BOOK REVIEWS

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Social Work As Art: Making Sense For Good Practice

Hugh England. Allen and Unwin, 1986. £5.95 (Reviewed by Elizabeth E. Irvine

“Special Needs In Ordinary Classrooms”

Gerda Hanko. Blackwell, 1985. pp 153. £15 hardback, £6.50 paperback. (Reviewed by Elizabeth E. Irvine.)

Psychology For Social Workers

Herbert, Martin (Ed.) British Psychological Society/Macmillan, 1986. £7.95 paperback. (Reviewed by Pauline Cummings)

Growing Out Of Crime: Society and Young People In Trouble

Rutherford, Andrew. Penguin, 1986. £3.95 (Reviewed by Elizabeth Smith)

Basic Psychotherapy

Parry, Richard. Churchill Livingstone, 1986. £4.95 (Reviewed by Elizabeth Smith)

Christian Ministry To The Sick

Coyle, Tom (Ed.) Geoffrey Chapman, London. £5.95. (Reviewed by George Bright)

International Journal Of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 66, 1985, Part 3

Symington, N. Phantasy effects that which it represents. (Abstracted by Monica Lanman)

International Review Of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 12, 1985, Part 2.

Steinder, J. Turning a blind eye: the cover up for Oedipus. (Abstracted by Monica Lanman)     

International Review Of Psychoanalysis,Vol. 13, 1986, Part 3

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The traumatic effect of mass communication in the Mexico City earthquake: crisis intervention and preventive measures. (Abstracted by Monica Lanman)

Adoption and Fostering 1985 Vol. 9, No. 4

Planning into Practice (Abstracted by Veronica Piercy)

British Journal Of Psychotherapy 1986 Vol. 2, No. 4

Shame and Envy (Abstracted by Veronica Piercy)

International Journal Of Therapeutic Communities, Vol. 6, No. 3

Anti-Therapeutic Forms of Cohesiveness in Groups. (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

The British Journal Of Social Work,1986, Vol. 16, No.l

Bridging the Gap: a Model for Integrating Theory and Practice. (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

DC Howson F. Devitt & Sons Ltd.     

Journal abstracts

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Clinical social work journal, spring 1983, vol.22, no.1

Seari, Carolyn “On the place of reality in social work and psychoanalytic theory” (Abstracted by Frances Chase)

Clinical Social Work Journal Spring 1983, Vol.11, No.1

Weber, Susan B. “On women in therapy and women as therapists” (Abstracted by Frances Chase)

Clinical Social Work Journal, Spring 1983, Vol.11, No.1

Poncelet, Noelle M. “A family systems view of emotional disturbance during pregnancy” (Abstracted by Frances Chase)

Clinical Social Work Journal, Summer 1983, Vol.11, No.2

Smaldino, Angelo From action to reflection: new depths in psychotherapy with drug addicts (Abstracted by Frances Chase)

Changes, 1984, Vol.2, No.3, pp.76–79

Langley, Dorothy Metaphor in the search for self (Abstracted by Jill Hopkins)

Family Process, 1983, Vol.22, No.4

Cooklin, A., Miller, A.C., McHugh, B. “An institution for change: developing of a Family Day Unit.” (Abstracted by Robin Piper)

Family Process, 1983, Vol.22, No.4

Sluzki, C.E. “Process, structure and world views - toward an integrated view of systemic models in family therapy”. (Abstracted by Robin Piper)

International Child Welfare Review, December 1983, No.59

Fuente, Amando Vega “The maladjusted child is powerless in the face of drugs” A survey carried out in a juvenile remand centre and reformatory in Spain, amongst 50 children (Abstracted by Veronica Piercy)

International Child Welfare Review, June 1984, No.61

Traber, J. “A special being, doing a special job in a special place - a fresh look at the institutional talcing into care of children and adolescents” (Abstracted by Veronica Piercy)

Journal of Family Therapy, 1984, Vol.6, No.2

Lau, Annie “Transcultural issues in family therapy” (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

Journal of Family Therapy, 1984, Vol.6, No.2

O'Hagan, Kieran “Family crisis intervention in social services” (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

Journal of Family Therapy, 1984, Vol.6, No.1

Campion, Jean Psychological services for children: using family therapy in the setting of the school psychological service (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

Social Casework, November 1983, 64, pp.561–5

Rosenfeld, J. M. and Krim, A. “Adversity as opportunity: urban families who did well after a fire” (Abstracted by Jona Rosenfeld)

International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 1983 Vol.4, No.3

Munich, R.L. “Suicide on an inpatient unit: a sociotherapeutic view” (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

International Journal of Therapeutic Communities 1983, Vol.4, No.4

De Leon, G. “The next therapeutic community: autocracy, and other notes toward integrating old and new therapeutic communities” (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 1984, No.l, Vol.4, pp.25–37

Bell, M. D. and Ryan, E. R. “The therapeutic community meeting: theory and technique” (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, 1984, Vol.4, No.l, pp.6–24

Lees, J. D. and Manning, N. “Problems in the psychology of personality and environment, and some Marxist solutions” (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)     

Journal Abstracts

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Journal Of Family Therapy, 1984, Vol.4, No.6

Palazzoli, M.J. Behind the scenes of the organisation: some guidelines for the expert in human elations. (Abstracted by Robin Piper)

Family Process, 1984, Vol.23, No.4

Van Trommel, M.J. A consultation method addressing the therapist-family system. (Abstracted by Robin Piper)

Halvi-Martini, J. et al. Process and strategy in network therapy. (Abstracted by Robin Piper)

Changes, 1984, Vol.3, No. L

Edwards, Gill. Helping and hindering. (Abstracted by Jill Hopkins)

Journal Of Child Psychotherapy, 1982, Vol 8, No 2.

Krohn, J., Shoemaker, D. and Klein, D. Brief Psychoanalytically oriented training of day care providers. (Abstracted by Sandy Walline)

International Review Of Psychoanalysis, 1984, Vol.65, Part 2

Bollas, C. Moods and the conservative process. (Abstracted by Monica Lanman)

Social Work, 1984, Vol.29, No.5

McCreath, James. The new generation of chronic psychiatric patients. (Abstracted by D.W. Millard)     

Xhosa Oral Poetry: Aspects of a Black South African Tradition by Jeff Opland. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1985. Pp. xii & 303. Bibliography,Index. (Price: pb R9.95).

Voices Made Night by Mia Couto. London: Heinemann, 1990.

Bones by Chenjerai Hove. London: Heinemann, 1990.

The Theory of African Literature by Chidi Amuta. London: Zed, 1989.

Spring is Rebellious. Edited by I. de Kok and K. Press. Cape Town: Buchu Books.

The Shaping of South African Society 1652–1840 edited by R. Elphick and H. Giliomee. Cape Town: Maskew Miller Longman, 1989.

Creating Order: The Image of the Homestead in Mpondo Social Life by Heinz Kuckertz, Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1989.

The Angry Divide: Social and Economic History of the Western Cape edited by Wilmot James and Mary Simons. Cape Town and Johannesburg: David Philip, 1989.

Modernizing Super‐Exploitation. Restructuring South African Agriculture by Tessa Marcus. London: Zed Books, 1989.

Chains of Thought by Wally Morrow. Johannesburg: Southern Books: 1989.

SA Review 5 edited by Glen Moss and Ingrid Obery. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1989.

A People's Voice: Black South African Writing in the Twentieth Century by Piniel Viriri Shava. London: Zed Press, 1989.

SOUTH AFRICA: An Annotated Bibliography with Analytical Introductions by Newell M. Stultz. Ann Arbor: The Pierian Press, 1989.

Asking for trouble: the autobiography of a banned journalist (London: Penguin, 1987) and Biko (London: Penguin, 1987) by Donald Woods.     

Journal Abstracts

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International Review Of Psychoanalysis Vol. 11, 1984, Part 3

Tustin, F. Autistic shapes. (Abstracted by Monica Lanman)

International Review Of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 12, 1985, Part 1

Gold, S. Frankenstein and other monsters. An examination of the concepts of destructive narcissism, and perverse relationships between parts of the self as seen in the Gothic novel. (Abstracted by Monica Lanman)

International Review Of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 11, 1984, Part 4

Chasseguet-Smirgel, J. Thoughts on the concept of reparation and the hierarchy of creative arts. (Abstracted by Monica Lanman)

International Journal Of Therapeutic Communities, 1985, Vol. 6, No. 2

Wilson, J. Leaving home as a theme in a therapeutic community. (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

International Journal Of Therapeutic Communities, 1985, Vol. 6, No. 2

Arthur, A.R. A psychotherapeutic community for religious and clergy. (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

The British Journal Of Social Work, 1985, Vol. 15, No. 5

Quine, L. and Pah], J. Examining the causes of stress in families with severely mentally handicapped children. (Abstracted by Leonard Davis)

International Child Welfare Review, December 1984, No. 63

Obikeze, D.S. “Perspectives on child abuse in Nigeria” (Abstracted by Veronica Piercy)

Social Work, 1985, Vol. 30

Dove, H., Schneider, K.C. and Gitelson, D.A. Identifying patients who need social work service. An interdisciplinary analysis. (Abstracted by David Millard)

Social Work, 1985, Vol. 30

Specht, H. Managing professional interpersonal interactions. (Abstracted by David Millard)

Howson F. Devitt &; Sons Ltd.     

Book reviews

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TO HA VE AND TO HOLD: Marriage, the First Baby and Preparing for Parenthood

CHRISTOPHER F. CLULOW. Aberdeen University Press, 1982. (Reviewed by Jeanne A. Bertrand)

THE STEP FAMILY: A Growing Challenge for Social Work by DIANA BROWN, Social Work Monograph no.4, 1982

RESPONSIBILITY FOR INCEST: A Feminist View by ANNA FAIRTLOUGH, Social Work Monograph no. 16, 1983

THE PERMANENCY PRINCIPLE IN CHILD CARE SOCIAL WORK by CATRIONA MORRIS, Social Work Monograph no. 21, 1984.

SOCIAL WORK AND MENTAL ILLNESS ALAN BUTLER AND COLIN PRITCHARD

SOCIAL WORK WITH THE FAMILIES OF CHILDREN AWAY FROM HOME SYLVIA MASSEY AND MARY PEALEY

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS (6) Working with Children Editor: JOYCE LISHMAN

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Book reviews

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Working With Families Gill Gore11 Barnes. Macmillan, BASW Practical Social Work series, 1984. (Reviewed by Elizabeth E. Irvine)

Working With Self-Help Groups

Ann Richardson. Bedford Square Press. £2.50. (Reviewed by Philip Dundon)

Education For Clinical Social Work Practice: Continuity and Change

Louise Bandler Ed. Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1983. Price not stated. (Reviewed by Kenneth K. Smith)

Growing Together: Innovatory Work With A Whole Family.

Smith Joan, Family Service Units, 1985. £3.00. (Reviewed by Elizabeth Smith)     

JOURNAL REVIEW

Hidden Struggles in Rural South Africa: Politics and Popular Movements in the Transkei and Eastern Cape, 1890–1930 by W. Beinart and C. Bundy. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1987.

The Rise and Fall of the South African Peasantry, 2nd edition, by C. Bundy. Cape Town: David Philip, 1988.

War and Society: The Militarisation of South Africa edited by Jacklyn Cock and Laurie Nathan. Cape Town: David Philip, 1988.

White Tribe Dreaming: Apartheid's Bitter Roots as Witnessed by Eight Generations of an Afrikaner Family by Marq de Villiers. New York: Viking Penguin, 1988.

Home Truths by Basil Du Toit and Spoils of War by John Eppel. Cape Town: Carrefour Press, 1988 and 1989.

Because They Chose the Plan of God: The story of the Bulhoek Massacre by Robert Edgar. History Workshop Topic Series I. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1988.

Brewers, Beerhalls and Boycotts: A History of Liquor in South Africa by Paul la Hausse. History Workshop Topic Series 2. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1988.

Detention and Torture in South Africa: Psychological, Legal and Historical Studies by Don Foster, with contributions by Dennis Davis and research assistance by Diane Sandier. Cape Town: David Philip, 1987.

State Resistance and Change in South Africa edited by Philip Frankel, Noam Pines and Mark Swilling. Johannesburg: Southern Book Publishers, 1988.

Building Tomorrow Today; African Workers in Trade Unions 1970–1984 by Steven Friedman. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1987.

Facing The Storm: Portraits of Black Lives in Rural South Africa by Tim Keegan. Cape Town: David Philip, 1988.

History of Southern Africa by J.D. Omer‐Cooper. London: James Currey, 1987.

Journey Continued: An Autobiography by Alan Paton. Cape Town: David Philip, 1988.

The Dead Will Arise: Nongqawuse and the Great Xhosa Cattle Killing Movement of 1856–7 by J.B. Peires. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1989.

The Blood of Our Silence by Kelwyn Sole. Johannesburg: Ravan Press, 1988.     

From Rags to Riches: Jewish Oligarchs in Russia

SELECTIVE REMINISCENCES

KHRUSHCHEV REMEMBERS. THE LAST TESTAMENT, translated and edited by Strobe Talbott. London, André Deutsch; New York, Little Brown, 1974. xxxi, 602 pp. Illus. Appendix. £4.95; $12.95.

HISTORY OF ZIONISM IN RUSSIA

HA‐TENUAH HA‐TSIYONIT BE‐RUSYA (The Zionist Movement in Russia), by Yitshak Maor. Jerusalem, Ha‐Histadrut ha‐Tsiyonit, 1974. 597 pp.

A CONTRIBUTION TO JEWISH DEMOGRAPHY

STUDIES IN JEWISH DEMOGRAPHY: SURVEY FOR 1969–1971, edited by U. O. Schmelz, P. Glickson and S. J. Gould (Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem; and Institute of Jewish Affairs, London), 1975. 375 pp. N.p.

ANTI‐ZIONISM AND ANTISEMITISM

SOVIET ANTI‐SEMITISM: THE PARIS TRIAL, ed. and with an Introduction by Emanuel Litvinoff, London, Wildwood House, 1974. 120 pp. £3.00.

POLZUCHAYA KONTRREVOLYUTSIYA (Creeping Counterrevolution), by Vladimir Begun, Minsk, Izdatelstvo “Belarus”, 1974. 191 pp. 28 kop.

AN UNSATISFACTORY STUDY

THE SOVIET TREATMENT OF JEWS, by Harry G. Shaffer. New York, Washington, London, Praeger, 1974. 231 pp. £6.50.

FASCISM AND ANTISEMITISM IN THE DANUBE BASIN

THE SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA. THE RISE OF FASCISM AND ANTI‐SEMITISM IN THE DANUBE BASIN, 1936–1939, by Bela Vago. Farnborough, Saxon House, D. C. Heath, for the Institute of Jewish Affairs, London, 1975. 431 pp. Docs. Maps. Index of Names. Subject Index. Appendix. £6.50.

THE JEWS OF HUNGARY

EVKONYV 1973/74 (Yearbook 1973/74), ed. by Sándor Scheiber. Budapest, Magyar Izraeliták Országos Képviselete, 1974. 382 pp. Illus. 40 Ft.

A PICTURE OF POLISH SOCIETY BETWEEN THE WARS

SPOLECZENSTWO DRUGIEJ RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ 1918–1939 (The Society of Interwar Poland 1918–1939), by Janusz Zarnowski. Warsaw, PWN (State Scientific Publishers), 1973. 435 pp. 40 zl.     

Druz’ia ponevole: Rossiia i bukharskie evrei, 1800–1917 [Reluctant Friends: Russia and Bukharan Jews, 1800–1917]

Jewish Themes in Contemporary Hungarian Literature

Avraham Bogatir. Napja (Seven Days in the‐ Life of Abraham Bogatir), by György G. Kardos. Budapest, Magvetö, 1968 and 1969. 427 pp. Ft. 1950.

Hova Tuntek a Katonak? (Where Did All the Soldiers Go?), by György G. Kardos. Budapest, Magvetö, 1971. 282 pp. Ft. 15.00.

Varakozok Lakomaja (The Banquet of Those that Wait), by Imre Keszi. Budapest, Magvetö, 1969. 214 pp. Ft. 17.50.

Soviet Yiddish Book on the Kaunas Ghetto

Zeyere. Blikn Hobn Zikh Bagegnt (Their Eyes Met), by Meyer Yelin.¹ Moscow, Sovetsky Pisatel, 1972. 382 pp.

An Opportunity Missed

The Jews of Poland, by Bernard D. Weinryb. Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973. xvi, (2) 424 pp. $10.00.

A Source of Holocaust History

Wicher Wolnosci. Dziennik Powstanca, by Waclaw Zagorski, London 1957 (English edition, Seventy Days, translated by D. J. Welsh, London 1957, 2nd ed. 1959). 391 pp.

Wolnosc W Niewoli (Freedom in Captivity), isdem, London 1971. 543 pp.

Useful Compendia on Communism

Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern, by Branko Lazitch in collaboration with Milorad M. Drachkovitch, Stanford, California, Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1973. xxxxii, 458 pp. $15.00.

World Communism: A Handbook 1918–1965, ed. by Witold S. Sworakowski, Stanford, California, Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 1973. xv, 576 pp. Appendix. Index of Persons. Index of Subjects. $25.00.

A Soviet Exposition of Extremist Views

Istochnik Opasnogo Krizisa (Rol Sionizma V Razzhiganii Konflikta Na Blizhnem Vostoke) — The Source of a Dangerous Crisis (The Role of Zionism in Unleashing the Middle East Conflict), by V. P. Ladeykin. Moscow, Izdatelstvo Politicheskoy Literatury, 1973. 296 pp. 1 r. 08 k.     

Identifying Jewish names in Russia

SOVIET SAGA OF A JEWISH FAMILY

TYAZHELY PESOK (Heavy Sand),* by Anatoly Rybakov, in Oktyabr, nos. 7, 8, 9, 1978.

JEWS, DETENTE AND DISSENT

EXIT VISA. DETENTE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE JEWISH EMIGRATION MOVEMENT IN THE USSR, by Colin Shindler. London, Bachman &; Turner, 1978. 291 pp. Illus. Appendices. Bibl. Index. £7.50.

AN INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT

NASTOLNY IUDEYSKY KALENDAR NA 5739 god (Jewish Religious Calendar for 5739/1978–79), edited by S. L. Kleynman. Moscow Religious Society, 1978. 200 pp.

MINORITY NATIONALITIES IN THE USSR

L'EMPIRE ECLATE: LA REVOLTE DES NATIONS EN URSS, by Helene Carrere d'Encausse. Paris. Flammarion, 1978. 314 pp. Graphs and Tables.     

Cast in a racial mould

Women of Phokeng: Consciousness, Life Strategy, and Migrancy in South Africa 1900 ‐1983 by Belinda Bozzoli, with the assistance of Mmantho Nkotsoe, Johannesburg, Ravan Press, 1991.

Our Precious Metal: African Labour in South Africa's Gold Industry, 1970–1990 by Wilmot G. James, David Philip, James Currey &; Indiana University Press, Cape Town, London &; Bloomington,1992.

Bounds of Possibility ‐ The Legacy of Steve Biko &; Black Consciousness by N.B. Pityana, M. Ramphele, M. Mpumlwana, &; L. Wilson, (eds), Cape Town, David Philip, 1991.

Faces in the revolution: the psychological effects of violence on township youth in South Africa by Gill Straker, with Fathima Moosa, Rise Becker and Madiyoyo Nkwale. Cape Town, David Philip, 1992 and Athens, Ohio, Ohio University Press, 1992.

Lives of Courage: Women for a New South Africa by Diana E.H.Russell. New York, Basic Books, 1989.

Towards Justice? Crime and State Control in South Africa by Desiree Hansson and Dirk van Zyl Smit (eds), Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1990.

South Africa in the Nineties by DJ van Vuuren, NE Wiehahn, NJ Rhoodie en M Wiechers (eds), HSRC Publishers, 1991.

To Live in Fear: Witchburning and Medicine Murder in Venda by A de V. Minnar, D Offringa and C Payze, HSRC, Pretoria, 1992.

The Anti‐Politics Machine: ‘Development’, Depoliticization and Bureaucratic Power by James Ferguson, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Zimbabwe's Guerrilla War: Peasant Voices by Norma J. Kriger. Cambridge University Press, African Studies Series, number 70,1992.

A Passage to England ‐ Barbadian Londoners speak of home by John Western. U.C.L. Press, London, 1992.

Breaking the formal frame: Readings in South African education in the eighties by Clive Millar, Sarah‐Anne Raynham and Angela Schaffer (eds). Cape Town: Oxford University Press, 1991.

Negotiation : Theories, Strategies and Skills by Wynand Pienaar and Manie Spoelstra, Kenwyn, Juta, 1991

SUM: Selected Works by Martin Versveld. Cape Town: Carrefour Press 1991.

Projections in the Past Tense, by Kelwyn Sole. Ravan Press, 1992.     

Book reviews: Desire: The politics of sexuality

Abstract

Snitow, Ann and Stansell, Christine and Thompson, Sharon. Virago, 1984. £6.50. (Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Smith)

Research Highlights: No.6 Working with Children

Department of Social Work, Aberdeen. £4.50. (Reviewed by Elizabeth A. Smith)

An Introduction to Therapeutic Communities

Kennard, David and Roberts, Jeff. Routledge and Kegan Paul. £5.95 Paperback. (Reviewed by Pauline Cunningham)     

Book reviews

New scholarship on rape in American history

Sex Without Consent: Rape and Sexual Coercion in America. Edited by Merril D. Smith. New York: New York University Press, 2001, 308 pages. Cloth, $60.00; paper, $19.50.

The enigma of sexual desire

Sexual Appetite, Desire and Motivation: Energetics of the Sexual System. Edited by Walter Everaerd, Ellen Laan, and Stephanie Both. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Knaw Edita, 2001, 156 pages. Paper, NLG 80.00, Euro 36.30.

American sex in the private and public sectors

Sex, Love, and Health in America: Private Choices and Public Policies. Edited by Edward O. Laumann and Robert T. Michael. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2000, 535 pages. Hardcover, $48.

Enlarging the landscape of sexual pleasure

Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions. Edited by Patricia Beattie Jung, Mary E. Hunt, and Radhika Balakrishnan. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001, 220 pages. Cloth, $50.00; paper, $20.00.

Another stab at sexual theory

The Role of Theory in Sex Research. Edited by John Bancroft. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2000, 366 pages. Cloth, $49.95.     

Intention and feasibility: Reflections on collaboration and the final solution

LATVIAN JEWRY UNDER THE NAZIS. EXTERMINATION AND RESISTANCE

IM HA‐GAV EL HA‐KIR. LEHIMAT YEHUDEY LATVYA BA‐NATSIM. 1941–45 (With Their Backs To the Wall. The Armed Struggle of Latvian Jewry Against the Nazis, 1941–45), by Dov Levin. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Contemporary Jewry and Yad Vashem Memorial Institute, 1978. 313 pp.

THE CZERNIAKOW DIARY

THE WARSAW DIARY OF ADAM CZERNIAKOW. PRELUDE TO DOOM ed. by Raul Hilberg, Stanislaw Staron and Josef Kermish. New York, Stein and Day, 1979. 420 pp. Illus. $16.95.

AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO YIDDISH LITERARY CRITICISM.

PORTRETN UN ETYUDN (Portraits and Studies), by Elias Schulman. New York, CYCO Publishers, 1979. 512 pp.

RUSSIAN PARTIES AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION.

NATSIONALNY VOPROS V PROGRAMMAKH I TAKTIKE POLITICHESKIKH PARTIY V ROSSII, 1905–1917 (The National Question in the Programmes and Tactics of the Political Parties in Russia, 1905–1917), by T. Yu. Burmistrova and V. S. Gusakova. Moscow, Mysl, 1976, 233 pp.

AN ARAB VIEW OF SOVIET POLICIES

THE SPHINX AND THE COMMISSAR: THE RISE AND FALL OF SOVIET INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, by‐Mohamed Heikal, London, Collins, 1978. 303 pp. Illus. Index. £6.95.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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INDEPENDENT LIVES: SPINSTERS AND LESBIANS. Franzen, Trisha. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Monisha Pashupati and Progga Choudhury.

RUSSIA'S SAPPHO: SOPHIA PARNOK: THE LIFE AND WORK OF RUSSIA'S SAPPHO. Burgin, Diana Lewis. New York: New York University Press, New York, 1994. Reviewed by Rochelle G. Ruthchild.

RULES, RESPECT, TELLING THE TRUTH: SKIN: TALKING ABOUT SEX, CLASS & LITERATURE. Allison, Dorothy. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1994. Reviewed by Lynda J. Ames.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: OUT OF THE NIGHT. Bruyer, Kris. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

WOMEN AND MURDER IN THE COUNTRY: HOODED MURDER. Van Dyke, Annette. Naiad Press, Inc., 1996. Reviewed by Myra Betschild.

A PRECIOUS COMMODITY FOR LESBIAN SCHOLARSHIP: THE FAMILY SILVER: ESSAYS ON RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WOMEN. Krieger, Susan. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Reviewed by Mickey Eliason.

LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: AN UNLOVELY VIEW: LOVE BETWEEN WOMEN: EARLY CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO FEMALE HOMOEROTICISM. Brooten, Bernadette J. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Reviewed by Anne L. Clark.

BABE, WE HARDLY KNEW YA: BABE: THE LIFE AND LEGEND OF BABE DIDRIKSON ZAHARIAS. Cayleff, Susan. Urbana, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Reviewed by Pat Griffin.

MORE GENDERED THAN THOU: THE FEMME MYSTIQUE. Newman, Lesléa (Ed.). Boston: Alyson Press, 1995. Reviewed by Beverly Burch.

“AN ISLE OF DYS-TOP-IA”: SEP-A-RA-TISM AND WOMEN'S COMMUNITY. Shugar, Dana R. University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Reviewed by R. Amy Elman.

MURDER AND MONOGAMY: LET'S FACE THE MUSIC AND DIE. Scoppettone, Sandra. NY: Little, Brown. Reviewed by Jane Futcher.

SEXUALITY AND IDENTITY: CONFLICTS BETWEEN MARRIAGE AND LESBIAN AUTONOMY: AND THEN I MET THIS WOMAN: PREVIOUSLY MARRIED WOMEN'S JOURNEYS INTO LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS. Cassingham, Barbee J. MA, and Sally M. O'Neil, PhD. Mother Courage Press, 1993. Reviewed by Caitlin Morris.

LESBIAN OR QUEER?: THE ANGEL AND THE PERVERTS. Delarue-Mardrus, Lucie. New York: New York University Press, 1930, 1995 (reprint). Reviewed by Gabriele Griffin.

THE FICTION OF ELIZABETH BOWEN: SEXUAL/TEXTUAL POLITICS: ELIZABETH BOWEN: A REPUTATION IN WRITING. hoogland, renée c. New York and London: New York University Press, 1994. Reviewed by Paulina Palmer.

CELEBRATING TOMBOYS: TOMBOYS! TALES OF DYKE DERRING-DO. Yamaguchi, Lynne and Karen Barber (Eds.). Los Angeles: Alyson, 1995. Reviewed by Karen M. Jordan.

PASSIONATE FRIENDSHIPS AND “DOLL RACKETS”: MATERNAL JUSTICE: MIRIAM VAN WATERS AND THE FEMALE REFORM TRADITION. Freedman, Estelle B. University of Chicago Press, 1996. Reviewed by Hilary Lapsley.

“WE STILL HAVE QUESTIONS”: GAY AND LESBIAN STUDENTS: UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS. Besner, Hilda F., and Charlotte J. Spungin. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis Publishers, 1995. Reviewed by Jan Donley.

GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES-MOVING BEYOND THE PATRIARCHY: LESBIANS AND GAYS IN COUPLES AND FAMILIES: A HANDBOOK FOR THERAPISTS. Laird, Joan and Robert-Jay Green (Eds.). Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996. Reviewed by Amy Banks.

RADICAL REDUX: TOO QUEER: ESSAYS FROM A RADICAL LIFE. Brownworth, Victoria A. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Lynda Goldstein.

ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT: AND SAY HI TO JOYCE: THE LIFE AND CHRONICLES OF A LESBIAN COUPLE. Price, Deb, and Joyce Murdoch. Doubleday, 1995. Reviewed by Ellen Cole.

LOOKING FOR THE LESBIAN SUBJECT: HETEROSEXUAL PLOTS AND LESBIAN NARRATIVES. Farwell, Marilyn R. New York: New York University Press, 1996. Reviewed by Rosemary Hennessy.

THE MATERNAL MYSTERY :BABY, IT'S COLD. Maiman, Jaye. FL: Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by J.A. Myers.

SEEKING SAFETY BEYOND THE WALLS: AMNESTY. Blum, Louise A. Boston: Alyson Publications, Inc., 1995. Reviewed by Amy J. Ojerholm.

JENIFER LEVIN'S “LESBIAN EROS”: LOVE AND DEATH & OTHER DISASTERS, STORIES 1977-1995. Levin, Jenifer. Ithaca, NY: Firebrand Books, 1996. Reviewed by Annette Van Dyke.

REDEFINING LESBIAN FICTION: TASTING LIFE TWICE: LITERARY LESBIAN FICTION BY NEW AMERICAN WRITERS. Levy, E.J. (Ed.). Avon Books, 1995. Reviewed by Margaret Kissam Morris.

A RODEO ROMANCE: NOW & THEN. Hayes, Penny. Naiad Press, 1996. Reviewed by Nicki Thorogood and Jane Franklin.     

Reviews

ANOTHER RUSSIA Through the Eyes of the New Soviet Photographers: A Lesson in Looking and Not Seeing Facts on File, 1986

Camera Culture, by Halla Beloff

Poletown Lives! Film/Videotape: 52 mins.

Exploding Into Life, by Dorthea Lynch and Eugene Richards

Documentary Filmmaking: A Closer Look A Seminar

Videology and Utopia: Explorations in a New Medium A. Willener, G. Milliard, and A. Ganty     

‘Red Devils’: The Botwin company in the Spanish civil war

Zionists “Unmasked”

VTORZHENIE bez ORUZHIYA (Invasion Without Anns), by Vladimir Begun, Moscow, “Molodaya gvardiya”, 1977. 175 pp. 35 kop.

SOVIET JEWISH RESETTLEMENT IN AMERICA

THE SOVIET JEWISH EMIGRE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE INTEGRATION OF SOVIET JEWS INTO THE AMERICAN JEWISH COM MUNITY, December 26–27, 1976, ed. by Jerome M. Gilison. Baltimore, Baltimore Hebrew College, 1977. 167 pp. Bibl.

INTER‐WAR POLISH JEWRY

ON THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION. JEWS OF POLAND BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD wars, by Celia S. Heller. New York, Columbia University Press, 1977. xi, 369 pp. IIIus. Index. $ 14.95.

EUROCOMMUNIST AMBIGUITIES l'eurocommunisme, by Fernando Claudin. Paris, François Maspero, 1977. 151 pp. (Cahiers libres 336). F.22.00.

EURO‐KOMMUNISMUS, by A. Dalma, J. Rovan, A. Razumovsky, M. Vermeh ren, H. Ramseier. Zürich, Edition Interform AG, 1977. 110 pp. (Texte + Thesen 79). DM 8.00.

THEORIES OF NATIONALISM

NATIONAL LIBERATION REVOLUTIONS TODAY. Part I. Some Questions of Theory, by K. N. Brutents. Moscow, Progress Publishers. 1977. 321 pp. (Problems of the Third World.)

THE EVOLUTION OF NATIONALISM IN ASIA AND AFRICA. MOSCOW, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1976. 204 pp. (Problems of Contemporary World, no. 36.)