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March 07, 2008
Coming in the Fall: Transformations
Here's the cover of my new book, to be published in the fall. (You may have to click on the image to see it clearly.)
It's about, um, Transformations. It's an anthropological account of how we cultivate any self, how we make the transformation from self to self, and how we cultivate several selves at once.
It has taken about a decade to bring to the light of day. But, finally, here it is.
As I say, it won't be available till the fall, but it can be preordered from Amazon now. See the link below.
Whew!
References
McCracken, Grant. 2008. Transformations: Identity Construction in Contemporary Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Available for preorder at Amazon here.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Pam, my wife, for designing the cover. Thanks to Richard Shear and Joe Melchione for producing it. Good, eh?
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Already waiting!!
Posted by: Katarina Graffman | Mar 8, 2008 2:00:40 AM
Congrats, Grant! Am looking forward to reading it.
Posted by: peter | Mar 8, 2008 4:56:42 AM
Likewise, looking forward to it.
Posted by: Daniel Rosenblatt | Mar 8, 2008 8:26:49 AM
"Pre-ordered" done :)
ps - I'm giving some serious thought on going back to univ. and study anthropology.
Posted by: hidden persuader | Mar 8, 2008 4:04:59 PM
Your wife is a genius! i have looked at your blog three times today because i am so impressed by the cover. everything about it is brilliant. very provoking.
Posted by: katy | Mar 8, 2008 7:55:11 PM
Whew! A decade? This must have taken a lot of research then. It's not easy to develop something like this unless you have focus. Congratulations on your book. And the cover looks great! Cheers to contemporary culture!
Posted by: Jay, writer Memberspeed.com | Mar 10, 2008 8:17:59 PM
Grant,
Great news, congrats ! Hope this book will be huge success, in line with Joseph Pine II's work.
Will order it soon.
Looking forward to it.
All the best,
Yuri van Geest
Posted by: Yuri van Geest | Mar 10, 2008 9:53:39 PM
Congratulations on your book. I just know it will do well.
Posted by: Carol Gee | Mar 11, 2008 8:03:01 AM
Grant--the cover is brilliant, as expected. Congratulations on what looks like an amazing book. I can't wait to read it.
Posted by: debbie millman | Mar 11, 2008 10:34:10 PM
Wow, nice topic! I would love to read it
my master thesis was about the construction of different identities through the shoes' consumption.
i'm anxious to read it
Posted by: Renan Petersen-Wagner | Mar 12, 2008 12:07:30 PM
Grant -- Great news about Transformations. It shall crown my fall reading list. And compliments to Pam on the cover design.
Posted by: Jim Dingwall | Mar 12, 2008 4:23:32 PM
Kudos, Grant. I eagerly await my pre-ordered copy. Hope all's well!
Ed
Posted by: Ed Batista | Mar 12, 2008 10:03:00 PM
Dear Grant,
It really is an interesting cover. My wife (the clincal psychologist) thinks it bears a striking resemblence to one of Hermann Rorshach's ink-blot "plates" with the exception of the use of the red color. So, what does it look like to you?
Posted by: PS | Mar 17, 2008 10:48:36 PM
