Communities in fiction

Commonalities

Commonalities.

Theories of community : Williams, Heidegger, and others -- Trollope's The last chronicle of Barset as a model of Victorian community -- Individual and community in The return of the native -- Conrad's colonial (non)community : Nostromo -- Waves theory : an anachronistic reading -- Postmodern communities in Pynchon and Cervantes.

Communities of women : an idea in fiction

Introduction: the communal eye -- Waiting together: two families: Pride and prejudice -- Little women -- Beyond the family: idyll and inferno: Cranford -- Villette -- Beyond the self: the spectacle of history and a new religion: The Bostonians -- The odd women -- A world at war: one big Miss Brodie: The prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

Toward a more perfect university

Getting in -- Thoughts on undergraduate education and its future -- A house built on a firm foundation -- The contours of the university -- The affordability and value of higher education : fact and fiction -- An accessible, high-quality education for all -- Creating new academic leagues and knowledge communities -- Reimagining the university campus -- The central dogma of a great university -- Reconstructing the university-government compact -- Structural change -- A United States that can accommodate great universities in 2040.

Getting your legal house in order.

Great courses. Better living. Personal development

Great courses (DVD). Better living.

Get your legal life together now! -- Reducing debt by reading the fine print -- Protecting yourself from identity theft -- Knowing your property rights -- Deciding whether a timeshare is for you -- Choosing the insurance you need. Figuring out your retirement finances -- Making the most of Medicare and Medicaid -- Weighing the benefits of reverse mortgages -- Comparing retirement communities -- Drafting your estate plan -- Understanding and using trusts. Controlling who gets your property -- Separating probate facts from fiction -- Conveying your personal wishes in writing -- Creating a financial power of attorney -- Caregiving by contract or court order -- Preparing medical advance directives.

Legacies of Brown : multiracial equity in American education

Multiracial equity in American education

Harvard educational review. Reprint series ;

Suprising legacies of Brown v. Board / Race, politics, and the courts : school desegregation in San Francisco / Bilingual education : the legal mandate / From the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to Hopwood : the educational plight and struggle of Maxican Americans in the southwest / The economy of literacy : how the Supreme Court stalled the civil rights movement / Communities of difference : a critical look at desegregated spaces created for and by youth / Serving the purpose of education / Fact and fiction : stories of Puerto Ricans in U.S. schools / A black student's reflection on public and private schools / Holistic integration : an anniversary reflection on the goals of Brown v. Board of Education

Spinoza on learning to live together

Introduction: Philosophy as the Art of Living Together -- Learning to Live Together -- Creating Rational Understanding: Spinoza as a Social Epistemologist -- When does Truth Matter?: The Relation between Theology and Philosophy -- Spinoza on Superstition: Coming to Terms with Fear -- Narrative as the Means to Freedom: Spinoza on the Uses of Imagination -- Responding Emotionally to Fiction: A Spinozist Approach -- The Politics of Living Together -- Law and Sovereignty in Spinoza's Politics -- Natural Rights as Powers to Act -- Democracy and the Good Life in Spinoza's Philosophy -- Freedom, Slavery, and the Passions -- Freedom of Conscience and Civic Peace: Spinoza on Piety -- Philosophical Communities -- Freedom and Nature: A Spinozist Invitation -- The Affective Cost of Philosophical Self-Transformation -- Fortitude: Living in the Light of Our Knowledge.

Cold waters : tangible and symbolic seascapes of the North

Springer Polar Sciences

Springer Polar sciences.

The Problem of Plastic in the Arctic / Rivers through the Prism of Oil Spills: Native Voices from the Russian Arctic / Baltic Seals and Changing Marine Frontiers in the Twentieth Century / Conceptualizing Arctic Documentary: Combining Scientific Authority and the Interests of Broadcasters in BBC's Frozen Planet / The Voice of Ice in the Turku Archipelago: Narrating Icegraphy with Environmental Ethnography / The "International" in Water-Society Relations: A Case Study of an Arctic Urban Watershed / Living by the River: Means, Meanings and Sense of Place / Emerging Trends in Arctic North America's Maritime Security Agenda: From Ice to Water / Between Pomor Traditions and Arctic Modernities: The Northern Sea in Early Soviet Pomor Literature / Water, Oil and Spirits: Liquid Maps of the Taiga in Eremei Aipin's Novel Khanty, or the Star of the Dawn / The Ambiguity of the Arctic Littoral: Changing Perspectives of Chukchi Communities in Two Russian Films / "The Silvery Song of Water": Nature, Experience, and Time in Paul Harding's Fiction / Speculative Water: Atopic Space and Oceanic Agency in Julie Bertagna's Raging Earth Trilogy

Imagined truths : realism in modern Spanish literature and culture

Realism in modern Spanish literature and culture

Toronto Iberic ;

Introduction / Nineteeth-century Spanish realism : root and branch ; Arabella's veil : translating realism in "Don Quijote con faldas" (1808) / Between "Costumbrista" sketch and short story : Armando Palacio Valdes's "Aguas fuertes" / Money, capital, monstrosity : metaphorical matrices of realism in Antonio Flores's "Ayer, hoy y mañana" / Modernity and the parameters of nineteenth-century Spanish realism ; The physician in the narratives of Galdós and Clarín / Travelling by streetcar through Madrid with Galdós and Pardo Bazán / Urban hyperrealism : Galdós's Dickensian descriptions of Madrid / Observed versus imaginative communities : creative realism in Galdós's "Misericordia" / Stretching the limits of Spanish realism ; Colonialism, collages, and thick description : Pardo Bazán and the rhetoric of detail / Embodied minds : critical erotic decisions in "La Regenta" / María Zambrano on women, realism, and freedom / The challenges of genre : Spanish realism beyond the novel ; Writing (un)clear code : the letters and fiction of Emilia Pardo Bazán and Benito Pérez Galdós / 'Volvía Galdós triunfante' : "Fortunata y Jacinta" on stage (1930) / When reality is too harsh to bear : role-play in Juan Marsé's "Historia de detectives"

Hemingway, Cuba, and the Cuban works

Hemingway : the man who worked in and enjoyed Cuba / Hemingway, parody or pastiche? / The Cuban Revolution / An interview with Gigi's All-Stars at Ernest Hemingway's Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba, July 6, 2004 / Mary and Ernest : too close to see / The fishing was good too : Cuban writer claims torrid love affair with Jane Mason drew Hemingway to Havana / The state of things in Cuba : a letter to Hemingway / Selection from "It is hard for you to tell," chapter three of Cuba y Hemingway en el gran rio azul (Cuba and Hemingway on the Great Blue River) / The "matter of being expatriots" : Hemingway, Cuba, and inter-American literary study / A shared palette : Hemingway and Winslow Homer, painters of the Gulf Stream / "I am not religious -- but --" : The Virgin of El Cobre and Cuban Catholicism a mi propia manera / Hemingway's religious odyssey : the Afro-Cuban connection in two stories and The Old Man and the Sea / "You know the name is no accident" : Hemingway and the matter of Santiago / "Papa" and Fidel : Cold War, Cuba, and two interpretive communities / Into the terrain of the bull : Hemingway's "The Undefeated" / Death by drowning : trauma theory and Islands in the stream / Sea of plenty : The artist's role in Islands in the stream / Hemingway's impressionistic Islands / The context of Hemingway's personal art and the Caribbean subject / Trolling the deep waters : Hemingway's Cuban fiction and the critics / Hemingway : his impact in the Cuban press today / Hemingway and Cuba : a chronology.

American Indians and the urban experience

Contemporary Native American communities ;

Foreword / Introduction / The path to the Milky Way leads through Los Angeles / The urban tradition among Native Americans / Two worlds / Telling the Indian urban : representations in American Indian fiction / Coyote as a simple man / Yaqui cultural and linguistic evolution through a history of urbanization / Is urban a person or a place? : characteristics of urban Indian country / Retribalization in urban Indian communities / And the drumbeat still goes on ... urban Indian institutional survival into the new millennium / Cities / Continuing identity : Laguna Pueblo railroaders in Richmond, California / Feminists or reformers? : American Indian women and community in Phoenix, 1965-1980 / Metropolitan Indian series #1 / The Cid / Derek and Peter discuss the pro's and con's of city life / An urban platform for advocating justice : protecting the Menominee Forest / Ruby roast / Urban (trans)formations : changes in the meaning and use of American Indian identity / Ironworker I / Ironworker II / "This hole in our heart" : the urban-raised generation and the legacy of silence / Living room of an Indian family in the San Francisco Bay Area : mantelpiece / Gift watching T.V. / Quiet desperation / Weaving Andean networks in unstable labor markets / A poem maybe for Tina Deschenie / Kokopeli gigging in the city / Red wit in the city : urban Indian comedy / Indian pride / Healing through grief : urban Indians reimagining culture and community / Red, white & blue / Youngest trapper on 7th Street / My uncle / Downtown Oklahoma City, 1952 / Letter home / Rejection and belonging in addiction and recovery : four urban Indian men in Milwaukee / Excerpt from a work in progress / Mattie goes traveling

Primary research and writing : people, places, and spaces

Introduction to Primary Research -- Defining Primary Research -- Locating Primary Materials -- Family Archives -- Government Records -- Libraries -- Organizations -- Digital Spaces/Records -- Communities in Context: Rate My Professors.com -- Creating an Archive -- Highlighting the Role of the Researcher in Archival Research -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Amanda Gable: Historical Fiction Writer -- Reading: "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker -- Chapter Summary -- Defining and Engaging with Communities -- Defining Community -- Community Components -- Types of Communities -- Communities in Context: Global Surfers -- Personal/Family Communities -- Geographical Communities -- Academic Communities -- Reading: "UND nickname still point of discussionNCAA: American Indian nicknames are 'hostile and abusive" -- Social Communities -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Andrea Kitta: Folklorist -- Organization or Business Communities -- Engaging with Communities -- Reading: "1910 Time Capsule Opened at Cleveland Elementary" by Jill Tucker -- Student Writing: "Los Latinos en Marietta" by Nico Augsburger -- Understanding Communities Through Research -- Archival Research and Artifacts -- Observation -- Interviews -- Surveys and Questionnaires -- Secondary Research -- Researching an Online Community -- Student Writing: "IGN.com Archive" by Christopher Snipes -- Chapter Summary -- Appendix: List of Select Online Community Archives -- Identifying a Research Topic and Thinking Like a Researcher -- Curiosity and Inquiry -- Student Writing: "The Evolution of Healthcare in North Carolina" by Ruth-Ann Styron -- Invention Strategies and Heuristics -- Freewriting -- Student Writing: "Reasons Why (or Why Not) to Join a Sorority?" by Helen Gaillet -- Clustering -- Cubing -- Burke's Pentad -- Reading: "Lessons Not Learned: A Year After the Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Remains, But New Permits are Granted" by Ethan Goffman -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Becky Needham: Chamber of Commerce Membership Manager -- Exploring Your Personal and Academic Interests -- Communities in Context: Reddit.com -- Thinking Like a Researcher -- Reading: "James Todd, From Anthropologist to Researcher of NASCAR and Southern Culture" by Mark Emmons -- Chapter Summary -- Becoming an Authority on a Topic -- Developing a Research Question -- Becoming an Expert -- Reading: Our Lady of the Angels Firefighter Dies -- Communities in Context: Firehouse.com -- Moving Between Primary and Secondary Research Sources -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Caitlin Hale: Newspaper journalist/Editor in Chief -- Incorporating Research Findings -- Quoting -- Summarizing -- Paraphrasing -- Plagiarism -- Student Writing: "Out of the Ashes" by Robert Brennan -- Chapter Summary -- Beginning Archival Research: A Practical Guide -- The Unexpected Find -- Selecting and Describing an Artifact -- Student Writing: "Boots Made to Last" by Sgt. Pugh -- Communities in Context: Galveston, TX -- Investigating Contemporary Reception -- Researching Primary Materials -- Conduct Preliminary Research Online -- Cultural Context -- Student Writing: "Researching Photographs Project" by Alison Carter, Rachel Smith, and Tiffany Watkins -- Contact the Librarian or Curator -- Student Writing: Sample Student Letter -- Compile the Necessary Documents -- Student Writing: Sample Student Project Description -- Make a List of Equipment You Will Need -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Shelby Reap: Architectural Historian -- Corroborating Primary Investigation Through Secondary Research -- Student Writing: "Scrapbooks to Speeches: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Public and Private Writings of Harriet Morehead Berry" by Elizabeth Garrard -- Chapter Summary -- Fieldwork and Ethnographic Observation -- Defining Ethnography and Fieldwork -- Profile of Primary Researchers: Jenna Burrell, Heather Ford, Tricia Wang, and Rachelle Annechino: Ethnographers -- Reading: "A Day in the Life: 3-wheeled Vehicle-based Fruit Vendor" by Zach Hyman -- Ethnographic Research Methods -- Observation and Thick Description -- Communities in Context: MiniForum.com -- Field Notes -- Analyzing Field Notes -- Reading: Observation of Piedmont Park -- Storytelling -- Reading: Excerpt from "No Name Woman" by Maxine Hong Kingston -- Student Writing: "The ER Can't (and Probably Won't Without Insurance) Put Humpty Dumpty Together Again" by Benjamin Harris -- Researcher's Point of View -- Student Writing: "Gold's Gym: Observation of a Fitness Community" by Brandon Bragg -- Chapter Summary -- Interviews: Researching People -- Why Interview -- Who to Interview -- When to Interview -- Asking for an Interview -- Structuring the Interview -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Wade Mahon: Editor of Issues in Writing -- Designing Interviews and Formulating Questions -- Closed Questions -- Open-Ended Questions -- Conducting Interviews -- Listening -- Types of Interviews -- Oral History -- Reading "Good Will Hunting: An Oral History" by Janelle Nanos -- Communities in Context: StoryCorps[--]Every Voice Matters -- Informational or Expert Interviews -- Reading "Business is People" by Chet Cooper -- Research Ethics -- Student Writing: "Profile Assignment" by Samuel Martin -- Chapter Summary -- Interview/Oral History Digital Resources -- Surveys: Researching Beliefs, Opinions, and Attitudes -- Generating Research Through Surveys -- Reading: "Survey: Instant Messaging will Surpass Email" by Mitch Betts -- Types of Surveys -- Evaluation/Assessment Surveys -- Attitude/Belief/Behavior Surveys -- Quality of Life Surveys -- Marketing Research Surveys -- Usability/User-testing Surveys -- Communities in Context: Research Access -- Writing and Designing Surveys -- Student Writing: "Hurricane Katrina Survivor Movie: Response Survey" by Wendy Goff -- Writing Survey Questions -- Assessing Questions -- Survey Delivery and Sampling -- Managing Survey Results -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Mandee Foushee: Analyst for a Survey Research Center -- Reading: Community Land Use Survey -- Chapter Summary -- A Rhetorical Approach to Research and Writing -- Deliberative Rhetoric -- Judicial Rhetoric -- Ceremonial Rhetoric -- Reading: "Commencement Address" by Tom Brokaw -- Communities in Context: American Rhetoric, The Power of Oratory -- The Elements of Rhetorical Situations -- Writer -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Kristin English: Public Relations -- Purpose -- Audience -- Context -- Genres and Delivery -- The Rhetorical Appeals -- Ethos -- Student Writing: Analyzing Ethos -- Pathos -- Student Writing: Analyzing Pathos -- Logos -- Student Writing: Analyzing Logos -- Analyzing and Incorporating Primary Materials -- Reading: "Accelerating Progress in Obesity Prevention" by Institute of Medicine committee -- Chapter Summary -- Reporting and Delivering Research Findings -- Gathering Research Findings -- Analyzing and Interpreting Research Findings -- Profile of a Primary Researcher: Emma Buchanan: Quality Investigator -- Research Tools for Analysis -- Matrix -- Spreadsheets -- Graphic Organizer -- Communities in Context: Pew Research Center -- Moving Through the Writing Process -- Determining Your Writing Process -- "Writing Up" and Reporting Your Research Findings -- Drawing Conclusions -- Making Recommendations -- Adding to an Archive -- Moving from Pre-writing to Drafting -- Organizational Strategies -- Chronological Organization -- Hierarchical Organization -- Spatial Organization -- Comparison and Contrast Organization -- IMRAD Organization -- The Introduction arid Conclusion -- Reading: "Shitty First Drafts" by Anne Lamont -- Framing Your Research Findings -- Revision Strategies -- Student Writing: "Occupational Writing in Wildlife Biology" by Stephen Parker -- Engaging in Reflection -- Chapter Summary -- Documenting Your Research: MLA -- In-Text Citations -- Work with One Author -- Basic Entry: Author Named in In-Text Signal Phrase -- Basic Entry: Author's Name in Parenthetical Citation -- Two or More Works by the Same Author -- Two or More Authors with the Same Last Name -- Work with Two or Three Authors -- Work with More Than Three Authors -- Part of a Work -- Organization as Author -- Indirect Source (Author Quoting Someone Else) -- Multivolume Work -- Work Cited By Title -- Works Cited -- Non-Periodical Print Sources -- Book with One Author -- Book with Two or Three Authors -- Book with More Than Three Authors -- Organization as Author -- Unknown Author -- Two or More Books by the Same Author -- Author and Editor Both Named -- Editor, No Author Named -- Encyclopedia or Dictionary Entry -- Work in an Anthology -- Two or More Items from the Same Anthology -- A Translation -- Book with Both Translator and Editor -- Edition or Translation of a Book by a Non-specified Author -- Book in a Language Other Than English -- Edition Other Than the First -- One Volume of a Multivolume Work -- Preface, Foreword, Introduction, or Afterword -- Book as Part of a Series -- Republication (Newer Edition of an Older Book) -- Book with a Title within the Title -- Government Document -- Sacred Text -- Brochure, Pamphlet, or Press Release -- Periodical Print Sources -- Article in a Journal -- Article in a Magazine -- Article that Skips Pages -- Article with a Title within a Title -- Newspaper Article -- Letter to the Editor -- Review -- Electronic and Web Sources -- Archives Online -- Manuscript or Other Unpublished Work

An Entire Work: Online -- Literary Works: Online -- Visuals Included in the Text -- Article from a Database -- Article in a Magazine: Online -- Online Book -- Online Report -- Online Editorial or Letter -- Online Review -- Entry in an Online Reference Work -- Part of a Website -- Entire Website -- Citing Online Archives: Websites -- Academic Course Web Page -- Entire Web Log (Blog) -- Post or Comment on a Web Log (Blog) -- Post to a Discussion or Newsgroup -- Entry in a Wild -- Electronic Message -- Other Common Sources -- Film or Video -- Television or Radio Program -- Broadcast Interview: On Air -- Unpublished or Personal Interview -- Sound Recording -- Musical Composition: Not a Specific Recording -- Lecture or Speech -- Live Performance -- Podcast -- Work of Art or Photograph -- Map or Chart -- Cartoon or Comic Strip -- Advertisement -- Published Proceedings of a Conference -- Dissertation, Thesis, or Abstract -- Transcripts -- Published Interview -- Letters -- Legal Source -- Creating and Citing Notes -- Sample Student Paper Using MLA Documentation -- Student Writing: "From Vines to Wine: The Story of Duplin Winery" by Daniel Jerome Fussell -- Documenting Your Research: APA -- In-Text Citations -- Work with One Author -- Basic Entry: Author's Name in Parenthetical Citation -- Basic Entry: Author Named in In-Text Signal Phrase -- Two or More Works by the Same Author -- Two or More Authors with the Same Last Name -- Work with Two Authors -- Work with Three or More Authors -- Part of a Work -- Organization as Author -- Indirect Source (Author Quoting Someone Else) -- Multivolume Work -- Work Cited By Title -- Creating and Citing Notes -- List of References -- Non-Periodical Print Sources -- Book with One Author -- Book with Two or More Authors -- Organization as Author -- Unknown Author -- Two or More Books by the Same Author -- Author and Editor Both Named -- Editor, No Author Named -- Encyclopedia or Dictionary Entry -- Work in an Anthology -- A Translation -- Book with Both Translator and Editor -- Book in a Language Other Than English -- Edition Other Than the First -- One Volume of a Multivolume Work -- Preface, Foreword, Introduction, or Afterword -- Book as Part of a Series -- Republication (Newer Edition of an Older Book) -- Book with a Title within the Title -- Government Document -- Sacred Text -- Brochure, Pamphlet, or Press Release -- Periodical Print Sources -- Article in a Journal -- Article in a Magazine -- Article that Skips Pages -- Article with a Title within a Title -- Newspaper Article -- Letter to the Editor -- Review -- Electronic and Web Sources -- Manuscript or Other Unpublished Work -- Literary Works: Online -- Visuals Included in the Text -- Article from a Database -- Article in a Magazine: Online -- Online Book -- Online Report -- Online Editorial or Letter -- Online Review -- Entry in an Online Reference Work -- Part of a Website -- Entire Website -- Post or Comment on a Web Log (Blog) -- Post to a Discussion or Newsgroup -- Entry in a Wiki -- Electronic Message -- Other Common Sources -- Film or Video -- Television Program -- Broadcast Interview: On Air -- Unpublished or Personal Interview -- Sound Recording -- Lecture or Speech -- Live Performance -- Podcast -- Work of Art or Photograph -- Map or Chart -- Cartoon or Comic Strip -- Advertisement -- Published Proceedings of a Conference -- Dissertation, Thesis, or Abstract -- Transcripts -- Published Interview -- Letters -- Legal Source -- Sample Student Paper Using APA Documentation -- Student Writing: "George H. Sutton: The Portrait of a Billiards Expert" by Brian Lee Havens.

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