July 28, 2010, 10:48 pm

From Publishers Weekly
It’s hard to be in love when your friends don’t quite approve. That’s the fix in which anthropologist Joans (director of the Merritt Museum of Anthropology at Merritt College, in California) finds herself in this mix of memoir, anthropological study and apologia for the love of “hogs.” The apologia is weakest: “Harley riders, as a group, are racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and misogynistic,” she admits, but so is “most of America.” The anthropology here is accessible, despite occasional academic terminology; for example, she divides bikers into seven overlapping groups of men: Old Timers, One Percenters (outlaws), Ten Percenters, Old Bikers, New Bikers, Rich Urban Bikers, and Occasional Bikers.” The two major female categories (passengers and riders) further subdivide: Biker Chick, Lady Passenger, Passionate Passenger; and Lady Biker, Woman Biker, Woman Rider. But Joans’s passion for the Harley and its riders is evident in affectionate, respectf … >>> Available at Amazon >>> Check Price Now!
July 4, 2010, 11:57 am

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June 22, 2010, 10:57 pm

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November 29, 2009, 11:36 pm

Review
“Gail Collins’s When Everything Changed points out what the women on “Mad Men” know: that period in our history was less enjoyable for the ladies…. The early pages of Ms. Collins’s book are peppered with accounts of incidents so outrageous they almost seem like jokes….but Ms. Collins underlines the serious consequences of such risible moments by including the stories of individual women-from overworked housewives to marginalized politicians-whose lives were cramped and deformed by the culture’s low opinion of their capabilities…. Ms. Collins reminds us of how many aspects of our lives were affected by the battles these women fought. And even readers who lived through this era may be surprised to discover how much they never knew, or have forgotten…Among the impressive features of Ms. Collins’s book is her genial, fair-minded sympathy, her refusal to smirk at the excesses of the most radical ’70s feminists or at the stance of women, among them Phyllis Schl … >>> Save Money at Amazon.com
November 12, 2009, 4:39 pm

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November 2, 2009, 5:33 pm

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