""An amazing book. There is nothing remotely like it anywhere in the world. I am in awe at the skill with which the many different voices in this collection have been kept alive. It is a terrific and stunningly interesting read."
"The devotional poems of Annamaya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India. Annamaya effectively created and popularized a new genre, the short padam song, which spread throughout the Telugu and Tamil regions and would become an important vehicle for the composition of Carnatic music - the classical music of South India. In th ..."
" Talking Sociology examines controversial social issues from libertarian, conservative, and social democratic points of view, demonstrating the philosophical basis of social life. "
Self and Society(11th Edition) A Symbolic Interactionist Social Psychology by John P. Hewitt, DavidShulman Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2010 by Pearson ISBN-13: 978-0-205-63437-8, ISBN: 0-205-63437-0
" Self and Society is a clearly written, up-to-date, and authoritative introduction to the symbolic interactionist perspective in social psychology and in sociology as a whole. Filled with examples, this book has been used not only in the classroom, but also cited in literature as an authoritative source. Self and Society is not a distillation of textbook knowledge, but rather, a thoughtful, well-organized presentation that makes its own ..."
From Hire to Liar(1st Edition) The Role of Deception in the Workplace by DavidShulman Paperback, 213 Pages, Published 2006 by Ilr Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-7331-9, ISBN: 0-8014-7331-4
""There are always clients to please, rules to subvert, difficult tasks to perform, work to shirk, and upward mobility to seek. . . . Most people with work experience have encountered at least some version of exaggerated resumes, exploitative bosses, self-interested shirking, collusion against disliked colleagues, lying to clients, and countless other variants of lies on the job. This book tells the tale of such lies in the workplace and ..."
Men Who Manage(Reprint) Fusions of Feeling and Theory in Administration by Melville Dalton, DavidShulman Paperback, 338 Pages, Published 2013 by Transaction Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-4128-5294-4, ISBN: 1-4128-5294-3
"This is a classic study of how managers interpret and engage problems as they are experienced and felt at various points and levels in factories and businesses. Melville Dalton, drawing on ethnographic data, examines both positive and negative interactions among managers, between managers and between workers, and managers and firms. He discusses the consequences for each group that result from their interactions. Where relevance and dat ..."
"Untying the Knot collects eighteen previously unpublished essays on the riddle―a genre of discourse found in virtually every human culture. Hasan-Rokem and Shulman have drawn these essays from a variety of cultural perspectives and disciplines; linguists, anthropologists, folklorists, and religion and literature scholars consider riddling practices in Hebrew, Finnish, Indian languages, Chinese, and classical Greek. The authors seek to u ..."
Freedom and Despair Notes from the South Hebron Hills (Hardback) by DavidShulman Hardcover, Published 2018 by The University Of Chicago Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-226-56651-1, ISBN: 0-226-56651-X
Spring, Heat, Rains A South Indian Diary by DavidShulman 254 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-75578-6, ISBN: 0-226-75578-9
"Sometimes I struggle with the Telugu newspaper, A ̄ndhrajyoti, after breakfast; it
is tedious in content and sluggish, meretricious, in its language, like newspapers
everywhere. Joy resides in living ... We met in Mysore in 1995, at the Folklore
Conference; she has written a dissertation on Muslim women's songs in Telugu,
collected in the Godavari region. She plies me with ... I tell her I am reading
Chalam's novella Maida ̄nam, th ..."
"The main goal of the book is to extend Marr's paradigm. In his book, David Marr (Vision, Freeman, 1982) presents the vision problem as a problem of information processing. He presents a general three-level paradigm, in which any machine carrying out an information-processing task must be understood. The three levels are:1. Computational theory: What is the goal of the computation, why is it appropriate, and what is the logic of the stra ..."
"The Demon's Daughter (Prabhavati-pradyumnamu) is a sixteenth-century novel by the south Indian poet Pingali Suranna, originally written in Telugu, the language of present-day Andhra Pradesh. Suranna begins with a story from classical Hindu mythology in which a demon plans to overthrow the gods. Krishna's son Pradyumna is sent to foil the plot and must infiltrate the impregnable city of the demons; Krishna helps ensure his success by hav ..."
"A Poem at the Right Moment collects, and preserves, poems—called catus—that have circulated orally for centuries in South India. The poems are remarkable for their wit and precision, their lyrical insight on the commonplace, their fascination with sensual experience, and their exploration of the connection between language and desire. Taken together the catus offer a penetrating critical vision and an understanding of the classical trad ..."
"There's a whole wide world just past Rameshvaram.' 'And the old man?' 'That's
his problem.' 'What do you mean?' 'We'll leave him.' 'God, you're heartless. You
want me to leave a sick man and go gallivanting around with you?' 'Only if you
want to.' 'Get out of here,' she yelled at him. The cripple curled up like a worm
under a coarse blanket at the corner of the wall, across from Erri. Erri put a little
rice and rice-water in a clay ..."
"Each poem is presented in a contemporary English translation along with the Indian-language original. An introduction and a concluding essay explore in detail the stories and texts that comprise the catu system."
"[540+ pages of insights from the world's leading Mad Men] Apathetic. Numb. Overwhelmed. Those aren’t consumers. They’re ad professionals. Radical shifts in advertising have reached a critical point — sucking craft, quality, and satisfaction out of the business. It’s now a Big Data numbers game ruled by instant response and measured in fractions of a percent. Are we doomed to mere assembly lines of offshore production and creative comm ..."
"... for the Medieval period in South India (Galewicz 2009) or Borayin Larios for
contemporary Maharashtra (Larios 2017). 2 For attestations of a first migration
already in the third century CE (Cēra regional kingdom), and of a second one in
the ..."
Tamil A Biography [Paperback] NA by DavidShulman Paperback, Published by Penguin Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-674-97229-2, ISBN: 0-674-97229-5
"Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express."
Stigma 2.0(1st Edition) Abuse, Insults and Mocking on the Internet by DavidShulman Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-4724-4373-1, ISBN: 1-4724-4373-X
"Trolls, ranters, critics and teasers: the Internet teems with people who insult others. As the Internet has brought about a technological capacity for people to archive discrediting characteristics as though they are collectibles, to mock people with more representative power than has ever been historically possible, and to enable mass participation in spreading insults and verbal abuse that were once more limited to school hallways and ..."
Freedom and Despair Notes from the South Hebron Hills by DavidShulman 224 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-56679-5, ISBN: 0-226-56679-X
"This is the moving story of a man who continues to fight for good in the midst of despair."