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The Anguish of Displacement

The Politics of Literacy in the Letters of Mountain Families in Shenandoah National Park

By: Katrina M. Powell

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The Anguish of Displacement

The Politics of Literacy in the Letters of Mountain Families in Shenandoah National Park

By: Katrina M. Powell

This book constitutes a counternarrative to Shenandoah National Park official history, using 300 letters in park archives written by families who were displaced upon the creation of the national park, authorized by Congress in 1926. Using this significant, newly catalogued corpus of letters, Powell reveals the many facets of the poor, disadvantaged writers, who took up letter writing to address the powerful park bureaucracy, despite their educational disadvantages. They wrote to resist the rhetorics used to describe them and created their own representations through their letters.

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University of Virginia Press

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0813926289

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9780813926285

Ring Shout, Wheel About

The Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery

By: Katrina Dyonne Thompson

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Ring Shout, Wheel About

The Racial Politics of Music and Dance in North American Slavery

By: Katrina Dyonne Thompson

In this ambitious project, historian Katrina Thompson examines the conceptualization and staging of race through the performance, sometimes coerced, of black dance from the slave ship to the minstrel stage. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, Thompson explicates how black musical performance was used by white Europeans and Americans to justify enslavement, perpetuate the existing racial hierarchy, and mask the brutality of the domestic slave trade. Whether on slave ships, at the auction block, or on plantations, whites often used coerced performances to oppress and demean the enslaved. As Thompson shows, however, blacks' "backstage" use of musical performance often served quite a different purpose. Through creolization and other means, enslaved people preserved some native musical and dance traditions and invented or adopted new traditions that built community and even aided rebellion. Thompson shows how these traditions evolved into nineteenth-century minstrelsy and, ultimately, raises the question of whether today's mass media performances and depictions of African Americans are so very far removed from their troublesome roots.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252096118

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9780252096112

The Change I Believe In

Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama

By: Katrina vanden Heuvel

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The Change I Believe In

Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama

By: Katrina vanden Heuvel

Presents a collection of political essays by a progressive author who comments on the economic and social problems of the first two years of the Obama adminstration.

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386

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Bold Type Books

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1568586884

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9781568586885

Identity and Power in Narratives of Displacement

By: Katrina M. Powell

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Identity and Power in Narratives of Displacement

By: Katrina M. Powell

In this book, Powell examines the ways that identities are constructed in displacement narratives based on cases of eminent domain, natural disaster, and civil unrest, attending specifically to the rhetorical strategies employed as barriers and boundaries intersect with individual lives. She provides a unique method to understand how the displaced move within accepted and subversive discourses, and how representation is a crucial component of that movement. In addition, Powell shows how notions of human rights and the "public good" are often at odds with individual well-being and result in intriguing intersections between discourses of power and discourses of identity. Given the ever-increasing numbers of displaced persons across the globe, and the "layers of displacement" experienced by many, this study sheds light on the resources of rhetoric as means of survival and resistance during the globally common experience of displacement.

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211

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Routledge

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1317539044

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9781317539049

Promises for God's Princesses

By: Katrina L. Cassel

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Promises for God's Princesses

By: Katrina L. Cassel

The book's 100 devotions tie in the Scriptures to help young girls apply them to their lives.

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219

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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1414396600

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9781414396606

Policing, Mental Illness and Media

The Framing of Mental Health Crisis Encounters and Police Use of Force

By: Katrina Clifford

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Policing, Mental Illness and Media

The Framing of Mental Health Crisis Encounters and Police Use of Force

By: Katrina Clifford

This book examines the complexities of the relationship between policing and mental health – in Australia especially – including the circumstances that lead to police use of force, and the ways in which news media typically report deaths resulting from police contact with people in mental health crisis. When a vulnerable member of society is killed by the police, it is only natural that questions are asked about the behaviour and actions of those involved. Police are, after all, meant to be the ‘protectors of society’. By virtue of these circumstances, fatal encounters between police and mentally ill individuals in crisis often attract heightened media and legal attention, as well as public debate. Drawing together research interviews and extensive case study analysis, the book explores the conditions for the production of this news media coverage, the ways in which it can shape public perceptions of police-involved mental health crisis interventions, and the potential impacts on those involved in and affected by such events. The implications for police agencies are also considered in the context of how they respond to vulnerable people in the community, while being in the media spotlight. This book will appeal to students, scholars and practitioners in journalism, media studies, policing, criminology, sociology, and mental health as well as those interested in learning about the relationship between policing, mental illness, and media representation.

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356

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Springer Nature

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3030614905

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9783030614904

Bridging Silos

Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities

By: Katrina Smith Korfmacher

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Bridging Silos

Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities

By: Katrina Smith Korfmacher

How communities can collaborate across systems and sectors to address environmental health disparities; with case studies from Rochester, New York; Duluth, Minnesota; and Southern California. Low-income and marginalized urban communities often suffer disproportionate exposure to environmental hazards, leaving residents vulnerable to associated health problems. Community groups, academics, environmental justice advocates, government agencies, and others have worked to address these issues, building coalitions at the local level to change the policies and systems that create environmental health inequities. In Bridging Silos, Katrina Smith Korfmacher examines ways that communities can collaborate across systems and sectors to address environmental health disparities, with in-depth studies of three efforts to address long-standing environmental health issues: childhood lead poisoning in Rochester, New York; unhealthy built environments in Duluth, Minnesota; and pollution related to commercial ports and international trade in Southern California. All three efforts were locally initiated, driven by local stakeholders, and each addressed issues long known to the community by reframing an old problem in a new way. These local efforts leveraged resources to impact community change by focusing on inequities in environmental health, bringing diverse kinds of knowledge to bear, and forging new connections among existing community, academic, and government groups. Korfmacher explains how the once integrated environmental and public health management systems had become separated into self-contained “silos,” and compares current efforts to bridge these separations to the development of ecosystem management in the 1990s. Community groups, government agencies, academic institutions, and private institutions each have a role to play, but collaborating effectively requires stakeholders to appreciate their partners' diverse incentives, capacities, and constraints.

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377

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MIT Press

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0262354993

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9780262354998

Moon Oregon Trail Road Trip

Historic Sites, Small Towns, and Scenic Landscapes Along the Legendary Westward Route

By: Katrina Emery,Moon Travel Guides

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Moon Oregon Trail Road Trip

Historic Sites, Small Towns, and Scenic Landscapes Along the Legendary Westward Route

By: Katrina Emery,Moon Travel Guides

Vast rugged prairies, adventurous Wild West towns, and the palpable spirit of the pioneers: Experience legend come to life with Moon Oregon Trail Road Trip. Choose Your Route: Drive the entire 20-day road trip from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City (at a mild, moderate, or strenuous pace!) or take shorter getaways along sections of the trail in Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Idaho, including worthwhile detours Drive Through History: See the Guernsey Ruts left from wagons almost 200 years ago, read pioneer names carved into Register Rock, and learn about 10,000 years of oral Umatilla history. Practice loading a real wagon, down a mug of sarsaparilla in a recreated Old West town, and take a relaxing soak in the same hot springs as the pioneers Discover Diverse Historic Perspectives: Delve into the rich cultures and histories of the Native American tribes who have called these lands home for over 10,000 years. Venture through an underground city created and inhabited by Chinese pioneers. Learn the stories, struggles, and triumphs of free and enslaved black emigrants on the trail. Discover what life was really like for women making the journey west Adventure Along the Trail: Tube through the whitewater of Platte River, explore limestone caves, and kayak across clear blue lakes Maps and Driving Tools: Easy-to-use maps and full-color photos throughout keep you oriented on and off the highway as you follow the approximate route of the original Oregon Trail, along with site-to-site mileage, driving times, and detailed directions Expert Insight: Oregon local and history buff Katrina Emery shares thorough background on the realities of the trail and recommendations for seniors, families with kids, and more With Moon Oregon Trail Road Trip's flexible itineraries and practical tips, you're ready to take an adventure through history. Looking to explore more of American history? Try Moon Route 66 Road Trip.

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646

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Moon Travel

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164049796X

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9781640497962

Staging Indigeneity

Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History

By: Katrina Phillips

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Staging Indigeneity

Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History

By: Katrina Phillips

As tourists increasingly moved across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a surprising number of communities looked to capitalize on the histories of Native American people to create tourist attractions. From the Happy Canyon Indian Pageant and Wild West Show in Pendleton, Oregon, to outdoor dramas like Tecumseh! in Chillicothe, Ohio, and Unto These Hills in Cherokee, North Carolina, locals staged performances that claimed to honor an Indigenous past while depicting that past on white settlers' terms. Linking the origins of these performances to their present-day incarnations, this incisive book reveals how they constituted what Katrina Phillips calls "salvage tourism"—a set of practices paralleling so-called salvage ethnography, which documented the histories, languages, and cultures of Indigenous people while reinforcing a belief that Native American societies were inevitably disappearing. Across time, Phillips argues, tourism, nostalgia, and authenticity converge in the creation of salvage tourism, which blends tourism and history, contestations over citizenship, identity, belonging, and the continued use of Indians and Indianness as a means of escape, entertainment, and economic development.

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UNC Press Books

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1469662329

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9781469662329

Experimental Phonetics

An Introduction

By: Katrina Hayward

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Experimental Phonetics

An Introduction

By: Katrina Hayward

Traditionally, investigations into speech and pronounciation have relied on the unaided skills of the phonetician in recognising and reproducing speech sounds. But many practicioners are now using instruments to gain a greater understanding of speech and to be able to analyse speech patterns in situations when speaking and hearing would otherwise be inaccessible without the use of these instruments. This new book looks at how this form of investigation has developed, and considers the types of data that can be used and which questions can be solved using experimental phonetics.

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Routledge

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1317887719

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9781317887713

Marriage in Black

The Pursuit of Married Life among American-born and Immigrant Blacks

By: Katrina Bell McDonald,Caitlin Cross-Barnet

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Marriage in Black

The Pursuit of Married Life among American-born and Immigrant Blacks

By: Katrina Bell McDonald,Caitlin Cross-Barnet

Despite the messages we hear from social scientists, policymakers, and the media, black Americans do in fact get married—and many of these marriages last for decades. Marriage in Black offers a progressive perspective on black marriage that rejects talk of black relationship "pathology" in order to provide an understanding of enduring black marriage that is richly lived. The authors offer an in-depth investigation of details and contexts of black married life, and seek to empower black married couples whose intimate relationships run contrary to common—but often inaccurate—stereotypes. Considering historical influences from Antebellum slavery onward, this book investigates contemporary married life among more than 60 couples born after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Husbands and wives tell their stories, from how they met, to how they decided to marry, to what their life is like five years after the wedding and beyond. Their stories reveal the experiences of the American-born and of black immigrants from Africa or the Caribbean, with explorations of the "ideal" marriage, parenting, finances, work, conflict, the criminal justice system, religion, and race. These couples show us that black family life has richness that belies common stereotypes, with substantial variation in couples’ experiences based on social class, country of origin, gender, religiosity, and family characteristics.

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192

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Routledge

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1351018167

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9781351018166

Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education

By: Lauren J. Lieberman,Michelle Grenier,Ali Brian,Katrina Arndt

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Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education

By: Lauren J. Lieberman,Michelle Grenier,Ali Brian,Katrina Arndt

This groundbreaking text describes how general and adapted PE teachers can implement universal design for learning (UDL) to create units and lesson plans that are accessible to all students. Numerous ready-to-use plans, rubrics, and examples will help teachers follow best practices in inclusion.

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Human Kinetics Publishers

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1492574996

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9781492574996

Leaving Cold Sassy

The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree

By: Olive Ann Burns

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Leaving Cold Sassy

The Unfinished Sequel to Cold Sassy Tree

By: Olive Ann Burns

Fifteen chapters of an unfinished sequel to the best-selling novel "Cold Sassy Tree" are drawn to a conclusion by Burns' editor, who also reflects on the inspiring life of Olive Ann Burns

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Random House Digital, Inc.

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0385312202

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9780385312202

Book's by Katrina Byrd

The Anguish of Displacement

The Anguish of Displacement

Ring Shout, Wheel About

Ring Shout, Wheel About

The Change I Believe In

The Change I Believe In

Identity and Power in Narratives of Displacement

Identity and Power in Narratives of Displacement

Promises for God's Princesses

Promises for God's Princesses

Policing, Mental Illness and Media

Policing, Mental Illness and Media

Bridging Silos

Bridging Silos

Moon Oregon Trail Road Trip

Moon Oregon Trail Road Trip

Staging Indigeneity

Staging Indigeneity

Experimental Phonetics

Experimental Phonetics

Marriage in Black

Marriage in Black

Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education

Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education

Leaving Cold Sassy

Leaving Cold Sassy

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