All review items as of February 13, 2012. [most recent items only]
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Trout, Paul A.
2011 Deadly Powers: Animal Predators and the Mythic Imagination. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books.
Subject: Predatory Animals; Folklore; Mythology.
Listed: 01/16/2012 »» Request this book
[4342]Werry, Margaret
2011 The Tourist State: Performing Leisure, Liberalism, and Race in New Zealand. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Tourism; Social Conditions; Liberalism; Race Relations; Social Aspects; Political Aspects; Leisure; National Characteristics; Maori; New Zealand.
Listed: 01/16/2012 »» Request this book
[4340]Morgensen, Scott Lauria
2011 Spaces Between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Indian Gays; Frontier and Pioneer Life; United States; History; Colonization; Colonists; Two-Spirit People; Radical Faeries (New Age Movement); Decolonization; Sexual Behavior
Listed: 01/16/2012 »» Request this book
[4339]Choy, Timothy K.
2011 Ecologies of Comparison: An Ethnography of Endangerment in Hong Kong. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Environmentalism; Ethnology; Environmental Protection (Social aspects); Political Participation; China; Hong Kong.
Listed: 01/16/2012 »» Request this book
[4337]Salomon, Frank & Mercedes NinÞo-Murcia
2011 The Lettered Mountain: A Peruvian Village's Way With Writing. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Language; Writing; Literacy; Sociolinguistics; Indians of South America; Peru; Tupicocha.
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[4336]Starn, Orin
2011 The Passion of Tiger Woods: An Anthropologist Reports on Golf, Race, and Celebrity Scandal. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Golf backwards spells "flog" -- The Tiger Woods revolution -- Tigergate, celebrity scandal, and the apology society -- Internet wars, sex addiction, and the crucifixion of Tiger Woods -- Postracial fantasies, racial realpolitik -- Tiger's penis -- Out of the woods?; Tiger Woods; Golfers; United States; Biography; Sex Scandals
Listed: 01/16/2012 »» Request this book
[4334]Read, Dwight W.
2012 How Culture Makes Us Human: Primate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies. Key Questions in Anthropology. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Primates; Evolution; Human Evolution; Social Evolution.
Listed: 01/16/2012 »» Request this book
[4333]Albro, Robert, George Marcus, Laura A. MacNamara, & Monica Schoch-Spana (eds.)
2012 Anthropologists in the SecurityScape: Ethics, Practice, and Professional Identity. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: The winds of politics, change, and social science transformation in a military research institution / Rebecca Goolsby --Identity management in the federal government : how an Andean archaeologist became a social scientist / Charlene Milliken --Public anthropology and multitrack dialoguing in the securityscape / Robert Albro --Blurring the boundaries between anthropology and intelligence analysis / David Abramson --Intelligence work : the mundane world of high-consequence analysis / Mark Dawson --Interdisciplinary research in the national laboratories / Laura A. McNamara --Standing at the crossroads of anthropology, public health, and national security / Monica Schoch-Spana --Culture in/Culture of the United States Naval Academy / Clementine Fujimura --Teaching culture at Marine Corps University / Paula Holmes-Eber --Protecting the past to secure the future : an archaeologist working for the Army / Laurie Rush --Staying safe : aid work and security in Afghanistan / Patricia Omidian --On the ethics of graduated disclosure in contexts of war / Flagg Miller --Ethical considerations from the study of peacekeeping / Robert A. Rubinstein --Hazardous field operations : Romanian-American joint humanitarian training / Peter Van Arsdale --Retaining intellectual integrity : introducing anthropology to the national security community / Jessica Glicken Turnley --How critical should critical thinking be? Teaching soldiers in wartime / Anna Simons ; Anthropological Ethics; Anthropology Research; Administrative Agencies; Intelligence Service
Listed: 01/16/2012 »» Request this book
[4331]Schaan, Denise P.
2012 Sacred Geographies of Ancient Amazonia: Historical Ecology of Social Complexity . New Frontiers in Historical Ecology, v. 3.. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Indigenous Peoples; Indians of South America; Amazon River Region; Ecology; Sacred Space; Human Geography; Social Archaeology; Indian Pottery; Petroglyphs; Rock Paintings
Listed: 01/16/2012 »» Request this book
[4329]Wasson, Christina, Mary Odell Butler, & Jacqueline Copeland-Carson; (eds.)
2011 Applying Anthropology in the Global Village. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Global-local connections: The view applied anthropology --Global localities and the management of infectious disease --Engendering transport: mapping women and men on the move --Housing interests: developing community in a globalizing city --Policy, applied feminist anthropological practice, and the traffic in women --Global climate change from the bottom up --Aging and transnational immigration --Defining family: anthropological contributions to practice and policy in child welfare --From internationalism to systemic globalism in health leadership training --Localizing the global in technology design --Conclusion: Toward a practice-based ethnography in the global village.; Applied Anthropology; Villages; Community Life; Community Development; Culture and globalization.
Listed: 01/06/2012 »» Request this book
[4328]Boch, George
2011 Facebook's 'Adorno Changed My Life'. Brooklyn, NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: Theodor Adorno was an influential member of the Frankfurt School of social theory — a German-born intellectual who fled Nazi Germany for America, and whose work anticipates and informs much post-modern theory. In this revolutionary "participatory documentary," digital filmmaker Georg Boch, one of more than 200 people that belong to a Facebook group called "Adorno Changed My Life," sets out to learn how Adorno's work has touched the group's lives.
Listed: 1/5/2012 »» Request this film/video
[4322]
2010 Barbershop Punk: Net Neutrality, Media Consolidation, and You. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Internet - Access control - United States Network neutrality - United States Censorship
Listed: 12/27/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4314]
2011 Between Two Worlds: The American Jewish Culture Wars. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Jews - United States - Identity Israel and the diaspora Jews - Cultural assimilation - United States Jewish way of life
Listed: 12/27/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4313]
2010 Into Eternity: A Film for the Future. San Francisco, CA: Video Project.
Subject: Radioactive waste repositories - Finland Radioactive waste disposal in the ground - Finland
Listed: 12/27/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4312]
2010 RFK in the Land of Apartheid: A Ripple of Hope. San Mateo, CA: Video Project.
Subject: Kennedy, Robert F., - 1925-1968 - Travel - South Africa Kennedy, Robert F., - 1925-1968 - Influence Apartheid - South Africa South Africa - Politics and government - 1961-1978 South Africa - Race relations
Listed: 12/27/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4311]
2011 Fold, Crumple, Crush: The Art of El Anatsui. Brooklyn, NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: Anatsui, El, - 1944- - Interviews Sculptors - Ghana - Interviews Sculptors - Nigeria - Interviews Art, African
Listed: 12/27/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4310]
2001 Elsewhere. Brooklyn, NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: Indigenous peoples - Social life and customs; Developing countries - Social life and customs; Sparsely populated areas - Social life and customs
Listed: 12/27/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4308]
2011 The War You Don't See. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: War - Press coverage - History; Social conflict - Press coverage; Journalistic ethics; War correspondents - Interviews
Listed: 12/27/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4307]Rodriìguez, Clemencia
2011 Citizen's Media Against Armed Conflict: Disrupting Violence in Colombia. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Colombia; Citizen Journalism; Local Mass Media (Political Aspects); Mass Media (Political Aspects); Political Violence; Press Coverage; Insurgency.
Listed: 12/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4287]Bauer, Alexander A. and Anna Agbe-Davies (eds.)
2010 Social Archaeologies of Trade and Exchange: Exploring Relationships Among People, Places, and Things. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Articles: Trade and interaction in archaeology; Landscapes of circulation in northwest Argentina: the workings of obsidian and ceramics during the first millennium A.D.; Social aspects of the tobacco pipe trade in early colonial Virginia; Arenas of action : trade as power, trade as identity; Greeks and Phoenicians : perceptions of trade and traders in the early first millennium B.C.; Those who were traded: African-Bahamian archaeology and the slave trade; Broads, studs and broken down daddies: the materiality of "playing" in the modern penitentiary; Buying a table in Erfelek : socialities of contact and community in the Black Sea region; Objects, social relations, and cultural motion.; Social Archaeology; Commerce; Exchange; Material Culture
Listed: 12/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4286]Belshaw, Cyril
2011 How Do We Know? Applying Theories and Methods for Anthropology . Vancouver: Webzines of Vancouver.
Subject: Applied Anthropology; Social Policy
Listed: 12/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4285]Layton, Monique
2010 Street Women and the Art of Bullshitting. Vancouver: Webzines of Vancouver.
Subject: British Columbia, Vancouver, Prostitution, Prostitutes, Drug addicts
Listed: 12/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4284]Groves, Murray
2011 The Motu of Papua: Tradition in a Time of Change. Vancouver: Webzines of Vancouver.
Subject: Motu (Papua New Guinean people), Papua New Guinea, Social Conditions, Social Life and Customs
Listed: 12/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4283]Bilbija, Ksenija & Leigh A. Payne (eds.)
2011 Accounting for Violence: Marketing Memory in Latin America. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Violence (Social Aspects); Memory (Social Aspects); Memorials; Collective Memory; Latin America
Listed: 11/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4253]Donham, Donald L.
2011 Violence in a Time of Liberation: Murder and Ethnicity at a South African Gold Mine, 1994. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Ethnic Conflict; Violence; Post-Apartheid Era; South Africa
Listed: 11/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4252]Battle-Baptiste, Whitney
2011 Black Feminist Archaeology. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Archaeology and History; Social Archaeology; History; Antiquities; African American Women; African Americans; African American Feminists; Feminist Archaeology; Historic Sites; United States
Listed: 11/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4250]Santiago, Erik
2011 Five Friends. Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation.
Subject: Male friendship; Men - United States - Biography; Middle-aged men - Biography; Middle-aged men - Psychology
Listed: 10/23/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4244]Livov-Macklin, Andres
2009 A Place Called Los Pereyra. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources.
Subject: School children - Conduct of life; School children - Argentina; Children - Social conditions - Argentina
Listed: 10/23/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4242]Zemp. Hugo
2010 Polyphony of Cerian: The Compagnia Sacco. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources.
Subject: Ethnomusicology - Italy - Ceriana
Listed: 10/23/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4241]Matsumoto, Naoko, Hidetaka Bessho, and Makoto Tomii
2011 Coexistence and Cultural Transmission in East Asia. One World Archaeology Series. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Yayoi Culture; Jōmon Culture; Culture Diffusion; East Asia; Congresses; Foreign Relations; Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Prehistoric Antiquities
Listed: 10/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4232]Headland, Thomas, Janet Headland, and Ray T. Uehara
2011 The Agta People: A Photographic Depiction. Dallas: SILS International Publications.
Subject: The Agta People is a photographic reflection of the demographic and cultural change of the Casiguran Agta people over the past half century. This book contains 1,054 photographs of Agtas, taken by the Headlands from 1962 to 2010. Each photo has a caption which includes the name of the individual, names of their parents and spouses, their birth and death dates, the percentage of Agta ancestry, and the year the photo was taken.
Listed: 10/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4226]Whitten, Norman E. and Dorothea S. Whitten
2011 Histories of the Present: People and Power in Ecuador. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Subject: Indians of South America; Ecuador; Ethnic Identity; Cultural Assimilation; Government Relations; Ethnicity; Acculturation; Race Relations; Social Policy
Listed: 10/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4225]Bowman-Kruhm, Mary
2011 Margaret Mead: A Biography. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books.
Subject: Women Anthropologists; United States; Biography; Melanesia; Biography; Ethnology; Fieldwork; Social Life and Customs
Listed: 10/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4224]Negrao, Marcos and Andre Rangle
2010 The Broken Moon. Surrey, UK: Journeyman Pictures.
Subject: Beyond the mountains of the Western Himalaya, Sonam, an old nomad man, lives with his tribe in one of the most adverse and isolated regions of the planet, but a suddent change in the climate is drying most of the rivers and transforming several valleys into deserts.
Listed: 8/10/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4203]Tache, Karine
2011 Structure and Regional Diversity of the Meadowood Interaction Sphere. Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan 48. Ann Arbor: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan.
Subject: Woodland culture; Indians of North America; Implements; Funeral customs and rites; Commerce; Antiquities
Listed: 08/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4198]Kirch, Patrick Vinton (ed.)
2011 Roots of Conflict: Soils, Agriculture, and Sociopolitical Complexity in Ancient Hawai'i. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School for Advanced Research Press.
Subject: Hawaii; Agricultural systems; Agricultural ecology; Agricultural intensification
Listed: 08/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4196]Cochrane, Ethan E. and Andrew Gardner (eds.)
2011 Evolutionary and Interpretive Archaeologies: A Dialogue. Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Archaeology; Methodology; Evolution; Social archaeology; Social change; Violence; War and civilization; History
Listed: 08/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4190]Varda, Agnes
1975 Daguerreotypes. New York: Cinema Guild.
Subject: A classic documentary from Agnes Varda available for the first time in the US, Daguerreotypes is a wonderfully intimate portrait of the small shops and shopkeepers on a short stretch of the Rue Daguerre, a picturesque street that has been the filmmaker's home for more than 50 years. Varda has described it as an archeological study for future sociologists.
Listed: 8/1/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4189]Gibson, Erica S.
2011 Ceramic Makers' Marks. Guides to Historical Artifacts Series. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Pottery - Marks; Porcelain - Marks; Pottery, European - 19th century; Porcelain, European - 19th century
Listed: 08/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4173]Danish Radio
2011 Mumbai: Traffic. Cities on Speed. New York: Filmakers Library.
Subject: Urban planning can be tough in the world's largest democracy! Mumbai is growing like it was on steroids and a collapsing infrastructure could put an end to economic growth. Public trains are filled to the bursting point, traffic is nearing a complete gridlock. An eight lane high-way is being built out in the sea to try to compensate for the threatening collapse.
Listed: 7/15/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4164]Gasha, Kyoko
2011 Mother's Way, Daughters' Choice. New York: Filmakers Library.
Subject: The documentary Mother's Way , Daughters’ Choice explores how several Japanese women struggled to reconcile their traditional upbringing with their desire to create unique lives. To understand these struggles, the director, Kyoko Gasha, shows the deep, powerful influences of Japanese culture on her own life. Kyoko also uncovers stories of other Japanese women in New York City, weaving parallel tales of guilt, denial, sacrifice, success and joy. This is a story of cultures clashing on a personal level.
Listed: 7/15/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4161]
2010 The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn. New York: Third World Newsreel.
Subject: Rara Festival - Songs and music; Voodoo music - Haiti; Folk music - Haiti; Haitians - New York (State) - New York; Haitian Americans - New York (State) - New York
Listed: 6/26/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4147]Matlwo, Cambria & Morgan Robinson
2011 Burning in the Sun. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Small business - Africa - Case studies; Small business - Developing countries - Case studies; Entrepreneurship - Developing countries; Businesspeople - Mali; Mali - Economic conditions; Sustainable development - Mali ; Solar energy - Mali
Listed: 6/20/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4142]Cowan, Steven
2011 Priceless. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: United States - Politics and government; Campaign funds - United States; Elections - United States; Pressure groups; Public interest lobbying; Lobbying
Listed: 6/20/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4140]Nash, Michael & Justin Hogan
2010 Climate Refugees. Los Angeles, CA : Climate Refugees; distributed by the Video Project, .
Subject: Human beings - Effect of climate on; Climatic changes ; Environmental degradation; Forced migration
Listed: 5/15/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4126]Caughlan, Robert
2010 Pete McCloskey: Leading from the Front. San Mateo, CA: KQED; distributed by The Video Project.
Subject: McCloskey, Paul N., - 1927-; Korean War, 1950-1953 - Veterans - Biography; United States - Congress - House - History - 20th century - Biography; Environmentalists - United States - Biography
Listed: 5/15/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4123]Whitney, Helen
2011 Forgiveness. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Explores the act of forgiveness through a wide range of stories, from adultery and personal betrayal to the post-genocidal reconciliation of nations. It focuses on specific instances of affliction - one family torn apart by abandonment, the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation hearings in South Africa, and the memories of '60s radicals coping with their violent acts of protest.
Listed: 05/15/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4122]Vaughan-Richards, Remy
2010 Scent of the Streets. Life, series 8. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Women - Nigeria - Social and Economic conditions; Sex role - Government policy - Nigeria; Women in development - Nigeria; Nigeria - Economic conditions
Listed: 4/23/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4117]Sonnenschein, Bert
2009 Reclaim the Condom. Life, series 8. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Sex instruction - Mozambique; Contraception - Mozambique; Sexually transmitted diseases - Mozambique - Prevention
Listed: 4/23/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4114]Boateng, Boatema
2011 The Copyright Thing Doesn't Work Here: Adinkra and Kente Cloth and Intellectual Property in Ghana. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Ghana; Adinkra cloth; Kente cloth; Textile fabrics; Textile design; Law and legislation; Copyright; Textile fabrics; Intellectual property
Listed: 04/11/2011 »» Request this book
[4108]O'Neill, Kevin Lewis & Kedron Thomas (eds.)
2011 Securing the City: Neoliberalism, Space, and Insecurity in Postwar Guatemala. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Guatemala (Guatemala) - Social conditions; Guatemala (Guatemala) - Economic conditions; Neoliberalism - Guatemala - Guatemala; Sociology, Urban - Guatemala
Listed: 04/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4104]Jackson, Michael
2011 Life Within Limits: Well-being in a World of Want. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Sierra Leone - Civilization; Sierra Leone - Economic conditions; Happiness - Sierra Leone; Well-being - Sierra Leone; Poverty - Sierra Leone
Listed: 04/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4103]Smith, Timothy J. & Abigail Adams (eds.)
2011 After the Coup: An Ethnographic Reframing of Guatemala 1954. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Subject: Guatemala - Social conditions; Guatemala - Politics and government; Guatemala - Economic conditions; Guatemala - History - Revolution, 1954 - Influence
Listed: 04/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4102]Kepecs, Susan, L. Antonio Curet, & Gabino La Rosa Corzo (eds.)
2011 Beyond the Blockade: New Currents in Cuban Archaeology. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Subject: Cuba - Antiquities; Cuba - History; Archaeology - Research - Cuba; Excavations (Archaeology) - Cuba; Ethnoarchaeology - Cuba; Archaeology and history - Cuba; Archaeology and history - Florida; Cuba - Relations - Florida; Florida - Relations - Cuba; Heritage tourism - Cuba
Listed: 04/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4101]Agier, Michel
2011 Managing the Undesirables: Refugee Camps and Humanitarian Government. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Subject: Refugees - International cooperation; Humanitarian assistance - Political aspects; Political refugees; Refugee camps; Refugees - Government policy
Listed: 04/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4099]Marshall, Liz
2010 Water on the Table. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films & Kinosmith.
Subject: Right to water
Listed: 3/19/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4093]
2011 Sounding the Depths: Tradition and the Voices of History. : self-published.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 02/08/2011 »» Request this web resource
[4088]Crowell, Aron L., Rosita Worl, Paul C. Ongtooguk, & Dawn D. Biddison (eds.)
2010 Living Our Cultures Sharing our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska. Washington: Smithsonian Books.
Subject: Alaska Native art - Exhibitions; Art and design - Alaska - Exhibitions; Alaska Natives - Material culture - Exhibitions; Alaska Natives - Social life and customs - Exhibitions ; Alaska Natives - Alaska - Intellectual life - Exhibitions; Art and society - Alaska - Exhibitions; Community life - Alaska - Exhibitions
Listed: 02/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4084]Henneberg, Maciej, Robert B. Eckhardt, & John Schofield
2010 The Hobbit Trap: How New Species Are Invented (2nd edition). Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Human evolution; Hominids
Listed: 02/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4079]Green , Edward C. and Allison Herling Ruark
2011 Aids, Behavior, and Culture: uUnderstanding Evidence-Based Prevention. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: AIDS (Disease) - Prevention; AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects; HIV infections - Prevention; HIV infections - Social aspects
Listed: 02/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4077]Livingood, Patrick C.
2010 Mississippian Polity and Politics on the Gulf Coastal Plain: A View from the Pearl River, Mississippi. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Subject: Pevey Site (Miss.) ; Lowe-Steen Site (Miss.); Mississippian culture - Pearl River Valley (Miss. and La.); Mounds - Pearl River Valley (Miss. and La.); Pearl River Valley (Miss. and La.) - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Pearl River Valley (Miss. and La.)
Listed: 02/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4076]Kay, Billy
2008 The Scottish World: A Journey into the Scottish Diaspora. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing.
Subject: Scots - Foreign countries - History; Kay, Billy, - 1951- - Travel; Civilization, Modern - Scottish influences; Scotland - Emigration and immigration; Scotland - Civilization
Listed: 02/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4070]Huggins, Rita & Jackie Huggins
2008 Auntie Rita. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Subject: Huggins, Rita; Ethnology - Australia - Queensland; Women, Aboriginal Australian - Biography; Aboriginal Australians - Biography
Listed: 02/01/2011 »» Request this book
[4069]Khakipour, Maryam
2010 Siah Bazi and Shadi. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: SIAH BÂZI: THE JOY MAKERS offers a look at how folkloric entertainment is challenged by modern political and economic changes in Tehran.SHADI is a companion film to SIAH BÂZI. The documentary follows young comedic actress Shadi as she battles for her domineering husband’s permission to travel outside Iran for the first time, and later finds herself caught between the differing artistic visions of her Iranian director and Mnouchkine while performing in Paris.
Listed: 2/21/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4068]Vaccaro, Ismael & Oriol Beltran (eds.)
2010 Social and Ecological History of the Pyrenees: State, Market, and Landscape. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Human ecology - Pyrenees - History; Social ecology - Pyrenees - History; Political ecology - Pyrenees - History; Pyrenees - Social conditions; Pyrenees - Economic conditions; Pyrenees - Environmental conditions
Listed: 01/10/2011 »» Request this book
[4044]Feldman, Ilana & Miriam Iris Ticktin; (eds.)
2010 In the Name of Humanity: The Government of Threat and Care. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Humanity; Political ethics
Listed: 01/10/2011 »» Request this book
[4042]Patton, Cindy (ed.)
2010 Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Clinics; Medical anthropology; Social medicine
Listed: 01/10/2011 »» Request this book
[4040]Farish, Matthew
2010 The Contours of America's Cold War. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: United States - Civilization - 1945- ; Cold War - Social aspects - United States; Atomic bomb - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Nuclear warfare - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century; Popular culture - United States - History - 20th century War and society - United States - History - 20th century
Listed: 01/10/2011 »» Request this book
[4036]Thompson, Monte & Chera Van Burg
2010 Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction. San Francisco: Species Alliance. Distributed by Video Project.
Subject: Endangered species; Extinction (Biology); Biodiversity; Ecology - Effect of human beings on; Population - Economic aspects; Population - Environmental aspects; Population; Coexistence of species; Ecological carrying capacity; Biodiversity conservation
Listed: 1/14/2011 »» Request this film/video
[4026]Peters, Josephine and Bev Ortiz
2010 After the First Moon in April: A Sourcebook of Herbal Medicine From a California Indian Elder. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Karok Indians - Medicine - California Herbs - Therapeutic use - California Karok women - California - Biography; Indian women healers - California - Biography; Karok Indians - California - Social life and customs
Listed: 12/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3998]Shirley, Eugene & Anne Makepeace
2010 I. M. Pei : Building China Modern. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Pei, I. M., - 1917- - Biography; American architects; Museum buildings - Design; Suzhou Shi (Anhui Sheng, China)
Listed: 11/26/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3996]Walton, Pam
2004 Liberty: 3 Stories about Life and Death. Harriman, NY : New Day Films.
Subject: Death; Cancer - Patients - Biography; Lesbians
Listed: 11/26/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3994]McMahon, Kevin
2009 Waterlife. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: WATERLIFE follows the epic cascade of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. From the icy cliffs of Lake Superior to the ornate fountains of Chicago to the sewers of Windsor, this feature-length documentary tells the story of the last huge supply (20 per cent) of fresh water on Earth. 109 minutes plus extras
Listed: 11/14/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3991]El-Tahri, JIhan & Steven Markovitz
2009 Behind the Rainbow. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: Behind the Rainbow explores the transition of the ANC from a liberation organization into South Africa's ruling party, through the evolution of the relationship between two of its most prominent cadres, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma. Exiled under apartheid, they were brothers in arms, under Mandela they loyally laboured to build a non-racial state, now they are bitter rivals. Their duel threatens to tear apart the ANC and the country, as the poor desperately seek hope in change and the elite fight for the spoils of victory. 138 minutes
Listed: 11/14/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3990]Martinez, Margarita & Miguel Salazar
2009 Stolen Land. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: Illustrates the decades-long often violent resistance movement of the indigenous Nasa people of Colombia over rights to their native land.
Listed: 10/30/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3979]Mettler, Peter
2009 Petropolis: Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: The Alberta tar sands, the world’s largest industrial, capital and energy project has far-reaching environmental impact. 43 minutes
Listed: 10/30/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3977]Compan, Ines
2009 Open Sky. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: When an open-pit silver mine comes to an isolated, desert community in Argentina, corporate and government interests clash with those of the local population.
Listed: 10/30/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3975]Kilmi, Jaak & Kiur Aarma
2009 Disco and Atomic War. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: Filmmakers Jaak Kilmi and Kiur Aarma grew up in Talinn in the 80's, and in DISCO AND ATOMIC WAR they make use of wonderfully playful but credible recreations to set their true personal coming of age story against the backdrop of the rapid collapse of the Soviet government in Estonia. As illicit television antennas sprung up in Northern Estonia, rumors about the attempted murder of J.R. Ewing spread by word of mouth to the rural south, and the nation of Estonia was as gripped by the saga as the USA had ever been. DVD, 80 minutes
Listed: 10/30/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3974]Paskievich, John & John Whiteway
2009 The Storytelling Class. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Multicultural education - Manitoba - Winnipeg; Winnipeg (Man.) - Race relations; Language arts (Secondary) - Manitoba - Winnipeg
Listed: 10/30/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3971]Khachadoorian, Angelle A.
2010 Inside the Eagle's Head: An American Indian College. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Subject: Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute; Indian universities and colleges - New Mexico - Albuquerque; Indian college students - New Mexico - Albuquerque - Attitudes; Indian college students - United States - Attitudes; Indians of North America - Education (Higher) - New Mexico - Albuquerque; Indians of North America - Education (Higher) - Government policy - United States
Listed: 12/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3965]Schramm, Katharina
2010 African Homecoming: Pan-African Ideology and Contested Heritage. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Heritage tourism - Social aspects - Ghana; Heritage tourism - Political aspects - Ghana; Cultural property - Social aspects - Ghana; Cultural property - Political aspects - Ghana; Slave trade - Africa, West - History ; African diaspora Pan-Africanism
Listed: 12/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3964]Kramer, Seth, Daniel Miller, & Jeremy Newberger
2010 The New Recruits. Ironbound Films. Distributed by PBS Video.
Subject: Environmental economics; Capitalism - Environmental aspects; Social entrepreneurship; Social responsibility of business; Sustainability
Listed: 10/02/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3962]Stange, Eric
2010 The Wall: A World Divided. Distributed by PBS Video.
Subject: Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Berlin (Germany) - History - 1945-1990; Cold War; Germany - History - Unification, 1990
Listed: 10/02/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3961]Kleespie, Tom
2010 Unforgettable: The Korean War. Alexandria VA: PBS Home Video.
Subject: 1950-1953 - Personal narratives, American
Listed: 10/02/2010 »» Request this film/video
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2006 Soraya, Love is Not Forgotten. New York: Third World Newsreel.
Subject: Soraya Palacios has to abandon her homeland after her husband's assassination by paramilitaries. As a mother of six children, she does her best to provide as much as she can for them. Like so many other Afro-Colombian women displaced from Choco, her daily struggle reflects her desire to resist forgetting her culture and history.
Listed: 09/19/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3920]
2004 An Empty House Falls. New York: Third World Newsreel.
Subject: Refugees - Colombia - Chocoì; Blacks - Crimes against - Colombia - Chocoì; Documentary films
Listed: 09/19/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3917]
2006 The River Where We Live. New York: Third World Newsreel.
Subject: The Niger River in Mali crosses a vast plain in the heart of the Sahel. It is a vivid patchwork of canals, rivers, lakes, islands, seas, prairies and flood zones. Throughout this territory, human societies have learned to live together, in a symbiotic relationship with the cycles and movements of the river. During the dry season, as water levels began receding, filmmaker Sylvain L'Esperance followed the people of the delta - artisans, merchants, navigators, herders and fishermen - in search of a human portrait of the river. 92 minutes
Listed: 09/18/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3914]Edge, Dan
2010 The Wounded Platoon. Arlington, VA: PBS Educational Media.
Subject: Psychology, Military; Soldiers - Job stress - United States; Fort Carson (Colo.); Combat - Psychological aspects
Listed: 09/18/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3908]Thompson, Charles D., Jr. & Michael Davey
2010 Brother Towns/Pueblos Hermanos. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: "Brother Towns" is a story of two towns linked by immigration, family, and work: Jacaltenango, a highland Maya town in Guatemala; and Jupiter, a coastal resort town where many Jacaltecos have settled in Florida."Brother Towns" chronicles a story of how and why people migrate across borders, how people make and remake their communities when they travel thousands of miles from home, and how people maintain families despite their travel. Because we are all immigrants, this is a universal human story, and a quintessential American one. All of us understand family.
Listed: 08/21/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3808]Carter, Donald Martin
2010 Navigating the African Diaspora: The Anthropology of Invisibility. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: African diaspora; Photography in ethnology - Africa; Ethnology - Africa; Senghor, Leìopold Seìdar, - 1906-2001 - Criticism and interpretation ; Invisibility in motion pictures; Senegalese - Italy - Social conditions; Senegalese - Race identity - Italy Carter, Donald Martin, - 1955-
Listed: 08/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3807]Levinson, Jack
2010 Making Life Work: Freedom and Disability in a Community Group Home. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Group homes for people with mental disabilities - New York (State) - Case studies; People with mental disabilities - New York (State) - Case studies
Listed: 08/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3805]Visweswaran, Kamala
2010 Un/common Cultures: Racism and the Rearticulation of Cultural Difference. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Race; Culture; Anthropology
Listed: 08/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3804]Zemp, Hugo
2005 Siaka: An African Musician. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources.
Subject: Siaka Diabaté is a musician at Bouaké, the second largest town in the Côte d'Ivoire. Through his mother's family he is Senufo, but through his father's ancestry he considers himself a Mande griot. He is a multi-talented professional musician, and for the local festivals plays five instruments: the Senufo and Maninka balafons, the kora harp, the dundun drum and the electric guitar. This film shows Siaka playing in the group led by Soungalo Coulibaly before his death in 2004, including the use of jembe drums, which we also see being made. 79 minutes
Listed: 07/25/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3795]Zemp, Hugo
2006 An African Brass Band. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources.
Subject: At the beginning of the 20th century in Jacqueville, near Abidjan in the Côte d'Ivoire, traditional music was forbidden by the missionaries. But the inhabitants' enjoyment of their local festivals proved stronger, and the little town developed its own brass band. This is the story of that brass band, a brass band that isn't at all like a military band. It's a dancing brass band, an African brass band, that accompanies all the big and little moments of life: national festivals, religious ceremonies, funerals, fetes and celebrations, a musical game involving a football, tunes from the famous Mapuka dance, or the experimental use of sacred drums together with the brass band. A lively debate between the musicians, in which a sense of humor is clearly present, as they examine fundamental questions about their tradition and its transformations in the context of the life of people today. 74 minutes
Listed: 07/25/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3794]Lane, Bruce "Pacho"
2006 Language of the Seeds and A Defender of His People. Rochester, NY: Ethnoscope Film.
Subject: "Language of the Seeds": Every year, the market vendors of Tepoztlán create an amazing arch, made entirely of 85 different varieties of edible seeds, on the gateway to the parish church. Using the pictorial language of their Indian ancestors, each arch comments on the events of the year. These unique arches attract visitors from all over the world, and bring the people of Tepoztlán together as a community. 20 minutes; "A Defender of His People": The Nahua indigenous community of Tepoztlán, in the valley of Morelos just south of Mexico City, is one of the most famous towns in Mexico. Because it is set along the base of a spectacular volcanic ridge—and because it is close to the city—it has become a popular tourist destination, as well a site for weekend homes for wealthy Mexico City residents. Before the tourist influx, it was extensively studied by two famous American anthropologists, Robert Redfield and Oscar Lewis, and others continue their work. Most recently it has become the New Age capital of Mexico, and a popular stopover on the backpacker trail. Amazingly, in spite of all these pressures, Tepoztlán has managed to maintain its own special identity. 57 minutes
Listed: 07/25/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3790]Jones, Eric C. & Arthur D. Murphy (eds.)
2009 The Political Economy of Hazards and Disasters. Lanham, Maryland: AltaMira Press.
Subject: Disasters - Case studies; Disasters - Economic aspects; Emergency management
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3786]Boas, Orlando Villas & Claìudio Villas Boas
2004 Xingu: The Indians, Their Myths. London: Souvenir.
Subject: Indians of South America - Brazil - Folklore; Parque Nacional do Xingu (Brazil)
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3783]Kartinyeri, Doreen & Sue Anderson
2008 Doreen Kartinyeri: My Ngarrindjeri Calling. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Subject: Kartinyeri, Doreen; Narrinyeri (Australian people) - Biography; Women, Aboriginal Australian - Biography; Children, Aboriginal Australian - Relocation; Narrinyeri (Australian people) - Legal status, laws, etc.; Stolen generations (Australia); Sacred sites (Aboriginal Australian) - South Australia - Hindmarsh Island; Hindmarsh Island (S. Aust.: Island)
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3782]Hinkson, Melinda & Jeremy Beckett (eds.)
2008 An Appreciation of Difference: WEH Stanner and Aboriginal Australia. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Subject: Stanner, W. E. H., - 1905-1981 - Congresses; Anthropologists - Australia - Biography - Congresses; Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs - Congresses; Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions - Congresses; Stanner, William E.H. Aborigines; Canberra <2005>
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3781]Dentan, Robert Knox
2008 Overwhelming Terror: Love, Fear, Peace, and Violence Among Semai of Malaysia. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
Subject: Senoi (Southeast Asian people) - Psychology; Senoi (Southeast Asian people) - Wars; Senoi (Southeast Asian people) - Social conditions
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3776]Paerregaard, Karsten
2008 Peruvians Dispersed: A Global Ethnography of Migration. Lanham: Lexington Books.
Subject: Peruvians - Foreign countries; Peru - Emigration and immigration
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3775]Chapple, Helen Stanton
2010 No Place for Dying: Hospitals and the Ideology of Rescue . Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Palliative treatment; Death; Terminal care - Ethics; Terminal care - Utilization; Hospice care - Utilization; Palliative treatment - Utilization; Terminally ill - Psychology; Hospice Care - utilization ; Hospices - utilization; Palliative Care - utilization; Truth Disclosure - ethics
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3772]Horton, Sarah Bronwen
2010 The Santa Fe Fiesta, Reinvented: Staking Ethno-Nationalist Claims to a Disappearing Homeland. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School for Advanced Research Press.
Subject: Festivals - New Mexico - Santa Fe - History; Fasts and feasts - New Mexico - Santa Fe - History; Hispanic Americans - New Mexico - Santa Fe - Ethnic identity; Hispanic Americans - New Mexico - Santa Fe - Rites and ceremonies; Hispanic Americans - New Mexico - Santa Fe - Social life and customs; Santa Fe (N.M.) - Ethnic relations; Santa Fe (N.M.) - Social life and customs
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3771]Moreton-Robinson, Aileen (ed.)
2007 Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Subject: Aboriginal Australians - Politics and government; Aboriginal Australians - Land tenure; Self-determination, National - Australia; Australia - Race relations; Australia - Politics and government
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3769]Naranjo, Claudio
2010 Healing Civilization: Bringing Personal Transformation into the Societal Realm Tthrough Education and the Integration of the Intra-Psychic Family. Oakland, California: Rose Press.
Subject: Patriarchy; Patriarchy - Religious aspects; Social structure
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3766]Seale, Shelley
2010 The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India. Hot Springs, South Dakota: Dog's Eye View Media.
Subject: Poor children - India; Abandoned children - India
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3765]WIlson, Ian
2006 Lost World of the Kimberley: Extraordinary Glimpses of Australia's Ice Age Ancestors. Crows Nest, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Subject: Rock paintings - Australia - Kimberley (W.A.); Aboriginal Australians - Australia - Kimberley (W.A.) - Antiquities; Aboriginal Australians - Australia - Kimberley (W.A.) - History; Cave paintings - Australia - Kimberley (W.A.); Kimberley (W.A.) - Antiquities; Felsbild; Aborigines; Kimberley
Listed: 07/20/2010 »» Request this book
[3764]Cammisa, Rebecca
2009 Which Way Home. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: The film follows several unaccompanied child migrants as they journey through Mexico en route to the U.S. on a freight train they call " The Beast." Director Rebecca Cammisa ("Sister Helen") tracks the stories of children like Olga and Freddy, nine-year old Hondurans who are desperately trying to reach their families in Minnesota, and Jose, a ten-year-old El Salvadoran who has been abandoned by smugglers and ends up alone in a Mexican detention center, and focuses on Kevin, a canny, streetwise 14-year-old Honduran, fleeing an abusive stepfather, and whose mother hopes that he will reach New York City and send money back to his family. These are stories of hope and courage, disappointment and sorrow. They are the ones you never hear about - the invisible ones. 83 minutes
Listed: 06/20/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3748]Zaritsky, John
2010 The Suicide Tourist. PBS Video.
Subject: Do we have the right to end our lives if life itself becomes unbearable, or we are terminally ill? With unique access to Dignitas, the Swiss non-profit that has helped over one thousand people die, filmmaker John Zaritsky offers a revealing look at two couples facing the most difficult decision of their lives--and lets us see as one Chicago native makes the trip to Switzerland for what will become the last day of his life. 60 minutes.
Listed: 06/20/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3747]Belshaw, Cyril
2010 Fixing the World: An Anthropologist Considers our Future. Vancouver: Webzines.
Subject: Social systems ; Culture
Listed: 06/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3745]Rifkind, Richard and Carole Rifkind
2010 Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist. PBS Video.
Subject: An award-winning film that tells a vivid, suspenseful story about a trio of students going for their PhD degrees. They are in a race to beat the competition to discover the molecular switch that controls appetite in the human body - but the pressure is on, as each student struggles to give what it takes. Made by a scientist-turned-filmmaker, it is a rare and fascinating view of the world of laboratory science. 60 minutes plus bonus features and pdf discussion guide
Listed: 05/24/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3729]Browne, Katherine E. & B. Lynne Milgram (eds.)
2009 Economics and Morality Anthropological Approaches. Society for Economic Anthropology monographs, v. 26. Lanham: AltaMira Press.
Subject: Economic anthropology - Congresses; Economics - Moral and ethical aspects - Congresses; Ethics
Listed: 05/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3717]Sniadecki, J. P.
2008 Demolition (Chai Qian). Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources.
Subject: "Demolition" is a portrait of urban space, migrant labor, and ephemeral relationships in the center of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in western China. Attending first to the formal dimensions of the transforming worksite - including the demands of physical labor and the relationship between human and machine - the film shifts focus to the social dynamics of a group of thirty men and women who have come from the countryside to work in this ever-changing urban landscape. In exploring the various banal yet striking interactions between these members of China's "floating population," the city's residents, and the filmmaker, "Demolition" simultaneously expresses and resists the fleeting nature of urban experience.
Listed: 04/30/2010 »» Request this film/video
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2009 October Country. New York, NY: The Cinema Guild.
Subject: "October Country" is a portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen pregnancy, foster care and child abuse. A collaboration between filmmaker Michael Palmieri and photographer and family member Donal Mosher, this vibrant and penetrating documentary examines the forces that unsettle the working poor and the violence that lurks beneath the surface of American life. Every family has its ghosts. The Mosher family has more than most. Shot over a year from one Halloween to the next, the film creates a stunning cinematic portrait of a family who are unique but also sadly representative of the struggles of America's working class. The film was created to be both a universal story of family struggle and a socially conscious portrait of compelling, articulate individuals grappling with the forces that tear at their homes and relationships. 83 minutes
Listed: 04/23/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3696]Martin, Ginny and Kate Browne
2007 Still Waiting: Life After Katrina. Ginny Martin and Kate Browne.
Subject: "Still Waiting: Life After Katrina" is a remarkable story of resilience, family, and attachment to place. The documentary focuses on an African-American/Creole family of 155 people from the New Orleans area. "Still Waiting" premiered on PBS stations across the country during the second anniversary of Katrina in August 2007 and continues to be broadcast today.
Listed: 04/10/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3694]Carter, Paul
1987 The Road to Botany Bay: An Exploration of Landscape and History. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Australia - History - To 1788; Australia - History - 1788-1851
Listed: 03/22/2010 »» Request this book
[3691]Gibson, Jon L.
2009 Spirit Wind: A Coming-of-Age Story Set in the Isolated, Murky Swamps of Louisiana [fiction]. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press.
Subject: Chitimacha Indians - Fiction; Indians of North America - Fiction; Atchafalaya River Valley (La.) - Fiction
Listed: 03/22/2010 »» Request this book
[3689]Koenig, Baudouin
2008 Oedipus in China. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: OEDIPUS IN CHINA visits a number of Chinese hospitals, mental health centers and universities, interviewing students, psychologists, psychotherapists, researchers and other mental health professionals, including Huo Datong, a pioneer of Chinese psychoanalysis known as the "Freud of China," and psychoanalyst Alf Gerlach and psychologist Margaret Haass Wisegart, German doctors who are helping to adapt psychoanalysis to traditional Chinese culture. The film examines the historical roots of some of China's current psychological problems, including the negative impact of Mao's personality cult, the shattering of traditional social and family structures during the Cultural Revolution in the Sixties, and the contemporary psychological dynamics of single child families.
Listed: 03/23/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3685]Aguero, Ignacio
2008 Agustin's Newspaper. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: The new film by Ignacio Agüero, AGUSTÍN’S NEWSPAPER follows journalism students from the University of Chile as they launch an investigation into the work of the newspaper, and its reporting of and role in their country’s political history, in particular around the election of Salvador Allende in 1970, the violent coup against him in 1973, and the subsequent seventeen years of the military regime. AGUSTÍN’S NEWSPAPER features archival footage, interviews with former editors, journalists and other staff members at El Mercurio, Pinochet’s political advisor and press secretary, relatives of political dissidents who were “disappeared,” as well as John Dinges, former Washington Post correspondent in Santiago.
Listed: 03/23/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3681]Klodawsky, Helene
2008 Malls R Us. Brooklyn NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: Combining nostalgia, dazzling architecture, pop culture, economics and politics, MALLS R US examines North America's most popular and profitable suburban destination-the enclosed shopping center-and how for consumers they function as a communal, even ceremonial experience and, for retailers, sites where their idealism, passion and greed merge. The film blends archival footage tracing the history of the shopping mall in America, visits to some of the world's largest and most spectacular malls-in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Poland, France, and Dubai-and interviews with architects, mall developers, sales managers, environmentalists, labor activists and social critics, as well as commentary from mall shoppers themselves.
Listed: 03/23/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3680]Wagenhofer, Erwin
2008 Let's Make Money. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: More than ever before, it has become clear that the markets affect us all. Produced by Erwin Wagenhofer ("We Feed the World") LET'S MAKE MONEY follows the trail of our money through the worldwide finance system. ; What does our retirement savings have to do with the property blow-up in Spain? We don't have to buy a home there in order to be involved. As soon as we open an account, we're part of the worldwide finance market--whether we want to be or not. We customers have no idea where our debtors live and what they do to pay our interest fees. Most of us aren't even interested, because we like to follow the call of the banks to "Let your money work." But money can't work. Only people, animals or machines can work.
Listed: 02/27/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3669]Tiger, Lionel & Michael T. McGuire
2010 God's Brain. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books.
Subject: Psychology, Religious; Religion; God; Brain
Listed: 02/22/2010 »» Request this book
[3664]Fikes, Kesha
2009 Managing African Portugal: The Citizen-Migrant Distinction. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Cape Verdeans - Portugal - Social conditions ; Immigrants - Government policy - Portugal; Portugal - Race relations; Citizenship - Portugal
Listed: 01/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3626]Abelmann, Nancy
2009 The Intimate University: Korean American Students and the Problems of Segregation. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Korean American college students Korean Americans - Education; Model minority stereotype - Psychological aspects; Racism - United States
Listed: 01/01/2010 »» Request this book
[3623]Vaughan, Kenton
2009 The Suzuki Diaries: Sustainability in Action. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: For the past 30 years, geneticist and science broadcaster, David Suzuki, host of CBC's "The Nature of Things," has been warning television audiences around the world about the dangers of taking nature for granted. He has urged us to change our consumer lifestyles, and to put brakes on an economic system that values unlimited growth above all other considerations.; THE SUZUKI DIARIES takes a different path. It follows Suzuki and his youngest daughter, Sarika, as they travel to Europe to explore what a sustainable future might look like, and to see if two different generations can find reason for hope.
Listed: 1/15/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3608]Gund, Catherine
2009 What's On Your Plate?. Oley PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: "What's On Your Plate?" is a witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics. Over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-old multiracial city kids as they explore their place in the food chain. Sadie and Safiyah talk to food activists, farmers, and storekeepers, as they address questions regarding the origin of the food they eat, how it's cultivated, and how many miles it travels from farm to fork. DVD, 76 minutes, Spanish subtitles
Listed: 01/04/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3582](unattributed)
2008 Why Women Count: Africa, Middle East, South Asia. Why Women Count series. Princeton NJ: Films for the Humanities.
Subject: This three-part series comprises 41 video clips focusing on the theme of empowerment and what that means in the lives of ordinary women around the world. Ideal for increasing awareness of—and stimulating discussion on—the vital role that women’s rights and gender equality play in the social, economic, and political development of countries, communities, and families. No women’s or international studies video library is complete without Why Women Count! This collection features women from Africa, Middle East, South Asia. DVD, 80 minutes
Listed: 12/22/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3570](unattributed)
2008 Why Women Count: Western Europe, Central Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Asia. Why Women Count series. Princeton NJ: Films for the Humanities.
Subject: This three-part series comprises 41 video clips focusing on the theme of empowerment and what that means in the lives of ordinary women around the world. Ideal for increasing awareness of—and stimulating discussion on—the vital role that women’s rights and gender equality play in the social, economic, and political development of countries, communities, and families. No women’s or international studies video library is complete without Why Women Count! This collection features women from Western Europe, Central Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States and Asia. DVD, 81 minutes
Listed: 12/22/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3569]Pahuja, Nisha
2008 Diamond Road. Oley, Pennsylvania: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Boring deep into the diamond world, "Diamond Road" seeks to understand the multiple meanings this object has for a few of the fascinating people who are part of the diamond pipeline - international prospector, impoverished miner, child cutter, celebrity jeweller, smuggler, high-end dealer. Interwoven with their stories is the determined pursuit of one industry leader to bring fairness and transparency to this secretive world. What results is a multi-layered portrait of a stone which is steeped in a history of intrigue, conflict, love and hope. DVD, 99 minutes
Listed: 12/13/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3567]Patten, Bob
2009 Old Tools--New Eyes: A Primal Primer of Flintknapping (2nd Ed.). Denver, Colorado: Stone Dagger Publications.
Subject: Flintknapping; Stone implements
Listed: 12/01/2009 »» Request this book
[3564]Milanich, Nara B.
2009 Children of Fate: Childhood, Class, and the State in Chile, 1850-1930. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Children - Chile - Social conditions - History; Families - Chile - History; Family policy - Chile - History; Illegitimacy - Chile - History; Social classes - Chile - History; Kinship - Chile - History
Listed: 12/01/2009 »» Request this book
[3558]Salzman, Philip Carl & Donna Robinson Divine
2009 Postcolonial Theory and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. London: Routledge.
Subject: CONTENTS: Introduction / Donna Robinson Divine -- Essentialism, consistency and Islam : a critique of Edward Said's Orientalism / Irfan Khawaja -- Postcolonialsim and the utopian imagination / Ronald Niezen -- Orientalism and the foreign sovereign : today I am a man of law / Ed Morgan -- Mistakenness and the nature of the 'post' : the ethics and the inevitability of error in theoretical work / Laurie Zoloth -- The influence of Edward Said and Orientalism on anthropology, or: Can the anthropologist speak? / Herbert S. Lewis -- Postcolonial theory and the ideology of peace studies / Gerald M. Steinberg -- The missing piece : Islamic imperialism / Efraim Karsh -- The Muslim man's burden : Muslim intellectuals confront their imperialist past / David Cook -- Negating the legacy of jihad in Palestine / Andrew G. Bostom -- Arab culture and postcolonial theory / Philip Carl Salzman -- Edward Said and the culture of honour and shame : Orientalism and our misperceptions of the Arab-Israeli conflict / Richard Landes -- Postcolonial theory and the history of Zionism / Gideon Shimoni -- De-Judaizing the homeland : academic politics in rewriting the history of Palestine / S. Ilan Troen -- The Middle East conflict and its postcolonial discontents / Donna Robinson Divine -- The political psychology of postcolonial ideology in the Arab world : an analysis of 'occupation' and the 'right of return' / Irwin J. Mansdorf.; Arab-Israeli conflict - Historiography; Postcolonialism
Listed: 11/01/2009 »» Request this book
[3548]Gibson, Shimon
2009 The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence. New York: HarperOne.
Subject: Jesus Christ - Biography - Passion Week; Jesus Christ - Historicity; Jerusalem - Antiquities; Bible. N.T. Gospels - Antiquities
Listed: 10/23/2009 »» Request this book
[3541]Reidemeister, Helga
2009 War and Love in Kabul. NY: Icarus Films.
Subject: Hossein and Shaima, who have known and loved each other since childhood, were separated as teenagers by war in Afghanistan. Today, reunited in Kabul, they remain deeply in love, but their relationship is socially and religiously prohibited.; Hossein, young and jobless in the late Nineties, was paid to fight with the Taliban and a war injury left his legs paralyzed. He is now handicapped, and unable to work. Shaima was sold in marriage to a man forty years her senior, by whom she had a child, but, since the dowry remained unpaid, her father brought her back home to live with her five-year-old child.WAR AND LOVE IN KABUL, a deliberately paced, observational documentary, reveals their dilemma through interviews with Hossein and Shaima, and members of their respective families, each representing a different ethnic group, who object to the relationship because of their loyalty to ancient tribal laws and family notions of honor and pride. Indeed, the lovers live under the threat of violent revenge by male members of both families. ;
Listed: 10/05/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3536]Hurt, Byron
2006 I am a Man: Black Masculinity in America. : Media Education Foundation.
Subject: This award-winning documentary links everyday black men from various socioeconomic backgrounds with some of Black America's most progressive academics, social critics and authors to provide an engaging, candid dialogue on black masculine identity in American culture. Featuring interviews with bell hooks, Michael Eric Dyson, John Henrick Clarke, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, MC Hammer, and others. ; Sections: Introduction | Images | The Cool Pose | Emotions | Black Male Homosexuality | Black Males: Violence and Fears | Sexism: Men's Violence Against Women | Fathers | The Future
Listed: 09/17/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3533]Cordell, Linda
2009 Archaeology of the Southwest (Second Edition). Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Indians of North America - Southwest, New - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - Southwest, New; Pueblo Indians - Southwest, New - History; Pueblo Indians - Southwest, New - Antiquities; Indians of North America - Southwest, New - History; Southwest, New - History; Southwest, New - Antiquities
Listed: 08/24/2009 »» Request this book
[3497]Louter, Jan (Dir.)
2008 The Last Days of Shishmaref. NY: Cinema Guild.
Subject: An astounding documentary on the first victims of global warming, The Last Days of Shishmaref travels to a small village in northwest Alaska, home to an Inupiaq Eskimo community, where homes are literally falling into the sea. The entire village is expected to disappear within 10 years. ; Shishmaref is the sole settlement on Sarichef, an island in the Chukchi Sea, situated just south of the polar circle, in Alaska. The nearest towns are over 150 kilometers away. The island is inhabited by a community of Inupiaq families who, for centuries, have been eking out a self-supporting existence with hunting as their main source of livelihood. ; In the past few years the village has been forced to confront two great forces. One the one hand, the increasing influence of modern Western culture, such as the arrival of satellite television, the internet, western clothes, music and food, has caused a deep schism between the older and younger generations. ; At the same time, another threat is slowly mounting. Due to the Earth’s increasing temperature – in Alaska the temperature has risen 4 degrees Celsius in the past 30 years – the polar ice caps have started to melt and the sea frozen much later in the year. As a result, each year, winter storms terrorize the island for much longer periods, causing enormous damage to its coastline. Large areas of Shishmaref have already crumbled into the ocean. In order to save them, fourteen houses had to be moved further up on the island on large skis. The entire Inupiaq community is now facing a very difficult and expensive decision – whether to move the entire village to the mainland, an act that will irreparably change their community, their livelihood, culture and traditions.
Listed: 07/06/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3492]Bednarski, Eric & Barry Cowling
2009 The Strangest Dream. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: When the U.S. government brought the world's greatest scientists together to build the first atomic bomb, nuclear physicist Joseph Rotblat was among them. But his conscience would not allow him to continue, and he became the only member of the Manhattan Project to leave on moral grounds. Branded a traitor and spy, Rotblat went from designing atomic bombs to researching the medical uses of radiation. Together with Bertrand Russell he helped create the modern peace movement, and eventually won the Nobel Peace Prize.; The Strangest Dream tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the history of nuclear weapons, and the efforts of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs - an international movement Rotblat co-founded - to halt nuclear proliferation. The first Pugwash conference took place in the small Nova Scotia fishing village from which it draws its name. This film brings to light the group's behind-the-scenes role in defusing some of the tensest moments of the Cold War.; The story takes us from the site of the first nuclear test, in New Mexico, to Cairo, where contemporary Pugwash scientists meet under the cloud of nuclear proliferation, and to Hiroshima, where we see survivors of the first atomic attack. Featuring interviews with contemporaries of Rotblat, members of the Pugwash movement, and passionate public figures including Senator Roméo Dallaire, The Strangest Dream demonstrates the renewed threat represented by nuclear weapons, while encouraging hope through the example of morally engaged scientists and citizens.;
Listed: 06/16/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3485]Ambo, Phie
2007 Mechanical Love. New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: As modern technology develops, and robots move from factories into our homes, how will human beings interact with these machines? Can lifelike robots provide a substitute for human affection and even stimulate emotions of love in human beings? In this new science-fiction world that blends psychology and engineering, what actually defines human presence?; MECHANICAL LOVE examines the contemporary interrelationship between robots and humans, explaining the differences between a "humanoid" (a robot in the shape of a human being), an "android" (a robot that looks and moves like a human) and a "geminoid" (a copy of an actual human being). The film profiles Professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, an engineer at Osaka University who has created an eerily lifelike robot facsimile of himself, which he introduces to his wife and daughter; meets with Professor Takanori Shibata, the inventor of "Paro," an electronic baby seal; and interviews a physiotherapist who explains how such interactive "pets" are being used as therapy in retirement homes
Listed: 05/01/09 »» Request this film/video
[3469]Honigmann, Heddy
2008 Oblivion. New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: For most viewers, who are reminded of Peru only by news reports of a major earthquake, a presidential election or the discovery of a decades-old mass grave of army massacre victims, OBLIVION introduces us to the everyday reality of Lima, celebrating a people who, albeit politically powerless, have resisted being consigned to oblivion.; Oblivion reveals startling contrasts of wealth and poverty, and how many of its poorest citizens have survived decades of economic crisis, terrorism and government violence, denial of workers' rights, and political corruption. It provides intimate and moving portraits of street musicians, singers, vendors, shoeshine boys, and the gymnasts (some mere children) and jugglers who perform at traffic stops. The film also visits with small business owners, from a leather-goods repairman and a presidential sash manufacturer to a frog-juice vendor, and contrasts the work and home environments of bartenders, waiters and waitresses employed at Lima's finest restaurants and hotels but who live in slums in the city's surrounding hillsides.;
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[3467]Delfour, Francis
2008 Rapayan. New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: The slopes overlooking the tiny Peruvian village of Rapayan are dotted with the remarkably well-preserved ruins of an indigenous settlement that predates the Inca conquest. It is a virtual city, complete with homes, a castle, a fortress, mausoleums, murals, subterranean galleries and mummified remains of its ancient inhabitants. As an archeological discovery, it is larger, richer and older than the celebrated Macchu Pichu. RAPAYAN follows the efforts of archaeologist Alexis Mantha, who "discovered" the historic ruins, and his Peruvian colleagues Hernando Malea and Jorge Cotrina, as they uncover and research this unknown civilization, revealing insights into the political, economic and religious aspects of the Andean Middle Ages. ;
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[3466]Greenfield, Lauren
2008 Kids and Money. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: An original short film by award-winning filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield, kids + money is a conversation with young people from diverse Los Angeles communities about the role of money in their lives. From rich to poor, Pacific Palisades to East L.A., kids address how they are shaped by a culture of consumerism. ; In kids + money, Greenfield takes the cultural temperature of a generation imprinted by commercial values. Born of the extremes of poverty and wealth that define the Los Angeles landscape, kids tell their stories in a series of interview-based "portraits."
Listed: 04/01/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3445]
2008 Torturing Democracy. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: In a riveting and dramatic narrative, TORTURING DEMOCRACY tells the inside story of how the U.S. government adopted torture as official policy in the aftermath of 9/11. With exclusive interviews, explosive documents and rare archival footage, the documentary has been called the definitive broadcast account of a deeply troubling chapter in recent American history. ; Produced by Emmy and Dupont award-winning broadcast journalist Sherry Jones, the film relies on the record to connect the dots in an investigation of interrogations of prisoners in U.S. custody that became "at a minimum, cruel and inhuman treatment and, at worst, torture," in the words of the former general counsel of the United States Navy, Alberto Mora. Producer Jones carefully presents the evidence that leads straight to the top of the chain of command - and so lays to rest the "rotten apple" defense for abusive interrogations at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and elsewhere. ;
Listed: 03/16/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3436]Kehoe, Alice Beck
2008 Controversies in Archaeology. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Archaeology - Social aspects; Archaeology - Moral and ethical aspects; Archaeology - Methodology; Archaeology - Case studies; Prehistoric peoples; Antiquities
Listed: 03/01/2009 »» Request this book
[3427]Trimble, Charles E., Barbara W. Sommer & Mary Kay Quinlan
2009 The American Indian Oral History Manual: Making Many Voices Heard. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Oral history - Methodology; Interviewing; Indians of North America - Research
Listed: 02/20/2009 »» Request this book
[3422]
2006 Lumo: One young Woman's struggle to heal in a Nation beset by War. Oley, Pennsylvania: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Lumo is a feature-length documentary about a young Congolese woman on an uncertain path to recovery at a unique hospital for rape survivors. The agonies of war torn Africa are deeply etched in the bodies of women. In eastern Congo, vying militias, armies and bandits use rape as a weapon of terror. ; Recently engaged to a young man from her village, 20 year-old Lumo Sinai couldn’t wait to have children and start a family. But when she crossed paths with marauding soldiers who brutally attacked her, she was left with a fistula— a condition that has rendered her incontinent and threatens her ability to give birth in the future. Rejected by her fiancé and cast aside by her family, Lumo found her way to the one place that may save her: a hospital for rape survivors set on the border with Rwanda.; Buoyed by the love of the hospital staff, and a formidable team of wise women known to all as “the Mamas,” Lumo and her friends keep the hope of one day resuming their former lives, thanks to an operation that can restore them fully to health. A feisty young woman with a red comb perpetually jutting from her hair, Lumo faces the challenge of recovery with remarkable courage and sass. As she and her friends recover from surgery, they pass the days by gossiping and sharing their dreams of one day finding love. But when it looks like her operation may have failed, Lumo’s faith is thrown entirely into question.On this uncertain road to recovery, Lumo shows that the solidarity of women can bind the most irreparable of wounds.;
Listed: 04/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3411]
2008 Weather the Storm: The Fight to Stay Local in the Global Fishery. Oley, Pennsylvania: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: In today's global economy, the world's ocean resources are being hit hard. Enormous industrial "floating factories" follow the fish wherever they are abundant, and move on when they have plundered the fish stocks. In the process, they squeeze the life out of small and local fishing communities.; The fishing communities of the Bigouden, on France's rugged Western coast, are determined to fight back. From the Paris fish riots of 1991, to the newly formed World Forum for Fish Harvesters, these small town fishermen have launched a sophisticated and multi-faceted strategy to stay small and successful in the face of global competition.; Filmed in ports from Western Canada to France, from Scotland to Senegal, Weather The Storm introduces viewers to the logic underlying both industrial and artisanal fishing economies. It provides compelling evidence for the environmental and socio-economic benefits of staying small and local. Although the battle to save the oceans is often publicly waged between environmentalists and corporations, this film gives voice to an important group who just may have the solutions we need: the small-scale artisanal fishers.;
Listed: 04/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3409]Mondale, Sarah, Vera Aronow, and Roger Grange
2010 MegaMall. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Twelve years in the making, MEGAMALL documents the origins of the massive Palisades Center mall and its impact on the suburban community of West Nyack, New York, 18 miles north of Manhattan. MEGAMALL is a gripping story of ordinary Americans who confront the forces that are changing the face of our nation. It is designed to give students and communities around the country the tools they need to understand the forces propelling growth. It encourages people to think of themselves as citizens--not consumers--and to take action in their own communities. 81 minutes
Listed: 05/01/2010 »» Request this film/video
[3407]
2008 Trefossa: Mi a no mi (I am not I). : Interakt.
Subject: The Surinamese poet Henny de Ziel, alias trefossa (1916-1975) wrote his works in Sranan, the lingua franca of Suriname. In 1957, he publish Trotji (Introductory Hymn), the first collection of poetry ever written in this language. Trefossa, I am not I, illustrates the life and the significance of this man, raised by a poor washerwoman in Paramaribo, who went on to become a symbol of artistic courage and national dignity. In addition to many of his poems, the film includes archive footage of the poet himself and takes viewers back to Suriname in the first half of the 20th century.
Listed: 02/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3404]
2008 The Betrayal (Nerakhoon). : The Cinema Guild.
Subject: The gifted cinematographer Ellen Kuras spent decades tracking the Phrasavaths, a large Laotian family that fled the devastated country after the secret U.S. war, after the father was imprisoned for advising Americans on where to drop thousands of bombs. The Betrayal moves among time periods and countries, from the Laotian countryside to the alien dangerous tenements of Brooklyn. The damage to the family seems too deep to heal, yet the film is lyrical, expansive, unbearably beautiful, with a melting violin score by Howard Shore. The bitterness has an epic scale—bottomless, borderless, universal. — David Edelstein;
Listed: 02/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3403]
2006 Transjordan, Part 2: The Crusader Castles. Princeton, New Jersey: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Recent research at the 12th-century Frankish castles of Shobak and Kerak in what was called Transjordan provides valuable insights into life and death in the Holy Land during the time period of the Crusades. In this program, historian Cédric Devais, of the French Institute of the Near East—Amman, and history guide Mustapha Kiwan talk about prior archaeological missions to the region, structural aspects of the fortifications, and day-to-day life within those massive stone bastions. In addition, the program addresses the political and economic incentives to waging holy war against the Muslim forces. Not available in French-speaking Canada.
Listed: 02/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3400]
2004 Thebes, Part 2: Death on the West Bank of the Nile. Princeton, New Jersey: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Ancient Egypt’s greatest concentration of divine and funerary monuments is located on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes. Using computer-generated animation, onsite commentary by members of France’s National Center for Scientific Research, and close-up archaeological footage, this program addresses the origin and evolution of religious belief in Egypt, the offices and power of the priesthood, and the layout, function, and symbolism of the Temple of Karnak and its precincts. Specific aspects of death such as mummification and the ritual of the open mouth are given special attention. Not available in French-speaking Canada.
Listed: 02/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3398]
2005 Mari, Part 2: The Palace of Zimri-Lim. Princeton, New Jersey: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: The Palace of Zimri-Lim at Mari was one of the wonders of the Mesopotamian world. This program documents the opening of an excavation site at the palace’s gate, while an animated walk-through of the palace precincts enables viewers to follow in the footsteps of courtiers and the king himself. Information on life inside the palace—from the business of keeping it functioning smoothly, to matters of religion, to the pleasures of the harem—illustrates life in this once-great place. Unfortunately, restoration of Mari has become a race against time. Will erosion do what even Hammurabi could not achieve: the erasure of Mari from the face of the Earth? Not available in French-speaking Canada.
Listed: 02/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3396]
2006 Delos: Island at the Center of the World. Princeton, New Jersey: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: What led the great powers of antiquity to install themselves on the minuscule island of Delos? And how did Delos, one of the most important religious centers in Greece, come to be an international trading hub, as well? To answer these questions, this program traces the island’s history between the 9th and 1st centuries BC: Delos’ renown as the mythological birthplace of Apollo; the subsequent struggles among the Greek city-states to possess Delos; the destruction of Carthage, Corinth, and Beirut, which left Delos the leading commercial center of its time; and Delos’ subsequent decline into irrelevancy. Generous footage of ruins and monuments marking each era—and memorializing the many peoples who fought for control of this speck of sand and rock—is included. Not available in French-speaking Canada.
Listed: 02/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3394]
2004 Gerasa: City of the Decapolis. Princeton, New Jersey: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: The Decapolis was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire, and Gerasa, known also in antiquity as Antioch on the Golden River and today as Jerash, is the best-preserved of them all. In this program, Jean-François Salles and other members of the French Institute of the Near East—Amman exhibit their efforts at Gerasa, including the ongoing stone-by-stone restoration of the immense Temple of Zeus. The rich history of this region—a place of contest and conquest for the Greeks, Nabateans, Hasmoneans, and Romans—and the curious plan of the city itself are given special attention. Not available in French-speaking Canada.
Listed: 02/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3393]
2001 Nubia and the Mysteries of Kush. Princeton, New Jersey: Films for the Humanities and Sciences .
Subject: Hidden away in the Butana region of northern Sudan lie the ruins of ancient Nubia, an African civilization that rivaled Egypt for centuries. This film familiarizes students with ongoing excavations that study and preserve the deteriorating remains of the Nubian kingdom of Kush. Interviews with Sudanese, American, and European archaeologists and historians are interwoven with stunning footage from dig sites and graphics that illustrate ancient building designs and techniques. Viewers will encounter Nubian temples, pyramids, writing, and artifacts—as well as fresh perspectives on the flowering of culture, technology, and political power in the ancient Nile Valley.; Excavations (Archaeology) - Nubia; Documentary films; Nonfiction films ; Historical films; Nubia - History; Nubia - Antiquities; Egypt - History; Sudan - History
Listed: 02/02/2009 »» Request this film/video
[3381]Carter, Thomas F.
2008 The Quality of Home Runs: The Passion, Politics, and Language of Cuban Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Baseball - Cuba; Baseball - Social aspects - Cuba
Listed: 02/01/2009 »» Request this book
[3379]Hairong, Yan
2009 New Masters, New Servants: Migration, Development, and Women Workers in China. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Women domestics - China - Social conditions; Rural women - Employment - China ; Rural-urban migration - China
Listed: 02/01/2009 »» Request this book
[3378]Blau, Judith R. & Marina Karides (eds.)
2008 The World and US Social Forum: A Better World is Possible and Necessary. Leiden; Boston: Brill .
Subject: Social movements -- International cooperation; Anti-globalization movement - International cooperation; International economic relations; Democracy; Globalization - Social aspects; World Social Forum
Listed: 01/13/2009 »» Request this book
[3376]Leinaweaver, Jessaca B.
2008 The Circulation of Children: Kinship, Adoption, and Morality in Andean Peru. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Indian children - Peru - Ayacucho - Social conditions; Children - Family relationships - Peru - Ayacucho; Indians of South America - Kinship - Peru - Ayacucho; Kinship - Peru - Ayacucho ; Adoption - Peru - Ayacucho; Social structure - Peru - Ayacucho; Interpersonal relations - Peru - Ayacucho; Ayacucho (Peru) - Social conditions; Ayacucho (Peru) - Moral conditions
Listed: 01/13/2009 »» Request this book
[3375]Sharp, Lesley Alexandra
2009 Bodies, Commodities, & Biotechnologies: Death, Mourning, and Scientific Desire in the Realm of Human Organ Transfer. New York: Columbia University Press.
Subject: Organs (Anatomy) - Social aspects - United States; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. - Social aspects - United States; Body, Human - Social aspects - United States; Body, Human - Symbolic aspects - United States; Organ Transplantation - ethics - United States; Biotechnology - ethics - United States; Death - United States; Grief - United States; Human Body - United States
Listed: 01/13/2009 »» Request this book
[3374]Sharma, Aradhana
2008 Logics of Empowerment: Development, Gender, and Governance in Neoliberal India. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Women in development - India - Uttar Pradesh; Economic development projects - India - Uttar Pradesh; Poor women - Services for - India - Uttar Pradesh; Public welfare - India; Neoliberalism - India; Mahila Samakhya (Project : Uttar Pradesh, India)
Listed: 12/01/2008 »» Request this book
[3363]Ferry, Elizabeth Emma & Mandana E. Limbert (eds.)
2008 Timely Assets: The Politics of Resources and Their Temporalities. Santa Fe: School for Advanced Research Press.
Subject: Economic anthropology; Value; Natural resources ; Cultural property ; Finite, The; Time - Sociological aspects
Listed: 11/17/2008 »» Request this book
[3359]Kraut, Anthea
2008 Choreographing the Folk: The Dance Stagings of Zora Neale Hurston. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: African American dance - History African Americans - Folklore; African Americans in the performing arts; Dance - United States - History; Jazz dance - History; Choreography; Hurston, Zora Neale - Criticism and interpretation. ; Hurston, Zora Neale - Knowledge - Folklore
Listed: 11/17/2008 »» Request this book
[3358]Labat, Severine
2005 Ataturk. New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: Mustapha Kemal (1881-1938), called Atatürk ("the father of the Turks"), was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and its first President. Both in Turkey and abroad, however, his actions continue to stir debate. Was he a visionary statesman or an enlightened despot?; MUSTAPHA KEMAL ATATÜRK tells the story of this historic figure with archival footage, newsreels and photos, and discussions with Turkish and Western historians, sociologists and biographers. The film traces his early secular education and his political rise as an army officer, from the birth of the "Young Turks" movement in 1908, through WWI, the Turkish War of Independence, the dethroning of the Sultan and elimination of the Caliphate, and the establishment of the republic in 1923.; Much of the film's debate focuses on Kemal's authoritarian rule, when he abolished the national parliament, outlawed opposition parties and labor unions, and forced through legislation that led to sweeping political, economic and social reforms. ;
Listed: 10/15/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3348]Balmes, Thomas
2007 Damages. New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: In the United States, when someone dies as a result of the negligence or liability of another person-medical malpractice, a highway accident, murder-a wrongful death lawsuit, seeking monetary damages for the loss of financial or emotional support, may be filed by surviving family members. Over $100 billion in such personal injury compensation, or "damages," is paid each year.; DAMAGES goes inside the offices of Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder, one of the biggest American law firms specializing in such lawsuits. The film observes the lawyers as they meet with the families of victims, examine documents, gauge the strengths and weaknesses of each case, try to put a value on a life ended prematurely, and decide on a legal strategy.; The film follows several different cases and the procedures involved in preparing to file suit, including visiting a crime scene, filming an interview with a client for showing in court, trying the case before a mock jury, and discussing with clients offers made by insurance companies and their options to either settle out of court or go to trial.;
Listed: 10/15/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3347]Du Haibin
2007 Umbrella. NY: Icarus films.
Subject: Filmed in a purely observational style, with no narration or commentary, UMBRELLA shows the workaday life of young employees in a factory in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, where they engage in monotonous, endlessly and rapidly repeated routines to manufacture umbrellas, for which they are paid a meager piece rate. At a massive shopping mall, the "World's Largest Small Commodity Market," in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, those multicolored, multipatterned umbrellas are sold at much higher prices by wholesale merchants, who are among China's nouveaux riche.
Listed: 10/15/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3345]Field, Les W.
2008 Abalone Tales: Collaborative Explorations of Sovereignty and Identity in Native California. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Indians of North America - Fishing - California; Indians of North America - Ethnozoology - California; Indians of North America - California - Social life and customs; Abalone culture - California - History; Abalones - Social aspects - California; Abalones - California - Folklore
Listed: 09/20/2008 »» Request this book
[3343]Read, William Alexander
2008 Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: a Collection of Words. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press.
Subject: Names, Indian - Louisiana; Names, Geographical - Louisiana
Listed: 09/01/2008 »» Request this book
[3336]Klawiter, Maren
2008 The Biopolitics of Breast Cancer: Changing Cultures of Disease and Activism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Breast - Cancer - Political aspects - United States; Biopolitics - United States; Breast Neoplasms; Cultural Characteristics; Feminism Politics
Listed: 08/08/2008 »» Request this book
[3328]Grattan, John & Robin Torrence (eds.)
2007 Living Under the Shadow: Cultural Impacts of Volcanic Eruptions. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Archaeology and natural disasters - Congresses; Volcanoes - Social aspects - History - Congresses; Social change - History - Congresses; Human ecology - History - Congresses; Human beings - Effect of environment on - History - Congresses
Listed: 08/01/2008 »» Request this book
[3323]
2008 Social Capital in Europe: Similarity of Countries and Diversity of People? Multi-level Analyses of the European Social Survey 2002. Leiden; Boston, Massachusetts: Brill.
Subject: Social capital (Sociology) - Europe; Europe - Social conditions
Listed: 08/01/2008 »» Request this book
[3321]
2008 Civil-Military Cooperation in Response to a Complex Emergency: Just Another Drill?. Leiden; Boston, Massachusetts: Brill.
Subject: Security, International ; Civil-military relations; Conflict management - Case studies
Listed: 08/01/2008 »» Request this book
[3320]Wakeham, Pauline
2008 Taxidermic Signs: Reconstructing Aboriginality. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Indians of North America - Museums; Indians of North America - Material culture - Exhibitions; Indians of North America - Antiquities - Exhibitions; Museum techniques - North America; Taxidermy - North America
Listed: 08/01/2008 »» Request this book
[3318]Esposito, Roberto
2008 Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Biopolitics; Political science - Philosophy
Listed: 08/01/2008 »» Request this book
[3315]Feldman, Ilana
2008 Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917-1967. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Representative government and representation - Gaza Strip; Gaza Strip - Politics and government - 20th century
Listed: 08/01/2008 »» Request this book
[3314]Salvador, Paula
2007 Build Green. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: In a refreshing hour, Build Green shows how by taking advantage of the sun, the wind, and the rain, as well as dirt, straw and waste, homeowners and developers can reduce their personal contribution to climate change by building structures that are healthier for the occupants, economical to run, and even fun to live in.; David Suzuki sets out across Canada to discover the latest in green construction. On British Columbia's Salt Spring Island, Suzuki visits the rammed earth house of rock star Randy Bachman. Rammed earth is a traditional building technique that, with modern advances, has become viable and popular in many different climate regions. The technique minimizes site disturbance, the importation of construction materials and and the use of toxic substances. ; In Build Green, Canada's best architects show us round their latest green projects. From retrofitting an aging Montreal housing complex with state-of-the-art sustainable energy systems, to laying up hay for strawbale houses, to building transportable "mini-homes" with their own small power plant, Build Green takes a close look at the materials and technologies we'd be foolish not to adopt as standard practice in construction.;
Listed: 07/01/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3304]Cheney, Ian & Curt Ellis
2007 The Greening of Southie. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: In the traditionally Irish-American working-class neighborhood of South Boston, MA, a new kind of building has taken shape. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen building is some-thing different: a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design.; But Boston's steel-toed union workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer has to keep the project from unraveling.; Building Boston's first LEED Gold-certified building turns out to be harder than anyone thought. Yet among the I-beams and brickwork emerges a small cadre of unlikely environmentalists who come to connect their work with the future of their children ;
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[3303]Hott, Lawrence R. & Diane Garey
2008 The Return of the Cuyahoga. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: The Return of the Cuyahoga is a one-hour documentary about the death and rebirth of one of America's most emblematic waterways. In its history we see the end of the American frontier, the growth of industry, the scourge of pollution and the advent of a political movement that sought to end pollution.; For centuries, the Cuyahoga River has been on the frontier. When the United States was a new nation, the river literally marked the western frontier. But "civilization" came to the river; by 1870 the river was on the industrial frontier. On the river's banks sprouted a multitude of factories, a booming display of what was called progress. The river, as it flowed through Cleveland, became a foul-smelling channel of sludge, with an oily surface that ignited with such regularity that river fires were treated as commonplace events by the local press. But then, in 1969, the river burned again, just as a third kind of frontier swept across the nation: an environmental frontier. And the Cuyahoga River became a landmark on this frontier too -- a poster child for those trying to undo the destruction wrought by progress in America.;
Listed: 06/17/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3291]Bitomsky, Hartmut
2007 Dust. NY: Icarus films.
Subject: In examining the many types of dust, including microscopic particulates invisible to the naked eye, DUST hears from a variety of scientists-botanists, biologists, meteorologists, and astronomers-who investigate the environmental and health consequences of dust, from Sahara sandstorms and the Oklahoma dust bowl of the Thirties to the toxic dust generated by the 9/11 demolition of the WTC towers. By closely examining a subject that surrounds us in our daily lives, but to which we rarely pay serious attention, DUST provides us with a new appreciation of the many ways in which dust affects our bodies, our environment, and even the cosmos.
Listed: 06/17/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3290]Pilger, John
2007 The War on Democracy. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: In his second inaugural address, President Bush pledged to "bring democracy to the world". In a speech lasting 23 minutes, he mentioned the words 'democracy' and 'liberty' 21 times. Most of the world, it is fair to say, will have recoiled, many in fear...; Bush's speech was significant because it finally emptied noble concepts like 'democracy' of their true meaning - government, of, by and for the people. Never before have people in the west shown such disenchantment with the democracy they vote for and the version they get. Never before has most of humanity registered such alarm at the ambitions of a great power.; The War on Democracy demonstrates the brutal reality of the America's notion of 'spreading democracy'; that, in fact, America is actually conducting a war on democracy, and that true popular democracy is now more likely to be found among the poorest of Latin America whose grassroots movements are often ignored in the west.;
Listed: 06/10/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3287]Davenport, Nina
2008 Operation Filmmaker. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: In 2004, American actor Liev Schreiber saw an MTV segment on Iraqi film student Muthana Mohmed, whose dreams of becoming a filmmaker had been thwarted by the bombing of his university during "Operation Iraqi Freedom." Schreiber, then preparing to film his directorial debut, Everything is Illuminated, in Prague, invited Muthana to work as a production assistant on the film.; Nina Davenport was hired to document Muthana's experience as an intern on the Hollywood movie. But Schreiber's well-intentioned gesture doesn't result in the inspiring story everyone had hoped for, as differing expectations and agendas clash. In particular, Muthana begrudgingly performs or shirks responsibility for the tasks assigned to him, repeatedly squandering a golden opportunity.; For OPERATION FILMMAKER, Davenport chronicled Muthana's story over a two-year period, from his work in Prague as a P.A. on Schreiber's Holocaust drama and later on Doom, a sci-fi film starring "The Rock," to a stint at a London film school, periodically contrasting his experiences abroad with scenes of Muthana's family and friends in wartorn Baghdad.; While documenting Muthana's relationships with the producers, crews and stars of both films-characterized by a psychologically fascinating stew of good intentions, bad faith, liberal guilt, and opportunism. Davenport herself eventually becomes embroiled in the young man's perennial financial difficulties and visa problems. In its continuing but futile search for a "happy ending," OPERATION FILMMAKER exposes the often mutually manipulative relationships between filmmakers and their subjects.;
Listed: 04/10/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3255]Honigmann, Heddy
2007 Forever. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: Through a leisurely tour of the world-famous Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, the final resting place for legendary writers, composers, painters and other artists from around the world, FOREVER provides an unusually poignant, emotionally powerful meditation on relations between the living and the dead, and the immortal power of art.; During its visits to many famous graves-including those of Frédéric Chopin, Marcel Proust, Guillaume Apollinaire, Amadeo Modigliani, Oscar Wilde, Jean-Auguste Ingres, Maria Callas, Georges Méliès, Jim Morrison, Yves Montand and Simone Signoret-FOREVER also introduces us to the Parisians and tourists who make pilgrimages to these tombs, whether to pay their respects, leave flowers or personal messages, or even to tend to the upkeep of the tombstones. The film also pays moving tribute to talented young artists who died prematurely as well as to the less celebrated deceased remembered primarily by next of kin.;
Listed: 04/11/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3254]Crate, Susan Alexandra & Mark Nuttall (eds.)
2009 Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Climatic changes; Ethnology; Anthropology
Listed: 03/01/2009 »» Request this book
[3252]
2007 Agent Orange: A Personal Requiem. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: As a young man in the late Sixties, Greg Davis served for three years in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. The area where he was stationed was one of many throughout the country sprayed by the military, as part of its counterinsurgency strategy, with millions of gallons of defoliants, including Agent Orange, which contains dioxin, the most toxic chemical known to man.After his military service, Davis married and worked for decades as a photojournalist for Time and other publications worldwide. In 2003, at the age of 54, he died from liver cancer, believed to be the result of his exposure to Agent Orange. Produced by Davis's widow, AGENT ORANGE chronicles the history of this lethally toxic herbicide, tracing its effects not only on her husband and other U.S. servicemen but also on the environment and continuing generations of Vietnamese.More than three decades after the spraying of Agent Orange was discontinued, dioxin still contaminates the Vietnamese environment and its traces can now be found in the body of everyone living in the country. AGENT ORANGE concludes by discussing a 2005 lawsuit on behalf of Vietnamese victims, naming Dow Chemical and Monsanto among 37 other firms, brought before a Federal Court in New York City.
Listed: 02/18/2008 »» Request this film/video
[3223]Finnström, Sverker
2008 Living With Bad Surroundings: War, History, and Everyday Moments in Northern Uganda. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press.
Subject: Acoli (African people) - Social life and customs War and society - Uganda - Northern Province
Listed: 02/09/2008 »» Request this book
[3209](unattributed)
2007 Wolves in Paradise: Ranchers and Wolves in the New West. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Set in the soaring mountains and majestic valleys of southwest Montana, Wolves in Paradise is a tale of survival as ranchers face the challenge of living with wolves in the decade after the top predator was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park.The documentary follows the growing wolf packs as they leave the sanctuary of the park and make their first incursions into Paradise Valley. "How can we have the rancher and the wolf together? That's the part we need to get figured out, all right. That's the tough one," says Paradise Valley rancher Martin Davis. Davis copes with the frustration of running livestock in wolf country, while fending off another threat to his way of life: encroaching development. His traditional, family outfit is contrasted with the vast Sun Ranch in nearby Madison Valley, operated as a conservation experiment that tries to accommodate both wolves and cattle with unexpected, dramatic results.Meanwhile, as the action plays out in the remote reaches of Greater Yellowstone, a surprising alliance grows between traditional enemies -- livestock growers and conservationists -- who find common ground in the need to protect open space from developers in this last, wild corner of the West.;
Listed: 01/28,2008 »» Request this film/video
[3207]Augoyard, Jean François
2007 Step by Step: Everyday Walks in a French Urban Housing Project. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: City and town life - France; Sociology, Urban - France; Urbanization - France; City planning - France
Listed: 12/20/2007 »» Request this book
[3196]Quinn, Tristan
2005 Dead Mums Don't Cry. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: DEAD MUMS DON'T CRY documents one woman's remarkable struggle to stop mothers in her country from dying. She's Grace Kodindo - an obstetrician in the poverty-stricken central African country of Chad. Women in Chad have a 1 in 11 chance of dying during pregnancy or in childbirth. The risk for women in the UK is 1 in 5100.Cutting maternal mortality by 75% by 2015 was one of the eight Millennium Development Goals set by 189 countries in 2000. Five years on, progress is far behind schedule - and this film reveals it's slowest on the goals that affect women and children.But DEAD MUMS DON'T CRY shows there is reason for hope. A few poor countries have succeeded in saving mothers' lives. BBC reporter Steve Bradshaw and Grace Kodindo travel to Honduras, which has cut maternal mortality far faster than some wealthier neighbors. A key reason is that influential men and women cared enough to make the issue a priority.
Listed: 12/11/2007 »» Request this film/video
[3181]Metivier, Michelle
2005 Fighting Fire with Fire. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Monster forest fires, big enough to be seen from space and hot enough to create their own weather, used to be a once-in-a-decade nightmare. But now, they're an everyday summer reality across vast stretches of North America. Authorities in Canada and the United States are bracing for increasing infernos each fire season. A timely documentary, Fighting Fire with Fire takes audiences onto the fire line and brings them face-to-face with raging fires that are literally unstoppable. This provocative film raises questions about conventional methods of fighting fire, and whether decades of suppressing fire have simply made matters worse. The long-standing lesson taught by Smokey the Bear goes out the window as a new controversial approach to fighting fire is examined.Fighting Fire with Fire ventures into the forests of Banff National Park, where the park wardens are deliberately setting fires known as "prescribed burns." They are taking accepted practice (if it's on fire, put it out), and doing the exact opposite. One goal is to try and prevent bigger, hotter, faster fires; another is to regenerate the land, creating conditions for flora and fauna to thrive.As viewers discover in Fighting Fire with Fire, this little-known phenomenon is working. Experts explain that fire has always been part of our landscape, but forces like global warming and "hit it hard, hit it fast" fire management policies have conspired to create infernal blazes.
Listed: 11/12/2007 »» Request this film/video
[3175]
2007 Arid Lands. Oley PA: Bullfrog.
Subject: Arid Lands is a documentary feature about the land and people of the Columbia Basin in southeastern Washington state. Sixty years ago, the Hanford nuclear site produced plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, and today the area is the focus of the largest environmental cleanup in history. It is a landscape of incredible contradictions: coyotes roam among decommissioned nuclear reactors, salmon spawn in the middle of golf courses, wine grapes grow in the sagebrush, and federal cleanup dollars spur rapid urban expansion.; Arid Lands takes us into a world of sports fishermen, tattoo artists, housing developers, ecologists, and radiation scientists living and working in the area. It tells the story of how people changed the landscape over time, and how the landscape affected their lives. Marked by conflicting perceptions of wilderness and nature, Arid Lands is a moving and complex essay on a unique landscape of the American West.;
Listed: 10/08/2007 »» Request this film/video
[3157]Rocklin, Jeremy
2007 Dollars and Dreams: West Africans in New York. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources.
Subject: Dollars and Dreams is a documentary film focused on the pursuits and challenges of numerous West African immigrants as they confront the idea of the American Dream and the reality of the New York experience. Including additional perspective from scholars, authors, and community leaders, the film creates a vibrant portrait of African achievement throughout the city, while exploring the complicated issues African immigrants face as they balance their deep connections to Africa and their enthusiastic commitments to America.;
Listed: 10/01/2007 »» Request this film/video
[3152]Mourao, Catarina
2006 On Edge. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources.
Subject: The film focuses on daily life in a poor housing estate in Porto and, in particular, on a group of children aged between 8 and 14. It follows their life outdoors always inventing new games. Parents are seldom home and children have space and freedom to create their own rules, games of power many times copying the models they know from home. Sometimes things get really tough, other times there is a feeling of harmony and melancholy in the neighbourhood.; This is a special summer: people are expecting the European Football Cup and the possible victory of the Portuguese team will raise the morale of a country in full recession. Kids and adults are hypersensitive, feelings go over the top. TVs are put outdoors and the games of the European cup are followed by children and adults as an almost religious ritual; Rui, one of the characters is a 13 year old boy who unlike all the other kids of his age doesn't like football and fighting. He prefers to take refuge in a dream like world surrounded by dinosaurs and other animals from the forest.;
Listed: 10/01/2007 »» Request this film/video
[3145]Hott, Lawrence & Diane Garey
2006 John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature. Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources.
Subject: The story of John James Audubon is a dramatic and surprising one. He saw more of the North American continent than virtually anyone of his time, and came to stand for America - the America of wilderness and wild things. Audubon was a self-taught artist and a self-made man whose life was rife with action and contradiction. He played the debonair European when he visited the American frontier, and then the wild woodsman in the drawing rooms of Europe. ; As an artist and a naturalist his achievements are monumental. The Birds of America - an astonishing collection of 435 life-size prints - was the largest book printed in the 19th century. Audubon was not only the artist; he was the writer, publisher and promoter. His early subscribers included the kings of England and France.; Audubon continued to draw, creating a smaller folio of even more birds, and embarking on a major study of mammals. This book, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of America, was only half-done in 1846, when he turned the work over to his son. His eyesight was failing, as was his mind.;
Listed: 10/01/2007 »» Request this film/video
[3144]Diedrich, Lisa
2007 Treatments: Language, Politics, and the Culture of Illness. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Sick - Psychology; Patients' writings - History and criticism; Diseases and literature; Medicine in Literature; Attitude to Death; Attitude to Health; Autobiography
Listed: 08/31/2007 »» Request this book
[3130]Ziegler, Catherine
2007 Favored Flowers : Culture and Economy in a Global System. Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press.
Subject: Cut flower industry
Listed: 08/31/2007 »» Request this book
[3128](unattributed)
2007 Mesoamerica Electronic Encyclopedia. Mexico: Armella Spitalier Cultural Foundation.
Subject: Prospective reviewers must select individual CD's. See: http://foamarketing.com/products.aspx for details.
Listed: 05/24/2007 »» Request this multimedia/software
[3090]Brooks, Ethel Carolyn
2007 Unraveling the Garment Industry: Transnational Organizing and Women's Work. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Anti-sweatshop movement; Protest movements - International cooperation; Women - Developing countries - Social conditions; Women - Developing countries - Economic conditions; Working class women; Social conflict
Listed: 04/14/2007 »» Request this book
[3080]Villetard, Xavier
2007 Forever Lenin . Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: How and why did Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, became a mummy? After the 1924 death of the Bolshevik Revolution's leader, Stalin and other Soviet officials decided to preserve Lenin's body for public display in a mausoleum in Red Square. A team of scientists, biochemists and forensic pathologists, working in a laboratory beneath the mausoleum, developed a means to restore Lenin's temporarily embalmed corpse, which had begun to rot two months after his death, and a system of periodic chemical treatments to permanently preserve the body.
Listed: 05/16/2007 »» Request this film/video
[3079]Boellstorff, Tom
2007 A Coincidence of Desires: Anthropology, Queer Studies, Indonesia. Durham: Duke University Press.
Subject: Homosexuality, Male - Indonesia; Ethnology - Indonesia; Gay men - Indonesia - Social conditions; Indonesia - Social conditions
Listed: 04/19/2007 »» Request this book
[3077]Whitesel, J.R. and Joseph W. Zarzynski
2005 The Lost Radeau: North America's Oldest Intact Warship. : Pepe Productions /Bateaux Below, Inc. Documentary.
Subject: (not listed)
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[3068]Sarasin, Jacques
2006 On the Rumba River. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: In the Democratic Republic of the Congo today, nearly sixty years after his first hit record, Wendo Kolosoy, affectionately known as "Papa Wendo," remains a well-known and beloved musician. Renowned for his development of Congolese rumba-a popular musical style that blends rumba, beguine, waltz, tango, and cha cha cha-Wendo is still active, now in his 80's, continuing to perform and to record albums of his distinctive songs and dance music. The film's exploration of the history and continuing popularity of Congolese rumba is set against a backdrop of political turmoil that has afflicted this African nation for decades, from the repressive regime (1965-1997) of Mobutu Sese Seko, an ongoing civil war, and a fragile contemporary peace. ;
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[3067]Sabin, Ashley (Dir.)
2007 Kamp Katrina. Carnivalesque Films: www.carnivalesquefilms.com.
Subject: Kamp Katrina is a verité documentary set in post-Katrina New Orleans. The film follows Ms. Pearl, a 56-year-old Upper 9th Ward resident and Native American, over the course of 6 months. The story begins one month after Hurricane Katrina when Ms. Pearl rides her bicycle to a temporary community space in Washington Square Park. An organizer urges people to open their homes to individuals displaced by the hurricane. Ms. Pearl enthusiastically offers her backyard and 14 people immediately move into "Kamp Katrina," their self-made tent community.
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[3064]Nornes, Abeì Mark
2007 Forest of Pressure: Ogawa Shinsuke and Postwar Japanese Documentary. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Ogawa, Shinsuke, 1936-1992 - Criticism and interpretation
Listed: 03/19/2007 »» Request this book
[3060]Nieuwenhuys, E.C. (ed.)
2006 Neo-Liberal Globalism and Social Sustainable Globalisation. Leiden; Boston: Brill.
Subject: Globalization - Congresses; Sustainable development - Congresses; Neoliberalism - Congresses
Listed: 03/19/2007 »» Request this book
[3059]Rodriguez, Sylvia
2006 Acequia: Water-Sharing, Sanctity, and Place. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School for Advanced Research Press.
Subject: Human ecology - New Mexico - Taos Region; Indigenous peoples - Ecology - New Mexico - Taos Region; Stream ecology - New Mexico - Taos Region; Water-supply - New Mexico - Taos Region; Water resources development - New Mexico - Taos Region; Communication in water resources development - New Mexico - Taos Region; Water - Symbolic aspects - New Mexico - Taos Region; Taos Pueblo (N.M.) - Environmental conditions; Taos Region (N.M.) - Environmental conditions
Listed: 03/19/2007 »» Request this book
[3058]Rickard, Paul M. (Dir.)
2005 Aboriginal Architecture. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Aboriginal Architecture offers a fascinating in-depth look into the diversity of North American Native architecture. Featuring expert commentary and stunning imagery, this program provides a virtual tour of seven Aboriginal communities - Pueblo, Mohawk, Inuit, Crow, Navajo, Coast Salish and Haida - revealing how each is actively reinterpreting and adapting traditional forms for contemporary purposes.
Listed: 02/02/2007 »» Request this film/video
[3049]Jay, Paul & Nelofer Pazira
2003 Return to Kandahar. Oley, Pennsylvania: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Landing in Kabul, 13 years after her family left Russian occupied Afghanistan, Nelofer unravels her past and the history of her country while searching for a childhood friend. Nelofer journeys across a broken land, smashed by years of anarchy under the Northern Alliance, the Taliban, and now by America’s ‘war on terror’. Return to Kandahar shows a country once again in the grip of warlords.
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[3047](unattributed)
2006 Chicago: City of the Big Shoulders. Bullfrog Films. 4 part series: Edens Lost and Found.
Subject: This film is one of a four part series - Edens Lost and Found - that focuses on four cities - Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Seattle - which face a range of demographic, economic and environmental challenges. The films showcase strategies that contribute to a sustainable ecosystem - including open space and public parks, urban forestry, watershed management, public art, waste disposal, recycling, green architecture, environmental justice, neighborhood development, and mass transit alternatives.
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[3041](unattributed)
2007 Seattle: The Future is Now. Edens Lost and Found Series. Oley, Pennsylvania: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: This film is one of a four part series - Edens Lost and Found - that focuses on four cities - Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Seattle - which face a range of demographic, economic and environmental challenges. The films showcase strategies that contribute to a sustainable ecosystem - including open space and public parks, urban forestry, watershed management, public art, waste disposal, recycling, green architecture, environmental justice, neighborhood development, and mass transit alternatives.
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[3040](unattributed)
2006 Los Angeles: Dream a Different City. Bullfrog Films. 4 part series: Edens Lost and Found.
Subject: This film is one of a four part series - Edens Lost and Found - that focuses on four cities - Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Seattle - which face a range of demographic, economic and environmental challenges. The films showcase strategies that contribute to a sustainable ecosystem - including open space and public parks, urban forestry, watershed management, public art, waste disposal, recycling, green architecture, environmental justice, neighborhood development, and mass transit alternatives.
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[3039](unattributed)
2006 Philadelphia: The Holy Experiment. Bullfrog Films. 4 part series: Edens Lost and Found.
Subject: This film is one of a four part series - Edens Lost and Found - that focuses on four cities - Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Seattle - which face a range of demographic, economic and environmental challenges. The films showcase strategies that contribute to a sustainable ecosystem - including open space and public parks, urban forestry, watershed management, public art, waste disposal, recycling, green architecture, environmental justice, neighborhood development, and mass transit alternatives.
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[3038]King-O'Riain, Rebecca Chiyoko
2006 Pure Beauty: Judging Race in Japanese American Beauty Pageants. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Beauty contests - United States; Japanese Americans; Japanese American women; Race awareness - United States
Listed: 12/03/2006 »» Request this book
[3030]Belshaw, Cyril
2006 Choosing Our Destiny: Creating the Utopian World in the 21st Century. Philadelphia: Xlibris.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 10/27/2006 »» Request this book
[3026]Lekson, Stephen H.
2006 The Archaeology of Chaco Canyon: an Eleventh-Century Pueblo Regional Center. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press.
Subject: Chaco culture - New Mexico - Chaco Culture National Historical Park; Excavations (Archaeology) - New Mexico - Chaco Culture National Historical Park - History; Chaco Culture National Historical Park (N.M.) - Antiquities
Listed: 08/30/2006 »» Request this book
[3012]Johnston, Barbara Rose & Holly M. Barker
2008 Consequential Damages of Nuclear War: The Rongelap Report. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.
Subject: Nuclear weapons - Testing - Health aspects - Marshall Islands - Rongelap Atoll; Nuclear weapons - Testing - Environmental aspects - Marshall Islands - Rongelap Atoll; Radiation victims - Legal status, laws, etc. - Marshall Islands; Radioactive pollution - Marshall Islands; Rongelap Atoll (Marshall Islands) - Claims vs. United States
Listed: 08/01/2008 »» Request this book
[2849]Scarborough, Vernon L. (ed.)
2005 A Catalyst for Ideas: Anthropological Archaeology and the Legacy of Douglas Schwartz. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research.
Subject: Prehistoric peoples; Human evolution; Antiquities, Prehistoric; Social archaeology; Ethnoarchaeology; Schwartz, Douglas Wright, 1929-
Listed: 02/14/2006 »» Request this book
[2845]Rafael, Vicente L.
2005 The Promise of the Foreign: Nationalism and the Technics of Translation in the Spanish Philippines. Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press.
Subject: Nationalism - Philippines - History - To 19th century; Language and languages - Political aspects - Philippines; Spanish language - Philippines; Philippine literature (Spanish) - History and criticism ; Translating and interpreting - Philippines - History; Philippines - Politics and government - 19th century
Listed: 02/01/2006 »» Request this book
[2840]Levine, Ron
2005 Prisoners of Age. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Raising questions about the warehousing of America's prison populations, this film accompanies photographer Ron Levine on his mission to depict the physical, emotional, and psychological conditions of aging inmates - including those nearing death.
Listed: 01/30/2006 »» Request this film/video
[2838]Shapiro, Jason S.
2005 A Space Syntax Analysis of Arroyo Hondo Pueblo, New Mexico: Community Formation in the Northern Rio Grande. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press.
Subject: Pueblo Indians - Antiquities; Pueblo architecture - New Mexico; Ethnoarchaeology - New Mexico; Environmental archaeology - New Mexico; Arroyo Hondo Site (N.M.) ; Rio Grande Valley - Antiquities
Listed: 11/20/2005 »» Request this book
[2811]Paul, Bill, Cindy Paul, & Julie Mooney
2005 Shadow of an Indian Star: A Novel. Austin, Texas: Synergy Books.
Subject: Chickasaw Indians - Fiction; Frontier and pioneer life - Fiction; Paul family - Fiction; Historical fiction; Oklahoma - Fiction; Pauls Valley (Okla.) - Fiction
Listed: 10/24/2005 »» Request this book
[2802]Nguyen-Vo, Minh
2004 Buffalo Boy (Mua Len Trua). Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: Set in the lowlands of southern Vietnam, this powerful coming of age tale is a richly textured and stunningly visual reflection of the rhythms of daily life and culture determined by water. It is the story of the relationship between a father and son, the cycles of life, and the inescapable flow of all things. When young Kim, out of necessity, joins the nomadic life of the buffalo herders, he is exposed to a complex, brutal way of existence. He must find his own way and sense of self in this male world.
Listed: 10/10/2005 »» Request this film/video
[2800]Charef, Mehdi
2001 Daughter of Keltoum. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: A young woman, raised in Switzerland, travels to an isolated and barren Berber settlement located in the rocky Atlas Mountains of Algeria. Her journey is a multi-tiered discovery in terms of her relationship to her extended famliy, traditional Berber culture -which still clings to strict tribal and religous mores- and her desperate need to locate her biological mother.
Listed: 10/10/2005 »» Request this film/video
[2798]Tedlock, Barbara
2005 Woman in the Shaman's Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine. New York: Bantam Books.
Subject: Shamanism; Women shamans; Women healers; Women
Listed: 10/01/2005 »» Request this book
[2784]Butler, Chris
2005 Prehistoric Flintwork. Stroud: Tempus.
Subject: Prehistoric peoples; Stone implements; Antiquities, Prehistoric
Listed: 07/13/2005 »» Request this book
[2716](unattributed)
2004 Slave Island: New York's Hidden History. Princeton, NJ.: Films for the Humanities and Sciences .
Subject: When excavation in downtown Manhattan unearthed an 18th century burial ground for slaves, New Yorkers were reminded that slavery was not limited to the South. The film explores an often-overlooked chapter in the history of the city, and the colonies in general, by examining the oldest slave cemetery ever found in North America. Scholars and leading experts conduct archaeological and forensic analysis of the remains of nearly 400 African American slaves.
Listed: 06/26/2005 »» Request this film/video
[2708]Andrews, E. Wyllys and William Leonard Fash
2005 Copan: The History of an Ancient Maya Kingdom. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press.
Subject: Mayas - Honduras - Copan (Dept.) - Antiquities; Maya architecture - Honduras - Copan (Dept.) ; Maya scupture - Honduras - Copan (Dept.); Inscriptions, Mayan - Honduras - Copßn (Dept.); Copßn Site (Honduras) ; Copan (Honduras : Dept.) - Antiquities
Listed: 07/13/2005 »» Request this book
[2694]Powers, Robert P
2005 The Peopling of Bandelier: New Insights from the Archaeology of the Pajarito Plateau. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press.
Subject: Pueblo Indians - New Mexico - Pajarito Plateau - Antiquities; Pueblo Indians - New Mexico - Bandelier National Monument - Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology) - New Mexico - Pajarito Plateau; Excavations (Archaeology) - New Mexico - Bandelier National Monument; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.) - History; Bandelier National Monument (N.M.) - Antiquities; Pajarito Plateau (N.M.) - Antiquities
Listed: 05/29/2005 »» Request this book
[2686]Brody, J.J.
2004 Mimbres Painted Pottery (Rev. Ed.). Santa Fe, New Mexico: School of American Research Press.
Subject: Mimbres culture Mimbres pottery
Listed: 03/25/2005 »» Request this book
[2543]Calderon, George
2005 Tahiti. London; New York: Kegan Paul.
Subject: Calderon, George, 1868-1915 - Travel - French Polynesia - Tahiti; Tahiti - Description and travel
Listed: 01/01/2005 »» Request this book
[2445]Torrubla, Gudrun
2003 Harem-Yemen, the Hidden Half Speaks. New York: Women Make Movies.
Subject: 'Haram-Yemen' offers a surprising look at women's lives and gender roles in contemporary Yemen. This astonishing film presents the affecting personal narratives of individual women struggling for self-determination, including Aisha, who defies both tribal law and her imposing father to sneak off to school and educate herself. When she is discovered, an entire village comes to her aid, convincing her father to drop his threats to kill her for the 'crime' of being educated. Aisha, now a doctor with her own NGO, is an inspiring model of resistance against tradition, and her family's experience suggests with profound poignancy that change is possible.
Listed: 05/26/2004 »» Request this film/video
[2353]Pachachi, Maysoon
2003 Iranian Journey. New York: Women Make Movies.
Subject: Massoumeh Soltan Baloghie is the first woman long-distance bus driver in Iran. Iraqi filmmaker Maysoon Pachachi joins this extraordinary woman on her 22-hour, 5,000-kilometer trip from Tehran to Bandar Abbas, talking to her passengers, her family, and people en route to learn more about her remarkable story. A gentle and richly textured documentary, 'Iranian Journey' thoughtfully explores the lives and roles of women at a time of transition in Islamic society. In a country where women's choices, including what they wear, are restricted by legal and religious doctrine, Massoumeh's bold choices and determination are a symbol of change.
Listed: 05/26/2004 »» Request this film/video
[2352]Maleknasr, Yassamin
2003 Afghanistan, The Lost Truth. New York: Women Make Movies.
Subject: Shortly after the fall of the Taliban, Iranian filmmaker Yassamin Maleknasr embarked on a remarkable journey across Afghanistan. The resulting film is a fascinating look at the people from all walks of life -- including the culture and landscape of the country - and the optimism that endures despite the countless tragedies the country has suffered.
Listed: 05/24/2004 »» Request this film/video
[2347]Uzokwe, Alfred Obiora
2003 Surviving in Biafra: The Story of the Nigerian Civil War. Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse.
Subject: Nigeria - History - Civil War, 1967-1970 - Children; Children; Nigeria - History - Civil War, 1967-1970; Biafra
Listed: 03/06/2003 »» Request this book
[2215]Niemann, Yolanda Flores et al. (eds.)
2002 Chicana Leadership: the Frontiers Reader. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: Mexican American women - Social conditions; Mexican American women - Political activity; Mexican American women - Ethnic identity; Leadership - United States; Sex role - United States; Sex role - Political aspects - United States; United States - Ethnic relations; United States - Social conditions - 1980-
Listed: 01/07/2003 »» Request this book
[2166]Renshaw, John
2002 The Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco: Identity and Economy. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: Indians of South America - Chaco Boreal (Paraguay and Bolivia); Indians of South America - Chaco Boreal (Paraguay and Bolivia) - Ethnic identity; Indians of South America - Chaco Boreal (Paraguay and Bolivia) - Economic conditions
Listed: 10/01/2002 »» Request this book
[2112]Michalowski, Raymond and Jill Dubisch
2001 Run for the Wall: Remembering Vietnam on a Motorcycle Pilgrimage. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Subject: Run for the Wall (Organization); Motorcycling - United States; Social interaction - United States; Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
Listed: 10/16/2001 »» Request this book
[1878]Smitek, Zmago & Rajko Mursic (eds.)
1997 MESS Mediterranean Ethnological Summer School, vol. 3 : Piran, Slovenia, 1997 and 1998 . Piran, Slovenia: Mediterranean Ethnological Summer School.
Subject: Ethnology - Slovenia - Congresses Ethnology - Europe, Eastern - Congresses; Ethnicity - Congresses; Nationalism - Congresses
Listed: 09/11/2001 »» Request this book
[1865]Rouveroy van Nieuwaal, Emile Adriaan Benvenuto van & Maarten Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
2000 Red Hat, Where are You Going?. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: Examines the socio-political position of traditional Mossi chiefs in Burkina Faso. Looks at how the chiefs have navigated political change, and at how they interact with both the government and people today.
Listed: 08/31/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1863]Yang, Lina
1999 Old Men. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: Intimate ethnographic portrait of elderly men in China
Listed: 08/31/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1860]Nebergall, Peter J.
2000 The Color of His Coat (a novel). Philadelphia: Xlibris.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 08/29/2001 »» Request this book
[1858]Beach, Hugh
2000 A Year in Lapland: Guest of the Reindeer Herders. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Subject: Sami (European people) - Sweden - Jokkmokk
Listed: 08/21/2001 »» Request this book
[1852]Gamburd, Michele Ruth
2000 The Kitchen Spoon's Handle: Transnationalism and Sri Lanka's Migrant Housemaids. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Subject: Ethnology - Sri Lanka - Naeaegama; Sex role - Sri Lanka - Naeaegama; Caste - Sri Lanka - Naeaegama; Women domestics - Employment - Middle East; Women - Sri Lanka - Naeaegama - Economic conditions; Social classes - Sri Lanka - Naeaegama; Naeaegama (Sri Lanka) - Social conditions; Naeaegama (Sri Lanka) - Economic conditions; Naeaegama (Sri Lanka) - Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects
Listed: 08/21/2001 »» Request this book
[1842]Lefler, Lisa J. and Frederic W. Gleach
2002 Southern Indians and Anthropologists: Culture, Politics, and Identity. Southern Anthropological Society Proceedings no. 35. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press.
Subject: Indians of North America - Southern States - Research - Congresses; Indians of North America - Study and teaching - Southern States - Congresses; Anthropology - Southern States - Congresses
Listed: 04/02/2002 »» Request this book
[1810]Bigler, Ellen
1999 American Conversations: Puerto Ricans, White Ethnics, and Multicultural Education. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Subject: Multicultural education - United States; Multiculturalism - United States; Puerto Rican children - Education (Middle school) - New York (State) - Case studies; Education, Bilingual - New York (State) - Case studies; Puerto Ricans - New York (State) - Social conditions - Case studies; Educational change - New York (State) - Case studies; New York (State) - Race relations - Case studies
Listed: 07/27/2001 »» Request this book
[1766]Lemon, Alaina
2000 Between Two Fires: Gypsy Performance and Romani Memory from Pushkin to Post-Socialism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Subject: Romanies - Russia (Federation) - History; Performing arts - Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) - Ethnic relations
Listed: 07/27/2001 »» Request this book
[1760]Dauenhauer, Nora Marks
2000 Life Woven With Song. Sun Tracks Series 41. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Subject: Tlingit Indians - Literary collections; Indians of North America - Alaska - Literary collections; Indians of North America - Alaska; Tlingit Indians
Listed: 07/25/2001 »» Request this book
[1747]Gabbey, Alex
2000 In the Name of Honor. BBC Life Series. Oley PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Kurdish women fight for their rights in Northern Iraq.
Listed: 06/01/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1733](unattributed)
1998 Latin and African Americans: Friends or Foes. The Hispanic Americans series. Princeton: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Hispanic Americans speak candidly about the tensions in their communities.
Listed: 02/27/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1696](unattributed)
1992 The Biggest Jewish City in the World. Destination America series. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Jewish-Americans - one of the most influential immigrant groups in America.
Listed: 02/27/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1685](unattributed)
1999 Moving North to Chicago : The Great Black Migration. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: This program examines rural-to-urban migration, the growth of cities, racial conflict, and the transmittal of ethnic culture as demonstrated by the mass movement of African Americans during the first half of the 20th century.
Listed: 02/27/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1682]Krupat, Kitty & Patrick McCreery (eds.)
2001 Out at Work: Building a Gay-Labor Alliance. Cultural Politics series v. 17. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Subject: Gays - Employment - United States; Gay labor union members - United States - Political activity; Gay liberation movement - United States; Gay rights - United States; Civil rights - United States; Coming out (Sexual orientation) - United States
Listed: 02/05/2001 »» Request this book
[1670](unattributed)
1999 The Chinese-American Experience. A Nation of Immigrants series. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Once unfairly treated for their "otherness", immigrants from China now enrich the US.
Listed: 01/22/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1644](unattributed)
1993 The Asianization of America. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Asians prosper in America.
Listed: 01/22/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1643](unattributed)
1998 Hispanic Americans: The Second Generation. Hispanic Americans series. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Second generation hispanics adapt to American society while maintaining Latino roots.
Listed: 01/22/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1642](unattributed)
1992 A Place in the Sun. Destination America series. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: History of Italian immigration to US.
Listed: 01/22/2001 »» Request this film/video
[1639](unattributed)
1992 Nation of Immigrants. Series 'Destination America'. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: Immigrants contrast the Old World and the New World
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1638]Norris, Jim
2000 After "The Year Eighty": The Demise of Franciscan Power in Spanish New Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Subject: Franciscans - New Mexico - History - 18th century; New Mexico - Church history - 18th century
Listed: 01/03/2001 »» Request this book
[1537]Shoemaker, Nancy
1999 American Indian Population Recovery in the Twentieth Century. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Subject: Indians of North America - Population
Listed: 01/03/2001 »» Request this book
[1536]Griffin-Pierce, Trudy
2000 Native Peoples of the Southwest. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Subject: Indians of North America - Southwest, New - History; Indians of North America - Southwest, New - Social life and customs; Indians of North America - Southwest, New - Government relations
Listed: 01/03/2001 »» Request this book
[1534]Burrows, Jack
2000 Black Sun of the Miwok. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Subject: Miwok Indians - Social conditions; Miwok Indians - Biography
Listed: 11/28/2000 »» Request this book
[1529]Low, Wesley
1999 Hanging Out. Poley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1524]Sofaer, Anna
1999 The Mystery of Chaco Canyon. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: THE MYSTERY OF CHACO CANYON examines the deep enigmas presented by the massive prehistoric remains found in Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. It is the summation of 20 years of research. The film reveals that between 850 and 1150 AD, the Chacoan people designed and constructed massive ceremonial buildings in a complex celestial pattern throughout a vast desert region. Aerial and time lapse footage, computer modeling, and interviews with scholars show how the Chacoan culture designed, oriented and located its major buildings in relationship to the sun and moon. Pueblo Indians, descendants of the Chacoan people, regard Chaco as a place where their ancestors lived in a sacred past. Pueblo leaders speak of the significance of Chaco to the Pueblo world today.; The film challenges the notion that Chaco Canyon was primarily a trade and redistribution center. Rather it argues that it was a center of astronomy and cosmology and that a primary purpose for the construction of the elaborate Chacoan buildings and certain roads was to express astronomical interests and to be integral parts of a celestial patterning.; While the Chacoans left no written text to help us to understand their culture, their thoughts are preserved in the language of their architecture, roads and light markings. Landscape, directions, sun and moon, and movement of shadow and light were the materials used by the Chacoan architects and builders to express their knowledge of an order in the universe.;
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[1523](unattributed)
1989 The Essence of Being Japanese. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1504]von Gunten, Matthias
1999 Coincidence in Paradise. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1497](unattributed)
1994 Benin: Past and Present: Traders, the City, and Men from over the Sea. Benin series. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1496](unattributed)
1994 Benin: Home to the Village. Benin series. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1495](unattributed)
1994 The Present: Benin's People. Benin series. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities and Sciences.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1493]Longinotto, Kim & Zibi Mir-Hosseini
1998 Divorce Iranian Style. New York: Women Make Movies.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 11/03/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1483]Blue, Carroll Parrot
1984 Conversations with Roy deCarava. Brooklyn, New York: Icarus Films.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 11/03/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1482]Duncan, Andy
1989 The Cowboy in Mongolia. : College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 11/03/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1481]Robinson, Sherry
2000 Apache Voices: Their Stories of Survival as Told to Eve Ball. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Subject: Apache Indians - History; Apache Indians - Interviews
Listed: 10/25/2000 »» Request this book
[1471]McMahon, Kevin (writer and director)
1994 In the Reign of Twilight. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: social studies, anthropology, arctic, indigenous people, sustainable development
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1067]Sofaer, Anna, and Albert Ihde
1982 The Sun Dagger: The Story of America's Stonehenge Enjoyed by Millions on PBS. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: Anasazi, celestial calendars, Chaco Canyon
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1065]McLeod, Christopher, Glenn Switkes, and Randy Hayes
1984 The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films.
Subject: social studies, energy, environmental studies, anthropology
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this film/video
[1062]Mark, Joan
1995 The King of the World in the Land of the Gypsies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: Putnam, Patrick Tracy Lowell, 1903 or 4-1953; Anthropologists - Zaire - Biography; Anthropologists - Massachusetts - Biography; Mbuti (African people); Ituri Forest (Zaire)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
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1996 Spirits of the Voyage. Camarillo, CA: Triton Films.
Subject: (not listed)
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[314]Najera-Ramirez, Olga
1997 La Fiesta de los Tastoanes: Critical Encounters in Mexican Festival Performance. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.
Subject: Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Jocotan - Rites and Ceremonies; Indians of Mexico - Mexico - Jocotan - Religion; Festivals - Mexico - Jocotan; Cargo cults - Mexico - Jocotan; Jocotan (Mexico) - History; Jocotan (Mexico) - Social life and customs
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[310]Faiman-Silva, Sandra
1997 Choctaws at the Crossroads. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: Choctaw Indians - Economic conditions; Choctaw Indians - Social conditions
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[283]Gilmore, Ron V.
1994 Hipparchus Ver. 2.2. Calgary: Geodyssey .
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this multimedia/software
[186]Issenman, Betty Kobayashi
1997 Sinews of Survival: the Living Legacy of Inuit Clothing . Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[172]Mead, W. R.
1993 An Experience of Finland. : Hurst & Co..
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[161]Meneley, Anne
1996 Tournaments of Value. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[155]Hittman, Michael
1996 Corbett Mack: the Life of a Northern Paiute. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[145]
1996 Agayuliyararput. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[140]Gainor, Ellen
1995 Imperialism And Threatre. : Routledge.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[138]Fletcher, Alice C.
1996 Hako. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[137]Bierwert, C
1996 Lushootseed Texts. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/1997 »» Request this book
[135]Carrier, Joseph
1995 De Los Otros: intimacy and homosexuality among Mexican Men. New York: Columbia University Press.
Subject: Homosexuality, Male -- Mexico -- Guadalajara; Gay men -- Mexico -- Guadalajara -- Sexual behavior; Gay liberation movement -- Mexico -- Guadalajara
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[134]Kennedy, John C.
1995 People Of The Bays And Headlands. : University of Toronto Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[129]Fletcher, Alice C.
1995 Indian Story And Song From North America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[127]Jonaitis, Aldona
1995 A Wealth of Thought. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[122]Mark, J.
1995 King of the World in the Land of the Pygmies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[120]La Flesche, Francis, James W. Parins, & Daniel F. Littlefield
1995 Ke-Ma-Ha: The Omaha Stories Of F. La Flesche. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: Omaha Indians - Fiction
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[119]Fletcher, Alice C.
1994 Indian Games And Dances With Native Songs. Bison Books edition. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[117]Dauenhauer, N. M. & R. Dauenhauer
1995 Haa Kusteeyi: Our Culture. : University of Washington Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[116]
1995 An American In Japan, 1945-1948. : University of Washington Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[113]Stebbins, Robert A.
1994 Franco-Calgarians. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Subject: (not listed)
Listed: 12/12/2000 »» Request this book
[110]Richardson, Boyce
1994 People Of Terra Nullius: Betrayal And Rebirth.... Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Subject: (not listed)
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