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Hollywood in San Francisco: Location Shooting and the Aesthetics of Urban Decline (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This pioneering study of postwar feature films set in San Francisco tracks the transformation of Hollywood filmmaking as location shooting became the dominant production method in an era of urban anxiety.
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Slavery and Utopia: The Wars and Dreams of an Amazonian World Transformer (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Through the career of a charismatic indigenous leader, this book chronicles the struggles surrounding indigenous slavery in Peruvian Amazonia from the collapse of the rubber economy to the beginnings of mass colonization in the region.
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The Art of Solidarity: Visual and Performative Politics in Cold War Latin America (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Examining artistic production in solidarity movements throughout the Cold War era, this multidisciplinary anthology reveals the tremendous role that art and performance have played in the quest for social justice in the Americas.
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What Every Teen Should Know About Texas Law (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Back in print and completely updated, this practical, easy-to-understand guide covers the most common areas of law that affect young adults, including driving, employment, renting, relationships, and minor criminal offenses.
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Words of the True Peoples/Palabras De Los Seres Verdaderos: Anthology of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous-Language Writers/Antologia De Escritores Actuales En Lenguas Indigenas De Mexico: Volume Two/Tomo Dos: Poetry/Poesia (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The second book in a major three-volume trilingual anthology of Mexican indigenous writing.
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Words of the True Peoples/Palabras De Los Seres Verdaderos: Anthology of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous-Language Writers/Antologia De Escritores Actuales En Lenguas Indigenas De Mexico: Volume One/Tomo Uno: Prose/Prosa (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This groundbreaking anthology gathers works by the leading generation of writers in thirteen Mexican indigenous languages.
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Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The legendary singer-songwriter who wrote Willie Nelson’s signature song “Whiskey River” tells about his life in honky-tonk music.
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Delirious Consumption: Aesthetics and Consumer Capitalism in Mexico and Brazil (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Looking at several of the leading figures in postwar Latin American letters and art, this volume offers an enlarged understanding of the way art is produced in, and responds to, the age of consumer culture.
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Evolving Images: Jewish Latin American Cinema (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
With critical essays by leading scholars from Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Israel, this is the first volume devoted to Jewish filmmaking and films with Jewish themes and characters in Latin America.
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From Strangers to Neighbors: Post-Disaster Resettlement and Community Building in Honduras (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Presenting case studies of two Honduran resettlements that have experienced very different outcomes, this book identifies the type and quality of support that resettlements need in order to become successful communities.
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Jazz and Cocktails: Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
With insightful analyses of the contributions of jazz composers such as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Chico Hamilton, and John Lewis, this book considers the complex roles of jazz and race in classic film noir.
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Chances for Peace: Missed Opportunities in the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This innovative reexamination of thirty pivotal episodes in the Arab-Israeli conflict, beginning with the 1919 Faysal-Weizmann Agreement and ending with the 2008 Abu Mazen-Olmert talks, reveals both missed opportunities and realistic possibilities to nego
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