Selected Papers and Documents

Unfortunately, the format for most of my papers makes them un-postable here. Here's a little sampling:


Two Places--some reflections on my sense of place

Rarity Bay--a critical look at a gated community in East Tennessee

Bibliographic Essay--on raï, a genre of Algerian popular music

Annotated Bibliograhy--for suggested readings on Tsugaru shamisen and enka (two genres of Japanese music)

Good Wife, Wise Mother--a final essay for a class on gender and sexuality in Japan

Book Review--on John Miller Chernoff's African Rhythm and African Sensibility (1979)

Book Review--on Virginia Danielson's The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century

HUB Game Room--an analysis of the heterotopic qualities of the Husky Union Building's game room at the University of Washington

Marx's 18th Brumaire--an analysis of the textual devices used by Marx in his well-known essay