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Zocalo Review: Alchemy of Paint

December 25, 2009
By Saskia Vogel
Zocalo Review: Alchemy of Paint

Does Jerry Buss know just how fitting the purple and gold of his Los Angeles Lakers are? These elite athletes are draped in symbols of immortality and beauty sent from God. Or so you would think if you were a scientist or painter in the Middle Ages. Spike Bucklow’s articulate yet academic The Alchemy of...
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Zocalo Review: Sexism in America

December 9, 2009
By Saskia Vogel
Zocalo Review: Sexism in America

Does Sexism in America really show the truth about women’s lives in the new millennium? The reader sympathetic to the idea of gender equality hopes the answer is no. But it’s hard to brush off Barbara J. Berg’s clear language and arguments about how sexism is ruining the future of America. Even those reluctant to...
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