ICYMI
Liza Black (Picturing Indians) and Nancy Marie Mithlo (Knowing Native Arts) on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour to discuss Killers of the Flower Moon.
Reviews
Review in Parameters:
“Truman and the Bomb is relevant to today’s national security professionals. Giangreco delivers a highly readable account that touches on the political and military aspects of a key presidential decision during war.”
Review in Journal of Folklore Research:
“Regna Darnell has provided us with a key source for the documentation and analysis of the development of American anthropology. This is an important, nay, an excellent volume.”
Review in Journal of Folklore Research:
“Although Zumwalt deftly describes the impact Boas and his students had on the field and society more generally, she also describes Boas as a loving husband, a faculty member frustrated with the administration, a middle-class man who still struggled to meet all of his obligations, an esteemed scholar who was insecure of his minority status, and someone who struggled with bouts of grief and depression who just used it to work harder. In short, she humanized the so-called father of American anthropology so that we recognize many facets of Boas in ourselves or other anthropologists we know….”
Borrowing from our Foremothers
Review in Journal of Folklore Research:
“Borrowing from Our Foremothers is a welcome and illuminating analysis necessary for understanding the development of feminism as well as our current moment. By placing material culture items within each era’s political campaigns, this book yields a deeper understanding of the women’s-movement metanarrative.”
Review in SABR Southern New England Newsletter:
“New York Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Sherman bypasses Kings County and addresses the LA team’s original sin. Construction of Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine displaced an entire Hispanic neighborhood. Fernando Valenzuela put numbers in the win column, in the seats, and, more importantly, gave the Dodgers redemption.”
Review in SABR Southern New England Newsletter:
“Lowenfish surprisingly takes us on a detailed whirlwind tour of multiple scouts, their journeys, and their significant and lasting impact on the rosters of various major-league franchises. Branch Rickey would say, “Luck is the residue of design.” After reading Baseball’s Endangered Species, you’ll agree that scouts honor is just as important or even more so in securing talent.”
Review in SABR Southern New England Newsletter:
“If you thought that below the Mason-Dixon line, the only sport Southerners would line up to see was football, think again. Dale Tafoya regales us as to how Huntsville, Alabama, enthusiastically embraced pro baseball. In 1985 the Oakland Athletics place an affiliate in the heart of Dixie and some fun stuff happens. And why not when you’ve got on the hometown nine the likes of future major leaguers Jose Canseco, Tim Belcher, Luis Polonia, Terry Steinbach, and Eric Plunk.”
Author Interviews
Interview with Volleyball State Podcast Ep. 12
Interview with Faculti Podcast
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