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James Craig Holte

Pandemics in American Popular Culture

"This engaging reference book analyzes and contextualizes portrayals of epidemics and pandemics across a wide range of American media"--

Shira Wolosky

The Bible in American Poetic Culture

Although the Bible is the foundation of American poetic tradition, there is no study of the Bible as an ongoing force in American poetry. Not only a source of imagery, allusion, rhythm and style, the Bibl…

Jim Twombly

Political Scandal and American Pop Culture

¿This book provides a newer definition of political scandal and applies it in a way to remove ¿ordinary corruption¿ from the discussion. It then defines pop culture and examines how scandal and pop cultur…

M Genevieve West

Zora Neale Hurston and American Literary Culture

Taking a close look at Zora Neale Hurston's historical and literary contexts, this book investigates why Hurston's writing fell out of favor during her lifetime only to be reclaimed and appreciated years …

A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture

A COMPANION TO LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE SECOND EDITION **Cutting-edge and insightful discussions on Latin American literature and culture This newly revised second edition of A Companion to L…

Queer and Femme Gazes in AfroAsian American Visual Culture

Queer and Femme Gazes in AfroAsian American Visual Culture is a scholarly collection that takes comparative Black-Asian representations in televisual culture from queer and femme perspectives. AfroAsian r…

Latin American Literature and Culture in Translation

Broad in its scope and forward-thinking in its approach, this book offers a wide-ranging thematic exploration of key debates on contemporary translation in Latin American literature and culture.Featuring …

Gillian Moore

Contemporary American Fiction and Cultures of Self-Help

"Offers a unique look at the charged relationships between contemporary fiction and self-help culture. It explores how writers including David Foster Wallace, Tao Lin, and Alexandra Kleeman take crit…

Nat'l Mus Afr Am Hist Culture

National Museum of African American History and Culture 2e

This souvenir book showcases some of the most influential and important treasures of the National Museum of African American History and Culture's collections. These include a hymn book owned by Harriet T…

John Urech

Swiss Footprints in American History: Culture, Craftsmanship, and Community

Discover the untold story of Swiss immigrants and their profound impact on the shaping of early America. In Swiss Footprints in American History, John Urech explores how these determined pioneers brought …

John Urech

Swiss Footprints in American History: Culture, Craftsmanship, and Community

Discover the untold story of Swiss immigrants and their profound impact on the shaping of early America. In Swiss Footprints in American History, John Urech explores how these determined pioneers brought …

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 Objects

A rich and compelling introduction to the history of Asian Pacific American communities as told through 101 objects, from a fortune cookie baking mold to the debut Ms. Marvel comic featuring Kamala Khan A…

Wendy Larson

Optimism, Literature, and Culture in American Capitalism and Chinese Socialism

This book examines the similarity between capitalism and socialism over the twentieth century as both systems found ways to encourage happiness and optimism in their citizens. Comparing radically differen…

Steve Hauschildt

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Kendall R Phillips

Projected Fears

This expanded second edition offers further reflections on the importance of horror, tracing the cultural history of the American horror film from Dracula (1931) to Get Out (2017), including the changes i…

Kendall R Phillips

Projected Fears

This expanded second edition offers further reflections on the importance of horror, tracing the cultural history of the American horror film from Dracula (1931) to Get Out (2017), including the changes i…

The 49 Americans

We Know Nonsense

Anlässlich seines 15-jährigen Bestehens vermeldet das Label Staubgold die Wiederveröffentlichung des kompletten Backkatalogs der The 49 Americans. Die britische Do-it-yourself-Supergroup wurde von Andrew …

Eric Mottram

Blood on the Nash Ambassador

This collection of eight wide-ranging essays on aspects of American culture, first published in 1988, has been out of print for many years. It explores guns, cars, racism, politics and paranoia in startli…

Jacqueline Cogdell Djedje

Fiddling Is My Joy

Examines the history of fiddling among African Americans from the seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century.