American Guides: The Federal Writers' Project and the Casting of American Culture
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In the midst of the Great Depression, Americans were nearly universally literate--and they were...
Beyond Sight: Engaging the Senses in Iberian Literatures and Cultures, 1200-1750
Ryan D. Giles and Steven Wagschal
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Beyond Sight, edited by Ryan D. Giles and Steven Wagschal, explores the ways in which Iberian...
Celebricities: Media Culture and the Phenomenology of Gadget Commodity Life
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What becomes of life, experience, and truth in the hyperconsumeristic culture of the twenty-first...
Off to the Pictures: Cinemagoing, Women's Writing and Movie Culture in Interwar Britain
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Using detailed case studies, this innovative book draws upon new archival research, industrial...
Reading the Male Gaze in Literature and Culture: Studies in Erotic Epistemology
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This book examines the phenomenon of 'the male gaze', a concept which has spread beyond academia and...
The Power of Song: Nonviolent National Culture in the Baltic Singing Revolution
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This book shows how the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania confronted a military superpower...
Victorian Jesus: J.R. Seeley, Religion, and the Cultural Significance of Anonymity
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Ecce Homo: A Survey in the Life and Work of Jesus Christ, published anonymously in 1865, alarmed...
Writing Hollywood: The Work and Professional Culture of Television Writers
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Writing Hollywood highlights the writing process in the production of television drama and comedy...
What Chefs Feed Their Kids: Recipes and Techniques for Cultivating a Love of Good Food
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How do the people who know the most about food tackle the special challenges of cooking for...