Comments on: Oxford Very Short Introductions http://alex.golub.name/log/2005/10/22/oxford-very-short-introductions/ Just. One. Column. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:04:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J.S. Nelson http://alex.golub.name/log/2005/10/22/oxford-very-short-introductions/comment-page-1/#comment-19431 J.S. Nelson Thu, 27 Oct 2005 03:36:51 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=473#comment-19431 I concur, VSI is pretty great. The "Introducing" and "For Beginners" series are occasionally useful, though they are a bit too comic and are overall pretty hit or miss. Collecting concise outlines of subjects is a hobby of mine, actually. I'm interested in the wikibooks project, but it definitely needs more editors. I concur, VSI is pretty great. The “Introducing” and “For Beginners” series are occasionally useful, though they are a bit too comic and are overall pretty hit or miss. Collecting concise outlines of subjects is a hobby of mine, actually. I’m interested in the wikibooks project, but it definitely needs more editors.

]]> By: Kathleen Lowrey http://alex.golub.name/log/2005/10/22/oxford-very-short-introductions/comment-page-1/#comment-19430 Kathleen Lowrey Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:45:00 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=473#comment-19430 right on -- I´ll never use anything else. It´s well-written and students love it cause it´s cheap. I actually have become a bit of a VSI addict in general. I do think the chapter on reproduction and kinship is a bit weak in the Monaghan and Just, startlingly so since the rest of it is so good. But surely there will be future editions and time to revise. right on — I´ll never use anything else. It´s well-written and students love it cause it´s cheap. I actually have become a bit of a VSI addict in general.

I do think the chapter on reproduction and kinship is a bit weak in the Monaghan and Just, startlingly so since the rest of it is so good. But surely there will be future editions and time to revise.

]]> By: Seth Sanders http://alex.golub.name/log/2005/10/22/oxford-very-short-introductions/comment-page-1/#comment-19299 Seth Sanders Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:03:28 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=473#comment-19299 Yes, very high standards for the very short intro series--the VSI to World Music is by U of C's Philip Bohlman and does what you'd want--it produces a rich critique of "world music" as a marketing and production category even as it shows the crucial ways (music on trans-europe pilgrimage routes, traveling folk songs, linguistically and ethnically hybrid musical cultures) in which music has always been "world." Seth Yes, very high standards for the very short intro series–the VSI to World Music is by U of C’s Philip Bohlman and does what you’d want–it produces a rich critique of “world music” as a marketing and production category even as it shows the crucial ways (music on trans-europe pilgrimage routes, traveling folk songs, linguistically and ethnically hybrid musical cultures) in which music has always been “world.”

Seth

]]> By: Diana http://alex.golub.name/log/2005/10/22/oxford-very-short-introductions/comment-page-1/#comment-19039 Diana Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:42:58 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=473#comment-19039 Jonathan Culler's VSI to literary theory and Germaine Greer's VSI to Shakespeare are both excellent, and I believe previously published standalone. I have not managed to get through the VSI to the EU I bought, however. And am not crazy about the cover flaps, which Routledge has also been using in their Classics series. Jonathan Culler’s VSI to literary theory and Germaine Greer’s VSI to Shakespeare are both excellent, and I believe previously published standalone. I have not managed to get through the VSI to the EU I bought, however. And am not crazy about the cover flaps, which Routledge has also been using in their Classics series.

]]> By: djm http://alex.golub.name/log/2005/10/22/oxford-very-short-introductions/comment-page-1/#comment-19023 djm Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:13:00 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=473#comment-19023 what about wendy james "the ceremonial animal" or herzfeld's "anthropology" ?? can't match SCAAVSI on brevity, obviously... actually i don't know the herzfeld volume but i am curious to hear anthropologist's views of intro textbooks, these two included. what about wendy james “the ceremonial animal”
or herzfeld’s “anthropology”
??

can’t match SCAAVSI on brevity, obviously…

actually i don’t know the herzfeld volume but i am curious to hear anthropologist’s views of intro textbooks, these two included.

]]> By: Kerim Friedman http://alex.golub.name/log/2005/10/22/oxford-very-short-introductions/comment-page-1/#comment-18963 Kerim Friedman Sun, 23 Oct 2005 16:03:03 +0000 http://alex.golub.name/log/?p=473#comment-18963 I'm a big fan of the "Introducing ..." and " ... for Beginners" books as well. "Introducing Semiotics" is better than 90% of the entire reading list for the graduate-level semiotics seminar I once took. I’m a big fan of the “Introducing …” and ” … for Beginners” books as well. “Introducing Semiotics” is better than 90% of the entire reading list for the graduate-level semiotics seminar I once took.

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