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{"id":4785182965849,"title":"Sutton E. Griggs — Chakkalakal","handle":"jim-crow-literature-and-the-legacy-of-sutton-e-griggs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/tchakkal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tess Chakkalakal faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTess Chakkalakal\u003c\/a\u003e, Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Africana Studies and English, Director of Africana Studies Program, and Kenneth W. Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e (1899) was the first black novel to countenance openly the possibility of organized black violence against Jim Crow segregation. Its author, a Baptist minister and newspaper editor from Texas, Sutton E. Griggs (1872-1933), would go on to publish four more novels; establish his own publishing company, one of the first secular publishing houses owned and operated by an African American in the United States; and help to found the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Tennessee. Alongside W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, Griggs was a key political and literary voice for black education and political rights and against Jim Crow.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim Crow, Literature, and the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs\u003c\/i\u003e examines the wide scope of Griggs's influence on African American literature and politics at the turn of the twentieth century. Contributors engage Griggs's five novels and his numerous works of nonfiction, as well as his publishing and religious careers. By taking up Griggs's work, these essays open up a new historical perspective on African American literature and the terms that continue to shape American political thought and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-03T16:55:42-05:00","created_at":"2021-02-03T16:49:02-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2995,"compare_at_price_min":2995,"compare_at_price_max":2995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32371826229337,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF266-Chakkalakal","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sutton E. Griggs — Chakkalakal","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2995,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2995,"inventory_quantity":8,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780820345987","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf266-chakkalakal-jim.jpg?v=1614030919"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf266-chakkalakal-jim.jpg?v=1614030919","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Book cover of Jim Crow, Literature, and the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs, edited by Tess Chakkalakal","id":7516082634841,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf266-chakkalakal-jim.jpg?v=1614030919"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf266-chakkalakal-jim.jpg?v=1614030919","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/tchakkal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tess Chakkalakal faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTess Chakkalakal\u003c\/a\u003e, Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Africana Studies and English, Director of Africana Studies Program, and Kenneth W. Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e (1899) was the first black novel to countenance openly the possibility of organized black violence against Jim Crow segregation. Its author, a Baptist minister and newspaper editor from Texas, Sutton E. Griggs (1872-1933), would go on to publish four more novels; establish his own publishing company, one of the first secular publishing houses owned and operated by an African American in the United States; and help to found the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Tennessee. Alongside W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, Griggs was a key political and literary voice for black education and political rights and against Jim Crow.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim Crow, Literature, and the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs\u003c\/i\u003e examines the wide scope of Griggs's influence on African American literature and politics at the turn of the twentieth century. Contributors engage Griggs's five novels and his numerous works of nonfiction, as well as his publishing and religious careers. By taking up Griggs's work, these essays open up a new historical perspective on African American literature and the terms that continue to shape American political thought and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4785166319705,"title":"The Labor of Faith — Casselberry","handle":"the-labor-of-faith-gender-and-power-in-black-apostolic-pentecostalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Judith Casselberry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Labor of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e Judith Casselberry examines the material and spiritual labor of the women of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., which is based in Harlem and one of the oldest and largest historically Black Pentecostal denominations in the United States. This male-headed church only functions through the work of the church's women, who, despite making up three-quarters of its adult membership, hold no formal positions of power. Casselberry shows how the women negotiate this contradiction by using their work to produce and claim a spiritual authority that provides them with a particular form of power. She also emphasizes how their work in the church is as significant, labor intensive, and critical to their personhood, family, and community as their careers, home and family work, and community service are. Focusing on the circumstances of producing a holy black female personhood, Casselberry reveals the ways twenty-first-century women's spiritual power operates and resonates with meaning in Pentecostal, female-majority, male-led churches.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-03T16:11:37-05:00","created_at":"2021-02-03T16:11:32-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":2495,"price_min":2495,"price_max":2495,"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":32371785465945,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF263-Casselberry","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Labor of Faith — Casselberry","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2495,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780822369035","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf263-casselberry-labor.jpg?v=1614104961"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf263-casselberry-labor.jpg?v=1614104961","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Labor of Faith by Judith Casselberry","id":7518548197465,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf263-casselberry-labor.jpg?v=1614104961"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf263-casselberry-labor.jpg?v=1614104961","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Judith Casselberry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Labor of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e Judith Casselberry examines the material and spiritual labor of the women of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., which is based in Harlem and one of the oldest and largest historically Black Pentecostal denominations in the United States. This male-headed church only functions through the work of the church's women, who, despite making up three-quarters of its adult membership, hold no formal positions of power. Casselberry shows how the women negotiate this contradiction by using their work to produce and claim a spiritual authority that provides them with a particular form of power. She also emphasizes how their work in the church is as significant, labor intensive, and critical to their personhood, family, and community as their careers, home and family work, and community service are. Focusing on the circumstances of producing a holy black female personhood, Casselberry reveals the ways twenty-first-century women's spiritual power operates and resonates with meaning in Pentecostal, female-majority, male-led churches.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4670445355097,"title":"The Democratization of Invention — Khan","handle":"the-democratization-of-invention-patents-and-copyrights-in-american-economic-development-1790-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Zorina Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/bkhan\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zorina Khan Faculty Bio\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Economics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn examination of the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century,' this book compares the American system to developments in the more oligarchic societies of France and Britain. The United States created the first modern patent system and its policies were the most liberal in the world toward inventors. Individuals who did not have the resources to directly exploit their inventions benefited disproportionately from secure property rights and the operation of efficient markets. When markets expanded, these inventors contributed to the proliferation of new technologies and improvements. In contrast to its leadership in the area of patents, the US copyright regime was among the weakest in the world, in keeping with its utilitarian objective of promoting the general welfare. American patent and copyright institutions promoted a process of democratization that not only furthered economic and technological progress but also provided a conduit for the creativity and achievements of disadvantaged groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-06-30T09:53:00-04:00","created_at":"2020-06-30T09:52:59-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":3599,"price_min":3599,"price_max":3599,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3599,"compare_at_price_min":3599,"compare_at_price_max":3599,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32020273528921,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF247-Khan","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Democratization of Invention — Khan","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3599,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3599,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780521747202","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf247-khan-democ.jpg?v=1614106524"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf247-khan-democ.jpg?v=1614106524","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Democratization of Invention: Patents and Copyrights in American Economic Development, 1790–1920 by B. Zorina Khan, Professor of Economics","id":7518590795865,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf247-khan-democ.jpg?v=1614106524"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf247-khan-democ.jpg?v=1614106524","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Zorina Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/bkhan\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Zorina Khan Faculty Bio\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Economics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn examination of the evolution and impact of American intellectual property rights during the 'long nineteenth century,' this book compares the American system to developments in the more oligarchic societies of France and Britain. The United States created the first modern patent system and its policies were the most liberal in the world toward inventors. Individuals who did not have the resources to directly exploit their inventions benefited disproportionately from secure property rights and the operation of efficient markets. When markets expanded, these inventors contributed to the proliferation of new technologies and improvements. In contrast to its leadership in the area of patents, the US copyright regime was among the weakest in the world, in keeping with its utilitarian objective of promoting the general welfare. American patent and copyright institutions promoted a process of democratization that not only furthered economic and technological progress but also provided a conduit for the creativity and achievements of disadvantaged groups.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4638247485529,"title":"L.A. River — Kolster","handle":"l-a-river","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Michael Kolster\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/mkolster\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Michael Kolster faculty website\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eProfessor of Art\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree centuries ago, the Los Angeles River meandered through marshes and forests of willow and sycamore. Trout spawned in its waters, and grizzly bears roamed its shores in search of food. The river and its adjacent woodlands helped support one of the largest concentrations of indigenous peoples in North America, and it also largely determined the location of the first Spanish Pueblo and ultimately the city itself. The Los Angeles River was also the city's sole source of water for more than a century before flood-control projects made the river a ribbon of concrete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Kolster, in \u003cem\u003eL.A. River\u003c\/em\u003e, relies on a nineteenth-century photographic technology to render the Los Angeles River today, from its headwaters in Canoga Park and the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley to its mouth at the Pacific Ocean in Long Beach. Coincidentally, the founding of the city of Los Angeles and California's achievement of statehood in 1850 coincide historically with the invention of the wet-plate photographic process, forever linking the city and state with the centrality of photography. The emotionally moving images that define \u003cem\u003eL.A. River\u003c\/em\u003e show a feature of the city's landscape that initially attracted native peoples to its banks and gave rise to the formation of our nation's second-largest city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChanneled in concrete during the last century to control flooding, the river was all but removed from the life of the city until the turn of the twenty-first century, when concerted efforts were made by some to peel back some of the concrete and let nature live once again. In his photographic journey, Kolster considers both the past and present and how the accumulation of life along the river suggests a larger a role for the L.A. River in the lives of the city's inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-05-26T09:26:57-04:00","created_at":"2020-05-26T09:33:53-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Art","Bowdoin Faculty"],"price":4000,"price_min":4000,"price_max":4000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":4000,"compare_at_price_min":4000,"compare_at_price_max":4000,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":31876779376729,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF248-Kolster","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"L.A. River — Kolster","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":4000,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":4000,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781938086649","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba248-lariver-kolster.jpg?v=1614106575"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba248-lariver-kolster.jpg?v=1614106575","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"L.A. River by Michael Kolster","id":6342752075865,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba248-lariver-kolster.jpg?v=1614106575"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wba248-lariver-kolster.jpg?v=1614106575","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eBy Michael Kolster\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/mkolster\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Michael Kolster faculty website\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eProfessor of Art\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree centuries ago, the Los Angeles River meandered through marshes and forests of willow and sycamore. Trout spawned in its waters, and grizzly bears roamed its shores in search of food. The river and its adjacent woodlands helped support one of the largest concentrations of indigenous peoples in North America, and it also largely determined the location of the first Spanish Pueblo and ultimately the city itself. The Los Angeles River was also the city's sole source of water for more than a century before flood-control projects made the river a ribbon of concrete.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Kolster, in \u003cem\u003eL.A. River\u003c\/em\u003e, relies on a nineteenth-century photographic technology to render the Los Angeles River today, from its headwaters in Canoga Park and the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley to its mouth at the Pacific Ocean in Long Beach. Coincidentally, the founding of the city of Los Angeles and California's achievement of statehood in 1850 coincide historically with the invention of the wet-plate photographic process, forever linking the city and state with the centrality of photography. The emotionally moving images that define \u003cem\u003eL.A. River\u003c\/em\u003e show a feature of the city's landscape that initially attracted native peoples to its banks and gave rise to the formation of our nation's second-largest city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChanneled in concrete during the last century to control flooding, the river was all but removed from the life of the city until the turn of the twenty-first century, when concerted efforts were made by some to peel back some of the concrete and let nature live once again. In his photographic journey, Kolster considers both the past and present and how the accumulation of life along the river suggests a larger a role for the L.A. River in the lives of the city's inhabitants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4186288750681,"title":"Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? — Clarke","handle":"who-are-you-calvin-bledsoe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Brock Clarke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/b\/bclarke2\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eProfessor of English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalvin Bledsoe’s journey begins with the death of his mother. An internationally known theologian and an expert on all things John Calvin, she had been the dominant force in her son’s existence, so much so that he never left home—even when he married—and, as a result, never grew up.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAt his mother’s funeral, Calvin is introduced to his aunt Beatrice, a woman he had not even known existed. Beatrice immediately makes it clear to Calvin that she is now in charge of his life, and the first thing she is going to do is whisk him off to Europe with her for a grand adventure.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAs Calvin and his aunt traverse the continent, it becomes apparent that her clandestine behavior is leading him into danger. Facing a menagerie of antiquities thieves, secret agents, religious fanatics, and an ex-wife who is stalking him, Calvin begins to suspect there might be some meaning behind the madness. Maybe he’s not the person he thought he was? Perhaps no one is ever who they appear to be? But there’s little time for soul-searching, as Calvin first has to figure out why he has been kidnapped, why his aunt has disappeared, and who the hell burned down his house in Maine.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ePowered by pitch-perfect dialogue, lovable characters, and surprising optimism, \u003ci\u003eWho Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern-day take on Graham Greene’s classic \u003ci\u003eTravels with My Aunt\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about grabbing life, and holding on—wherever it may take you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-03-14T11:56:55-04:00","created_at":"2019-10-08T10:41:55-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Fiction"],"price":1595,"price_min":1595,"price_max":1595,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1595,"compare_at_price_min":1595,"compare_at_price_max":1595,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":30332991766617,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF246-Clarke","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? — Clarke","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1595,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1595,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781643750781","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf246-clarke-who.jpg?v=1614106745"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf246-clarke-who.jpg?v=1614106745","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? by Brock Clarke.","id":7518595907673,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf246-clarke-who.jpg?v=1614106745"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf246-clarke-who.jpg?v=1614106745","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBy Brock Clarke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/faculty\/b\/bclarke2\/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eProfessor of English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalvin Bledsoe’s journey begins with the death of his mother. An internationally known theologian and an expert on all things John Calvin, she had been the dominant force in her son’s existence, so much so that he never left home—even when he married—and, as a result, never grew up.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAt his mother’s funeral, Calvin is introduced to his aunt Beatrice, a woman he had not even known existed. Beatrice immediately makes it clear to Calvin that she is now in charge of his life, and the first thing she is going to do is whisk him off to Europe with her for a grand adventure.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eAs Calvin and his aunt traverse the continent, it becomes apparent that her clandestine behavior is leading him into danger. Facing a menagerie of antiquities thieves, secret agents, religious fanatics, and an ex-wife who is stalking him, Calvin begins to suspect there might be some meaning behind the madness. Maybe he’s not the person he thought he was? Perhaps no one is ever who they appear to be? But there’s little time for soul-searching, as Calvin first has to figure out why he has been kidnapped, why his aunt has disappeared, and who the hell burned down his house in Maine.\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003ePowered by pitch-perfect dialogue, lovable characters, and surprising optimism, \u003ci\u003eWho Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?\u003c\/i\u003e is a modern-day take on Graham Greene’s classic \u003ci\u003eTravels with My Aunt\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel about grabbing life, and holding on—wherever it may take you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":1885084024921,"title":"The Fact of a Body — Marzano-Lesnevich","handle":"the-fact-of-a-body","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Alex Marzano-Lesnevich \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAssistant Professor of English\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti-death penalty. But the moment convicted murderer Ricky Langley’s face flashes on the screen as she reviews old tapes—the moment she hears him speak of his crimes -- she is overcome with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by her reaction, she digs deeper and deeper into the case. Despite their vastly different circumstances, something in his story is unsettlingly, uncannily familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrime, even the darkest and most unsayable acts, can happen to any one of us. As Alexandria pores over the facts of the murder, she finds herself thrust into the complicated narrative of Ricky’s childhood. And by examining the details of Ricky’s case, she is forced to face her own story, to unearth long-buried family secrets, and reckon with a past that colors her view of Ricky's crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut another surprise awaits: She wasn’t the only one who saw her life in Ricky’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn intellectual and emotional thriller that is also a different kind of murder mystery, \u003cem\u003eThe Fact of a Body\u003c\/em\u003e is a book not only about how the story of one crime was constructed -- but about how we grapple with our own personal histories. Along the way it tackles questions about the nature of forgiveness, and if a single narrative can ever really contain something as definitive as the truth. This groundbreaking, heart-stopping work, ten years in the making, shows how the law is more personal than we would like to believe -- and the truth more complicated, and powerful, than we could ever imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\nPaperback.","published_at":"2022-05-09T09:31:40-04:00","created_at":"2018-11-28T14:37:27-05:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Faculty"],"price":1799,"price_min":1799,"price_max":1799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1799,"compare_at_price_min":1799,"compare_at_price_max":1799,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":18560498597977,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF242-Marzano-Lesnevich","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Fact of a Body — Marzano-Lesnevich","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1799,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1799,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781250080554","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf242-marzano-fact.jpg?v=1614106947"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf242-marzano-fact.jpg?v=1614106947","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Fact of A Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich","id":7518597644377,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf242-marzano-fact.jpg?v=1614106947"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf242-marzano-fact.jpg?v=1614106947","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Alex Marzano-Lesnevich \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAssistant Professor of English\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help defend men accused of murder, she thinks her position is clear. 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This groundbreaking, heart-stopping work, ten years in the making, shows how the law is more personal than we would like to believe -- and the truth more complicated, and powerful, than we could ever imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\nPaperback."}

{"id":84159201308,"title":"The Passion of Perfection — Vail","handle":"the-passion-of-perfection-gertrude-hitz-burtons-modern-victorian-life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy June Vail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Dance Emerita\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe edelweiss pin at Gertrude’s throat signifies her Swiss-American heritage and her autonomy as a woman activist. Gertrude’s “life’s work” is perfecting humankind, morally and socially. Confronting Gilded Age double standards, she advocates for sex education, marriage equality and “voluntary motherhood.” After she marries, Gertrude leaves Washington DC to explore opportunities in Boston, Maine, and Switzerland. But conflicting family duties and loyalties derail her ambitious crusade, and when an incurable illness ends her activist career, Gertrude must seek new meanings in her life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-11-27T16:46:49-05:00","created_at":"2017-09-15T15:13:12-04:00","vendor":"Bowdoin College","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Faculty"],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":1895,"compare_at_price_min":1895,"compare_at_price_max":1895,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":947257344028,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF240-Vail","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Passion of Perfection — Vail","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1895,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":1895,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781633811157","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf240-vail-passion.jpg?v=1614113644"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf240-vail-passion.jpg?v=1614113644","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Passion of Perfection by June Vail","id":7518720753753,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf240-vail-passion.jpg?v=1614113644"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf240-vail-passion.jpg?v=1614113644","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy June Vail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Dance Emerita\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe edelweiss pin at Gertrude’s throat signifies her Swiss-American heritage and her autonomy as a woman activist. Gertrude’s “life’s work” is perfecting humankind, morally and socially. Confronting Gilded Age double standards, she advocates for sex education, marriage equality and “voluntary motherhood.” After she marries, Gertrude leaves Washington DC to explore opportunities in Boston, Maine, and Switzerland. But conflicting family duties and loyalties derail her ambitious crusade, and when an incurable illness ends her activist career, Gertrude must seek new meanings in her life and death.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4463677764,"title":"Until There Is Justice — Scanlon","handle":"until-there-is-justice-the-life-of-anna-arnold-hedgeman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/jscanlon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Jennifer Scanlon faculty page\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Senior Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA demanding feminist, devout Christian, and savvy grassroots civil rights organizer, Anna Arnold Hedgeman played a key role in over half a century of social justice initiatives. Like many of her colleagues, including A. Philip Randolph, Betty Friedan, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Hedgeman ought to be a household name, but until now has received only a fraction of the attention she deserves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eUntil There Is Justice,\u003c\/em\u003e author Jennifer Scanlon presents the first-ever biography of Hedgeman. Through a commitment to faith-based activism, civil rights, and feminism, Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century's most important developments, including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice. Simultaneously a dignified woman and scrappy freedom fighter, Hedgeman's life upends conventional understandings of many aspects of the civil rights and feminist movements. She worked as a teacher, lobbyist, politician, social worker, and activist, often crafting and implementing policy behind the scenes. Although she repeatedly found herself a woman among men, a black American among whites, and a secular Christian among clergy, she maintained her conflicting identities and worked alongside others to forge a common humanity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom helping black and Puerto Rican Americans achieve critical civil service employment in New York City during the Great Depression to orchestrating white religious Americans' participation in the 1963 March on Washington, Hedgeman's contributions transcend gender, racial, and religious boundaries. Engaging and profoundly inspiring, Scanlon's biography paints a compelling portrait of one of the most remarkable yet understudied civil rights leaders of our time. \u003cem\u003eUntil There Is Justice\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for anyone with a passion for history, biography, and civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From Oxford University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/28\/books\/review\/until-there-is-justice-by-jennifer-scanlon.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Sunday Book Review: 'Until There Is Justice,' by Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-10-18T15:08:27-04:00","created_at":"2016-02-25T09:36:12-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Faculty"],"price":3495,"price_min":3495,"price_max":3495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3495,"compare_at_price_min":3495,"compare_at_price_max":3495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":15245770116,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF235-Scanlon","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Until There Is Justice — Scanlon","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3495,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780190248598","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf235-scanlon-until.jpg?v=1614113939"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf235-scanlon-until.jpg?v=1614113939","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Until There Is Justice: The Life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman by Jennifer Scanlon","id":7518726520921,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf235-scanlon-until.jpg?v=1614113939"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf235-scanlon-until.jpg?v=1614113939","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/jscanlon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Jennifer Scanlon faculty page\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Senior Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA demanding feminist, devout Christian, and savvy grassroots civil rights organizer, Anna Arnold Hedgeman played a key role in over half a century of social justice initiatives. Like many of her colleagues, including A. Philip Randolph, Betty Friedan, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Hedgeman ought to be a household name, but until now has received only a fraction of the attention she deserves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eUntil There Is Justice,\u003c\/em\u003e author Jennifer Scanlon presents the first-ever biography of Hedgeman. Through a commitment to faith-based activism, civil rights, and feminism, Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century's most important developments, including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice. Simultaneously a dignified woman and scrappy freedom fighter, Hedgeman's life upends conventional understandings of many aspects of the civil rights and feminist movements. She worked as a teacher, lobbyist, politician, social worker, and activist, often crafting and implementing policy behind the scenes. Although she repeatedly found herself a woman among men, a black American among whites, and a secular Christian among clergy, she maintained her conflicting identities and worked alongside others to forge a common humanity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom helping black and Puerto Rican Americans achieve critical civil service employment in New York City during the Great Depression to orchestrating white religious Americans' participation in the 1963 March on Washington, Hedgeman's contributions transcend gender, racial, and religious boundaries. Engaging and profoundly inspiring, Scanlon's biography paints a compelling portrait of one of the most remarkable yet understudied civil rights leaders of our time. \u003cem\u003eUntil There Is Justice\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for anyone with a passion for history, biography, and civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From Oxford University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/28\/books\/review\/until-there-is-justice-by-jennifer-scanlon.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Sunday Book Review: 'Until There Is Justice,' by Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"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":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":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":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."}