A novella set in the House of David religious colony that bubbles with mystery, scandal, and little-known history.
Examines pantomime and theatricality in nineteenth-century histories of folklore and the fairy tale. In... Læs mere
Looks at how the cinematic versions of the seven Harry Potter novels represent an unprecedented cultural event in the history of... Læs mere
This is the history of Detroit's African American community told by the men and women who lived it.
Drawing on feminist literary studies and television studies, Kate Browne makes a case for The Golden Girls as a TV milestone not only because it remains one of the most popular sitcoms... Læs mere
Traces Scarborough’s path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that... Læs mere
In this intensive reading of the ‘actress-who-sings’, Garrett Stewart notes the gender and ethnic stereotypes that Barbra Streisand shattered as the first openly... Læs mere
The authors featured in this volume have, over the centuries, explored and interrogated the intersections between elite and popular cultures and... Læs mere
With engaged scholarship and an exciting contribution to the field of Israel/Palestine studies, queer scholar-activist Corinne Blackmer stages a pointed critique of scholars whose anti-Israel bias pervades their activism as well as their academic work.
Explores how American Jewish post-Holocaust writers, scholars, and editors adapted pre-Holocaust works, such as Yiddish fiction and documentary photography, for popular consumption by American Jews in the post-Holocaust decades.
This lively and irreverent memoir explores the settings where Yiddish - a language of song, rebellion, and eternal longing - has thrived: in the cabaret and cafe, the kitchen and classroom, the literary salon and mystical commune, the partisan brigade and on pilgrimage to Poland.
Through thoughtful analysis of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Israeli literature, Israeli Salvage Poetics interrogates the concept of the ‘negation of the diaspora’ as... Læs mere