It was starving Armenians that Peterson's (history, U. of Virginia) mother cited to make him finish his meal, and not until he was on his way to Armenia with the Peace Corp did he learn that she had b
Sex and the Citizen is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that draws on current anxieties about "legitimate" sexual identities and practices across the Caribbean to explore bot
Smith (African and Afro-American studies, English and American literature, Brandeis U.) introduces the Caribbean as a region "languaged by sex" in discussions about political and cultural sovereignty.
Originally a euphemism for Princeton University’s Female Literary Tradition course in the 1980s, "chick lit" mutated from a movement in American women’s avant-garde fiction in the 19
Harzewski (English, U of New Hampshire) offers a scholarly dissection of "chick lit" from a post-feminist perspective. She anchors her study in analysis of the bestselling novel Bridget Jones' Diary a
Nash (journalism, U. of Richmond) describes how science is being used to help protect essential parts of rapidly transforming landscapes, and how it is sometimes ignored, putting those landscapes at r
Socrates has long been enthroned as the epitome of Greek rationalism, but Hans (English, Wake Forest U.) finds that his ideas were a bit more complex than the Platonic and later equation that rational
O'Rourke (English, Florida State U.) explores the powerful narratives in autobiography and their ability to illustrate how ethical principles do not necessarily lead to practice. Working from Rousseau
Independent scholar Brittan presents an introduction to the interpretation of metaphorical language in poetry. Aimed at undergraduate students of English or comparative literature, the text provides a
Of Dreams and Assassins is the urgent and rhythmic fourth novel of Malika Mokeddem, her second to appear in English. Born in Algeria to a Bedouin family that had only recently become sedentary, Mokedd
Of Dreams and Assassins is the urgent and rhythmic fourth novel of Malika Mokeddem, her second to appear in English. Born in Algeria to a Bedouin family that had only recently become sedentary, Mokedd
As a companion to a February 19-August 8, 1999 exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery, this catalog presents both well-known and less familiar renderings of the nation's
Challenging conventional notions of a linear progression towards democracy in France, MTlonio (French literature, U. of Nanterre) maintains that the country's troublesome dialogue with Tocqueville mir
"This book compares the U.S. Civil War to the Paraguayan War of 1864-70, particularly with regard to the wars' impact on state-building and race relations"--Provided by publisher.
The literature of Cuba, argues Eduardo Gonzalez in this new book, takes on quite different features depending on whether one is looking at it from "the inside" or from "the
Gonzalez (Latin American literature and cinema, Johns Hopkins U.) offers a comparative interpretation of literature written by well-known Cuban authors in relation to authors and film directors from a
From Dallas–Fort Worth to El Paso, Goodnight to Marfa to Langtry, and scores of places in between, the second of two towering volumes assembled by Gerald Moorhead and a team of dedicated authors offer
This collection of essays by leading scholars and practitioners addresses a timely and essential question: How can we design, plan, and sustain built environments that will foster health and healing?
This collection of essays by leading scholars and practitioners addresses a timely and essential question: How can we design, plan, and sustain built environments that will foster health and healing?
How did early Americans define themselves? The American exceptionalist perspective tells us that the young republic rejected Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans in order to isolate a na
Both in the popular imagination and in academic discourse, North and South are presented as fundamentally divergent penal systems in the aftermath of the Civil War, a difference mapped onto larger per
Using the term "exodus politics" to theorize the valorization of black male leadership in the movement for civil rights, Robert J. Patterson explores the ways in which the political
Using the term "exodus politics" to theorize the valorization of black male leadership in the movement for civil rights, Robert J. Patterson explores the ways in which the political
What is more important in architectural works—their form, shape, and color, or the meanings and symbolism that can be associated with them? Can aesthetic judgments of architecture be independent of th
What is more important in architectural works—their form, shape, and color, or the meanings and symbolism that can be associated with them? Can aesthetic judgments of architecture be independent of th
Madureira (U. of Wisconsin-Madison) works from Derrida's claims about the theoretical insufficiency of the received idea of context and the consequences for the study of New World literature and cultu
Unique in its inclusion of Brazil in a comparative study of literary texts and their engagement with Western modernity, Cannibal Modernities is the first postcolonial study to show how the "periphera
Exploring white American popular culture of the past century and a half, Turner (rhetoric, folklore, African American studies, U. of California at Davis) details subtle and not-so-subtle negative trop
Approximately 35 letters, pamphlets, booklets, and leaflets are reprinted here. Written between 1860 and 1897, some are attributed to Dodgson, some to Lewis Carroll, and others to Phayllus, East Shee
"This above all: To thine own self be true," is an ideal—or pretense—belonging as much to Hamlet as to the carefully choreographed realms of today’s politics and social media. But what if our "true" s
Wheelock digs beneath the elite, white antislavery version of progress, to look at key debates on progress and freedom during the so-called Age of Revolution from a different, yet meaningful angle. Re
In an interdisciplinary study of black intellectual history at the dawn of the nineteenth century, Stefan M. Wheelock shows how black antislavery writers were able to counteract ideologies of white su
In Patriotism and Piety, Jonathan Den Hartog argues that the question of how religion would function in American society was decided in the decades after the Constitution and First Amendment establish
"It is arguably the case," writes William Parsons, "that no two figures have had more influence on the course of Western introspective thought than Freud and Augustine.&
"It is arguably the case," writes William Parsons, "that no two figures have had more influence on the course of Western introspective thought than Freud and Augustine.&
In his new book, the eminent anthropologist Wyatt MacGaffey provides an ethnographically enriched history of Dagbon from the fifteenth century to the present, setting that history in the context of th
The geologically ancient Tidewater region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina rests precariously atop millions of years of erosion from the nearby Appalachian Mountains. An immens
Griffiths (English, New York Institute of Technology, Manhattan) looks at how African American writers and playwrights have explored ruptures in memory after a traumatic experience and attempted to de
Studies of traumatic stress have explored the challenges to memory as a result of extreme experience, particularly in relation to the ways in which trauma resonates within the survivor’s body and the
Fang (English, U. of Houston) explores the power that late Romantic authors accorded literary periodicals, through which their writing reached increasing numbers of readers between Waterloo and the fi
