Guest appearances and other travels in time and space / Peter I. Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Peter I., 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rose, Peter I., 1933-.

Rose, Peter I.

Rose, Peter I., 1933---Travel.

Sociology teachers--United States--Biography.

Sociology teachers.

Travelers--Biography.

Travelers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peter Rose has spent a lifetime exploring patterns of culture, examining issues of race and ethnicity, working with refugees, teaching sociology, and roaming the world. In "Guest Appearances and Other Travels in Time and Space," he reflects on his adventures and the formative experiences that led him to a fascination with lives that seem quite unlike our own. "Guest Appearances and Other Travels in Time and Space" introduces us to many of those whom Rose has met along the way, a cast of characters as colorful as it is diverse. It includes his music-loving mother; his tour guides in China, Germany, and Israel; Indochinese refugees he followed to the United States; the notorious murderer, Nathan Leopold; the simple tailor, Mr. David; and three writers for whom Rose has a special affinity: Philip Roth, John Updike, and Paul Theroux. Peter Rose gives us an entirely pleasurable and insightful look into the life of an American scholar actively involved in contemporary issues as he takes readers along on his field trips and guest appearances.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Marginal Man

Part one: How I Became a Man and Other True Stories

[one] The Great Pathfinder

[two] Barney and Tillie

[three] How I Became a Man

[four] School Days

[five] Once an Orangeman . . .

[six] The Music Lover

[seven] On the Slopes of Mt. Allegro

[eight] Indian Giver

[nine] Vivat Academia

Part two: Field Notes of a Peripatetic Professor

[ten] Travel Sickness

[eleven] A Year in the Midlands

[twelve] Countee Cullen in Kyoto

[thirteen] Guest Appearances

[fourteen] A Tale of Two Cities

[fifteen] The Shop on the Via Dolorosa

[sixteen] Wrapped in the Flag

[seventeen] New Americans

[eighteen] An Unnecessary Excursion

Part three: Busman's Holidays

[nineteen] Being Prepared

[twenty] Challenging Days, Star-Studded Nights

[twenty-one] Running around the World

[twenty-two] Italian Promenade

[twenty-three] The Second Time Around

[twenty-four] Birds of a Feather

[twenty-five] Destinations Unknown, Inc.

[twenty-six] Colonists and Coneheads

Part four: Chance Encounters and Curious Connections

[twenty-seven] Arnold

[twenty-eight] Leopold and Me

[twenty-nine] Mr. David

[thirty] The Waiting Game

[thirty-one] Remembering Varian Fry

[thirty-two] Passion and Politics

[thirty-three] Travels with John Updike and Henry Bech

[thirty-four] Milton Scholar

[thirty-five] What's in a Name?

Part five: Coda

[coda] With Few Reservations.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8040-4010-9

OCLC:

560194137