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...
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...
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...
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...
The Portuguese in the East: A Cultural History of a Maritime Trading Empire
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Vasco da Gama's voyage to India in the late fifteenth century opened up new economic and cultural...
Gender, Subjectivity and Cultural Work: Classical Music Profession
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What is it like to work as a classical musician today? How can we explain ongoing gender, racial,...