Courses: introduction to the humanities, history and theory of the arts (focus on anthropology, archaeology, and folkloristics) Every book after spot 4 is used only in short excerpts
Summer '23 Class Readings Unlisted
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Making by Tim Ingold
4 stars
Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives. Anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture are all ways of making, and all …
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Eight Words for the Study of Expressive Culture by Burt Feintuch, Dorothy Noyes, Gerald L. Pocius, and 6 others
4 stars
Group. Art. Text. Genre. Performance. Context. Tradition. Identity. No matter where we are--in academic institutions, in cultural agencies, at home, …
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Archaeogaming by Andrew Reinhard
4 stars
Video games exemplify contemporary material objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. Video games also serve …
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Theme Park by Scott A. Lukas (Objekt)
5 stars
Theme parks are a uniquely interactive and enduring form of entertainment that have influenced architecture, technology, and culture in surprising …
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Not for Profit by Martha C. Nussbaum
A passionate defense of the humanities from one of today's foremost public intellectuals
In this short and powerful book, celebrated …
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Notes from the Underground and the The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ralph Matlaw, Constance Garnett
5 stars
"The connection between these works is unmistakable, as is their direct relation to Dostoevsky's life—sensational, harrowing, and frenzied." —From the …
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Invitation to Anthropology by Luke Eric Lassiter
In this concise introduction to cultural anthropology, now in its 4th edition, Lassiter takes a fresh and accessible approach to …
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The Argument Culture by Deborah Tannen
THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS LINGUIST OFFERS A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL ANALYSIS OF THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE--AND A REVOLUTIONARY LANGUAGE TO LIVE …
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Arts in Earnest by Daniel Patterson
Arts in Earnest asserts the importance of the long standing, informally learned folk culture of the Tarheel State. Too often …
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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
4 stars
The Things They Carried (1990) is a collection of linked short stories by American novelist Tim O'Brien, about a platoon …
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Wisdom Sits in Places by Keith H. Basso
3 stars
This remarkable book introduces us to four unforgettable Apache people, each of whom offers a different take on the significance …
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The Study of Ethnomusicology by Bruno Nettl
The first edition of this book, The Study of Ethnomusicology: Twenty-Nine Issues and Concepts, has become a classic in the …
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Fire in My Bones by Glenn Hinson
Glenn Hinson focuses on a single gospel program and offers a major contribution to our understanding not just of gospel …
