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Rachel Sykes, The Quiet Contemporary American Novel
Get PDFIn The Quiet Contemporary American Novel, Rachel Sykes boldly attempts to define and problematize what she identifies as a neglected area in the study of twenty-first-century American fiction and that she names “quiet novels.” Set within a large framework of two centuries of American culture, her well-researched monograph brings into focus nine contemporary novels by Teju Cole, Ben Lerner, Paul Harding, Richard Powers, Lynne Tillman and Marilynne Robinson as well as discussing the works of ma..
Book review: tweeting to power: the social media revolution in American politics by Jason Gainous and Kevin M. Wagner
No full textOnline social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are changing the face of politics across the world. Beginning with a strong theoretical foundation grounded in political, communications and psychology literature, Tweeting to Power aims to examine the effect of online social media on how we come to learn, understand and engage in politics. The spectacle of social media might be its speed, but as a snapshot of the contemporary moment Tweeting to Power reveals multitudes about the ongoing complexity of modern communication in a uniquely fluid way, writes Rachel Sykes
Author interview: Q&A with Rachel O’Neill on Seduction: men, masculinity and mediated intimacy
No full textIn this author interview, we speak to Rachel O’Neill about her recent book, Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy, which offers an ethnographic study of the ‘seduction industry’. In the interview, she discusses the seduction industry as part of a continuum of mediated intimacy, the ways in which neoliberal rationalities are shaping masculine subjectivity today, how the book relates to contemporary discussions surrounding consent and women’s sexual agency and the particular challenges of undertaking this fieldwork. If you are interested in this interview, you can read a review of Seduction on LSE RB here. Q&A with Rachel O’Neill, author of Seduction: Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy (Polity, 2018
Book review: A sociology of culture, taste and value by Simon Stewart
No full text"A Sociology of Culture, Taste and Value." Simon Stewart. Palgrave Macmillan. November 2013. --- This book sets out to explore sociological debates in relation to culture, taste and value. Simon Stewart argues that sociology can contribute to debates about aesthetic value and to an understanding of how people evaluate, and seeks to contribute to alternative approaches that draw attention to other values and to other ways of valuing. Rachel Sykes finds that the author’s in-depth knowledge of the overlapping principles in processes of rationalization, globalisation and cultural capital lead to a thought-provoking and insightful challenge to long held cultural assumptions that test the boundaries of our subjective leanings. Recommended for students of sociology and cultural studies
Episode 3: Rachel Wightman, CSP Staff and Author
No full textIn this episode, CSP\u27s Associate Director of Instruction and Outreach, Rachel Wightman, shares about her new book, Faith and Fake News: A Guide to Consuming Information Wisely, including how she became interested in the topic, what led to the creation of this book, and why this topic is so important today
Rachel Swarns Book Event: The 272
No full textA conversation with Rachel Swarns, author of The GU272: The Families Who Were Enslaved And Sold To Build The American Catholic Church (Penguin Random House 2023). The conversation was moderated by Georgetown Professor Adam Rothman and hosted by Georgetown's Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies
Summons of Rachel Thomas to Joseph's trial
No full textThis document is a summons issued under the authority of the State of Delaware, directing John Ward, a constable of Kent County, to summon Rachel Thomas to testify in court. The summoned individual was required to appear before Justices Nehemiah Tilton and James Bellach. The court was set to convene in Dover on Wednesday, June 14, 1786, for the trial of a Negro man named Joe, the property of James Berry. Rachel faced a penalty of one hundred pounds should she not testify. The document is signed by James Sykes, Clerk of the Court. Ward indicates on the reverse of the document that the witness was summoned as ordered
Theodore Clement Steele: A Lecture by Rachel Perry
No full textJoin author and curator Rachel Perry for a lecture on the life and artwork of Theodore Clement (TC) Steele. Perhaps the most well-known artist of the “Hoosier Group,” Steele created impressionist portraits and landscape paintings from his studio in Nashville, Indiana.https://scholarship.depauw.edu/peeler_event/1084/thumbnail.jp
Summons of Rachel Thomas to Joseph's trial
No full textThis document is a summons issued under the authority of the State of Delaware, directing John Ward, a constable of Kent County, to summon Rachel Thomas to testify in court. The summoned individual was required to appear before Justices Nehemiah Tilton and James Bellach. The court was set to convene in Dover on Wednesday, June 14, 1786, for the trial of a Negro man named Joe, the property of James Berry. Rachel faced a penalty of one hundred pounds should she not testify. The document is signed by James Sykes, Clerk of the Court. Ward indicates on the reverse of the document that the witness was summoned as ordered
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