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Rethinking Social Realism

Author : Stacy I. Morgan
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820325798
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Social Realism written by Stacy I. Morgan and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The social realist movement, with its focus on proletarian themes and its strong ties to New Deal programs and leftist politics, has long been considered a depression-era phenomenon that ended with the start of World War II. This study explores how and why African American writers and visual artists sustained an engagement with the themes and aesthetics of social realism into the early cold war-era--far longer than a majority of their white counterparts. Stacy I. Morgan recalls the social realist atmosphere in which certain African American artists and writers were immersed and shows how black social realism served alternately to question the existing order, instill race pride, and build interracial, working-class coalitions. Morgan discusses, among others, such figures as Charles White, John Wilson, Frank Marshall Davis, Willard Motley, Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, Elizabeth Catlett, and Hale Woodruff.

Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race

Author : Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 080717341X
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race by : Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus

Download or read book Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race written by Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the SAMLA Studies Award Honorable Mention for the MLA William Sanders Scarborough Prize From the 1880s to the early 1900s, a particularly turbulent period of U.S. race relations, the African American novel provided a powerful counternarrative to dominant and pejorative ideas about blackness. In Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race, Melissa Daniels-Rauterkus uncovers how black and white writers experimented with innovative narrative strategies to revise static and stereotypical views of black identity and experience. In this provocative and challenging book, Daniels-Rauterkus contests the long-standing idea that African Americans did not write literary realism, along with the inverse misconception that white writers did not make important contributions to African American literature. Taking up key works by Charles W. Chesnutt, Frances E. W. Harper, Pauline Hopkins, William Dean Howells, and Mark Twain, Daniels-Rauterkus argues that authors blended realism with romance, often merging mimetic and melodramatic conventions to advocate on behalf of African Americans, challenge popular theories of racial identity, disrupt the expectations of the literary marketplace, and widen the possibilities for black representation in fiction. Combining literary history with close textual analysis, Daniels-Rauterkus reads black and white writers alongside each other to demonstrate the reciprocal nature of literary production. Moving beyond discourses of racial authenticity and cultural property, Daniels-Rauterkus stresses the need to organize African American literature around black writers and their meditations on blackness, but she also proposes leaving space for nonblack writers whose use of comparable narrative strategies can facilitate reconsiderations of the complex social order that constitutes race in America. With Afro-Realisms and the Romances of Race, Daniels-Rauterkus expands critical understandings of American literary realism and African American literature by destabilizing the rigid binaries that too often define discussions of race, genre, and periodization.

Rethinking Race

Author : Michael O. Hardimon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674975669
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Race written by Michael O. Hardimon and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because science has shown that racial essentialism is false, and because the idea of race has proved virulent, many people believe we should eliminate the word and concept entirely. Michael Hardimon criticizes this thinking, arguing that we must recognize the real ways in which race exists in order to revise our understanding of its significance.

Rethinking Social Epidemiology

Author : Patricia O’Campo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9789400721388
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (213 download)

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Book Synopsis Rethinking Social Epidemiology by : Patricia O’Campo

Download or read book Rethinking Social Epidemiology written by Patricia O’Campo and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To date, much of the empirical work in social epidemiology has demonstrated the existence of health inequalities along a number of axes of social differentiation. However, this research, in isolation, will not inform effective solutions to health inequalities. Rethinking Social Epidemiology provides an expanded vision of social epidemiology as a science of change, one that seeks to better address key questions related to both the causes of social inequalities in health (problem-focused research) as well as the implementation of interventions to alleviate conditions of marginalization and poverty (solution-focused research). This book is ideally suited for emerging and practicing social epidemiologists as well as graduate students and health professionals in related disciplines.

Rethinking Social Theory

Author : Roger Sibeon
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761950691
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Social Theory written by Roger Sibeon and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-03-27 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies and explores unresolved controversies and ambiguities in present day sociological theorizing.

Realist Constructivism

Author : J. Samuel Barkin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139484400
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Realist Constructivism written by J. Samuel Barkin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-25 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Realism and constructivism, two key contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of international relations, are commonly taught as mutually exclusive ways of understanding the subject. Realist Constructivism explores the common ground between the two, and demonstrates that, rather than being in simple opposition, they have areas of both tension and overlap. There is indeed space to engage in a realist constructivism. But at the same time, there are important distinctions between them, and there remains a need for a constructivism that is not realist, and a realism that is not constructivist. Samuel Barkin argues more broadly for a different way of thinking about theories of international relations, that focuses on the corresponding elements within various approaches rather than on a small set of mutually exclusive paradigms. Realist Constructivism provides an interesting new way for scholars and students to think about international relations theory.

British Social Realism in the Arts since 1940

Author : D. Tucker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230306381
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book British Social Realism in the Arts since 1940 written by D. Tucker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book of its kind to look across disciplines at this vital aspect of British art, literature and culture. It brings the various intertwined histories of social realism into historical perspective, and argues that this sometimes marginalized genre is still an important reference point for creativity in Britain.

What Is a Person?

Author : Christian Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226765946
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book What Is a Person? written by Christian Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The task of understanding human beings, what we ourselves are, our constitution and condition, is a perennial problem in philosophy and related disciplines. Smith argues here that our understanding of human persons is threatened by technological development and capricious academic theories alike, seeking to deny or relativize the personhood of humanity. Smith's book puts a stake in the ground, in defense of a view of the human that is genuinely humanistic in the traditional sense and capable of sustaining with intellectual coherence things like modern human rights and universal benevolence.

Rethinking Realism in International Relations

Author : Annette Freyberg-Inan
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801892851
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (928 download)

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Book Synopsis Rethinking Realism in International Relations by : Annette Freyberg-Inan

Download or read book Rethinking Realism in International Relations written by Annette Freyberg-Inan and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume draws on the work of international scholars from diverse perspectives to provide a timely, focused debate on the future of realist theory in international relations. Part I presents novel contributions to realist theory building, including suggested elaborations of Mearsheimer's offensive realist variant, a reconsideration of the role of revisionism in structural realist theory, a bridge to the English School of international relations, and a critique of trends in realist theorizing since the end of the Cold War. In part II, structural and neoclassical realists provide empirical analyses of foreign policy behavior, the role of geopolitics, and the grand strategies of major powers. The chapters in part III assess the viability of the ways forward for realism from realist, critical, and feminist perspectives. This tightly integrated intellectual exchange presents a transnational overview of the evolution and potential future of the realist paradigm. The volume editors conclude with an assessment of the current state of realism and suggest ways for the debate to progress.

Bringing Knowledge Back In

Author : Michael Young
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134357591
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Bringing Knowledge Back In written by Michael Young and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-19 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book tackles some of the most important educational questions of the day... It is rare to find a book on education which is theoretically sophisticated and practically relevant: this book is.' From the Foreword by Hugh Lauder What is it in the twenty-first century that we want young people, and adults returning to study, to know? What is it about the kind of knowledge that people can acquire at school, college or university that distinguishes it from the knowledge that people acquire in their everyday lives everyday lives, at work, and in their families? Bringing Knowledge Back In draws on recent developments in the sociology of knowledge to propose answers to these key, but often overlooked, educational questions. Michael Young traces the changes in his own thinking about the question of knowledge in education since his earlier books Knowledge and Control and The Curriculum of the Future. He argues for the continuing relevance of the writings of Durkheim and Vygotsky and the unique importance of Basil Bernstein’s often under-appreciated work. He illustrates the importance of questions about knowledge by investigating the dilemmas faced by researchers and policy makers in a range of fields. He also considers the broader issue of the role of sociologists in relation to educational policy in the context of increasingly interventionist governments. In so doing, the book: provides conceptual tools for people to think and debate about knowledge and education in new ways provides clear expositions of difficult ideas at the interface of epistemology and the sociology of knowledge makes explicit links between theoretical issues and practical /policy questions offers a clear focus for the future development of the sociology of education as a key field within educational studies. This compelling and provocative book will be essential reading for anyone involved in research and debates about the curriculum as well as those with a specific interest in the sociology of education.

The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts

Author : John Michael Vlach
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820312339
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts written by John Michael Vlach and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included in the examples are works from the Charleston and Old Slave Mart museums and the ironwork of Philip Simmons.

Realist Social Theory

Author : Margaret Scotford Archer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521484428
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Realist Social Theory written by Margaret Scotford Archer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-10-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on her seminal contribution to social theory in Culture and agency, Margaret Archer develops here her morphogenetic approach, applying it to the problem of structure and agency. Since structure and agency constitute different levels of stratified social reality, each possesses distinctive emergent properties which are real and causally efficacious but irreducible to one another. The problem, therefore, is shown to be how to link the two rather than conflate them, as has been common practice - whether in upwards conflation (by the aggregation of individual acts) downwards conflation (through the structural orchestration of agents), or, more recently, in central conflation which holds the two to be mutually constitutive and thus precludes any examination of their interplay by eliding them. Realist social theory: the morphogenetic approach thus not only rejects methodological individualism and collectivism, but argues that the debate between them has been replaced by a new one between elisionary theorizing (such as Giddens' structuration theory) and the emergentist theories based on a realist ontology of the social world. The morphogenetic approach is the sociological complement of transcendental realism, and together they provide a basis for non-conflationary theorizing which is also of direct utility to the practising social analyst.

Cold War Exiles in Mexico

Author : Rebecca Mina Schreiber
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816643075
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book Cold War Exiles in Mexico written by Rebecca Mina Schreiber and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The onset of the Cold War in the 1940s and 1950s precipitated the exile of many U.S. writers, artists, and filmmakers to Mexico. Rebecca M. Schreiber illuminates the work of these cultural exiles in Mexico City and Cuernavaca and reveals how their artistic collaborations formed a vital and effective culture of resistance.

The Realisms of Berenice Abbott

Author : Terri Weissman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520947452
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Realisms of Berenice Abbott written by Terri Weissman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Realisms of Berenice Abbott provides the first in-depth consideration of the work of photographer Berenice Abbott. Though best known for her 1930s documentary images of New York City, this book examines a broad range of Abbott’s work—including portraits from the 1920s, little known and uncompleted projects from the 1930s, and experimental science photography from the 1950s. It argues that Abbott consistently relied on realism as the theoretical armature for her work, even as her understanding of that term changed over time and in relation to specific historical circumstances. But as Weissman demonstrates, Abbott’s unflinching commitment to "realist" aesthetics led her to develop a critical theory of documentary that recognizes the complexity of representation without excluding or obscuring a connection between art and engagement in the political public sphere. In telling Abbott’s story, The Realisms of Berenice Abbott reveals insights into the politics and social context of documentary production and presents a thoughtful analysis of why documentary remains a compelling artistic strategy today.

The Sonic Color Line

Author : Jennifer Lynn Stoever
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479835625
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Sonic Color Line written by Jennifer Lynn Stoever and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unheard history of how race and racism are constructed from sound and maintained through the listening ear. Race is a visual phenomenon, the ability to see “difference.” At least that is what conventional wisdom has lead us to believe. Yet, The Sonic Color Line argues that American ideologies of white supremacy are just as dependent on what we hear—voices, musical taste, volume—as they are on skin color or hair texture. Reinforcing compelling new ideas about the relationship between race and sound with meticulous historical research, Jennifer Lynn Stoever helps us to better understand how sound and listening not only register the racial politics of our world, but actively produce them. Through analysis of the historical traces of sounds of African American performers, Stoever reveals a host of racialized aural representations operating at the level of the unseen—the sonic color line—and exposes the racialized listening practices she figures as “the listening ear.” Using an innovative multimedia archive spanning 100 years of American history (1845-1945) and several artistic genres—the slave narrative, opera, the novel, so-called “dialect stories,” folk and blues, early sound cinema, and radio drama—The Sonic Color Line explores how black thinkers conceived the cultural politics of listening at work during slavery, Reconstruction, and Jim Crow. By amplifying Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, Charles Chesnutt, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, Ann Petry, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Lena Horne as agents and theorists of sound, Stoever provides a new perspective on key canonical works in African American literary history. In the process, she radically revises the established historiography of sound studies. The Sonic Color Line sounds out how Americans have created, heard, and resisted “race,” so that we may hear our contemporary world differently.

Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research

Author : Alderson, Priscilla
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447354559
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Critical Realism for Health and Illness Research written by Alderson, Priscilla and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical realism, as a toolkit of practical ideas, helps researchers to extend and clarify their analyses. It resolves problems arising from splits between different research approaches, builds on the strengths of different methods and overcomes their individual limitations. This original text draws on international examples of health and illness research across the life course, from small studies to large trials, to show how versatile critical realism can be in validating research and connecting it to policy and practice. To meet growing demand from students and researchers, this book is based on the course at UCL, first taught by Roy Bhaskar, the founder of critical realism.

Knowledge, Content, Curriculum and Didaktik

Author : Zongyi Deng
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351118927
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge, Content, Curriculum and Didaktik written by Zongyi Deng and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing to bear a wealth of literature from curriculum theory, Didaktik, philosophy of education and teacher education, this book broadens and enriches the conversation initiated by Michael Young and his colleagues on 'bringing knowledge back in' (Young, 2007). Knowledge, Content, Curriculum and Didaktik is distinctive in providing a comprehensive and multifaceted analysis of the role of knowledge, and in particular curriculum content, in relation to curriculum policy, curriculum planning and classroom teaching. It makes a case for linking knowledge and content to the development of human powers or capabilities needed for the 21st century and unpacks the challenges for curriculum policy, curriculum planning and classroom teaching. The book discusses, among other issues: Educational aims and theories of knowledge School subjects and academic disciplines: differences and relationships School subjects and theories of content Understanding the content for teaching The book will be relevant for scholars, researchers, policy makers and curriculum developers who seek a more sophisticated, more balanced and philosophically better grounded understanding of the role of knowledge and content in education and curriculum.