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Spring/Summer 2011 catalog
February events
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Margaret Willson
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Naomi Sokoloff
Judy Bentley

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Spring/Summer 2011 catalog

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February events

Shadows of a Fleeting World

Join Nicolette Bromberg and David Martin, authors of Shadows of a Fleeting World: Pictorial Photography and the Seattle Camera Club, at the Henry Art Gallery on February 11 at 7 p.m. for the launch of the exhibition and book.
Elsewhere around the country...
On American Soil
Jack Hamann, author of On American Soil, will be at the National Archives in Washington, DC on January 20 for a lecture.

Car Still Runs
Frances McCue, author of The Car That Brought You Here Still Runs, will be a guest at Hedgebrook on Whidbey Island on January 21.

Dancing

Charles Wilkinson, author of The People Are Dancing Again, will be a guest at the University of Colorado, Boulder, on January 27.
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 January 2011
Greetings!

Happy new year! How about this wonderful new look for our e-newsletter? We're happy to now have a design that more closely reflects the look of our website.

We're also excited to invite you to join us at Marquand Books, in downtown Seattle, on Thursday, January 6 from 5-8 p.m. for their First Thursday Art Walk.

Marquand has decided to honor the UW Press. More than 50 of our books will be on display and Ed Marquand and Pat Soden will offer brief introductory remarks at 6 p.m., so we hope to see you there.

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Rachael
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Margaret Willson
WillsonDance Lest We All Fall Down: Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond

An unexpected detour can change the course of our lives forever, and, for white American anthropologist Margaret Willson, a stopover in Brazil led to immersion in a kaleidoscopic world of street urchins, capoeiristas, drug dealers, and wise teachers. She and African Brazilian activist Rita Conceicao joined forces to break the cycles of poverty and violence around them by pledging local residents they would create a top-quality educational program for girls. From 1991 to the graduation of Bahia Street's first college-bound graduate in 2005, Willson and Conceicao's adventure took them to the shantytowns of Brazil's Northeast, high-society London, and urban Seattle.

In a narrative brimming with honesty and grace, Dance Lest We All Fall Down unfolds the story of this remarkable alliance, showing how friendship, when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams of a better world into reality.

Join Margaret on
Friday, January 7, at 7:30 p.m. at Powell's Books, Portland
Charlotte Cote

Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions
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As a member of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation, Charlotte Cot� offers a valuable perspective on the issues surrounding indigenous whaling, past and present. Whaling served important social, economic, and ritual functions that have been at the core of Makah and Nuu-chahnulth societies throughout their histories. Even as Native societies faced disease epidemics and federal policies that undermined their cultures, they remained connected to their traditions. The revival of whaling has implications for the physical, mental, and spiritual health of these Native communities today, Cot� asserts. Whaling, she says, "defines who we are as a people."

Her analysis includes major Native studies and contemporary Native rights issues, and addresses environmentalism, animal rights activism, anti-treaty conservatism, and the public's expectations about what it means to be "Indian." These thoughtful critiques are intertwined with the author's personal reflections, family stories, and information from indigenous, anthropological, and historical sources to provide a bridge between cultures.

Charlotte Cote is associate professor of American Indian studies at the University of Washington.

Join Charlotte on
Friday, January 7, at 7 p.m. at Village Books, Bellingham

Naomi Sokoloff

Boundaries of Jewish Identity

The subject of Jewish identity is one of the most vexed and contested issues of modern religious and ethnic group history. This interdisciplinary collection draws on work in law, anthropology, history, sociology, literature, and popular culture to consider contemporary and historical responses to the question "Who and what is Jewish?"

These essays are focused especially on the issues of who creates the definitions, and how, and in what social and political contexts. The authors examine how Jews have imagined themselves and how definitions of Jewishness have been established, enforced, challenged, and transformed. Does being a Jew require religious belief, practice, and formal institutional affiliation? Is there a biological or physical aspect of Jewish identity? What is the status of the convert to another religion? How do definitions play out in different geographic and historical settings? These essays reveal that possible answers reflect the different social, intellectual, and political locations of those who are asking.

Naomi B. Sokoloff is professor of Near Eastern languages and civilizations and professor of comparative literature at the University of Washington, where she has also served as the Samuel and Althea Stroum Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies.

Join Naomi on
Tuesday, January 18, at 7 p.m. at the UW Club, UW campus, Seattle, for the annual Strom Lecture in Jewish Studies
Judy  Bentley
Hiking Washington's HistoryHiking Washington's History

Hiking Washington's History reveals the stories embedded in Washington's landscape. This trail guide narrates forty historic trails, ranging from short day hikes to three- or four-day backpacking trips over mountain passes. Every region in the state is included, from the northwesternmost tip of the continental United States at Cape Flattery to the remote Blue Mountains in the southeast. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the region's history followed by individual trail narratives and historical highlights. Quotes from diaries, journals, letters, and reports, as well as contemporary and historic photographs, describe sites and trails from Washington's past. Each trail description includes a map and provides directions, so hikers can follow the historic route. Judy Bentley tells readers how to get there, what to expect, and what to look for.

 Judy Bentley, who teaches at South Seattle Community College, is an avid hiker and the author of fourteen books for young adults.

Join Judy on
Wednesday, January 19, at 7 p.m. at B&N, Downtown Bellevue
Saturday, January 29,
at 6:30 p.m. at Third Place Books