Challenging common critical practices and offering new interpretations of canonical texts by Marjane Satrapi, Alan Moore, Kyle Baker, Chris Ware, and others, this volume offers the first major critique of the field of comics studies.
A timely, transnational examination of the institutions in Mexico, Canada, and the United States that engage migrant populations in becoming agents of change for immigrant rights while holding government authorities accountable.
The first collection to document the extensive participation of people of African descentoincluding poets, painters, sculptors, theorists, critics, dancers, and playwrightsoin the international surrealist movement over the past 75 years.
Presents an account of conceptualism in Latin American art. Placing the evolution of conceptualism within the history Latin America, this work... Læs mere
The first systematic examination of the Empress' influence on foreign policy
Ever since Sir Arthur Evans first excavated at the site of the Palace at Knossos in the early twentieth century, scholars and... Læs mere
Through extensive field research, this book examines the complicated legal and personal journey facing modern descendants of runaway slave communities as they seek constitutionally granted reparations for their ancestors’ hardships.
An internationally recognized expert on ancient Greek rhetoric provides the definitive history and analysis of the oratory of praise and its social function in the Greco-Roman world.
These translations of short stories reveal Monterroso as a foundational author of the new Latin American narrative.
Examines the ways in which people practice traditional co-operative and reciprocal relationships.
Intends to places Derek Jarman in the tradition of lyric film. This title offers incisive readings of eleven of his feature-length films.
Based on research in both American and foreign archives, this first book-length study of doping in the Olympics connects the use and regulation of performance-enhancing drugs to developments in the larger global environment.