Jung Yup told me Learning to Labor is the best ethnography he's ever read, because it fully contexts the microsocial within a political economy (at least, this is what I understood from our conversation).
I've found a follow-up Learning to Labor in New Times that lauds the original book and updates it through a series of essays that might also be very good to read.
got a rave review in Newsweek for her first book, Sammy's Hill. Might wanna check it out.
In her article on Critical Link (previous post), Maria Rosaria BURI references Samuel P. Huntington's book, Who Are We? The Challenges to American National Identity. The book seems to be an exploration of the changing geopolitical situation in which Huntington argues that "'civilizations' are replacing ideologies in international relations and politics" (Buri).
Buri recommends this book for community interpreters.
Looks like a fascinating expose of "how right-wing groups pressure the media and spread misinformation to the public." The Republican Noise Machine was written by a former right-wing publicist, David Brock, whose original confession was seen skeptically by some.
This book, White on Black by Ruben David Gonzalez Gallego, looks intense.
It was reviewed in the NYTimes today: "In one of the book's most affecting moments,
Another coincedental timing thing? This editorial in the NYTimes today, Lebanon's Lost Sovereignity and just last week I gave Raz the book, Pity the Nation by Robert Fisk.
