Peacock suggests that in the aftermath of 9/11, much of Auster’s fiction places even greater importance on sympathetic relations with ordinary individuals and advocates through artistic endeavors the merits of…

Vast and diverse, Brooklyn is often portrayed in literature as a place of traditional community values and face-to-face relations, distinct from anonymous, capital-driven Manhattan. Brooklyn Fictions discovers what such representations…

Set against the backdrop of Louisiana, this novel explores the complexities of race, class, and identity in the American South. Through the experiences of its diverse cast of characters, it…

Symbols and symbolism are, and always have been, an integral part of myth, belief, ideology, ritual, art, and fantasy. While it is not intended as a comprehensive textbook, Consciousness and…

Java is the most populous island of Indonesia, the fifth largest nation in the world. Yet despite its importance, outsiders know little about the country or its people. With the…

James L. Peacock’s revised version of The Anthropological Lens (1986) covers current issues in cultural anthropology, incorporates new topics such as globalization, gender and postmodernism, and reflects recent changes in…

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Twenty-three papers review recent advances in experimental studies on microorganisms, plants and animals. They are taken from a symposium organized at Cologne University, in April 1983 by the Committee on…