Mao's Lost Children: The Rusticated Youth of the Cultural Revolution
Ou Nianzhong, Liang Yongkang and Laura Manyard
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A collection of memoirs from more than fifty zhiqings or young Chinese who suffered under the reign...
The Children and Animals: Cultural, Environmental and Ethical Issues
Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw and Affrica Taylor
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This book offers detailed accounts of everyday encounters between children and animals, exploring...
Sex and Slaughter in the Tent of Jael: A Cultural History of a Biblical Story
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In the Hebrew Bible, Judges 4-5 tells the lurid story of the heroic figure of Jael, a woman who...
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Bunuel en Toledo: Arte Publico, Accion Cultural y Vanguardia
Maria Soledad Fernandez Utrera
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In 1923, Luis Bunuel established the Order of Toledo, a parody order of knights whose members...
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A Cultural History of Chess-Players: Minds, Machines, and Monsters
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This inquiry concerns the cultural history of the chess-player. It takes as its premise the idea...
African Appropriations: Cultural Difference, Mimesis, and Media
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Why would a Hollywood film become a Nigerian video remake, a Tanzanian comic book, or a Congolese...
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Shadow-Makers: A Cultural History of Shadows in Architecture
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The making of shadows is an act as old as architecture itself. From the gloom of the medieval hearth...
The Materiality of Love: Essays on Affection and Cultural Practice
Anna Malinowska and Michael Gratzke
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Drawing on love studies and research in material cultures, this book seeks to re-examine love...
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Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta
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Blues is the cornerstone of American popular music, the bedrock of rock and roll. In this...