In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery... The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. The Confessions of Nat Turner is nar...(展开全部)

In the late summer of 1831, in a remote section of southeastern Virginia, there took place the only effective, sustained revolt in the annals of American Negro slavery... The revolt was led by a remarkable Negro preacher named Nat Turner, an educated slave who felt himself divinely ordained to annihilate all the white people in the region. The Confessions of Nat Turner is nar...(展开全部)

威廉•斯泰隆(1925一2006) 1925年生于弗吉尼亚州，毕业于杜克大学。他是美国历史上最伟大的作家之一。1953年，长篇小说首作《在黑暗中躺下》获得了罗马美国学院和美国艺术与文学学院共同颁发的罗马奖。1968年，《纳特•特纳的自白》为其赢得了普利策文学奖。1980年,《苏菲的选择》获得了美国国家图书奖。他还著有《纵火焚屋》《静静的灰尘》《看得见的黑暗》等作品。1996年，在F.S.菲茨杰拉德诞辰100周年之际，威廉•斯泰隆获得了首届菲茨杰拉德奖。

威廉•斯泰隆(1925一2006) 1925年生于弗吉尼亚州，毕业于杜克大学。他是美国历史上最伟大的作家之一。1953年，长篇小说首作《在黑暗中躺下》获得了罗马美国学院和美国艺术与文学学院共同颁发的罗马奖。1968年，《纳特•特纳的自白》为其赢得了普利策文学奖。1980年,《苏菲的选择》获得了美国国家图书奖。他还著有《纵火焚屋》《静静的灰尘》《看得见的黑暗》等作品。1996年，在F.S.菲茨杰拉德诞辰100周年之际，威廉•斯泰隆获得了首届菲茨杰拉德奖。

This original, field-changing collection explores the plasticity and unfinishedness of human subjects and lifeworlds, advancing the conceptual terrain of an anthropology of becoming. People's becomings trouble and exceed ways of knowing and acting, producing new possibilities for research, methodology, and writing. The contributors creatively bridge ethnography and critical the...(展开全部)

Becoming someone is a learning process; and what we learn is the new values around which, if we succeed, our lives will come to turn. Agents transform themselves in the process of, for example, becoming parents, embarking on careers, or acquiring a passion for music or politics. How can such activity be rational, if the reason for engaging in the relevant pursuit is only availa...(展开全部)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties...(展开全部)

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE In 1831 Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. William Styron's ambitious and stunningly accomplished novel is Turner's confession, made to his jailers under the duress of his God. Encompasses the betrayals, cruelties...(展开全部)