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Representations Doing Asian American Rhetoric /

Table of Contents: “…Barnum's traveling Chinese museum: rhetorics of public reception and self-resistance in the emergence of literature by Chinese American women /…”
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Post-Manifesto Polygamy The 1899 to 1904 Correspondence of Helen, Owen and Avery Woodruff /

“…Life writings of frontier women ;…”
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Educating in the Divine Image Gender Issues in Orthodox Jewish Day Schools / by Gorsetman, Chaya Rosenfeld

“…HBI series on Jewish women…”
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Children as Caregivers The Global Fight against Tuberculosis and HIV in Zambia / by Hunleth, Jean, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Growing up in George -- Residence and relationships -- Between silence and disclosure -- Following the medicine -- Care by women and children -- Children and global health -- Postscript: childhood tuberculosis.…”
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Japanese Demon Lore Oni from Ancient Times to the Present / by Reider, Noriko T.

Table of Contents: “…-- Shuten Doji (drunken demon): a medieval story of the carnivalesque and the rise of warriors and fall of oni -- Women spurned, revenge of oni women: gender and space -- Yamauba, the mountain ogress: old hag to voluptuous mother -- Oni in urban culture: de-demonization of the oni -- The oni and Japanese identity: enemies of the Japanese empire in and out of the imperial army -- Sex, violence, and victimization: modern oni and lonely Japanese -- Oni in manga, anime, and film -- Oni without negatives: selfless and surrealistic oni.…”
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The Ethics of Swagger Prizewinning African American Novels, 1977-1993 / by Hill, Michael D., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Beloved and black prizewinning -- Authorized mentors : to Africa and back in The color purple and Middle passage -- A lesson before dying as style guide -- One to write on : communion without consensus in The women of Brewster Place and Jazz -- Hunting inheritance in Song of Solomon and The Chaneysville incident -- Measured achievement : Sent for you yesterday's and Philadelphia fire's failed artists.…”
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Victorian Sacrifice Ethics and Economics in Mid-Century Novels / by Blumberg, Ilana M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…The heir of Redclyffe and the heiress : men, women, and Christian self-sacrifice -- Suicide, sin, and self-sacrifice in A tale of two cities -- "Love yourself as your neighbor" : guilt and the ethics of personal benefit in Adam Bede -- "Unnatural self-sacrifice" : Trollope's ethic of mutual benefit -- Collins' writerly sacrifice -- Conclusion : Robert Elsmere : the "true, best self" and the ideal of mutual service.…”
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The Other Population Crisis What Governments Can Do about Falling Birth Rates / by Kramer, Steven Philip

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Maternal Megalomania Julia Domna and the Imperial Politics of Motherhood / by Langford, Julie, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Not Your Momma : Problematizing Julia Domna as the Mater Castrorum -- Women and the Military -- Faustina Minor : The Mother of all Matres Castrorum -- The Military and the Domus Augusta : All in the Family? …”
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The Queer Limit of Black Memory Black Lesbian Literature and Irresolution / by Richardson, Matt, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : listening to the archives : Black lesbian literature and queer memory -- Desirous mistresses and unruly slaves : neo-slave narratives, property, power, and desire -- Small movements : queer blues epistemologies in Cherry Muhanji's Her -- "Mens womens some that is both some that is neither" : spiritual epistemology and queering the Black rural South in the work of Sharon Bridgforth -- "Make it up and trace it back" : remembering Black trans subjectivity in Jackie Kay's Trumpet -- What grace was : erotic epistemologies and diasporic belonging in Dionne Brand's In another place, not here -- Epilogue : grieving the queer : anti-Black violence and black collective memory.…”
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The Book of Peace By Christine de Pizan / by Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431

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Inheritance in Contemporary America The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations / by Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

Table of Contents: “…The story of inheritance: intergenerational giving in aging America -- Trends in wealth transfers -- The aging American family -- The inheritance revolution -- The origins of our inheritance laws -- Early America -- Forging a new path: women and inheritance laws -- Inheritance in modern America -- Family and inheritance changes -- Decisions about inheritance -- The political realities of retirement security -- Who is going to care for us? …”
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California Mennonites by Froese, Brian, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Going to California: the Mennonite migration -- Alone in the garden: boosters, migrants, and refugees -- Urban dystopia and divine nature: the early Mennonite colonies -- Outsiders from within: defining California Mennonite identity -- New neighbors: confronting racial and religious pluralism -- From sewing circles to missionary societies: the public roles of women in the church -- Peaceful patriots: California Mennonites during World War II -- Socially active Mennonitism and mental health: the origins of Kings View Homes -- Feeding the hungry: a story of piety and professionalization -- Protect and assimilate: evangelical education in California -- Labor tensions: Mennonite growers, the UFW, and the farm labor problem -- From digging gold to saving souls: the transformation of California Mennonite identity -- Epilogue. a new breed of Mennonites.…”
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Contemporary African American Fiction New Critical Essays /

Table of Contents: “…Butler's Survivor and fledgling / Mildred R. Mickle -- "When the women tell stories": healing in Edwidge Danticat's Breath, eyes, memory / Tara T. …”
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Tactics of the Human Experimental Technics in American Fiction / by Shackelford, Laura

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Laying the Foundation Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries /

Table of Contents: “…James Baker -- Digital public history in the library : developing the Lowcountry Digital History Initiative at the College of Charleston / Mary Battle, Tyler Mobley, and Heather Gilbert -- Curating menus : digesting data for critical humanistic inquiry / Katherine Rawson -- Many voices, one experiment : building toward generous interfaces for oral history -- Collections with mapping the Long Women's Movement / Seth Kotch -- The center that holds : developing digital publishing initiatives at the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship / Sarah Melton -- Co-piloting a digital humanities center : a critical reflection on a libraries-academic partnership / Brian Rosenblum and Arienne Dwyer -- Advancing digital humanities at CU-Boulder through evidence-based service design / Thea Lindquist, Holley Long, and Alexander Watkins -- A collaborative approach to urban cultural studies and digital humanities / Benjamin Fraser and Jolanda-Pieta van Arnhem -- Fostering assessment strategies for digital pedagogy through faculty-librarian collaborations : an analysis of student-generated multi-modal digital scholarship / Harriett E. …”
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Jihad and Islam in World War I Studies on the Ottoman Jihad at the centenary of Snouck Hurgronje’s “Holy War Made in Germany” /

Table of Contents: “…Şükrü Hanioğlu -- Propaganda or culture war : jihad, Islam, and nationalism in Turkish literature during World War I / Erol Köroğlu -- Gendering jihad : Ottoman Muslim women and war during the early twentieth century / Nicole van Os -- Architectural jihad : the "Halbmondlager" Mosque of Wünsdorf as an instrument of propaganda / Martin Gussone -- War, propaganda and architecture : Cemal Pasha's restoration of Islamic architecture in Damascus during World War I / Hans Theunissen -- The man who would be Caliph : Sharīfian propaganda in World War I / Joshua Teitelbaum -- A German "illusive love" : Rashīd Riḍā's perceptions of the First World War in the Muslim world / Umar Ryad -- John Buchan's British-designed jihad in Greenmantle / Ahmed K. al-Rawi.…”
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