Sarah Politz's Books

Transforming Vòdún

Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music

By: Sarah Politz

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Transforming Vòdún

Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music

By: Sarah Politz

Transforming Vòdún examines how musicians from the West African Republic of Benin transform Benin’s cultural traditions, especially the ancestral spiritual practice of vòdún and its musical repertoires, as part of the process of healing postcolonial trauma through music and ritual. Based on fieldwork in Benin, France, and New York City, Sarah Politz uses historical ethnography, music analysis, and participant observation to examine three case studies of brass band and jazz musicians from Benin. The multi-sited nature of this study highlights the importance of mobility, and diasporic connections in musicians’ professional lives, while grounding these connections in the particularities of the African continent, its histories, its people, and its present.

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257

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University of Michigan Press

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ISBN 10

0472903284

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9780472903283

The Averaged American

Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public

By: Sarah E. Igo

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The Averaged American

Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public

By: Sarah E. Igo

supports the death penalty, that half of all marriages end in divorce, and that four out of five prefer a particular brand of toothpaste. But remarkably, such data--now woven into our social fabric--became common currency only in the last century. With a bold and sophisticated analysis, Sarah Igo demonstrates the power of scientific surveys to shape Americans' sense of themselves as individuals, members of communities, and citizens of a nation.

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409

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Harvard University Press

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0674038940

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9780674038943

Practice Research in the Human Services

A University-agency Partnership Model

By: Michael J. Austin,Sarah Carnochan

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Practice Research in the Human Services

A University-agency Partnership Model

By: Michael J. Austin,Sarah Carnochan

As part of the OUP Series, Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods, this book captures the pioneering work of a research partnership between public human service agencies and an internationally-ranked university. It features multiple examples of practice research that highlight the participation of practitioners in the design, implementation and utilization of research that informs practice. The book is designed for researchers, practitioners, service users and students, and focuses on concrete experiences that illustrate the processes and activities involved in practice research.

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329

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0197518338

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9780197518335

The Sarah Pekkanen Reader's Companion

A Collection of Excerpts

By: Sarah Pekkanen

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The Sarah Pekkanen Reader's Companion

A Collection of Excerpts

By: Sarah Pekkanen

In this collection of excerpts, enjoy a taste of Sarah Pekkanen’s captivating novels, including The Opposite of Me, Skipping a Beat, These Girls, and The Best of Us.

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118

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Simon and Schuster

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1476727880

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9781476727882

Book's by Sarah Politz

Transforming Vòdún

Transforming Vòdún

The Averaged American

The Averaged American

Practice Research in the Human Services

Practice Research in the Human Services

The Sarah Pekkanen Reader's Companion

The Sarah Pekkanen Reader's Companion

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