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In 1985, photographer and writer Vickie Jensen spent three months
with Nisga'a artist Norman Tait and his crew of young carvers as
they transformed a raw cedar log into a forty-two-foot totem pole
for the BC Native Education Centre. Having spent years recovering
the traditional knowledge that informed his carving, Tait taught
his crew to make their own tools, carve, and design regalia, and
together they practiced traditional stories and songs for the
pole-raising ceremony. Totem Pole Carving shares two equally rich
stories: the step-by-step work of carving and the triumph of Tait
teaching his crew the skills and traditions necessary to create a
massive cultural artifact. Jensen captures the atmosphere of the
carving shed-the conversations and problem-solving, the smell of
fresh cedar chips, the adzes and chainsaws, the blistered hands,
the tension-relieving humor, the ever-present awareness of
tradition, and the joy of creation. Generously illustrated with 125
striking photographs, and originally published as Where the People
Gather, this second edition features a new preface from Jensen and
an updated, lifetime-spanning survey of Tait's major works.
A unique, two-volume study that examines female crime and the women
who commit it. The two-volume Women Criminals: An Encyclopedia of
People and Issues addresses both key topics and key figures in
women's crime. The first volume provides topical essays about areas
critical to the understanding of female criminals, such as the
definition of women's crime, explanations of women's criminality,
ethnic and age diversity in female criminals, and responses of the
criminal justice system. The second volume comprises biographical
entries profiling women who are obviously criminals, such as Aileen
Wuornos and Myra Hindley, and also women who were victims of
circumstance, unjust laws, or narrowly applied definitions of
crime, such as Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Sophie Scholl. In
addition to highlighting the breadth of women's criminality, these
portraits provide a holistic, multifaceted understanding of the
dynamics of women's crime and why it occurs, connecting the
individual stories to the larger social-scientific perspectives.
Care has been taken to include the women's own voices and
perspectives where possible and to address the intentions and
reasoning of the system that responded to their criminality.
Biographical profiles of women who have been charged with crimes
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