Examining the work of impresarios, financiers, and the press as well as the artists themselves, Hohman demonstrates how a variety of Russian theatrical styles were introduced and incorporated into American theatre and dance during the beginning of the twentieth century.
The Halletts' investigation differs from anything that has been written about the relationship between... Læs mere
An examination of the collaboration between Egyptian and Indian nationalists against the British Empire, this book argues that the basis for Third World or Non-Aligned Movement was formed long before the Cold War.
This book considers some of the Western interpretations of The Shahnameh - Iran's national epic, and argues that these interpretations are not only methodologically flawed, but are also more revealing of Western concerns and anxieties about Iran than they are about the Shahnameh.
Kafka's literary universe is organized around constellations of imprisonment. Freedom and Confinement in Modernity proposes that imprisonment does not... Læs mere
The most influential East-West artistic, cultural, and literary exchange that has taken place in modern and postmodern times was the reading and writing of haiku.
The Federal Theatre Project, a New Deal plan to fund theatre and other live artistic performances during the Great Depression,... Læs mere
Morgan and his contributors show how films blend myth and reality to present a positive message about presidents as the epitome of... Læs mere
Over the last hundred years, musical theatre artists - from Berlin to Rodgers and Hammerstein to Sondheim - have developed a form that corresponds directly to the Americanization of the increasingly Jewish New York audience;
The 'generation' has been largely forgotten in the fields of sociology and political science, especially regarding global... Læs mere
This book looks at Chinese policy towards the South Pacific in the context of China's grand strategy. Analysts are divided on the... Læs mere
This book examines the metaphors that inform the major paradigms in international relations theory. Readers will discover that the vast majority of the... Læs mere