RaTT – Reading at the Table
The annual Reading at the Table series provides a forum for members of the IUPUI community to celebrate published books written by IUPUI faculty. During each luncheon*, the featured author/editor will read from his/her work and open the floor to discussion.
*Regular Faculty Club buffet lunch fees apply.
Printable 2011 - 2012 Series Flyer
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 This Birth Place of Souls: The Civil War Nursing Diary
of Harriet Eaton
Edited by Jane Schultz
Department of English, School of Liberal Arts
Edited and with an extensive introduction by Jane E. Schultz, the uncensored nursing diary by a female relief worker is a rarity among medical accounts of the war. Schultz also includes transcriptions of relevant letters and newspaper articles, and a comprehensive biographical dictionary of the people mentioned in the diary. Jane Schultz offers us a fascinating snapshot of one nurse's experience. -- Register
Thursday, October 20, 2011
The Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan
by Gerard Magliocca
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis
Although Populist candidate William Jennings Bryan lost the presidential elections of 1896, 1900, and 1908, he was the most influential political figure of his era. In this astutely argued book, Magliocca explores how Bryan's effort to reach the White House energized conservatives across the nation and caused a transformation in
constitutional law. Responding to the Populist agenda, the Supreme Court established
a host of new constitutional principles. The judicial backlash of the 1890s, the most powerful the US has ever experienced, illustrates vividly the risks of seeking fundamental social change. --
Register
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Holy Harlots: Femininity, Sexuality, and Black Magic in Brazil
by Kelly Hayes
Department of Religious Studies, School of Liberal Arts
The book focuses on an Afro-Brazilian spirit entity, Pomba Gira, who plays a central
role in the life of a Brazilian priestess with whom Hayes has worked in Brazil for the
past decade. While the book focuses on Afro-Brazilian religious practices, it also examines a phenomenon that is common to all religions: how people draw on the religious resources that are available to solve problems in their own lives." -- Register
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Shades of Green: A Guide to Going Green for the Rest of Us
by Julie Vincent, School of Journalism
and Robert Dittmer, Indiana Department of Revnue
Shades of Green is a practical guidebook that allows you to become green-at a pace
and in a way that fits your lifestyle and individual starting point. The ideas in this book
are reasonable, achievable and arranged in such a way that you can become greener when and how you want. Learn about environmental problems and challenges we face today. Then learn solutions YOU can apply to those problems, personally, and at home. This book is organized by the different rooms in your home. Tips are arranged by degree of difficulty, starting with ideas anyone can do, all the way to tips for a totally committed green lifestyle. -- Register
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Whose Lives are They Anyway?
by Dennis Bingham
Department of English, School of Liberal Arts
Through detailed analyses and critiques of nearly twenty biopics, Dennis Bingham explores what is at their core--the urge to dramatize real life and find a version of the
truth within it. The genre's charge, which dates back to the salad days of the Hollywood studio era, is to introduce the biographical subject into the pantheon of cultural
mythology and, above all, to show that he or she belongs there. It means to discover
what we learn about our culture from the heroes who rise and the leaders who emerge from cinematic representations. -- Register
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980, Third Edition
by Jean Robertson and Craid McDaniel
Herron School of Art and Design
An overview of recent art history--art made since 1980. The book takes a thematic approach, focusing on eight important themes that have recurred in art over the past few decades: identity, the body, time, memory, place, language, science, and spirituality. The opening chapter provides a concise overview of the period, analyzing how five key changes (the rise of new media, a growing awareness of diversity, globalization, the influence of theory, and interactions with everyday visual culture) have resulted in an art world with dramatically expanded boundaries. The remaining eight chapters each feature an introduction to one thematic topic: a brief look at historical precedents; and a detailed analysis of how contemporary artists have responded to and embodied aspects of the theme in specific works.-- Register
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury-- A Critical Edition: Volume 1, 1938-1943
Edited by William Touponce and Jonathan Eller
Department of English, School of Liberal Arts
In this new edition, editors William F. Touponce and Jonathan R. Eller present for the first time the stories of Ray Bradbury in the order in which they were written. Moreover, they use texts that reflect Bradbury's earliest settled intention for each tale. By examining his relationships with his agent, editor, and publisher, Touponce and Eller's textual commentaries document the transformation of the stories--and Bradbury's creative understanding of genre fiction--from their original forms to the versions known and loved today. -- Register
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Growth and Development of Nurse Leaders
by Angela McBride
School of Nursing
This book focuses on developing nurse leaders. It draws on the author's extensive leadership experience as an internationally recognized nurse scholar and pragmatist to help all nurses develop their leadership abilities.
The book's three sections address the major views of leadership that have occupied center stage in recent decades: leadership as personal; leadership as achieving organizational goals; and leadership as transformational. It references both literature and personal experiences that bring timely issues to focus, from career stages and mentoring needs, to developmental tasks by career trajectory, and more. -- Register
