The UK-based Socialist Review has just posted their review of Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA.
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Educator's Discount Week at Borders
It's the most wonderful time of the year! The time of year when educators (like me!) get 25% off nearly everything at Borders (some exceptions apply: periodicals and Sony e-Readers excluded). April 2 - 6 this year. The best is to go in on Friday and they treat you like you're important to society. Remember: nobody else ever will, so enjoy it while it lasts.
More information on the Borders Educator's Savings page.
BOOK INFO: Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War
Looking for information on my edited volume, Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism and the CIA? Check out the new Book Info page!
Kindling for Book Lovers
Stephen at HD BizBlog follows a train of thought from the Kindle's terms of service through Fahrenheit 451 to Webster's definition of "kindle" in his post, Why Call it "Kindle". Now, I kinda like the Kindle (or, rather, I want to like the Kindle), but I do share Stephen's curiosity about how the product got its name. I can only imagine it went something like this: [swirly fade out]
[Scene: A conference room at Amazon's secret underground headquarters high above the Arctic Circle]
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The Price of Knowledge
Let me let you in on a little secret: college textbooks in the US are grossly overpriced. It's been shown time and again that the same books can cost much less in Canada and the UK, and can often be ordered for less even after adding the cost of international shipping!
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This is where I, the blogger, ask you, the reader, for your input. I'd like to put together a booklist of works relating to sex and gender. Not non-fiction -- that'll come later -- but works of fiction that deal with these issues in interesting and useful ways, the kind of stuff you might assign a class on "Sex and Gender in Literature". For instance, Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God explores the the way blackness and womanhood shape the lives of both men and women in the rural South, as well as offering at least one avenue towards empowerment (as I recall -- it's been over 15 years since I read it). Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises deals with a particular kind of (Hemingwayian) emasculated masculinuty.
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