A collection of wide-ranging critical essays that examine how the judicial system is represented on screen Historically, the emergence of the trial film genre coincided with the development of mo
An engaging story of a man who demonstrated faith in his city, his region, and its people During the 1960s, Birmingham, Alabama, became a major battleground in the struggle for human rights in the Ame
A compelling critical investigation into Gilman’s conception of setting and placeCharlotte Perkins Gilman and a Woman’s Place in America is a pioneering collection that probes how depictio
The emigration of Jewish teenagers to Palestine to escape Hitler’s Germany As Hitler and his followers consolidated power in Germany, a number of efforts were set in motion, both within and with
A timely interdisciplinary study that applies psychoanalysis and the rhetorical tradition of the sublime to examine the cultural aftermath of the Atomic Age Every culture throughout history has obsess
Discusses an important yet often misunderstood topic in American History. Camp Chase, located four miles west of Columbus, Ohio, started, as did so many other prisons, as a training camp for eager Uni
Lacan in Public argues that Lacan’s contributions to the theory of rhetoric are substantial and revolutionary and that rhetoric is, in fact, the central concern of Lacan’s entire body of w
Dramatic accounts of every University of Alabama National Championship football season recounted by noted sports writers, players, and Alabamians. Dating back to 1925, when Wallace Wade coached the Cr
Exploring the deep and enduring relationship between music and literature, Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature examines the diverse ways in which African American ?hot” musi
Edgar and Brigitte: A German Jewish Passage to America is the fruit of an extraordinary archive of personal journals, letters, speeches, and published writings left by Edgar and Brigitte Bodenheimer,
Scholars have long noted the role that college literary anthologies play in the rising and falling reputations of American authors. Canons by Consensus examines this classroom fixture in detail to cha
Candice Rai’s Democracy’s Lot is an incisive exploration of the limitations and possibilities of democratic discourse for resolving conflicts in urban communities. Rai roots her study of democratic po
In Banning Queer Blood, Jeffrey Bennett frames blood donation as a performance of civic identity closely linked to the meaning of citizenship. However, with the advent of AIDS came the notion of blood
Winner of the FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction PrizeJessica Lee Richardson’s debut collection It Had Been Planned and There Were Guides teems with double magic—families of spiders, monsters in t
An invitation to voyage east leads Ihab Hassan to reflect on his origins in Egypt, on his home in America, and on his host country, Japan. Part memoir, part cultural perception,Between the Eagle and t
Ralph F. Voss was a high school junior in Plainville, Kansas in mid-November of 1959 when four members of the Herbert Clutter family were murdered in Holcomb, Kansas, by four shotgun blasts that, all
African American writers have incorporated Martin Luther King Jr. into their work since he rose to prominence in the mid-1950s. Martin Luther King Jr., Heroism, and African American Literature is a st
This eloquent study describes the complex process of assimilation that occurred among multi-ethnic groups in Wachovia, the evangelical community that settled a 100,000-acre tract in Piedmont North Car
Bernard Romans's A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, William Bartram's Travels, and James Adair's History of the American Indian are the three most significant accounts of the southeas
Quince Duncan is a comprehensive study of the published short stories and novels of Costa Rica’s first novelist of African descent and one of the nation’s most esteemed contemporary writers.
Fighting Words offers an entirely new understanding of what literary naturalism is and why it matters. Ira Wells, countering the standard narrative of literary naturalism’s much-touted concern with en
Their Blood Runs Cold is entertaining, informative reading that not only enhances our understanding of a unique group of animals, but also provides genuine insight into the mind and character of a res
Shovel Ready provides a comprehensive lens through which to view the New Deal period, a fascinating and prolific time in American archaeology. In this collection of diverse essays united by a common
Southern politics has changed dramatically during the past half century. While new developments have touched virtually every aspect of the region's politics, change has been especially marked in the
Rhetoric and ritual commemorating war has been a part of human culture for ages. In Enduring Legacy, W. Stuart Towns explores the crucial role of rhetoric and oratory in creating and propagating a “Lo
Tried Men and True, or Union Life in Dixie highlights in emotional detail the local tensions between Unionists and Confederates in the Civil War South and offers a rare first-person account of the
This pathbreaking book tells the dramatic story of a unique manufacturing complex and the city that it helped to create. The events recounted and interpreted by W. David Lewis are of more than local
This is the first book-length study of the writings, work, and life of Renaissance man and Alabama native Albert Murray. The collection consists of essays and interviews written by prominent scholars
"This book is, quite simply, magnificent; both informative and comprehensive in ways rarely seen in archaeological studies. The artifact data presented, particularly the ceramic sequence, will be a v
What was the relationship between rhetoric and slavery, and how did rhetoric fail as an alternative to violence, becoming instead its precursor? Fanatical Schemes is a study of proslavery rhetoric in
The first book length study of the environmental justice movement, tourism, and the links between race, class, and waste.Tourism is at once both a beloved pastime and a denigrated form of popular cult
On the Cusp probes the works of two seminal figures in turn-of-the-20th century American arts and letters to tell a larger story: the complex birth of American modernism. The writer Stephen Crane (1
Mark Twain and the Spiritual Crisis of His Age recounts Twain’s fascination with, and participation in, America’s spiritual and religious evolution in the 19th century and demonstrates how his writing
One of the most significant theoretical issues in contemporary American archaeology—the role of oral tradition in scientific research.Ronald J. Mason explores the tension between aboriginal oral tradi
Romanticism is as rife in Civil War history as any other and may produce more than its share of drums and trumpets writing that glosses over the fear, pain, and death that are inevitable components of
Applies linguistics methods for a richer understanding of literary texts and spoken language. Dialect and Dichotomy outlines the history of dialect writing in English and its influence on linguistic v
This book illustrates the significance of rhetorical knowledge for law through detailed discussion of some of the most difficult legal issues facing courts today, including affirmative action, gay ri
Elizabeth Tyler Coleman was a great-granddaughter of President John Tyler and a graduate of the University of Alabama and of Swarthmore College. She was the first female faculty member in the English
