The voices of liberty, equality, religious tolerance, reason, and enlightenment heard in renaissance Paris.
How ethnological show business shaped European and American perceptions of Africa and Africans.
Essays explore four key facets of the ballet: its choreography and movement; the cultural and historical contexts of its performance and reception in France; its structure and... Læs mere
Heidegger's most important thinking of his later career
Demonstrating that oral media and native cultural forms are vital throughout the South Pacific, this book raises issues in comparative scholarship on oral tradition: what... Læs mere
Comrade Huppert is a story of displacement and exile, the price of party loyalty, and the toll of war and terror on the mind of this emblematic figure.
The battle of Heligoland Bight was the first major action between the British and German fleets during the First World War. The British orchestrated the battle as a... Læs mere
Brings Kierkegaard into conversation with the Catholic tradition
A portrait of Jewish life in oMiddletown,O Indiana.
Uses the work of Julia Kristeva as a touchstone to explore the nature of violence against women.
The history of African American women has become an important topic in the intellectual life of this country over the years. This collection of essays is written by a leading American historian.
Based on the diary of an 18th-century Russian provincial merchant, this book presents a portrait of Russia's little-known commercial class. It offers insights into the social history of imperial Russia.