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| 161. |  | Title: AIDS: the burdens of history  Author: Fee, Elizabeth Published: University of California Press, 1988 Subjects: Medicine | Science Publisher's Description: The AIDS epidemic has posed more urgent historical questions than any other disease of modern times. How have societies responded to epidemics in the past? Why did the disease emerge when and where it did? How has it spread among members of particular groups? And how will the past affect the future . . . [more] Matches in book (21): ...of this point of view, see N. D. Jewson, "The Disappearance of the Sick-Man from... Similar Items...with the individual patient as the jewel in the crown of medical practice.... ...Life , published in Venice in 1683: "The Jews were forbidden to leave the ghetto... |
| 162. |  | Title: The life of a text: performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas Author: Lutgendorf, Philip Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Religion | Hinduism | South Asia | Cultural Anthropology Publisher's Description: The Life of a Text offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text - the epic Ramcaritmanas - and the way in which performances of the epic function as a flexible and evolving medium for cultural expression. Anthropologists, historians of religion, and readers intereste . . . [more] Matches in book (15): ...Vibhuti Narayan Singh, wearing a jeweled turban and shaded by a white silk... Similar Items...to disappoint him, got down from her jeweled palanquin and threw herself in the... ...it's more than enough. With these small jewels you've given me, I will become a... |
| 163. |  | Title: Himalayan voices: an introduction to modern Nepali literature Author: Hutt, Michael Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Literature | Literature in Translation | South Asia Publisher's Description: While the natural splendor of Nepal has been celebrated in many books, very little of the substantial body of Nepali literature has appeared in English translation. Himalayan Voices provides admirers of Nepal and lovers of literature with their first glimpse of the vibrant literary scene in Nepal to . . . [more] Matches in book (14): ...wear trinkets, and my wife is above the sky, the clouds are her only jewels."... Similar Items...Holy Shiva's place of rest, Gauri's jeweled palace of play, 2 Cruel black Death... ...heart came into her mouth—the bag of jewels was gone! They were all ready to set... |
| 164. |  | Title: Biblical prose prayer: as a window to the popular religion of ancient Israel Author: Greenberg, Moshe Published: University of California Press, 1983 Subjects: Religion Publisher's Description: The Psalms are the best known and most widely used prayer texts of the Bible. But the prayers of the Israelite took another form: the prose prayers that we find embedded in biblical narrative. Prose prayer was spoken by persons of all ranks. Male and female, Israelite and foreigner, all enjoyed equa . . . [more] Matches in book (9): ...Sophia Taubman Visiting Professorship in Jewish Studies was established at the... Similar Items...Distinguished scholars in the fields of Jewish studies are invited to teach at... ...the Holy Scriptures (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1982),... |
| 165. |  | Title: American homo: community and perversity Author: Escoffier, Jeffrey Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Gender Studies | Sociology | American Studies | GayLesbian and Bisexual Studies Publisher's Description: Jeffrey Escoffier traces the emergence of a gay and lesbian political identity over the last four decades in this wide-ranging collection of his most influential essays. Situating the development of gay and lesbian communities in a broad sweep of recent American history, Escoffier examines how an ur . . . [more] Matches in book (12): ...which to examine Jewish identity politics. See Ron H. Feldman, ed. , The Jew as... Similar Items...Pariah: Jewish Identity and Politics in the Modern Age (New York: Grove Press,... ...homosexual needs—clothing and jewelry, books and magazines, dildos and other sex... |
| 166. |  | Title: Echo and Narcissus: women's voices in classical Hollywood cinema Author: Lawrence, Amy Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts | Film | Women's Studies Publisher's Description: Do women in classical Hollywood cinema ever truly speak for themselves? In Echo and Narcissus , Amy Lawrence examines eight classic films to show how women's speech is repeatedly constructed as a "problem," an affront to male authority. This book expands feminist studies of the representation of wom . . . [more] Matches in book (10): ...sound, Waldon O. Watson, Corson Jewett, Charles Cohn, and James Curtis; musical... Similar Items...tie it in a—" Shot 6: A heavily jewelled hand reaches into the frame and grips... ...Bates: "—big bow knot—" Shot 7: Another jewelled hand, the left one, reaches out... |
| 167. |  | Title: South Africa, a study in conflict Author: Van den Berghe, Pierre L Published: University of California Press, 1967 Subjects: African Studies Matches in book (17): ...33 , 101 Japanese, 253 Jesus Christ, 43 Jews, see Whites "Jim Crow," 266 "Job... Similar Items...204 –209, 237 , 243 , 248 , 267 ; Jews, 39 , 59 , 61 , 62 ; Uitlanders, 32 -33,... ...1954. Louis Herrman, A History of the Jews in South Africa . London, Gollancz,... |
| 168. |  | Title: A golden state: mining and economic development in gold rush California Author: Rawls, James J Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: California and the West | American Studies | Natural History | Geography | Californian and Western History | United States History Publisher's Description: California's storied Gold Rush triggered momentous changes not only for the state, but also for the nation and the world. The economic impact of that epoch-making event is the focus of the second volume of the California History Sesquicentennial Series. The chapter contributors offer a range of pers . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...188 Dayton, Nevada, 46 Deadwood, 165 Decker and Jewett (Marysville), 218 Decker... Similar Items...Brumagin & Company, 218 Decker Jewett Bank,... ...218 Decker, Jewett & Company 218 Decker, Jewett & Paxton, 218 deer, 107 , 117... |
| 169. |  | Title: Backstory 2: interviews with screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s Author: McGilligan, Patrick Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Cinema and Performance Arts | Theatre Publisher's Description: "Backstory" is the screenwriter's term for what happens in a plot before the screen story begins. In this companion volume to McGilligan's widely praised Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age , fourteen studio scribes active in later decades rail and reminisce about thei . . . [more] Matches in book (19): ...house from that idea—of where the jewels were hidden. These were not in the... Similar Items...boutiques there, with clothes, with jewelry, with lingerie, shoes, hats, what... ...was hate. Hatred for Negros and Jews and Catholics and especially homosexuals.... |
| 170. |  | Title: The ultimate art: essays around and about opera Author: Littlejohn, David 1937- Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Music | Opera Publisher's Description: Anyone who cares about opera will find The Ultimate Art a thoroughly engaging book. David Littlejohn's essays are exciting, provocative, sometimes even outrageous. They reflect his deep love of opera - that exotic, extravagant, and perpetually popular hybrid performing art form - and his fascination . . . [more] Matches in book (16): ...Thomas's Hamlet , Wolf-Ferrari's The Jewels of the Madonna , Delibes's Lakme ,... Similar Items...as well as words like "pearl" or "jewel" to convey both the "ringing" and the "... ...attempted to organize their chains of jewel-like arias and linking recitatives... |
| 171. |  | Title: Inventing home: emigration, gender, and the middle class in Lebanon, 1870-1920 Author: Khater, Akram Fouad 1960- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: History | Middle Eastern History | Women's Studies | Sociology | Middle Eastern Studies Publisher's Description: Between 1890 and 1920 over one-third of the peasants of Mount Lebanon left their villages and traveled to the Americas. This book traces the journeys of these villagers from the ranks of the peasantry into a middle class of their own making. Inventing Home delves into the stories of these travels, s . . . [more] Matches in book (16): ...dresses that are tasteful I want a jeweled comb And I want earrings and a choker... Similar Items...land, borrowed from relatives, sold jewelry, got loans from richer neighbors.... ...States. She had to sell all her jewelry and borrow 20 liras ($65) from her... |
| 172. |  | Title: When abortion was a crime: women, medicine, and law in the United States, 1867-1973 Author: Reagan, Leslie J Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | Women's Studies | United States History | Medicine Publisher's Description: As we approach the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade , it's crucial to look back to the time when abortion was illegal. Leslie Reagan traces the practice and policing of abortion, which although illegal was nonetheless widely available, but always with threats for both doctor and patient. In a time wh . . . [more] Matches in book (23): ...One suspects that pro-birth control and Jewish organizations were of particular... Similar Items...The rate of abortion for Catholic and Jewish women rose only slightly for the... ...whereas the abortion rates for both Jewish and Catholic women increased. Brunner... |
| 173. |  | Title: Loyola's acts: the rhetoric of the self Author: Boyle, Marjorie O'Rourke 1943- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Literature | Renaissance History | Christianity | Rhetoric | Art History | Medieval History Publisher's Description: This revisionist view of Ignatius Loyola argues that his "autobiography" - until now taken to be a literal, documentary account - is in reality a work of rhetoric, a moral narrative that exploits the techniques of fiction. In radically reinterpreting this canonical text, our main source of informati . . . [more] Matches in book (16): ...Jesus Jesuit Rule See Constitutiones Jews, 131 John the Baptist, feast of, 28 ,... Similar Items...its multiple eyes and set them with jeweler's art in the tail feathers of the... ...while on his body and arms shine oval jewels, as if knowing eyes. The demon on... |
| 174. |  | Title: The sexual education of Edith Wharton Author: Erlich, Gloria C Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: Literature | American Literature | Autobiographies and Biographies | Women's Studies Publisher's Description: Starting with the tensions in the early family constellation, Gloria C. Erlich traces Edith Wharton's erotic evolution - from her early repression of sexuality and her celibate marriage to her discovery of passion in a rapturous midlife love affair with the bisexual Morton Fullerton. Analyzing the n . . . [more] Matches in book (16): ...to treasure this dark knowledge as the jewel of her uniqueness, so rare that it... Similar Items...motif of brides resetting the family jewels. These powerful women carry some of... ...as well. Her fictional references to Jews display the prevailing racial... |
| 175. |  | Title: Cultivating music in America: women patrons and activists since 1860 Author: Locke, Ralph P Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Music | Women's Studies | Popular Culture Publisher's Description: This wide-ranging collection brings together leading authorities on the social history of American art music to reveal the indispensable contribution that women have made to American musical life. Some chapters discuss collective endeavors, such as music clubs, Wagnerites, supporters of "modern musi . . . [more] Matches in book (17): ...also ragtime Jefferson, Thomas, 26 Jewett, Sarah Orne, 120 n. 99 Jewish aspects,... Similar Items...Maude Howe Elliott, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Annie Fields ( Women's Culture , 162-... ...and one painter, Cecilia Beaux. (On Jewett's circle of supportive women friends,... |
| 176. |  | Title: Barbarians and politics at the Court of Arcadius Author: Cameron, Alan Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Classics | Religion | Ancient History Publisher's Description: The chaotic events of A.D. 395-400 marked a momentous turning point for the Roman Empire and its relationship to the barbarian peoples under and beyond its command. In this masterly study, Alan Cameron proposes a complete rewriting of received wisdom concerning the social and political history of th . . . [more] Matches in book (20): ...the life of a jellyfish" (14D). His jeweled robes recall Homer's phrase "stony... Similar Items...Alaric's wife wailing at losing the "jeweled necklaces of Ausonian matrons for... ...which he may have meant the of Maria the Jewess referred to by Olympiodorus the... |
| 177. |  | Title: The tireless traveler: twenty letters to the Liverpool Mercury Author: Trollope, Anthony 1815-1882 Published: University of California Press, 1978 Subjects: Literature | English Literature | Letters Matches in book (7): ...place as hot as an ordinary oven. The jewels, which are real, are kept outside,... Similar Items...is decorated profusely with ropes of jewels, which put one in mind of Lothair.... ...that though the tooth is false the jewels are real—I presume them to be real. I... |
| 178. |  | Title: Roots of North Indian Shīʿism in Iran and Iraq: religion and state in Awadh, 1722-1859 Author: Cole, Juan Ricardo Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Asian Studies Publisher's Description: In this pioneering study of the Twelver Shi'i branch of Islam prevalent in Iraq and Iran, J. R. I. Cole traces the influence of Shi'i rule on the development of religious communalism and conflict in the North Indian State of Awadh (Oudh). He also examines the relationship of the Shi'i clergy to the . . . [more] Matches in book (18): ...up betel leaves, the wearing of jewelry, and bright (especially red) clothes,... Similar Items...of such settlers small. The French jeweler and merchant Chardin gave as one... ...a collection of fifty-two priceless jewels. A woman's quarter was added so that... |
| 179. |  | Title: Gadamer's repercussions: reconsidering philosophical hermeneutics Author: Krajewski, Bruce 1959- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Philosophy | Social and Political Thought | European Studies Publisher's Description: Certainly one of the key German philosophers of the twentieth century, Hans-Georg Gadamer also influenced the study of literature, art, music, sacred and legal texts, and medicine. Indeed, while much attention has been focused on Gadamer's writings about ancient Greek and modern German philosophy, t . . . [more] Matches in book (18): ...Felstiner, Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew (New Haven, Conn. : Yale University... Similar Items...asserts that in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor... ...equal. Not even the silencing of the Jews, who had contributed so much to German... |
| 180. |  | Title: The way the world is: cultural processes and social relations among the Mombasa Swahili Author: Swartz, Marc J Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Anthropology | Cultural Anthropology | African Studies Publisher's Description: Marc Swartz takes us for the first time into the homes and neighborhoods of the Swahili in the East African port of Mombasa. At the same time he develops a new model for the operation and transmission of culture.In asking how cultural elements influence the social behavior of those who do not share . . . [more] Matches in book (13): ...is influenced by the clothing and jewelry she wears is that they are taken to... Similar Items...the elegance of their clothing and jewelry, and, especially, in the mordant wit... ...freely on rituals, clothing, and jewelry and the men's fear that lack of money... |