Sara K.
Schneider, Ph.D.
Books
Art of
Darkness: Ingenious Performances by Undercover Operators, Con Men, and
Others
Cuneiform Books
-- Grady Harp, Amazon
Top 10 Reviewer
"The
level of discourse is similar to pieces in the New York Times magazine.
The book would certainly be suitable for anyone aspiring to a career in
law enforcement in general and as an undercover operative in
particular. Thus professors teaching courses in criminal justice would
want to consider adopting this book. In addition, since the book is so
rich in dimensions of undercover work that are exemplars of behavioral
science concepts and topics, adventurous professors could have their
students taking micro theory or social psychology courses identify and
discuss them. It would be a great exercise and result in deeper
processing of the material. It would also show the relevance of the
sociological concepts. Since being an undercover agent is a kind of
extreme form of covert participant observation, the book would be
useful for graduate courses in methodology that emphasize participant
observation."
--Michael
Klausner, University of Pittsburgh-Bradfor
Order ART OF DARKNESS from www.amazon.com
Vital Mummies: Performance
Design for the Show-Window Mannequin
Yale University Press
“Beautifully
written”
—Dean
MacCannell, author
of The Tourist: A New Theory
of the Leisure Class and Empty Meeting Grounds
"Mannequins
are so much a part of our culture that sometimes we might accept them
as near-human or as just cardboard silhouettes and not think about the
ramifications of what they are really doing in the store-windows.
Schneider has thought about what they are doing, and what they are
doing is important and complex. She examines the various elements of
culture they represent: theater, art, salesmanship, and she reads the
audience--you and me as we stand and gawk at the figures before us. She
concentrates on the 70s because that was the period when window
designers perceived themselves as directors, their mannequins as actors
and the people on the streets as audience. This was the time, in other
words, when mannequin display became street theater, with groups of the
characters enacting real life scenes. ... The extended world that
Schneider
so competently examines is of great importance and interest to us. So
is her book."
—Michael Schoenecke,
Texas Tech University
Order VITAL MUMMIES from www.amazon.com
Concert
Song as Seen: Kinesthetic Aspects of Musical Interpretation
Pendragon Press
“Erudite”
—New York
Native
“Overdue”
—
Choice
"Will surely
benefit the
professional singer, the teacher, and the student of voice."
— Lotte Lehmann Foundation