farm community of western NewYork. Puerto Rican farmworkers made up a substantial part of the population, and had transformed the ethnic, racial, and gender landscape of the town. Local officials and residents produced and reproduced images of Puerto Ricans as inferior subjects within US racial and ethnic hierarchies. Those negative images of Puerto Ricans shaped the way in which local authorities elaborated policies of social control against these farmworkers in North Collins. At the same time, Puerto Rican …