In these essays, Wood engages Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida to demonstrate how repetition can preserve sameness and how creativity can interrupt time.
Looking at such figures as Nancy Drew, Judy Graves, Corliss Archer, Gidget, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Britney Spears, this... Læs mere
People of African descent in the New World (the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean) share a common set of experiences:... Læs mere
Assesses the direction and impact of African philosophy as well as its future role.
Set in Rainbow Bottom along the Wabash River, this book tells of the lives of a dissipated Irishman, Jimmy Malone, his long-suffering wife Mary, and Jimmy's boyhood friend and... Læs mere
19th-century RussiaOs classic cookbook, superbly translated and introduced.
Discusses role of ohistoriesO in cultural studies.
Addresses broader issues such as power relations within Caribbean slavery, multiculturalism, and the forms of religious accommodation to cultural change. This book examines the religion's transatlantic route through Cuban Santeria, Puerto Rican Espiritismo, and Black Nationalism.
" -Journal of Economic History"In terms of synthesizing existing literature and extending comparisons across boundaries, Nugent offers a shining example for both students and established scholars." -Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Presents an investigation of sexual ideology in "The Faerie Queene", combining theoretical advances in feminist scholarship and... Læs mere
Philosophical aesthetics and theories of art are among the last areas in which feminist critiques of traditional disciplinary assumptions are being explored. This book examines the intellectual traditions of the philosophy of art and aesthetics.
Before turning to filmmaking, Franiois Truffaut was a film critic writing for "Cahiers du Cinema" during the 1950s. This title features the articles that... Læs mere