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Telling Migrant Stories: Latin American Diaspora in Documentary Film (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
In the media, migrants are often portrayed as criminals; they are frequently dehumanized, marginalized, and unable to share their experiences. Telling Migrant Stories explores... Læs mere
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Hell Without Fires: Slavery, Christianity, and the Antebellum Spiritual Narrative (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Examines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a ‘New Jerusalem’, a place they could call home.
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Joyce, Aristotle, and Aquinas (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Examines the influence of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas on James Joyce. O'Rourke demonstrates that Joyce was a philosophical writer who engaged creatively with questions of diversity and unity, identity, permanence and change, and the reliability of knowledge.
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Lost Storytellers: The Information Apocalypse in the Modern Newsroom (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A chilling, incisive, and firsthand look at the landscape of community news today, Lost Storytellers argues that the decline of local... Læs mere
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The Paradox of Paternalism: Women and the Politics of Authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Explains how women activists from across the political spectrum engaged with the state by working within... Læs mere
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Cuban Cultural Heritage: A Rebel Past for a Revolutionary Nation (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Explores the role that cultural heritage and museums played in the construction of a national identity in postcolonial Cuba. Pablo Alonso... Læs mere
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A Revolution in Movement: Dancers, Painters, and the Image of Modern Mexico (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The first book to illuminate how collaborations between dancers and painters shaped Mexico’s postrevolutionary cultural identity. K. Mitchell Snow traces this relationship throughout nearly half a century of developments in Mexican dance.
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Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley During the Civil War Era (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through... Læs mere
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The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers II in Winter Park, Florida (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This well-illustrated book illuminates the life and career of one of Florida’s premier architects, whose elegant homes and design aesthetic shaped the architectural character of Winter Park and influenced urban development throughout central Florida.
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Mickey and the Teamsters: A Fight for Fair Unions at Disney (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Behind the costumes, life isn’t always magic and fairy dust for the people who play the iconic characters of Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and... Læs mere
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Justice Pursued: The Exoneration of Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Offers an in-depth look at the reversal of a wrongful conviction in a noteworthy example of the justice system seeking to correct... Læs mere
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Internet, Humor, and Nation in Latin America (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The first book to provide a comprehensive Latin American perspective on the role of humour in the Spanish- and Portuguese-language internet, highlighting how... Læs mere
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