Reviews

Review published on Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Author: 
Elena Osokina
Reviewer: 
Alexey Golubev

Golubev on Osokina, 'Our Daily Bread: Socialist Distribution and the Art of Survival in Stalin's Russia, 1927-1941'


Elena Osokina. Our Daily Bread: Socialist Distribution and the Art of Survival in Stalin's Russia, 1927-1941. Edited by Kate Transchel. New York: Routledge, 2015. 288 pp. $47.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-56324-905-1.

Reviewed by Alexey Golubev (University of British Columbia, Department of History)
Published on H-Material-Culture (June, 2016)
Commissioned by Marieke Hendriksen

Review published on Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Author: 
Matthias Krings
Reviewer: 
Jodie Marshall

Marshall on Krings, 'African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media'


Matthias Krings. African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media. African Expressive Cultures Series. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015. 328 pp. $80.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-01625-6; $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-253-01629-4.

Reviewed by Jodie Marshall (Michigan State University - African Studies Center)
Published on H-Material-Culture (April, 2016)
Commissioned by Marieke Hendriksen

Review published on Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Author: 
Diane Sabenacio Nititham, Rebecca Boyd, eds.
Reviewer: 
Kristin Condotta Lee

Condotta Lee on Nititham and Boyd, 'Heritage, Diaspora and the Consumption of Culture: Movements in Irish Landscapes'


Diane Sabenacio Nititham, Rebecca Boyd, eds. Heritage, Diaspora and the Consumption of Culture: Movements in Irish Landscapes. Studies in Migration and Diaspora Series. Burlinton: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2014. Illustrations. 260 pp. $114.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-4724-2510-2; $114.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4724-2509-6.

Reviewed by Kristin Condotta Lee (Tulane University)
Published on H-Material-Culture (October, 2015)
Commissioned by Marieke Hendriksen

Review published on Monday, December 8, 2014
Author: 
Kate Hill, ed.
Reviewer: 
Alexandra Woodall

Woodall on Hill, 'Museums and Biographies: Stories, Objects, Identities'


Kate Hill, ed. Museums and Biographies: Stories, Objects, Identities. Heritage Matters Series. Suffolk: Boydell and Brewer, 2012. x + 338 pp. $99.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-84383-727-5; $34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-84383-961-3.

Reviewed by Alexandra Woodall (University of Leicester, School of Museum Studies)
Published on H-Material-Culture (December, 2014)
Commissioned by Marieke Hendriksen

Review published on Thursday, August 21, 2014
Author: 
Georgia Brady Barnhill, Martha J. McNamara, eds.
Reviewer: 
Jennifer M. Black

Black on Barnhill and McNamara, 'New Views of New England: Studies in Material and Visual Culture, 1680-1830'


Georgia Brady Barnhill, Martha J. McNamara, eds. New Views of New England: Studies in Material and Visual Culture, 1680-1830. Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 2012. xxxv + 277 pp. $39.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-9852543-0-8.

Reviewed by Jennifer M. Black (Misericordia University, Dallas, PA)
Published on H-Material-Culture (August, 2014)
Commissioned by Marieke Hendriksen

Envisioning Early New England

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