Cultural Studies

ISBN: 9780813198545
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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For decades, smiling images of "Aunt Jemima" and other historical and fictional black cooks could be found on various food products and in advertising. Although these images were sanitized and romanticized in American popular culture, they represe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869774218
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: History
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Unlike in English and French cultural fields, where fashion during WWII is widely debated, in Italy the relationship between fashion and Fascism is an under-researched topic, separated from the study of Fascist institutions and bureaucracy. The be... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822947776
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Composition, Literacy, and Culture
Writing and Desire is a sustained, multimovement exploration of how writers, particularly queer writers, think and feel through desire as central to their writing practice. In a time of political, social, global, and ecological unrest, how might w... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788771849134
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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South Sea Island. The Geography of Pleasure is a literary history of European, Russian and American travelogues, films, paintings, philosophical treatises, all fascinated by the Polynesian islands. Our ideas of nature, growth and sustainability ar... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819580894
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
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Communication is a fundamental human activity, and as much as 90% of all communication is non-verbal. Yet awareness of embodied intelligence in communication is rare. This book is the fourth in a series by interdisciplinary educator Andrea Olsen f... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781789259179
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Material Religion in Antiquity
Volume: 2
Sacred Nature: Animism and Materiality in Ancient Religions is the second volume of the series Material Religion in Antiquity (MaReA). The book collects the proceedings of the international online workshop carrying the same title organize... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822947264
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Illuminations
Despite a pronounced shift away from Eurocentrism in Spanish and Hispanic studies departments in US universities, many implicit and explicit vestiges of coloniality remain firmly in place. While certain national and linguistic expressions are priv... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788869771798
Published by : Mimesis International
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The 20th century witnessed the collapse of the traditional separation between the realm of 'official' culture and that of 'popular' entertainment. This event produced dramatic consequences at all levels of social life in the West, especially in th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822946212
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: Pitt Latin American Series
"Campbell takes the concept of regional identity and blows it up, showing that regional concerns were always mediated by national and international dynamics. This rich cultural history exposes the symbolic shorthand used to depict the Northeast an... .... Learn More