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now-famous structures of Athens and Olynthos. Bradley A. Ault and Lisa C. Nevett have brought together an international team of...... more

Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe’s sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting... more

Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe s sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting... more

Landscape Heritage, Charles A. Birnbaum and Mary V. Hughes present an introduction along with eight essays by well-known...... more

Beach and the rainbow that adorns Mayan women, Latin America has long been a source of inspiration for designers throughout...... more

Beach and the rainbow that adorns Mayan women, Latin America has long been a source of inspiration for designers throughout...... more

becoming a modern and cosmopolitan city, by the end of the century, a ’medieval’ Cairo had somehow come into being. While many...... more

to a staggering array of fields. For the first time in English, this volume of essays demonstrates his impact on a...... more

Insightful, focused case studies of screen performance from diverse directors with a range of contemporary styles and...... more

as tough as ever. Action Chicks is a groundbreaking collection highlighting the heroines we’ve grown to worship. What can...... more

as tough as ever. Action Chicks is a groundbreaking collection highlighting the heroines we ve grown to worship. What can...... more

music scenes come and go with hardly a trace, they nevertheless give immense satisfaction to their participants, and a...... more

music scenes come and go with hardly a trace, they nevertheless give immense satisfaction to their participants, and a...... more

evangelical tradition. This book examines the role and importance of hymns in evangelicalism, not only as a part of worship but as...... more

Few Hollywood directors had a higher profile in the 1930s than Frank Capra (1897-1991). He served as president of the...... more

This is the definitive anthology of interviews, articles and reviews on the Coen brothers, presenting a rounded picture...... more

-- at times even division -- about what constitutes "authentic worship." This important book reviews a wide variety of...... more

This latest volume in a series of short play anthologies compiled by Deb and Norman Bert provides roles for almost any...... more

, or, more broadly, space. Portrayed in visual images and words, the landscape played a vital role in expressing and...... more

Construction takes a comprehensive look at recent developments in this fast growing area. With each chapter written by an...... more

construes Asia as a feminine Other to the masculine West. The conventional Orientalist definition of fashion as an exclusively...... more

construes Asia as a feminine Other to the masculine West. The conventional Orientalist definition of fashion as an exclusively...... more

OPERA IN CONTEXT ESSAYS ON HISTORICAL STAGING FROM THE LATE RENAISSANCE TO... more

In September 1960 a television show emerged from the mists of prehistoric time to take its place as the mother of all...... more

The notion of a uniquely Quaker style in architecture, dress, and domestic interiors is a subject with which scholars...... more

claims of legitimacy, and these in their turn exert a force well outside academia. The phenomenon is tooimportant to be left...... more

Authorship in film has been a persistent theme in the field of cinema studies. This volume of new work revitalizes the...... more

Authorship in film has been a persistent theme in the field of cinema studies. This volume of new work revitalizes the...... more

reception as a function of changing patterns of American community, identity, consumption, and the fabric of everyday life...... more

This collection of articles by leading scholars traces the history of Brazilian pop music through th... more

Where most of the literature in the psychology of music has focused on the processes involved when l... more

relationship between Hollywood and scandal from a fresh perspective. The contributors consider some of the famous transgressions...... more

community to community have made it difficult to study, and it remains largely unexplored terrain. This volume is a practical...... more

and its origins in a community....... more

to music as a vehicle of religious and political ideas, during the first half of the twentieth century. This...... more

This is a study of masculinity as a metaphor and especially of the muscular male body as a moral symbol. It explores...... more

incumbents, yet the recipients of this training spend all but a fraction of their working life outside the training room--in...... more

a variety of theoretical approaches, the editors and contributors to this volume provide interpretations of the history...... more

Between the disciplines of art history and the history of science lies a growing field of inquiry into what science and...... more

A comprehensive resource of American radio history including over 100 authors and covering over 600 different topics...... more

The contributors to this volume trace the life history of artifacts that were brought to Europe and ... more

The contributors to this volume trace the life history of artifacts that were brought to Europe and ... more

be characterized by a degree of dynamics, flexibility, and mobility that will go far beyond many of today s develop ments...... more

An interdisciplinary approach to the history of women and Renaissance and Baroque Italy from the 14t... more

controversial film from a variety of methodological perspectives. Collectively these essays connect the interracial strife of New...... more

expanded edition of a special issue of the South Atlantic Quarterly brings together scholars from various parts of the globe to...... more

fourteen essays in this book examine a wide spectrum of discourses, including myth, literature, music, film, psychoanalysis and...... more

create architecture is an inherently political act, yet its nature as a social practice is often obscured beneath layers of...... more

, particularly in infancy and early childhood. Each chapter addresses central issues and charts a child’s developmental progress with...... more

and Difference brings together some of the freshest and most challenging voices in musicology today on a question of...... more

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it compares to written history but as a unique way of recounting the past. How does film construct a historical world...... more

This collection of scholarly articles traces the history of book illustration from its first notion ... more

Musical Perceptions is a much-needed text that introduces students of both music and psychology to the study of music...... more

The Anarchy of the Imagination colects the most important interviews, essays, and working notes of R... more

with white citizens, the Renaissance years were a proving period for black composers and performers. Black Music in the...... more