After Hitchcock: influence, imitation, and intertextuality; edited by David Boyd and R. Barton Palmer. 1st ed. University of Texas Press 2006. 282p $65.00; $22.95 (pa)
These essays explore the contribution of director Alfred Hitchcock to the art of motion pictures, focusing on the enormous influence he had on his contemporaries and on later filmmakers. Included are discussions of Hitchcock as an inspiration to the French New Wave film directors, such as Claude Chabrot, Francois Truffaut, and Jean-Luc Godard, and Hitchcock’s Hollywood legacy, as seen in the work of filmmakers such as Brian De Palma, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese,
ISBN 978-0-292-71337-6; 0-292-71337-1; 978-0-292-71338-3 (pa); 0-292-71338-X (pa); LCCN 2006-1351

Back to peace: reconciliation and retribution in the postwar period; edited by Aranzazu Usandizaga and Andrew Monnickendam. University of Notre Dame Press 2007. 312p $35.00
This collection of essays examines the aftermath of war and the readjustment to peacetime civilian life experienced both by veterans and non-combatants. The wars examined include both world wars and extend as far back as the Trojan War (in a discussion of John Dryden’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida) and move forward in time to the Vietnam War (in an examination of the works of Vietnamese authors in exile). While the essays focus primarily on literary representations of the post-war periods in question, much historical documentation is also presented.
ISBN 978-0-268-04452-7; 0-268-04452-X; LCCN 2006-39824

Block, Sharon. Rape and sexual power in early America. Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press 2006. 276p $45.00; $19.95 (pa)
The essays in this volume examine the crime of rape and its prosecution in British America in the period 1700-1820. The author has explored legal and popular documents of the cases reported during the period in question, and has discovered that the legal definitions of sexual coercion, the legal rights of a man over his wife and slaves, and the rights (or lack thereof) of the victim, demonstrate that physical force and sexual subjugation were among the tools employed to sustain racial, gender, and political hierarchies in the New World.
ISBN 978-0-8078-3045-1; 0-9078-3045-3; 978-0-8078-5761-8 (pa); 0-8078-5761-0 (pa); LCCN 2005-35320

Brave new classrooms: democratic education & the internet; edited by Joe Lockard & Mark Pegrum. P. Lang 2007. 360p $32.95 Digital formations, v37)
This book of essays about the internet and education explores the new world of online learning as integral component of formal education at all levels. The attractions, failings, and dangers of electronic education are examined.
ISBN 978-0-8204-8123-4; 0-8204-8123-8; LCCN 2006-23641

Brill’s companion to Hellenistic epigram: down to Philip; edited by Peter Bing and Jon Steffen Bruss. Brill 2007. xxi, 657p $279.00 (Brill’s companions in classical studies)
These essays by leading scholars in the field of Greek poetry and Hellenistic culture examine the history of the brief and incisive form of poetry known as the epigram. Among the topics are: the antecedents of literary epigrams found in funerary inscriptions; the compiling and editing of earlier epigram anthologies that later contributed to the major collection known as the Greek Anthology; and the influence of Greek epigram on the authors of Latin poetry.
ISBN 978-90-04-15218-2; 90-04-15218-0; LCCN 2007-298114

Denial of sanctuary: understanding terrorist safe havens; edited by Michael A. Innes; foreword by Michael F. Scheuer. Praeger Security International 2007. 229p $49.95
An essential factor in the success of modern terrorist movements is the establishment of places of safety where the individuals involved can train and work undisturbed in a protected environment until called upon to act. Among the essays are discussions of the use of the internet in terrorist communication networks, the growth of terrorist cells in London and other major cities, and the financial and physical protection afforded by nations sympathetic to the terrorists’ cause.
ISBN 978-0-275-99212-5; 0-275-99212-8; LCCN 2007-14270

Dietrich icon; Gerd Gemunden and Mary R. Desjardins, editors. Duke University Press 2007. 420p. $89.95; $24.95 (pa)
The life and films of German-born actress Marlene Dietrich are the focus of these essays. Among the topics are: Dietrich’s performances in films such as The Blue Angel and Blonde Venus; her sexually ambiguous screen image; her political activities on behalf of the American troops during World War II; and her troubled relationship with Germany as the devastated nation sought to redefine itself in the aftermath of the war.
ISBN 978-0-8223-3806-2; 978-0-8223-3819-2 (pa); LCCN 2006-27827

Dillon, Steven. The Solaris effect: art & artifice in contemporary American film. University of Texas Press 2006. 265p $55.00; $22.95 (pa)
These essays focus on the American cinema from 1990 to 2002, exploring the relationship between the powers of nature and art as depicted in both big studio and small independent films. The works of major film directors such as Robert Redford and Steven Spielberg are represented, as well as smaller films by Steven Soderbergh and Gus Van Sant. The title refers to Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 film Solaris, which has proved an inspiration to subsequent filmmakers.
ISBN 978-0-292-71344-4; 0-292-71344-4; 978-0-292-71345-1 (pa); 0-292-71345-2 (pa); LCCN 2006-14047

Inside the church of Flannery O’Connor: sacrament, sacramental, and the sacred in her fiction; edited by Joanne Halleran McMullen and Jon Parrish Peede. Mercer University Press 2007. 231p $38.00
The religious thought of novelist Flannery O’Connor as reflected in her work is the subject of these essays. Differing views of O’Connor’s use of religious themes are presented by those who knew the author personally and interpret her work in the light of her personal beliefs, and those who have known the author only on the printed page. Among the essays is a discussion of the ways in which Catholic theological literature, including the popular Baltimore Catechism, may have influenced O’Connor’s writing.
ISBN 978-0-88146-055-1; 0-88146-055-9; LCCN 2007-12272

Just below south: intercultural performance in the Caribbean and the U.S. south; edited by Jessica Adams, Michael P. Bibler, and Cecile Accilien. University of Virginia Press 2007. 285p $59.50 (New world studies)
The cultural link between the American south and the islands of the Caribbean is the subject of this book of essays. Among the topics are: the transmission of African folk dances, which have assumed different forms in Martinique and New Orleans; the belief in spirit possession found in the Caribbean and reflected in the works of African American author Zora Neale Hurston; and the use made of Caribbean themes by southern authors Truman Capote and William Faulkner.
ISBN 978-0-8139-2599-8; 978-0-8139-2600-1 (pa); LCCN 2006-32723

Kanfer, Stefan. The voodoo that they did so well: the wizards who invented the New York stage. I.R. Dee 2007. 230p $24.95
Each chapter in this work is dedicated to the biography of an individual or a team of creative artists who had a decisive influence on the shape of American music and drama. Among the subjects are songwriters Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, and Cole Porter, as well as Lorenzo Da Ponte (the onetime librettist for Mozart’s operas), and the impresarios from Russia and Eastern Europe who established New York City’s flourishing Yiddish theater.
ISBN 978-1-56663-735-0; 1-56663-735-X; LCCN 2006-32804

Mani, B. Venkat. Cosmopolitical claims: Turkish-German literatures from Nadolny to Pamuk. University of Iowa Press 2007. 248p $39.95
The Turkish presence in Germany and Europe, as reflected in recent German literature by authors of Turkish origin, is the subject of these essays. Issues of cultural identity, national loyalties, and cosmopolitan world views in the works of authors such as Sten Nadolny are explored. One essay is devoted to Turkish author Orhan Pamut, who has achieved international recognition and whose work is a major influence on the literature of the Turkish émigré community.
ISBN 978-1-58729-584-3; 1-58729-584-9; LCCN 2006-937995

Nericcio, William Anthony. Tex[t]-Mex: seductive hallucinations of the “Mexican” in America. University of Texas Press 2007. 248p $60.00; $22.95 (pa)
The image of the Mexican American in American popular culture is the theme of these essays. The creation and perpetuation of stereotypes by American filmmakers, advertisers, politicians, cartoonists, and social commentators all come under the author’s scrutiny. Included are discussions of the cartoon character Speedy Gonzalez, the Mexican American border politics in Orson Welles’ film Touch of Evil, and the torrid images presented by actresses such as Lupe Velez and Salma Hayek.
ISBN 978-0-292-71456-4; 0-292-71456-4; 978-0-292-71457-1 (pa); 0-292-71457-2 (pa); LCCN 2006-15013

Novel stages: drama and the novel in nineteenth-century France; edited by Pratima Prasad and Susan McCready. University of Delaware Press 2007. 242p $52.00
The interplay between the novel and the drama in nineteenth-century France is the topic of these essays. The theater work of authors known primarily for their fiction, such as George Sand and Emile Zola; the process of dramatizing fiction for the stage; and the desire of novelists to experience commercial and artistic success in the theater, are among the topics.
ISBN 978-0-87413-977-8; 0-87413-977-5; LCCN 2006-29926

The origins of theater in ancient Greece and beyond: from ritual to drama; edited by Eric Csapo, Margaret C. Miller. Cambridge University Press 2007. 440p $90.00
The origin of ancient Greek drama in the ritual celebration of the gods, particularly of Dionysus, the god of wine, is the topic of these essays. While the focus is primarily the ancient Greek drama, additional essays explore the development of ritual drama in Egypt, Japan, and medieval Europe.
ISBN 978-0-521-83682-1; LCCN 2006-22401

Reforming teaching globally; edited by Maria Teresa Tatto. Symposium Books 2007. 280p $48.00 (Oxford studies in comparative education)
Teacher education and educational change worldwide is the subject of these essays. The major focus is the reassessment and revision of educational systems and policies to keep pace with the changes in an increasingly complex world. Essays focus on developments in individual countries, such as Chile, China, and the Philippines.
ISBN 978-1-873927-75-5

Richter, Gerhard. Thought-images: Frankfurt school writers’ reflections from damaged life. Stanford University Press 2007. 233p $60.00; $24.95 (pa) (Cultural memory in the present)
The literary genre of the Denkbild, or “thought-image,” developed into a potent philosophical mode of expression in the hands of the writers and thinkers of the intellectual circle known as the Frankfurt school of sociology. The writings and thought of authors such as Walter Benjamin, Ernst Bloch, Siegfried Kracauer, and Theodor Adorno are analyzed and discussed in these essays.
ISBN 978-0-8047-5616-7; 978-0-8047-5617-4 (pa); LCCN 2007-1246

Schuyler, Lorraine Gates. The weight of their votes: southern women and political leverage in the 1920s. University of North Carolina Press 2006. 336p $59.95; $22.50 (pa)
The influence of newly enfranchised women voters in the southern states following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 radically changed the balance of power in the politics of the south, and paved the way for the advance of the civil rights movement in later decades. These essays explore the ways in which women organized to register voters, to counteract reactionary practices by the male-dominated political machine, and to become a critical factor in the electoral process.
ISBN 978-0-8078-3066-6; 0-8078-3066-6; 978-0-8078-5776-2 (pa); 0-8078-5776-9 (pa); LCCN 2006-17813

Sherwood, Terry G. The self in early modern literature: for the common good. Duquesne University Press 2007. 384p $60.00
The emergence of the “self” as an individual with a unique identity, and as an independent philosophical concept, is the topic of these essays. The intersection of Protestant faith and Christian civic humanism as a critical factor in establishing the modern concept of the self is explored in the literary works of Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, John Donne, Ben Jonson, and John Milton.
ISBN 978-0-8207-0395-4; 0-8207-0395-8; LCCN 2006-39055

Sotiropoulos, Carol Strauss. Early feminists and the education debates: England, France, Germany 1760-1810. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 2007. 319p $52.50
These essays explore the call for educational reform and women’s rights expressed in the writings of European women authors in the later 18th and early 19th century. Attention is also given to selected male authors on the issue of universal education. Major works by authors such as Mary Wollstonecraft, Sophie von La Roche, and Charles de Talleyrand-Perigord are examined.
ISBN 978-0-8386-4087-6; 0-8386-4087-7; LCCN 2006-25364

Sparks, Edith. Capital intentions: female proprietors in San Francisco, 1850-1920. University of North Carolina Press 2006. 329p $59.95; $19.95 (pa) (The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. series on business, society, & the state)
Late nineteenth century San Francisco provided numerous unprecedented opportunities for female entrepreneurs to create and sustain their own business enterprises. The author of these essays explores the documentary evidence of how women entered and succeeded in the marketplace with businesses such as boardinghouses, restaurants, saloons, beauty shops, laundries, and clothing stores, and analyzes how the changing technology and marketplace demands of the 20th century led to their demise.
ISBN 978-0-8078-3061-1; 0-8078-3061-5; 978-0-8078-5775-5 (pa); 0-9078-5775-0 (pa); LCCN 2006-14320

Sternberg, Rachel Hall. Tragedy offstage: suffering and sympathy in ancient Athens. University of Texas Press 2006. 238p $45.00
The author of these essays examines the works of the Greek historians and orators to discover the ways in which the ancient Greeks understood and dealt with the suffering of others in everyday life. Among the topics examined are home nursing, the ransom of captives, bystander intervention during street crimes, long-distance transport of sick and wounded soldiers, and the judicial torture of slaves.
ISBN 978-0-292-71416-8; 0-292-71416-5; LCCN 2006-3687

Transcendental Heidegger; edited by Steven Crowell and Jeff Malpas. Stanford University Press 2007. 309p $24.95
These essays explore the connections between the thought of German philosopher Martin Heidegger and the tradition of transcendental philosophy developed by Immanuel Kant. Among the topics explored are the central themes of subjectivity, judgment, intentionality, truth, practice, and idealism.
ISBN 978-0-8047-5511-5; 0-8047-5511-6; LCCN 2006-100035

Watts, Edward. In this remote country: French colonial culture in the Anglo-American imagination, 1780-1860. University of North Carolina Press 2006. 275p $59.95; $19.95
(pa)
The territory from Ohio to Oregon was a wilderness to be tamed and dominated in the view of Anglo-American authors and explorers in the late 18th-early 19th centuries, but the land in fact had already been inhabited by French settlers for more than a century, who lived in relative peace with the Native American populations and sought harmony rather than confrontation. The essays in this book explore the differing French and English approaches to settlement (English privatization of land vs. French communalization of land, for example), and discuss the authors who articulated the differing views, among them Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem Evangeline.
ISBN 978-0-8078-3046-8; 0-8078-3046-1; 978-0-8078-5762-5 (pa); 0-8078-5762-9 (pa); 2006-5177

What good is journalism?: how reporters and editors are saving America’s way of life; edited with an introduction by George Kennedy and Daryl Moen. University of Missouri Press 2007. 171p $37.50; $19.95 (pa)
The role of journalism in defining and defending democracy and the democratic way of life is the subject of these essays. Among the topics discussed are the function of investigative reporting, the government manipulation of the press, censorship, and the power of regional newspapers in the building of local communities.
ISBN 978-0-8262-1730-1; 978-0-8262-1731-8 (pa); LCCN 2007-010381