Scents and Sensibility: Perfume in Victorian Literary Culture
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This lively, accessible book is the first to explore Victorian literature through scent and perfume,...
Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture
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In contemporary France, particularly in the banlieues of Paris, the figure of the young, virile,...
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre
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If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout...
Rockets and Revolution: A Cultural History of Early Spaceflight
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Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the...
Green Retreats: Women, Gardens and Eighteenth-century Culture
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Green Retreats presents a lively and beautifully illustrated account of eighteenth-century women in...
AIDS, Sex, and Culture: Global Politics and Survival in Southern Africa
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AIDS, Sex, and Culture is a revealing examination of the impact the AIDS epidemic in Africa has had...
Zombies, Migrants, and Queers: Race and Crisis Capitalism in Pop Culture
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The alarm and anxiety unleashed by the Great Recession found fascinating expression across popular...
China in the Mix: Cinema, Sound, and Popular Culture in the Age of Globalization
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Scarce attention has been paid to the dimension of sound and its essential role in constructing...
Destruction of Cultural Property as a Weapon of War: ISIS in Syria and Iraq: 2017
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This book aims to advance the understanding of cultural property in armed conflict, and its...