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Peckinpah: The WESTERN FILMS--a RECONSIDERATION (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Assesses Peckinpah's stature as a major artist and details the unbelievably shoddy treatment afforded his films by hostile producers and studio hit men
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Music and Gender (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Through the experiences of performers, composers, and ethnomusicologists working in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North America, this title explores how the uses and descriptions of music shift in response to rapid political, economic, or technological change.
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Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong (2d ed.) (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An authoritative source on Railroad Folksong. This book provides a discussion of the human aspects of railroad history, railroad folklore, and the... Læs mere
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Mist: A TRAGICOMIC NOVEL (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A novel that features Augusto Perez, the pampered son of a recently deceased mother; the deceitful, scheming Eugenia, whom Augusto obsessively idealizes; and, Augusto's dog Orfeo, who gives a funeral oration upon his master's death.
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The Great Chicago Fire (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
On October 8, 1871, four decades after its founding, Chicago's destiny was rewritten 'with a pen of fire'. This study considers the mythic proportions of the Great Chicago Fire as... Læs mere
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Black Paris: The AFRICAN WRITERS' LANDSCAPE (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Documents the struggles and successes of three generations of African writers as they strive to establish their artistic, literary, and cultural identities in... Læs mere
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Opera on the Road: Traveling Opera Troupes in the United States, 1825-60 (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Leads the reader on an operatic tour of pre-Civil War America in this cultural study of what was an almost ubiquitous art form. It... Læs mere
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Picturing the Beast: Animals, Identity, and Representation (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Explores how human beings use animals and images of animals to define themselves--and how those depictions interfere with our abilities to understand the true nature of animals.
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Rendezvous with Death: AMERICAN POEMS of the GREAT WAR (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Arranged chronologically, this title reveals American poets' shifting, conflicting reactions to the war and highlights their efforts to shape US... Læs mere
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Louis Prima (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A biography of Louis Prima, one of the most underrated jazz musicians and entertainers of the twentieth century. It explores Prima's ability to maintain a lifelong career, his knack for... Læs mere
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A "a Half Caste" and Other Writings (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
What did it mean to be a 'half caste' in early twentieth-century North America? This collection of short works ranges from magazine romance to story melodrama and provides... Læs mere
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Not Just Victims: Conversations with Cambodian Community Leaders in the United States (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Describes Cambodian history, migration, and resettlement in the US.
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