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11 produkter
Healing the Republic
The Language of Health and the Culture of Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century America
Av Joan Burbick
Häftad, 2009
823 kr
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In this study Joan Burbick interprets nineteenth-century narratives of health written by physicians, social reformers, lay healers and literary artists in order to expose the conflicts underlying the creation of a national culture in America. These 'fictions' of health include annual reports of …
Healing the Republic
The Language of Health and the Culture of Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century America
Av Joan Burbick
Inbunden, 1994
1985 kr
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In this study Joan Burbick interprets nineteenth-century narratives of health written by physicians, social reformers, lay healers and literary artists in order to expose the conflicts underlying the creation of a national culture in America. These 'fictions' of health include annual reports of …
Thoreau's Alternative History
Changing Perspectives on Nature, Culture, and Language
Av Joan Burbick
Inbunden, 1987
1242 kr
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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the …
Rodeo Queens
On The Circuit With America's Cowgirls
Av Joan Burbick
Häftad, 2004
197 kr
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Rodeo has always been considered a supremely masculine sport, a rough and tumble display of macho strength and skill. But author Joan Burbick shows us the other side of rodeo: the world of rodeo queens- part cowgirl and part pageant princess- who wave and smile and keep the dream of the ideal …
Women and the Journey
The Female Travel Experience
Av Susan Armitage, Joan Burbick m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
343 kr
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This ground-breaking book was many years in the making by some of the country's leading women scholars.Until the present century, few people thought of travel as a female pursuit. Men traveled; women stayed at home. But women have always journeyed, for many reasons, as this important book …
Gun Show Nation
Gun Culture and American Democracy
Av Joan Burbick
Inbunden, 2006
212 kr
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On progressive websites and in newspaper columns Gun Show Nation has become part of a lively debate on guns and democracy in America. “Burbick gets it,” Buzzflash says, “she cuts through to the heart of the psychology of guns.”Cultural historian, critic, and gun owner Joan Burbick examines the …
Gun Show Nation
Gun Culture and American Democracy
Av Joan Burbick
Häftad, 2007
192 kr
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Cultural historian, critic and gun owner Joan Burbick examines the lethal politics of gun ownership, answering that perennial question about American culture: why are Americans so obsessed with guns? Looking at the nation from the floor of a gun show, Burbick uncovers a powerful conservative …
