Andy Warhol was queer in more ways than one. A fabulous queen, a fan of prurience and pornography, a great admirer of the male body, he was well known to the gay audiences who... Læs mere
A sweeping argument that from the mid-seventeenth century until the mid-twentieth, the English-language novel encoded ideas equating race with liberty.
Describes and analyses contemporary discourse seems to provide a choice in the way sexual identities and sexual difference. This title includes essays that elaborate on different aspects of this deadlock of sexual difference.
Covers over 700 medicinal plants, of which more than 150 are readily obtainable in health-food stores and other outlets. In this... Læs mere
Traces the relays between these cultural formations by examining the issue of "sacred eroticism," the literary or artistic expression of devotional feelings in erotic terms that has repeatedly occurred over the centuries.
Shawn Michelle Smith examines how the advent of photography revolutionized perception, making what was once invisible visible, while also revealing the limitations of what can be seen.
Tells the history of US flight attendants, tracing the evolution of their glamorized image as ideal women and their activism as trade unionists and... Læs mere
Unveils the radical roots of modern dance and recalls the excitement and energy of New York City in the 1930s. This book explores the relationship between the modern dance movement and leftist political activism in this period.
Featuring more than seventy images, Pictures and Progress brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African American photographers, as well as the effects of photography on racialized thinking.
An examination of visual art in post-independence Senegal. It explores the complex interplay of cultural nationalism,... Læs mere
Offers an account of the most important antiwar campaign prior to World War I: the antimilitarism of the French Left. This book covers... Læs mere