Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era
Charles Musser, Jane Marie Gaines and Pearl Bowser
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Oscar Micheaux-the most prolific African American filmmaker to date and a filmmaking giant of the...
Reimagining Delilah's Afterlives as Femme Fatale: The Lost Seduction
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The story of Samson and Delilah in Judges 16 has been studied and retold over the centuries by...
The Organization of Knowledge: Caught Between Global Structures and Local Meaning
Jack Andersen and Laura Skouvig
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This book critically examines the organization of knowledge as it is involved in matters of digital...
Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway
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This book examines Sami shamanism in Norway as a uniquely distinctive local manifestation of a...
Fats: A Global History
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No other food is as nutritionally crucial, symbolically important or controversial as fat. Butter,...
How to Read El Pato Pascual: Disney's Latin America and Latin America's Disney
Jesse Lerner and Ruben Ortiz-Torres
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Investigating the reception and reuse of the imagery of one of the world's largest production...
Magic: 1400s-1950s
Noel Daniel, Mike Caveney, Jim Steinmeyer and Ricky Jay
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Special effects: A visual history of magic, from the Middle Ages to modernity Magic has captivated...
Maritime Heritage in Crisis: Indigenous Landscapes and Global Ecological Breakdown
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Grounded in critical heritage studies and drawing on a Pacific Northwest Coast case study, Maritime...
Public Space: Between Reimagination and Occupation
Svetlana Hristova and Mariusz Czepczynski
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Public Space: Between Reimagination and Occupation examines contemporary public space as a result of...
The Ganges River Basin: Status and Challenges in Water, Environment and Livelihoods
Vladimir Smakhtin, Luna Bharati, Bharat R. Sharma and M.A. Sattar mandal
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The Ganges is one of the most complex yet fascinating river systems in the world. The basin is...