Thursday, May 28, 2009

Spring Post 2: May 24, 2009

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: The Relationship between Text and Film
by R. Barton Palmer
reviewed by Laurence Raw, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
listed in: Cinema, Literature

The Sacred and the Feminine: Imagination and Sexual Difference
edited by Griselda Pollock and Victoria Turvey-Sauron
reviewed by Gypsey Teague, Clemson University
listed in: Gender, Social Custom

The Complete Route 66 Lost and Found: Ruins and Relics Revisited
by Russell A. Olsen
reviewed by Anna Thompson Hajdik, University of Texas at Austin
listed in: Environs, Material Culture

A Description of New Netherland
original text by Adriaen van der Donck
new translation by Diederik Willem Goedhuys
edited by Charles T. Gehring and William A. Starna
reviewed by Wendy Lucas Castro, University of Central Arkansas
listed in: Immigrant American, Native American

The Madonna of Humility: Development, Dissemination, and Reception, c. 1340-1400
by Beth Williamson
reviewed by Denis V. Vovchenko, Northeastern State University
listed in: Europe, Visual Arts

Here, George Washington was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument
by Seth C. Bruggeman
reviewed by Nancy Zey, Sam Houston State University
listed in: Environs, Material Culture

Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges
by Glen A. Lovell
reviewed by Laurence Raw, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
listed in: Cinema

Clint Eastwood: Evolution of a Filmmaker
by John H. Foote
reviewed by Douglas C. MacLeod, State University of New York, Albany
listed in: Cinema