We are proud to announce the latest issue of Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (vol.5, no.3), "Rhetorics of Place" at http://www.reconstruction.ws ISSN: 1547- 4348.
This themed issue is edited by Michael Benton, G. Wesley Houp and Melissa Purdue. Included in this issue are: Editorial: Michael Benton, "Rhetorics of Place: The Importance of Public Spaces and Public Spheres http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/benton.shtml Essays: Joy Ackerman, "A Politics of Place: Reading the Signs at Walden Pond http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/ackerman.shtml David Burley, Pam Jenkins, Joanne Darlington, Brian Azcona, "Loss, Attachment, and Place: A Case Study of Grand Isle, Louisiana http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/burley.shtml Patrick Howard, "Nurturing Sense of Place Through the Literature of the Bioregion http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/howard.shtml Bruce Janz, "Whistler's Fog and the Aesthetics of Place http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/janz.shtml Joy Kennedy, "The Edge of the World http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/kennedy.shtml Michael Kula, "What Have Bagels Got to Do With Midwesternness? http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/kula.shtml John Shelton Lawrence and Marty S. Knepper, "Discovering Your Cinematic Cultural Identity http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/lawrence.shtml Harry Olufunwa, "The Place of Race: Ethnicity, Location and 'Progress' in the Fiction of Chinua Achebe and Ralph Ellison http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/olufunwa.shtml Anthony M. Orum, "All the World's A Coffee Shop: Reflections on Place, Community and Identity http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/orum.shtml Lynda H. Schneekloth and Robert. G. Shibley, "Placemaking: A Democratic Project http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/schneekloth.shtml Review Essays: Danny Mayer on Ethan Watter's Urban Tribes: A Generation Redefines Friendship, Family and Commitment http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/mayer.shtml Matthew Ortoleva on McComiskey and Ryan's City Comp: Identities, Spaces, Practices http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/ortoleva.shtml Rania Masri on Joel Weishaus' Forest Park: A Journal http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/masri.shtml Christine Cusick on Joel Weishaus' Forest Park: A Journal http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/cusick.shtml Matthew Wolf-Meyer on Cadava and Levy's Cities Without Citizens http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/wolfmeyer.shtml Reviews: Marilyn Yaquinto on Peter Bondanella's Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos http://www.reconstruction.ws/053/yaquinto.shtml In line with our efforts to foster intellectual community, Reconstruction also hosts a message board dedicated to interaction between authors and readers, and between readers themselves, hoping to affect a more communal approach to, and understanding of, academic journals and intellectual thought and action. Please take the time to participate in this experiment in community. Additionally, submissions for our future issues are also being actively solicited: http://www.reconstruction.ws/info.htm Please see editorial guidelines as published on the site for further information regarding contributions to Reconstruction. Reconstruction is a peer-reviewed journal, and indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. We are also currently seeking reviewers: If interested, a short email listing qualifications and interests should be mailed to Michael Benton at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you would like to receive our newsletter, with important updates, new reviews, and notifications about calls for papers and forthcoming issues, please join our community list at: http://reconstruction.ws/mailman/listinfo/community_reconstruction.ws Thank you in advance for your time and your participation. Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture http://www.reconstruction.ws --------------------------------------------------- Report list problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webartery/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
