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{"id":274057557,"title":"Unruly Women — Boyle","handle":"unruly-women-performance-penitence-and-punishment-in-early-modern-spain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Margaret E. Boyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/m\/mboyle2\/\"\u003eAssistant Professor of Romance Languages\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first in-depth study of the interconnected relationships among public theatre, custodial institutions, and women in early modern Spain, Margaret E. Boyle explores the contradictory practices of rehabilitation enacted by women both on and off stage.  Pairing historical narratives and archival records with canonical and non-canonical theatrical representations of women's deviance and rehabilitation, \u003cem\u003eUnruly Women\u003c\/em\u003e argues that women's performances of penitence and punishment should be considered a significant factor in early modern Spanish life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoyle looks at real-life sites of rehabilitation for women in seventeenth-century Madrid, including a jail and a magdalen house, and women onstage, where she identifies three distinct representations of female deviance: the widow, the vixen, and the murderess.  \u003cem\u003eUnruly Women \u003c\/em\u003eexplores these archetypal figures in order to demonstrate the ways a variety of playwrights comment on women's non-normative relationships to the topics of marriage, sex, and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2014-03-26T15:57:00-04:00","created_at":"2014-03-26T16:05:48-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":5500,"price_min":5500,"price_max":5500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":5500,"compare_at_price_min":5500,"compare_at_price_max":5500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":643522465,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF227-Boyle","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Unruly Women — Boyle","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":5500,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781442646155","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf227-boyle-unruly.jpg?v=1614114359"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf227-boyle-unruly.jpg?v=1614114359","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Unruly Women by Margaret Boyle","id":7518733500505,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf227-boyle-unruly.jpg?v=1614114359"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf227-boyle-unruly.jpg?v=1614114359","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Margaret E. Boyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/m\/mboyle2\/\"\u003eAssistant Professor of Romance Languages\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first in-depth study of the interconnected relationships among public theatre, custodial institutions, and women in early modern Spain, Margaret E. Boyle explores the contradictory practices of rehabilitation enacted by women both on and off stage.  Pairing historical narratives and archival records with canonical and non-canonical theatrical representations of women's deviance and rehabilitation, \u003cem\u003eUnruly Women\u003c\/em\u003e argues that women's performances of penitence and punishment should be considered a significant factor in early modern Spanish life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoyle looks at real-life sites of rehabilitation for women in seventeenth-century Madrid, including a jail and a magdalen house, and women onstage, where she identifies three distinct representations of female deviance: the widow, the vixen, and the murderess.  \u003cem\u003eUnruly Women \u003c\/em\u003eexplores these archetypal figures in order to demonstrate the ways a variety of playwrights comment on women's non-normative relationships to the topics of marriage, sex, and violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":159700075,"title":"Authorizing the Shogunate — Selinger","handle":"authorizing-the-shogunate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Vyjayanthi Selinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/vselinge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAssociate Professor of Asian Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Genpei War of 1180-1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors.  How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts?  This book argues that political authority is made visible in the variant texts of the \u003cem\u003eHeike monogatari\u003c\/em\u003e corpus through ritual that map the ideal social-cosmic order, overwriting untidy historical realities.  Artifacts of material culture likewise provide the social and political codes to authenticate warrior power and manage its violence.  Through its focus on ritual and material practices, this book offers a new perspective on how texts from fourteenth century Japan harnessed symbolic understandings of authority to evoke order and contain rupture.  Equally significant is its analysis of the \u003cem\u003eGenpei jōsuiki\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eHeike monogatari\u003c\/em\u003e variant that played a critical role in the retrospection of medieval Japan through the early modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2013-09-23T12:02:00-04:00","created_at":"2013-09-23T12:02:25-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":12500,"price_min":12500,"price_max":12500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":12500,"compare_at_price_min":12500,"compare_at_price_max":12500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":365854821,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA223","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Authorizing the Shogunate — Selinger","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":12500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":12500,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9789004248106","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf223-selinger-auth.jpg?v=1614790396"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf223-selinger-auth.jpg?v=1614790396","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Authorizing the Shogunate by Vyjayanthi Selinger","id":20239455256665,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf223-selinger-auth.jpg?v=1614790396"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf223-selinger-auth.jpg?v=1614790396","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Vyjayanthi Selinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/vselinge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eAssociate Professor of Asian Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Genpei War of 1180-1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors.  How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts?  This book argues that political authority is made visible in the variant texts of the \u003cem\u003eHeike monogatari\u003c\/em\u003e corpus through ritual that map the ideal social-cosmic order, overwriting untidy historical realities.  Artifacts of material culture likewise provide the social and political codes to authenticate warrior power and manage its violence.  Through its focus on ritual and material practices, this book offers a new perspective on how texts from fourteenth century Japan harnessed symbolic understandings of authority to evoke order and contain rupture.  Equally significant is its analysis of the \u003cem\u003eGenpei jōsuiki\u003c\/em\u003e, a \u003cem\u003eHeike monogatari\u003c\/em\u003e variant that played a critical role in the retrospection of medieval Japan through the early modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":89348418,"title":"Making Families Through Adoption — Riley \u0026 VanVleet","handle":"making-families-through-adoption","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Nancy E. Riley, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/n\/nriley\/\"\u003eProfessor of Sociology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and Krista E. Van Vleet, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/k\/kvanvlee\/\"\u003eAssociate Professor of Anthropology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis text provides both a comprehensive look at adoption practices in the United States and in other cultures, providing insights into the practices and ideology of kinship and family.  The subject of adoption allows a window into discussions of what constitutes family or kin; the role of biological connectedness; oversight of parenting practices by the state; and the role of race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class in the building of families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2012-03-13T15:10:00-04:00","created_at":"2012-03-13T15:10:17-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":2700,"price_min":2700,"price_max":2700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":208929692,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF206-Riley","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Making Families Through Adoption — Riley \u0026 VanVleet","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2700,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781412998000","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf206-riley-making.jpg?v=1614791716"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf206-riley-making.jpg?v=1614791716","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Making Families Through Adoption by Riley \u0026 Van Vleet","id":20239504605273,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf206-riley-making.jpg?v=1614791716"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf206-riley-making.jpg?v=1614791716","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Nancy E. Riley, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/n\/nriley\/\"\u003eProfessor of Sociology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e and Krista E. Van Vleet, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/k\/kvanvlee\/\"\u003eAssociate Professor of Anthropology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis text provides both a comprehensive look at adoption practices in the United States and in other cultures, providing insights into the practices and ideology of kinship and family.  The subject of adoption allows a window into discussions of what constitutes family or kin; the role of biological connectedness; oversight of parenting practices by the state; and the role of race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic class in the building of families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":63386472,"title":"Horror after 9\/11 — Briefel","handle":"horror-after-9-11-world-of-fear-cinema-of-terrror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited by Aviva Briefel, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/a\/abriefel\/\"\u003eProfessor of English and Cinema Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand Sam J. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Horror films have exploded in popularity since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many of them breaking box office records and generating broad public discourse.  These films have attracted A-list talent and earned award nods, while at the same time becoming darker, more disturbing, and increasingly apocalyptic.  Why has horror suddenly become more popular, and what does this say about us?  What do specific horror films and trends convey about American society in the wake of events so horrific that many pundits initially predicted the death of the genre?  How could American audiences, after tasting real horror, want to consume images of violence on screen?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorror after 9\/11 \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the first major exploration of the horror genre through the lens of 9\/11 and the subsequent transformation of American and global society.  Films discussed include the \u003ci\u003eTwilight \u003c\/i\u003esaga; the \u003ci\u003eSaw\u003c\/i\u003e series; \u003ci\u003eHostel\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCloverfield\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e28 Days Later\u003c\/i\u003e; remakes of \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hills Have Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e; and many more.  The contributors analyze recent trends in the horror genre, including the rise of \"torture porn,\" the big-budget remakes of classic horror films, the reinvention of traditional monsters such as vampires and zombies, and a new awareness of visual technologies as sites of horror in themselves.  The essays examine the allegorical role that the horror film has held in the last ten years, and the ways that it has been translating and reinterpreting the discourses and images of terror into its own cinematic language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2011-10-31T16:05:00-04:00","created_at":"2011-10-31T16:05:02-04:00","vendor":"University of Texas Press","type":"Book","tags":["Art","Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":5500,"price_min":5500,"price_max":5500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":151733542,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA199","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Horror after 9\/11 — Briefel","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":5500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":4,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf199-briefel-horror.jpg?v=1614029707"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf199-briefel-horror.jpg?v=1614029707","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Horror After 9\/11 by Aviva Briefel","id":7516051112025,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf199-briefel-horror.jpg?v=1614029707"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf199-briefel-horror.jpg?v=1614029707","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited by Aviva Briefel, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/a\/abriefel\/\"\u003eProfessor of English and Cinema Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand Sam J. Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Horror films have exploded in popularity since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many of them breaking box office records and generating broad public discourse.  These films have attracted A-list talent and earned award nods, while at the same time becoming darker, more disturbing, and increasingly apocalyptic.  Why has horror suddenly become more popular, and what does this say about us?  What do specific horror films and trends convey about American society in the wake of events so horrific that many pundits initially predicted the death of the genre?  How could American audiences, after tasting real horror, want to consume images of violence on screen?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorror after 9\/11 \u003c\/i\u003erepresents the first major exploration of the horror genre through the lens of 9\/11 and the subsequent transformation of American and global society.  Films discussed include the \u003ci\u003eTwilight \u003c\/i\u003esaga; the \u003ci\u003eSaw\u003c\/i\u003e series; \u003ci\u003eHostel\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCloverfield\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e28 Days Later\u003c\/i\u003e; remakes of \u003ci\u003eThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDawn of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hills Have Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e; and many more.  The contributors analyze recent trends in the horror genre, including the rise of \"torture porn,\" the big-budget remakes of classic horror films, the reinvention of traditional monsters such as vampires and zombies, and a new awareness of visual technologies as sites of horror in themselves.  The essays examine the allegorical role that the horror film has held in the last ten years, and the ways that it has been translating and reinterpreting the discourses and images of terror into its own cinematic language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- From the jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":57545562,"title":"Sober Consent of the Heart — McKeen","handle":"sober-consent-of-the-heart-the-bowdoin-college-chapel-messages-of-its-first-president","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph McKeen, First President of Bowdoin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompiled and edited by Robert B. Gregory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is impossible to spend any time in the Bowdoin chapel and not be impressed with the influence that Bowdoin's first president Joseph McKeen continues to have on the life of the college.  Those few words about the \"common good\" taken from his inaugural message which are printed on the walls of the McKeen Center provided clues to the editor of this volume that some time in the Bowdoin College Archives might yield deeper insights into the ideas of this remarkable man.  My first reading of the handwritten sermons that McKeen had preached to the first eight Bowdoin students disclosed a man with remarkably clear thoughts about first principle, and the importance of recognizing that the inner voice of subjective preference and feeling does not own the last word on matters governing the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2011-10-03T12:13:00-04:00","created_at":"2011-10-03T12:13:46-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":3000,"price_min":3000,"price_max":3000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":137487752,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBA194","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sober Consent of the Heart — McKeen","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":11,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780976732174","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba194-mckeen-sober.jpg?v=1614028518"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba194-mckeen-sober.jpg?v=1614028518","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Sober Consent of the Heart: The Bowdoin College Chapel Messages of its First President, Joseph McKeen, DD, Delivered 1802-1806","id":7516016902233,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba194-mckeen-sober.jpg?v=1614028518"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba194-mckeen-sober.jpg?v=1614028518","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph McKeen, First President of Bowdoin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompiled and edited by Robert B. Gregory\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is impossible to spend any time in the Bowdoin chapel and not be impressed with the influence that Bowdoin's first president Joseph McKeen continues to have on the life of the college.  Those few words about the \"common good\" taken from his inaugural message which are printed on the walls of the McKeen Center provided clues to the editor of this volume that some time in the Bowdoin College Archives might yield deeper insights into the ideas of this remarkable man.  My first reading of the handwritten sermons that McKeen had preached to the first eight Bowdoin students disclosed a man with remarkably clear thoughts about first principle, and the importance of recognizing that the inner voice of subjective preference and feeling does not own the last word on matters governing the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":32910722,"title":"Red to Green — Henry","handle":"red-to-green-environmental-activism-in-post-soviet-russia","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Laura A. Henry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/l\/lhenry\/\"\u003eJohn F. and Dorothy H. Magee Associate Professor, \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cnobr\u003eGovernment And Legal Studies\u003c\/nobr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eRed to Green\u003c\/span\u003e goes beyond familiar debates about the strength and weakness of civil society in Russia to identify the contradictory trends that determine the political influence of grassroots movements.  In an organizational analysis of popular mobilization that addresses the continuing role of the Soviet legacy, the influence of transnational actors, and the relevance of social mobilization theory to the Russian case, Laura Henry details what grassroots organizations in Russia actually do, how they use the limited economic and political opportunities that are available to them, and when they are able to influence policy and political practice.  Drawing on her in-depth interviews with activists, Henry illustrates how green organizations have pursued their goals by \"recycling\" Soviet-era norms, institutions, and networks and using them in combination with transnational ideas, resources, and partnerships.\u003cbr\u003e - From the back cover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback.","published_at":"2018-03-28T10:42:01-04:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T11:05:24-05:00","vendor":"vendor-unknown","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":2550,"price_min":2550,"price_max":2550,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2495,"compare_at_price_min":2495,"compare_at_price_max":2495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77672882,"title":"Default","option1":"Default","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF174-Henry","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Red to Green — Henry","public_title":null,"options":["Default"],"price":2550,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2495,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780801476419","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba174-henry-red.jpg?v=1614799820"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba174-henry-red.jpg?v=1614799820","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Red to Green by Laura Henry","id":20239812001881,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.658,"height":550,"width":362,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba174-henry-red.jpg?v=1614799820"},"aspect_ratio":0.658,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba174-henry-red.jpg?v=1614799820","width":362}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Laura A. Henry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/l\/lhenry\/\"\u003eJohn F. and Dorothy H. Magee Associate Professor, \u003c\/a\u003e\u003cnobr\u003eGovernment And Legal Studies\u003c\/nobr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eRed to Green\u003c\/span\u003e goes beyond familiar debates about the strength and weakness of civil society in Russia to identify the contradictory trends that determine the political influence of grassroots movements.  In an organizational analysis of popular mobilization that addresses the continuing role of the Soviet legacy, the influence of transnational actors, and the relevance of social mobilization theory to the Russian case, Laura Henry details what grassroots organizations in Russia actually do, how they use the limited economic and political opportunities that are available to them, and when they are able to influence policy and political practice.  Drawing on her in-depth interviews with activists, Henry illustrates how green organizations have pursued their goals by \"recycling\" Soviet-era norms, institutions, and networks and using them in combination with transnational ideas, resources, and partnerships.\u003cbr\u003e - From the back cover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback."}

{"id":32903072,"title":"Spirits of the Place — Holt","handle":"spirits-of-the-place","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy John Clifford Holt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/j\/jholt\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWilliam R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Humanities in Religion \u0026amp; Asian Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSpirits of the Place\u003c\/span\u003e is a rare and timely contribution to our understanding of religious culture in Laos and Southeast Asia.  Most often studied as a part of Thai, Vietnamese, or Khmer history, Laos remains a terra incognita to most Westerners -- and to many people living throughout Asia as well.  John Holt's new book brings this fascinating nation into focus.  With its overview of Lao Buddhism and analysis of how shifting political power -- from royalty to democracy to communism -- has impacted Lao religious culture, the book offers an integrated account of the entwined political and relgious history of Laos from the fourteenth century to the contemporary era.\u003cbr\u003e - From the hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback.","published_at":"2015-11-24T10:37:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:52:23-05:00","vendor":"vendor-unknown","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":2700,"price_min":2700,"price_max":2700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2700,"compare_at_price_min":2700,"compare_at_price_max":2700,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77651982,"title":"Default","option1":"Default","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF169","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Spirits of the Place — Holt","public_title":null,"options":["Default"],"price":2700,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2700,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780824836573","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf169-holt-spirits.jpg?v=1614030397"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf169-holt-spirits.jpg?v=1614030397","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Spirits of the Place by John Holt","id":7516074967129,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf169-holt-spirits.jpg?v=1614030397"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf169-holt-spirits.jpg?v=1614030397","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy John Clifford Holt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/j\/jholt\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWilliam R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Humanities in Religion \u0026amp; Asian Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSpirits of the Place\u003c\/span\u003e is a rare and timely contribution to our understanding of religious culture in Laos and Southeast Asia.  Most often studied as a part of Thai, Vietnamese, or Khmer history, Laos remains a terra incognita to most Westerners -- and to many people living throughout Asia as well.  John Holt's new book brings this fascinating nation into focus.  With its overview of Lao Buddhism and analysis of how shifting political power -- from royalty to democracy to communism -- has impacted Lao religious culture, the book offers an integrated account of the entwined political and relgious history of Laos from the fourteenth century to the contemporary era.\u003cbr\u003e - From the hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback."}

{"id":32900542,"title":"Political Economy \u0026 States of Literature in Early Modern England — Kitch","handle":"political-economy-states-of-literature-in-early-modern-england","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Aaron Kitch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/a\/akitch\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAssociate Professor of English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Much of the historicist criticism of the past few decades has ignored the shaping influence that an emerging discourse of trade exercised on the literature of early modern England.  \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePolitical Economy and the States of Literature in Early Modern England\u003c\/span\u003e seeks to address that oversight by demonstrating that subjects like commerce and credit are treated thoughtfully by a range of canonical authors writing between 1570 and 1620, including Spenser, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, and Jonson.  Rather than interpreting these texts as evidence of the transition from feudalism to capitalism as a Marxist critic might, or invoking a catch-all abstraction like \"social energy\" as a New Historicist might, Kitch draws on his impressive reading in a range of subjects -- from the herring fisheries to bills of exchange -- to interpret the economic metaphors and assumptions of early modern authors in light of the local economic contexts that he carefully reconstructs.  By examining a wide range of literary forms, Kitch also invites us to ask whether we can speak of the distinct economic values of particular genres like comedy or epyllion.\u003cbr\u003e - Blair Hoxby, from the back cover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover.","published_at":"2011-02-22T10:45:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:45:37-05:00","vendor":"vendor-unknown","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":9995,"price_min":9995,"price_max":9995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":9995,"compare_at_price_min":9995,"compare_at_price_max":9995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77646132,"title":"Default","option1":"Default","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF166-Kitch","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Political Economy \u0026 States of Literature in Early Modern England — Kitch","public_title":null,"options":["Default"],"price":9995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":9995,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780754667568","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba166-kitch-political.jpg?v=1614799965"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba166-kitch-political.jpg?v=1614799965","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Political Economy and the States of Literature in Early Modern England by Aaron Kitch","id":20239815147609,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.659,"height":475,"width":313,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba166-kitch-political.jpg?v=1614799965"},"aspect_ratio":0.659,"height":475,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba166-kitch-political.jpg?v=1614799965","width":313}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Aaron Kitch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/a\/akitch\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAssociate Professor of English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Much of the historicist criticism of the past few decades has ignored the shaping influence that an emerging discourse of trade exercised on the literature of early modern England.  \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePolitical Economy and the States of Literature in Early Modern England\u003c\/span\u003e seeks to address that oversight by demonstrating that subjects like commerce and credit are treated thoughtfully by a range of canonical authors writing between 1570 and 1620, including Spenser, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Middleton, and Jonson.  Rather than interpreting these texts as evidence of the transition from feudalism to capitalism as a Marxist critic might, or invoking a catch-all abstraction like \"social energy\" as a New Historicist might, Kitch draws on his impressive reading in a range of subjects -- from the herring fisheries to bills of exchange -- to interpret the economic metaphors and assumptions of early modern authors in light of the local economic contexts that he carefully reconstructs.  By examining a wide range of literary forms, Kitch also invites us to ask whether we can speak of the distinct economic values of particular genres like comedy or epyllion.\u003cbr\u003e - Blair Hoxby, from the back cover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover."}

{"id":32899772,"title":"Bad Girls Go Everywhere — Scanlon","handle":"bad-girls-go-everywhere-the-life-of-helen-gurley-brown","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"J Scanlon Faculty Website\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/j\/jscanlon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eProfessor of Gender and Women's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown\u003c\/span\u003e, the longtime editor of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/span\u003eand diva of the New York magazine world powerfully changed the way modern culture views the single woman. ...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first biography of Helen Gurley Brown, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere\u003c\/span\u003e accords Brown a place among the early feminist leaders of the second wave of the feminist movement. Scanlon's impressively researched portrait shows us that Helen Gurley Brown is a woman of fascinating contradictions, carving out her own unique philosophy of pragmatic feminism, a philosophy that defines the lives of millions of women today.\u003cbr\u003e - From the hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLink:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/news\/archives\/1bowdoincampus\/006120.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eScanlon's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere \u003c\/span\u003eFeatured Review in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e","published_at":"2023-03-01T13:48:28-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:41:02-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Faculty"],"price":1600,"price_min":1600,"price_max":1600,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1600,"compare_at_price_min":1600,"compare_at_price_max":1600,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77643322,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF163-Scanlon","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Bad Girls Go Everywhere — Scanlon","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1600,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1600,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780143118121","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf163-scanlon-bad.jpg?v=1614030526"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf163-scanlon-bad.jpg?v=1614030526","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Bad Girls Go Everywhere by Jennifer Scanlon","id":7516076998745,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf163-scanlon-bad.jpg?v=1614030526"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf163-scanlon-bad.jpg?v=1614030526","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca title=\"J Scanlon Faculty Website\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/j\/jscanlon\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eProfessor of Gender and Women's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown\u003c\/span\u003e, the longtime editor of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCosmopolitan \u003c\/span\u003eand diva of the New York magazine world powerfully changed the way modern culture views the single woman. ...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first biography of Helen Gurley Brown, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere\u003c\/span\u003e accords Brown a place among the early feminist leaders of the second wave of the feminist movement. Scanlon's impressively researched portrait shows us that Helen Gurley Brown is a woman of fascinating contradictions, carving out her own unique philosophy of pragmatic feminism, a philosophy that defines the lives of millions of women today.\u003cbr\u003e - From the hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paperback.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLink:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/news\/archives\/1bowdoincampus\/006120.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eScanlon's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBad Girls Go Everywhere \u003c\/span\u003eFeatured Review in \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e"}

{"id":32898932,"title":"Monstrous Society — Collings","handle":"monstrous-society","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy David Collings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/d\/dcolling\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eProfessor of English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMonstrous Society\u003c\/span\u003e problematizes competing representations of reciprocity in England in the decades around 1800. It argues that in the eighteenth-century moral economy, power is divided between official authority and the counter-power of plebians. This tacit, mutual understanding comes under attack when influential political thinkers, such as Edmund Burke, Jeremy Bentham, and T. R. Malthus, attempt to discipline the social body, to make state power immune from popular response. But once negated, counter-power persists, even if in the demands of a debased, inhuman body. Such a response is writ large in Gothic tales, especially Matthew Lewis's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/span\u003e and Mary Shelley's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/span\u003e, and in the innovative, embodied political practices of the mass movements for Reform and the Charter. By interpreting the formation of modern English culture through the early modern practice of reciprocity, David Collings constructs a 'nonmodern' mode of analysis, one that sees modernity not as a break from the past but as the result of attempts to transform traditions that, however distorted, nevertheless remain broadly in force.\u003cbr\u003e -From the jacket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover.","published_at":"2011-02-22T10:33:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:33:44-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":6150,"price_min":6150,"price_max":6150,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":6150,"compare_at_price_min":6150,"compare_at_price_max":6150,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77640962,"title":"Default","option1":"Default","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF150-Collings","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Monstrous Society — Collings","public_title":null,"options":["Default"],"price":6150,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":6150,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780838757208","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba150-collings-monstrous.jpg?v=1614800014"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba150-collings-monstrous.jpg?v=1614800014","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Monstrous Society by David Collings","id":20239817474137,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba150-collings-monstrous.jpg?v=1614800014"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba150-collings-monstrous.jpg?v=1614800014","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy David Collings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/d\/dcolling\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eProfessor of English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMonstrous Society\u003c\/span\u003e problematizes competing representations of reciprocity in England in the decades around 1800. It argues that in the eighteenth-century moral economy, power is divided between official authority and the counter-power of plebians. This tacit, mutual understanding comes under attack when influential political thinkers, such as Edmund Burke, Jeremy Bentham, and T. R. Malthus, attempt to discipline the social body, to make state power immune from popular response. But once negated, counter-power persists, even if in the demands of a debased, inhuman body. Such a response is writ large in Gothic tales, especially Matthew Lewis's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Monk\u003c\/span\u003e and Mary Shelley's \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/span\u003e, and in the innovative, embodied political practices of the mass movements for Reform and the Charter. By interpreting the formation of modern English culture through the early modern practice of reciprocity, David Collings constructs a 'nonmodern' mode of analysis, one that sees modernity not as a break from the past but as the result of attempts to transform traditions that, however distorted, nevertheless remain broadly in force.\u003cbr\u003e -From the jacket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover."}

{"id":32898562,"title":"The Deceivers — Briefel","handle":"the-deceivers-art-forgery-identity-in-the-nineteenth-century","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e By Aviva Briefel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/a\/abriefel\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eProfessor of English and Cinema Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in art forgery, caused both by the advent of national museums and by a rapidly growing bourgeois interest in collecting objects from the past. This rise had profound repercussions on notions of selfhood and national identity within and outside the realm of art. Although art critics denounced forgery for its affront to artistic traditions, they were fascinated by its power to shape the human and object worlds and adoped a language of art forgery to articulate a link between the making of fakes and the making of selves. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Deceivers\u003c\/span\u003e explores the intersections among artistic crime, literary narrative, and the definition of identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Literary texts joined more specialized artistic discourses in describing the various identities associated with art forgery: the forger, the copyist, the art expert, the dealer, the restorer. Built into new characters were assumptions about gender, sexuality, race, and nationality that themselves would come to be presented in a language of artistic authenticity. Aviva Briefel places special emphasis on the gendered distinction between male forgers and female copyists. \"Copying,\" a benign occupation when undertaken by a woman, became \"forgery,\" laden with criminal intent, when performed by men. Those who could successfully produce, handle, or detect spurious things and selves were distinguished from others who were incapable of distinguishing the authentic from the artistic and human forgeries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Through close reading of literary narratives such as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTrilby\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Marble Faun\u003c\/span\u003e as well as newspaper accounts of forgery scandals, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Deceivers\u003c\/span\u003e reveals the identities -- both authentic and fake -- that emerged from the Victorian culture of forgery.\u003cbr\u003e - From the jacket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover.","published_at":"2011-02-22T10:32:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:32:30-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Art","Bowdoin Faculty","History"],"price":4195,"price_min":4195,"price_max":4195,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3995,"compare_at_price_min":3995,"compare_at_price_max":3995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77640402,"title":"Default","option1":"Default","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF141","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Deceivers — Briefel","public_title":null,"options":["Default"],"price":4195,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3995,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780801444609","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf141-briefel-deceivers.jpg?v=1614030628"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf141-briefel-deceivers.jpg?v=1614030628","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Deceivers by Aviva Briefel","id":7516078014553,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf141-briefel-deceivers.jpg?v=1614030628"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf141-briefel-deceivers.jpg?v=1614030628","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e By Aviva Briefel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/a\/abriefel\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eProfessor of English and Cinema Studies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The nineteenth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in art forgery, caused both by the advent of national museums and by a rapidly growing bourgeois interest in collecting objects from the past. This rise had profound repercussions on notions of selfhood and national identity within and outside the realm of art. Although art critics denounced forgery for its affront to artistic traditions, they were fascinated by its power to shape the human and object worlds and adoped a language of art forgery to articulate a link between the making of fakes and the making of selves. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Deceivers\u003c\/span\u003e explores the intersections among artistic crime, literary narrative, and the definition of identity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Literary texts joined more specialized artistic discourses in describing the various identities associated with art forgery: the forger, the copyist, the art expert, the dealer, the restorer. Built into new characters were assumptions about gender, sexuality, race, and nationality that themselves would come to be presented in a language of artistic authenticity. Aviva Briefel places special emphasis on the gendered distinction between male forgers and female copyists. \"Copying,\" a benign occupation when undertaken by a woman, became \"forgery,\" laden with criminal intent, when performed by men. Those who could successfully produce, handle, or detect spurious things and selves were distinguished from others who were incapable of distinguishing the authentic from the artistic and human forgeries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Through close reading of literary narratives such as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTrilby\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Marble Faun\u003c\/span\u003e as well as newspaper accounts of forgery scandals, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Deceivers\u003c\/span\u003e reveals the identities -- both authentic and fake -- that emerged from the Victorian culture of forgery.\u003cbr\u003e - From the jacket.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Hardcover."}

{"id":32892892,"title":"Remembrance of Things to Come","handle":"remembrance-of-things-to-come","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Edward Pols\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis slim and beautiful volume of poetry by Edward Pols transcends its setting in Maine, Italy, and the Europe of World War II, to speak of love and loss, life and death, and the inescapable memories of war. It is a book a thoughtful reader will come back to again and again, finding something new to contemplate in each reading. The introduction by Franklin Burroughs situates Pols’s poems in the broader context of modern literature and adds an appreciation of the writer and his achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdward Pols was Kenan Professor of Philosophy and the Humanities at Bowdoin College. In addition to poetry, he wrote many original works in philosophy, including six books. He completed a seventh, On Rational Agency, only weeks before his death in 2005. During World War II he served extensively in the Army, including two years in the European Theater of Operations (First Lieutenant, Bronze Star). He drew on those wartime experiences for the sequence “War’s End, World’s End” that makes up the second half of this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2011-02-22T10:04:00-05:00","created_at":"2011-02-22T10:04:41-05:00","vendor":"vendor-unknown","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Poetry"],"price":1500,"price_min":1500,"price_max":1500,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1500,"compare_at_price_min":1500,"compare_at_price_max":1500,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":77628682,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF70-Pols","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Remembrance of Things to Come","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1500,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1500,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780916606398","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba070-pols-remembrance.jpg?v=1614029212"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba070-pols-remembrance.jpg?v=1614029212","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Remembrance of Things to Come by Edward Pols","id":7516028108889,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba070-pols-remembrance.jpg?v=1614029212"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba070-pols-remembrance.jpg?v=1614029212","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Edward Pols\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis slim and beautiful volume of poetry by Edward Pols transcends its setting in Maine, Italy, and the Europe of World War II, to speak of love and loss, life and death, and the inescapable memories of war. It is a book a thoughtful reader will come back to again and again, finding something new to contemplate in each reading. The introduction by Franklin Burroughs situates Pols’s poems in the broader context of modern literature and adds an appreciation of the writer and his achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdward Pols was Kenan Professor of Philosophy and the Humanities at Bowdoin College. In addition to poetry, he wrote many original works in philosophy, including six books. He completed a seventh, On Rational Agency, only weeks before his death in 2005. During World War II he served extensively in the Army, including two years in the European Theater of Operations (First Lieutenant, Bronze Star). He drew on those wartime experiences for the sequence “War’s End, World’s End” that makes up the second half of this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e"}