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Most cultural critics theorize modernity as a state of disenchanted
distraction, one linked to both the rationalizing impulses of
scientific and technological innovation and the kind of dispersed,
fragmented attention that characterizes the experience of mass
culture. Patrick Kindig's Fascination, however, tells a different
story, showing that many fin-de-siecle Americans were in fact
concerned about (and intrigued by) the modern world's ability to
attract and fix attention in quasi-supernatural ways. Rather than
being distracting, modern life in their view had an almost magical
capacity to capture attention and overwhelm rational thought.
Fascination argues that, in response to the dramatic scientific and
cultural changes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, many American thinkers and writers came to conceive of
the modern world as fundamentally fascinating. Describing such
diverse phenomena as the electric generator, the movements of
actresses, and ethnographic cinema as supernaturally alluring, they
used the language of fascination to process and critique both
popular ideologies of historical progress and the racializing logic
upon which these ideologies were built. Drawing on an archive of
primary texts from the fields of medicine, (para)psychology,
philosophy, cultural criticism, and anthropology-as well as
creative texts by Harriet Prescott Spofford, Charles Chesnutt,
Theodore Dreiser, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Edward S. Curtis, Robert J.
Flaherty, and Djuna Barnes-Kindig reconsiders what it meant for
Americans to be (and to be called) modern at the turn of the
twentieth century.
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180 Days of Writing is a fun and effective daily practice workbook
designed to help students become better writers. This easy-to-use
second grade workbook is great for at-home learning or in the
classroom. The engaging standards-based writing activities cover
grade-level skills with easy to follow instructions and an answer
key to quickly assess student understanding. Each week students are
guided through the five steps of the writing process: prewriting,
drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Watch student
confidence grow while building important writing, grammar, and
language skills with independent learning.Parents appreciate the
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learning. Great for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school,
or prevent learning loss over summer.Teachers rely on the daily
practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The ready to
implement activities are perfect for daily morning review or
homework. The activities can also be used for intervention skill
building to address learning gaps.
Packed with clear guidance on the nuts and bolts of grammar and
plenty of examples, this text will help students master the
fundamentals of English grammar and tackle written assignments with
confidence. 60+ bite-sized units help students overcome common
areas of difficulty, such as forming different tenses, using
connectives to link ideas and build an argument, punctuating
sentences and choosing the right words. Each unit is presented on a
double-page spread, making it easy for students to flick through
the book and quickly find the unit they need. Short, focused
exercises at the end of each unit - with answers provided at the
back of the book - make this text ideal for both self-study and
classroom use. This third edition contains four new units on
hedging, being critical and collocation. Improve Your Grammar is an
essential resource for students of all disciplines and levels
wanting to excel at writing, and can be used as a self-study
workbook or on tutor-led grammar modules.
When you drink rum, you drink history. More than merely a popular
spirit in the transatlantic, rum became a cultural symbol of the
Caribbean. While rum is often dismissed as set dressing in texts
about the region, the historical and moral associations of alcohol
generally-and rum specifically-cue powerful stereotypes, from
touristic hedonism to social degeneracy. Rum Histories examines the
drink in anglophone Atlantic literature in the period of
decolonization to complicate and elevate the symbolic currency of a
commodity that in fact reflects the persistence of colonialism in
shaping the material and mental lives of postcolonial subjects. As
a product of the plantation and as an intoxicant, rum was a central
lubricant of the colonial economy as well as of cultural memory.
Discussing a wide spectrum of writing, from popular contemporary
works such as Christopher Moore's Fluke and Joseph O'Neill's
Netherland to classics by Michelle Cliff, V. S. Naipaul, and other
luminaries of the Caribbean diaspora, Jennifer Nesbitt investigates
how rum's specific role in economic exploitation is muddled by
moral attitudes about the consequences of drinking. The centrality
of alcohol use to racialized and gendered norms guides Nesbitt's
exploration of how the global commodities trade connects disparate
populations across history and geography. This innovative study
reveals rum's fascinating role in expressing the paradox of a
postcolonial world still riddled with the legacies of colonialism.
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