1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455194403321

Titolo

The miseducation of the West [[electronic resource] ] : how schools and the media distort our understanding of the Islamic world / / edited by Joe L. Kincheloe and Shirley R. Steinberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2004

ISBN

1-282-40886-0

9786612408861

0-313-05775-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Reverberations : cultural studies and education

Altri autori (Persone)

KincheloeJoe L

SteinbergShirley R. <1952->

Disciplina

070.4/4990909767

Soggetti

International education - United States

Multicultural education - United States

Islam - Public opinion

Public opinion - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 September 11, Terror War, and Blowback; 3 Loving Muslim Women with a Vengeance: The West, Women, and Fundamentalism; 4 Iran and American Miseducation: Cover-Ups, Distortions, and Omissions; 5 Consequences of Perceived Ethnic Identities; 6 The United States and Israel: Double Standards, Favoritism, and Unconditional Support; 7 The Great European Denial: The Misrepresentation of the Moors in Western Education; 8 Schooled to Order: Education and the Making of Modern Egypt

9 The New Bogeyman under the Bed: Image Formation of Islam in the Western School Curriculum and Media10 Desert Minstrels: Hollywood's Curriculum of Arabs and Muslims; Notes; Index; About the Editors and the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The Miseducation of the West examines the ways in which educational institutions such as media and schools have shaped Western views of Islam. The nature of these messages tells readers as much, if not more,



about Western self-images as they do about Islam and Islamic peoples. Quickly emerging is a Western perspective on the other. Westerners found easy justification for the colonial conquest of many Islamic lands. In the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries England, France, and to a lesser extent Russia colonized much of the Mulsim world with the United States entering the picture after World

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455628103321

Autore

Adams Bradley J

Titolo

Comparative skeletal anatomy [[electronic resource] ] : a photographic atlas for medical examiners, coroners, forensic anthropologists, and archaeologists / / by Bradley J. Adams, Pamela J. Crabtree ; photographs by Gina Santucci

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Totowa, N.J., : Humana, c2008

ISBN

1-282-82429-5

9786612824296

1-59745-132-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CrabtreePam J

SantucciGina

Disciplina

612.7/5

Soggetti

Bones

Anatomy, Comparative

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-348).

Nota di contenuto

Human vs Horse -- Human vs Cow -- Human vs Bear -- Human vs Deer -- Human vs Pig -- Human vs Goat -- Human vs Sheep -- Human vs Dog -- Human vs Raccoon -- Human vs Opossum -- Human vs Cat -- Human vs Rabbit -- Human vs Turkey -- Human vs Duck -- Human vs Chicken -- Miscellaneous -- Traces of Butchery and Bone Working.

Sommario/riassunto

Forensic scientists working with human skeletal remains must be able to differentiate between human and non-human bones. Comparative Skeletal Anatomy: A Photographic Atlas for Medical Examiners,



Coroners, Forensic Anthropologists, and Archaeologists fills a void in the literature by providing a comprehensive photographic guide of both human and non-human bones that is useful to those working in the fields of archaeology or the forensic sciences. This volume is a photographic atlas of common animal bones and is the first to focus comparatively on both human and animal osteology. Throughout this groundbreaking text, animal bones are photographed alongside the corresponding human bone, allowing the reader to observe size and shape variations. The goal of this guide is to help experienced archaeologists and forensic scientists distinguish human remains from common animal species, including horses, cows, goats, rabbits, chickens, ducks, sheep, and pigs, among others. Comprehensive and timely, Comparative Skeletal Anatomy: A Photographic Atlas for Medical Examiners, Coroners, Forensic Anthropologists, and Archaeologists is sure to become an essential reference for all forensic scientists and archeologists working with human skeletal remains.