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Songs and Sounds of the Anti-Rent Movement in Upstate New York: Including Twenty-Two New Settings of Period Tunes (SUNY series, An American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley)
by Nancy NewmanUpstate New York's Anti-Rent Movement is considered the last struggle over feudalism in the United States. Tenant farmers in the Hudson-Mohawk region engaged in organized protest throughout the 1840s to contest monopoly ownership of the land they worked. Arguing their cause in newspapers, on broadsides, and at rallies, their aspirations also took shape in poetry and song. More than twenty sets of lyrics (and one instrumental composition) were written at various stages of the conflict. Some of their musical sources, such as "Old Dan Tucker" and "Bruce's Address," are still well known. Each fully contextualized song offers insight into the role vernacular music played in one of the nineteenth century’s major social reform movements.This is the first book to gather the poetry and corresponding tunes into one publication. It provides detailed analysis of the repertory, followed by new musical scores of the songs, reconstructed from contemporary historical sources for study and performance. It also examines the movement’s later dramatization in novels, film, and public commemorations as successive generations grapple with its meaning.
Overhearing Film Music: Conversations with Screen Composers (SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema)
by John CapsBeginning with a quick history of film scoring and then taking the reader backstage to interview a dozen major screen composers, Overhearing Film Music represents three generations of movie soundtrack music. Ranging from groundbreaking composers who scored classic 1940s melodramas such as Laura and the Thief of Bagdad, to the jazz-influenced modernists who worked on Rebel Without a Cause and The Pink Panther, and into the symphonic renaissance represented by films like Star Wars and Harry Potter, Caps asks the seminal questions: How did this kind of active movie scoring evolve from silent films—and where is it headed? These interviews provide a master class in how and why to score a film. Interspersed among the interviews, Caps's single-subject essays provide concise histories of the use of choral music in films, African American and female film composers, and digital composing software for a new era.
Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Modern Spain (SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture)
by Akiko Tsuchiya Aurélie VialetteThis groundbreaking volume explores how culture produced in Spain, from the nineteenth century to the present, both reflects and shapes ways of understanding the history and heritage of a nation sustained by colonialism and slavery. Akiko Tsuchiya and Aurélie Vialette bring together an outstanding group of scholars, artists, cultural producers, and activists in a range of fields—from history to literary studies, anthropology to journalism, and flamenco to film. Drawing on interdisciplinary and comparative methodologies, contributors address the legacies of slavery in the archive; in cultural memory sites; and in literature, music, and visual arts. How, they ask, do different cultural forms and institutions represent and reckon with this past and push for justice in the face of persistent racial discrimination? In its focus on collective memory and the cultural afterlives of slavery and antislavery, Cultural Legacies of Slavery in Modern Spain will appeal not only to Iberian and Latin American specialists but also readers across Afro-Hispanic, postcolonial, transatlantic, and critical race studies.
Music at World's End: Three Exiled Musicians from Nazi Germany and Austria and Their Contribution to Music in Iceland
by Árni Heimir IngólfssonIn Iceland in the 1930s, classical music was only beginning to be seriously practiced, at the same time when musicians of Jewish heritage were fleeing Nazi Germany and Austria. Despite the country’s strict immigration policy, three outstanding young musicians were allowed to settle there: Robert Abraham, Heinz Edelstein, and Victor Urbancic. Their influence on Iceland’s music scene as conductors, instrumentalists, teachers, and scholars proved invaluable. In Music at World's End, the first in-depth study of the lives and careers of these three musicians, musicologist Árni Ingólfsson examines their formative years in Germany and Austria, their dramatic escapes from the Nazi regime, and their triumphs and frustrating setbacks in their new homeland, a country in which Jews were virtually unknown. This fascinating case study is a valuable addition to studies of musical exile during World War II and beyond.
Noteworthy Women of Oswego County, New York (Excelsior Editions)
by Natalie Joy WoodallWhen called upon to name a noteworthy woman who lived in Oswego County, New York, most people would respond with Dr. Mary Walker, Elmina Spencer, or Malvina Guimaraes. And they would be correct: these three women played a prominent role in the county's nineteenth century history. Yet, they were not the only ones. Many others whose names are less well known accomplished much within the legal and cultural constraints of contemporary society, including writer Julia McNair Wright, artist Mary Austen Oliver, and playwright Lottie Blair Parker. Whether fighting to end slavery or for the right to vote, running for political office, or seeking reforms in women's place in society, the thirty-one women detailed in this book made a lasting impact in Oswego County and their country. Today's professional women, lawyers, doctors, judges, professors, and bankers stand on the shoulders of these pioneering foremothers who refused to let prevailing societal norms stifle their creativity and ambition.
Gadamer on Art and Aesthetic Experience: Rethinking Hermeneutical Aesthetics Today (SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)
by Stefano Marino; Elena RomagnoliHans-Georg Gadamer was one of the greatest intellectual figures of the twentieth century. As a philosopher trained in phenomenology, he established philosophical hermeneutics as one of the leading traditions of contemporary philosophy and opened new paths for philosophical reflection. Within the many dimensions of Gadamer's vast, complex, and multifaceted thinking, a special role is played by the question concerning the relevance of the various arts and the centrality of aesthetic experience in human life. Despite being one of the most relevant voices of twentieth-century philosophy, Gadamer's hermeneutics has at times been overlooked in contemporary philosophical debates. The firm conviction at the basis of this volume is that Gadamer's thought is still relevant today, especially regarding aesthetic questions concerning the persistent meaning and truth of art in the age of what he called "the shadow of nihilism" and in the age of the so-called "end of art." In contrast to the claim that Gadamer's philosophy is "anti-modern," or allegedly "out of date" in comparison to other philosophical approaches to aesthetic questions, Gadamer on Art and Aesthetic Experience aims to show that a renewed and critical confrontation with Gadamer's aesthetic thinking can offer stimulating and penetrating insights to understand the role of art in contemporary society in all its transformations and its challenging manifestations.
Return to the Eternal Abode: Sufi Dialogues with Seyyed Hossein Nasr (SUNY series in Islam)
by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Amira El-ZeinReturn to the Eternal Abode is a series of in-depth discussions between Amira El-Zein and Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world's foremost scholars of Islamic, religious, and comparative studies. Each of the six chapters addresses a central theme at the heart of Sufism: creativity, cosmology, the environment, poetry, art, and modernity. Nasr's answers to El-Zein's probing questions offer thought-provoking, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary approaches to these aspects of the Sufi tradition, reflecting a lifetime of scholarship and comfortably synthesizing various sources, philosophies, and traditions, both Islamic and otherwise. The book also sheds light on Nasr's relations to eminent thinkers of the twentieth century, such as Titus Burckhardt, Mircea Eliade, Louis Massignon, and Henry Corbin and provides, in many ways, an accessible synopsis or overview of his entire oeuvre.
Reimagining Europe: Thinking in Crisis (SUNY series in Contemporary French Thought)
by Georgios Tsagdis; Rozemund Uljée; Bart ZantvoortReimagining Europe comprises a series of contributions which address, in various ways, the relationship between Europe and continental philosophy/phenomenology. Europe is in crisis: a crisis that no longer designates a moment of decision, a critical point between a before and an after, but a state, a permanent mode of being, a constant emergency. At this juncture of Europe, the aporia of language confronts the aporia of history. We cannot speak, we must speak, we shall speak. As such, the contributions all engage with the idea that the question "what is Europe?" must measure up a series of questions, namely: what was it to be? What does it mean to initiate and sustain a project, such as Europe, if only at times, after the fact? The questions of internal and external borders, of homogeneity and coherence, identity and equality, legitimacy and rights, democracy and representation can only be raised insofar as the question of Europe, its destiny, and destination, is raised as a whole.
Revolutionary Legacies: Jewish Feminist Political Thinking with Jamaica Kincaid, Golda Meir, Hannah Arendt, Frida Kahlo, Gertrude Stein, and Emma Goldman (SUNY series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)
by Marla BrettschneiderThis book provides a timely new transnational lineage of Jewish feminist revolutionary legacies. Using extensive research, deep thinking, and a bold methodology, Marla Brettschneider tousles with a host of anti-colonial, feminist, anti-racist, and queer troublemakers—Jamaica Kincaid, Golda Meir, Hannah Arendt, Frida Kahlo, Gertrude Stein, and Emma Goldman. Brettschneider brings together these feisty women's lives, work, politics, thinking, and art to wrestle with big questions: How can we make our lives, individually and collectively, in our diversity as Jews and in grounded solidarity with others? How do these women bring out otherwise unidentified, unnamed, and underexamined issues in Jewish studies, feminism, politics, and a range of critical theories? Revolutionary Legacies invites Jews, feminists, anti-racists, and all manner of justice seekers to think, and create common cause, with these rabblerousers.
Axis of Resistance: Asymmetric Deterrence and Rules of the Game in Contemporary Middle East Conflicts
by Daniel SobelmanFrom the conflict between the United States and the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria to the recent Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, events in today's Middle East reflect the emergence of what has come to be known as an Iran-led "axis of resistance." A geopolitical network of state- and nonstate actors seeking to promote a new regional order, the "axis" primarily includes the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Syria, and multiple Iran-supported Shiite militias in Iraq. Drawing on qualitative in-depth research in Hebrew and Arabic, and on exclusive interviews with senior Israeli officials, Axis of Resistance offers the first comprehensive analysis of the evolution of the "axis" and its application of a distinct strategic approach to asymmetrical conflicts—that of “resistance.” Author Daniel Sobelman shows that the various "resistance" forces in the region have pursued an analogous asymmetrical deterrent strategy whose origins trace back to the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in southern Lebanon, whereby the weaker actor attempts to subject the stronger state to limiting "rules of the game."
Resituating Crisis: Silencing and Voicing Crisis in Everyday Life
by Dorte Jagetic Andersen Lola AubryThe world is increasingly influenced by ongoing crisis, or at least this is what mainstream media and politics wants us to believe. When portrayed here, crisis most often comes in the form of situations challenging a sense of normality, such as with violent conflicts, pandemics, or forced migration. However, crisis is not just a situation twisting normality but can become constitutive of normality itself. In exploring transformative and constructive elements to being in crisis, this volume resituates the view on crisis in everyday life to foster critical and nuanced examination of discourses on and experiences of it.
Girls Take Action: Activism Networks by, for, and with Girls and Young Women (Transnational Girlhoods)
by Catherine VannerThe repression of the rights of girls and women is continuously threatened in a wide range of global cultural contexts. From the rise in laws restricting reproductive freedom to the growth in essentialist ideas about gender and the backlash to the #MeToo movement, the challenges facing girls and young women are as diverse as the activism networks established to address them. Girls Take Action shines light on the myriad ways girls and young women are exercising agency in the face of injustice, considering especially the role of community and collaboration in fostering activism networks and ultimately a more transnational understanding of girlhood.
Nighttime Breastfeeding: An American Cultural Dilemma (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives)
by Cecília TomoriNew parents in the United States are caught between responding to infant needs for closeness and breastfeeding, and cultural and medical norms that emphasize solitary sleep. This anthropological investigation shows that nighttime closeness and breastfeeding are the evolutionary and cross-cultural norm, but recent sociocultural shifts produced novel ideals of separation. The book uncovers how breastfeeding parents rework these cultural ideals. In this new edition, the author describes shifting medical guidance that increasingly supports breastfeeding yet remains largely separated from infant sleep guidance. The volume also provides a path towards more equitable approaches to nighttime infant care grounded in reproductive justice.
Matter Out of Place: Anthropological Explorations of Bodies, Dirt and Morality
by Roland Littlewood Rebecca Lynch, Joseph CalabreseAnthropologists often use ‘pollution’ to refer to social and individual challenges to a cultural idea of purity, which may be seen in terms of religious practice, foodstuffs and social differentiation. It has been used as a trope to explore ideas of dirt and place, moral inversion and reinforcement, disgust and taboo. The book is an invitation to consider the continued relevance of Mary Douglas’ conceptualization of pollution and dirt as ‘matter out of place’ in relation to contemporary circumstances. Its ethnographic and theoretical contributions cover diverse contexts, ranging from Europe to Africa, the Caribbean, India and Outer Space.
Desert Entanglements: The Making of the Badiya by Sahrawi Refugees of Western Sahara (Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology)
by Gabriele VolpatoThe Sahrawi refugees in southwestern Algeria have struggled from exile for fifty years to reconfigure the animated desert they call badiya. They recovered camel husbandry and access to part of the former rangeland, and wove it back as seasonal nomadism. Desert Entanglements analyzes this process as an act of place-making premised on refugees’ agency.
Agency and Author: German Literature Beyond the Bestseller List (Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association)
by Rachel J. Halverson Benjamin D. SchaperThe image of the solitary author devoting days and nights to writing endless bestselling novels remains an insidious and largely unchallenged myth within German culture. In this exacting examination of the German publishing industry, Agency and Author addresses the financial reality sometimes eclipsed by this idea. Focusing on lesser-known German-language writers and their interactions with the Literaturbetrieb (“literary scene”), Agency and Author explores the ways authors assert creative agency in an increasingly ‘eventized’ literary marketplace. Ranging from the impacts of literary awards to media hate campaigns, this volume spotlights how profoundly the German literary landscape and our understanding of authorship is transforming.
Lovers' Lane Murders: A Blind Date, a Brutal Double Murder
by Johnny Teague PhDAndy Atkinson and Cheryl Henry met on a blind date arranged by friends and hit it off immediately. On their second date at Bayou Mama&’s, they left together to visit a spot known as "Lovers' Lane." Within hours, Andy was found tied to a tree with his throat slashed, and Cheryl was discovered raped and murdered nearby. Their brutal deaths shocked Houston and remain unsolved to this day. "The Lovers' Lane Murders" explores the lives of Cheryl and Andy, revealing new details and hoping to bring fresh insight into this decades-old mystery. The families still seek resolution, and the killer remains at large.
My Flying Boat War: Survival and Success over the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific in WW2
by Wing Commander Hodgkinson DFC, RWing Commander Vic Hodgkinson DFC served as a pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force throughout WWII. Starting in 1939, he was a founding member of 10 Squadron RAAF, operating Short Sunderland flying boats. Loaned to the RAF in early 1940, the squadron played a crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic, conducting air-sea rescues and attacks on German submarines. During this time, Vic participated in numerous air-sea rescues, including saving twenty-one survivors of a U-boat attack. He also conducted depth charge attacks on German submarines. Vic's resilience was tested when his Sunderland crashed into the Irish Sea near Bardsey Island in fog, resulting in the loss of six of his eleven crew members and a gruelling twelve-hour wait for rescue. Later, he flew missions in the Mediterranean, enduring heavy enemy fire to support Allied troops in Crete. Returning to the Atlantic, his crew successfully engaged a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor. In 1942, Vic returned to Australia, serving with 20 and 40 Squadrons RAAF, flying various aircraft including the Catalina and Dornier Do 24. His missions ranged from supply drops and minelaying to bombing and reconnaissance. This is Vic&’s remarkable story, told in his own words for the first time.
Gentlemen of the Shade - Minions of the Moon: The True Story of Edward Bagot Bomber Pilot
by Vincent Burke"From the skies over war-torn Europe to the opulent halls of English nobility, Edward Bagot's journey is a riveting testament to courage, heritage, and unwavering faith."Edward Bagot&’s memoir offers a unique personal perspective on World War II, combining his experiences as a Pathfinder pilot with his aristocratic heritage and deep religious convictions. Edward joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during the latter part of the Second World War. He became a member of Bomber Command and a Pathfinder pilot. Intensely religious, Edward, who believed he had a premonition of his death, flew without fear, his faith sustaining him throughout his wartime experiences. His story is meticulously drawn from his diary, which he began at the age of fifteen, and the letters he sent to his family from England. Edward's wartime experiences, while reflective of many young Australians of his time, stand out due to his unique personal background and story. His heritage traced back to an aristocratic English family from the era of William the Conqueror, allowing him to spend his leave visiting his ancestral home and engaging in a remarkable social life among nobility and theatre celebrities in London's West End. Set against the relentless march toward war in Europe, Edward's narrative is one of patriotism and bravery. His personal accounts offer a unique perspective on the devastating yet transformative impact of the war, showcasing the fearlessness of young men like him who played crucial roles in shaping history.
Champagne Beach
by Matt FrancisIn the serene setting of Vanuatu&’s Santo Island, tranquillity shatters when the lifeless body of a French farmer, Guy Simeon, is discovered on the pristine white sands of Champagne Beach. As they delve deeper, a labyrinth of secrets, coercion, and lies emerges. Simeon&’s missing wife and strained relationship with his son paint a complex picture of his troubled life. Moreover, his financial woes and grievous interactions with locals only deepen the pool of suspects. 'Ifira Point' the first book in the series won 2025 Ned Kelly Award, for, Best Debut Crime Fiction. From the bustling port town of Luganville to the idyllic beaches and azure waters of Santo, George and Jayline tirelessly pursue leads but find themselves entangled in a web of confusion with no clear motive, weapon, or suspect in sight.Praise for the series ... a tour de force both in its vivid descriptions of warts-and-all Vanuatu and its ability to suck the reader into the frustrating investigation of its likeable detective. A thoroughly enjoyable read. - Colin Cotterill, best-selling crime fiction author I was really intrigued because the place setting is an integral &“character&” of the book. - Emily Webb, best-selling author.
One Dark Night
by Hannah RichellOne night in the woods A party gone wrong A body discovered at sunriseHe murdered her at the folly on their wedding day, left her body for the crows. They say she haunts the woods now, a girl in a white dress … Everyone in the small town of Thorncombe knows the tales of the haunted woods where the birds don&’t sing and a girl in a white dress roams, luring people to their deaths. But when a girl in white is found dead the morning after Halloween, her body carefully arranged at the bottom of an old stone folly, the community is thrown into turmoil. With a teenage daughter of his own, police detective Ben Chase knows how high the stakes are. Was the girl the victim of a party prank gone wrong, or does her death represent something more sinister and ritualistic? As the investigation unfolds and the noose tightens around Chase&’s own family, the only thing anyone can be sure of is that no one is safe until this violent killer is caught. A tense, clever and claustrophobic thriller where no one is who they seem and the danger lies just out of sight. 'The new master of the atmospheric thriller' Ali Lowe 'delivers suspense until the very end.' Books+Publishing
Innovative Design and Engineering Applications of Intelligent Systems Under the Framework of Industry 4.0: Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Engineering Applications (ISDEA 2024) (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #856)
by Yongsheng MaThis proceedings book contains peer-reviewed papers presented at the 2024 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Engineering Applications which was held in Tottori, Japan, May 10–12, 2024 (ISDEA2024). There are five major sessions covered in this book, including 1) Theory and Application of Artificial Intelligence Technologies in Industry; 2) System Design and Data Analysis within the Context of Internet of Things (IOT); 3) System Automation, Control, and Robots; 4) Smart Product Design and Integrated Manufacturing and 5) Sensors, Transducers and Detection Technology. This book provides an idea-exchange and discussion platform for the world's engineers and academia to share cutting-edge information, address the hottest issue in intelligent systems design and engineering applications, explore new technologies, exchange and build upon ideas.
Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North: Practice and Transgressions (Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic)
by Jennifer Hemphill Ségdae Richardson-Read Solveig Marie WangThis book addresses the varied performances of magic in medieval and early modern Scandinavia. It provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of European magic and specifically discusses performances of magic in the pre-modern north. By employing innovating methodologies and covering a wide temporal range, the book offers a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to the study of magic in the pre-modern North. In addition, the minority-driven contributions, written by an international group of dynamic and diverse scholars, complement one another to highlight the many multicultural realities of the pre-modern North.
Theorising Drones in Visual Culture: Views from the Blue (Social Visualities)
by Elisa SerafinelliThis book investigates whether and how drone technology is changing how we see and experience our visual cultures. Knowing more about these visuals is essential to understand how our visual experience of the world is changing and the creative potential these new technological implementations may afford. To do so, the book analyses drone visuals exploring their aesthetics and meanings, the context where they circulate and how they are perceived. The book will therefore be of interest to students and researchers of digital sociology, digital media, mobile media, visual studies, media and communication and journalism.
The Organizational Impact of Patient Engagement: Enhancing the Healthcare Journey (SpringerBriefs in Business)
by Francesca SanguinetiThis book examines the transformative power of patient engagement in revolutionizing healthcare organizational efficiency. It expresses a need for a more patient-centered approach in healthcare delivery to improve patient outcomes and organizational workflows. Using Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Nazionale Mondino (Italy) as a case study, the author offers a framework for improving patient interactions from the initial point of contact, namely front office operations, and proposes strategies for healthcare organizations across the globe based on best practices and lessons learned while also emphasizing the importance of continuous adaptation and improvement. Grounded in the latest academic research, this book provides students, practitioners, professionals, and scholars in healthcare administration and management with a theoretical foundation for patient engagement with practical applications to lead and innovate in the modern healthcare management system.