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Winner, National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Book Award, 2019 The Royal Chicano Air Force produced major works of visual art, poetry, prose, music, and performance during the second ……続きを見る

#1 Amazon Best Seller! ─ Cubanisms ─ The evolution of Cuban slang, Spanish slang, and Spanglish The history of Spanish slang: Spanish is a unique language. From Argentina to Spain, accents, meanings……続きを見る

*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* **Updated and expanded with new material from the author and new foreword from Rachel Kushner** For many, Kim Gordon is the epitome of cool: vocalist, bassist/guitari……続きを見る

"[In] this anthology of well-chosen excerpts by a satisfyingly diverse group of writers....the truth of their lives shines from every beautifully, often courageously composed page."ー Booklist “Pack……続きを見る

The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, ……続きを見る

A lavish, gorgeously designed full-color collection that showcases the designs of Dorothy and Otis Shepard, two groundbreaking giants of early twentieth-century American advertising. Dorothy and Oti……続きを見る

Learning American history is more effective if done via pictures. Children are attracted to the vibrant colors of meaningful pictures. It's easier to imagine previous events when there are pictures ……続きを見る

This nuanced account explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers an important reexamination of the mid-16th-century Popol Vuh, long considered an authoritative text……続きを見る

During the mid-twentieth century, Latin American artists working in several different cities radically altered the nature of modern art. Reimagining the relationship of art to its public, these arti……続きを見る

A vivid, engaging account of the artists and artworks that sought to make sense of America's first total war, Grand Illusions takes readers on a compelling journey through the major historical event……続きを見る

An illustrated, in-depth examintion of the avant-garde and politically radical Latino art of San Francisco's Mission District In The Heart of the Mission, Cary Cordova combines urban, political, and……続きを見る

Queering Contemporary Asian American Art takes Asian American differences as its point of departure, and brings together artists and scholars to challenge normative assumptions, essentialisms, and m……続きを見る

How did the US South contribute to the development of film? And how did film shape the modern South? In Fade In, Crossroads, Robert Jackson tells the story of the relationships between southerners a……続きを見る

Brasilien: 500 Jahre komplexe und spannende Kulturgeschichte. Fußball, Copacabana, Karneval, Favelas, Amazonas – was steckt hinter den üblichen Bildern? Die Geschichte Brasiliens ist viel umfassende……続きを見る

"Young's linkage between critical race theory, historical inquiry, and performance studies is a necessary intersection. Innovative, creative, and provocative." ---Davarian Baldwin, Paul E. Raether D……続きを見る

Arvey Foundation Book Award, Association for Latin American Art, 2018 Many Latin American artists and critics in the 1920s drew on the values of modernism to question the cultural authority of Europ……続きを見る

A 2008 cover of The New Yorker featured a much-discussed Black Power parody of Michelle and Barack Obama. The image put a spotlight on how easy it is to flatten the Black Power movement as we imagin……続きを見る

On the southern end of the Grand Rue, a major thoroughfare that runs through the center of Port-au-Prince, waits the Haitian capital's automobile repair district. This veritable junkyard of steel an……続きを見る

Salish Blankets presents a new perspective on Salish weaving through technical and anthropological lenses. Worn as ceremonial robes, the blankets are complex objects said to preexist in the supernat……続きを見る

"Éste es un libro más sobre montañas, aunque en él no se pretende un acercamiento bajo la óptica de la ciencia o la orografía que estudian su composición, altura y desniveles, como dicen los montañi……続きを見る

presente obra es producto del trabajo colaborativo e interdisciplinario de investigadores integrantes del grupo Pensamiento artístico y comunicación, adscrito a la Escuela de Artes y Ciencias de la ……続きを見る

Las escuelas de arte y oficios en Colombia reflexiona en torno a un tema que esperó por muchos años para ser documentado convenientemente. Un siglo es el itinerario temporal escogido por los investi……続きを見る

Obra lúcida, sugestiva, de estilo preciso y sobrio, que está aquí para conducir, enseñar y, lo más importante, iluminar áreas del terreno artístico que habían permanecido en penumbra y que, al descu……続きを見る

Los festivales son eventos gracias a los cuales la cultura se revitaliza y se reinventa a sí misma por medio de un despliegue lúdico de sus imaginarios culturales. Son una fiesta. Crean atmósferas e……続きを見る

Andrés Caicedo, Carlos Mayolo y Luis Ospina fueron los protagonistas de toda una generación obsesionada por el cine en la ciudad de Cali - Colombia. Víctimas del llamado "mal de la cinesífilis", con……続きを見る

Este libro surgió de la necesidad de encontrar un esquema de pensamiento y de acción que, asimilando las enseñanzas de la experiencia colombiana y de los modelos de socialismo real que existieron en……続きを見る

En la obra del teatrista Eugenio Barba, las relaciones usualmente indefinidas entre arte y ciencia han alcanzado una dimensión altamente valiosa, máxime si se tiene en cuenta que, a partir de sus in……続きを見る

En este libro, el autor aborda el movimiento, el arte, la magia. El autor-protagonista va registrando sus experiencias existenciales y únicas, según dice, capaces de afectar nuestras vidas desde el ……続きを見る

What did the battle of Gettysburg look like? Despite the vast number of photographs associated with the Civil War, we have no photos of the battles themselves. The state of photography at that time ……続きを見る

What did the battle of Gettysburg look like? Despite the vast number of photographs associated with the Civil War, we have no photos of the battles themselves. The state of photography at that time ……続きを見る