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Guisela Latorre’s Democracy on the Wall: Street Art of the Post-Dictatorship Era in Chile documents and critically deconstructs the explosion of street art that emerged in Chile after the dictatorsh……続きを見る

After the Long Silence offers a ground-breaking, meticulously researched criticism of Brazilian contemporary performance created by its post-dictatorship generation, whose work expresses the consequ……続きを見る

Unlike many other handicrafts in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, which have long cultural and historical trajectories, Oaxacan woodcarving began in the second half of the twentieth century and has alwa……続きを見る

Honorable Mention, 2021 LASA Mexico Humanities Book Prize, Latin American Studies Association, Mexico Section In the sixteenth century, the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahagún and a team of indig……続きを見る

The post-civil rights era of the 1970s offered African Americans an all-too-familiar paradox. Material and symbolic gains contended with setbacks fueled by resentment and reaction. African American ……続きを見る

“Will educate and enlighten Canadians for generations to come. It's a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Canada's residential-school saga. Most importantly, it's a touchstone of community fo……続きを見る

We the peopleーthese words embody the ethos of what it means to be an American citizen. As individuals we are a tapestry of colors and creeds; united we are a nation committed to preserving our hard……続きを見る

In the 1970s, Manhattan’s west side waterfront was a forgotten zone of abandoned warehouses and piers. Though many saw only blight, the derelict neighborhood was alive with queer people forging new ……続きを見る

Overlooked in the history of artistic endeavors are the contributions of female writers, painters, and crafters of the Caribbean. The creative works by women from the Caribbean proves to be as remar……続きを見る

Winner, 2021 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Award, Art/Photography Book (The Wrangler) Sometime in 1947, a letter arrived in the mailbox of Harold Dow Bugbee, already a……続きを見る

A Série Universitária foi desenvolvida pelo Senac São Paulo com o intuito de preparar profissionais para o mercado de trabalho. Os títulos abrangem diversas áreas, abordando desde conhecimentos teór……続きを見る

Pop art was essential to the Americanization of global art in the 1960s, yet it engendered resistance and adaptation abroad in equal measure, especially in Paris. From the end of the Algerian War of……続きを見る

The book investigates the aesthetic theology embedded in the Franciscan artistic tradition. The novelty of the approach is in applying concepts gleaned from Franciscan textual sources to create a de……続きを見る

For a concise edition of his legendary arts dictionary of information and opinion, the distinguished critic and arts historian Richard Kostelanetz selects entries from the 2018 third edition. Typica……続きを見る

This Companion authoritatively points to the main areas of enquiry within the subject of African American art history. The first section examines how African American art has been constructed over t……続きを見る

L'histoire de l'art américain est d'abord celle d'un long combat pour échapper à la tutelle de l'Europe et affirmer son autonomie par rapport aux modèles et aux styles que celle-ci véhiculait. 続きを見る

Teotihuacán signifie, en langue nahuatl, «la cité où les hommes se transforment en dieux». C'est le nom que les Aztèques donnèrent à cette ancienne métropole, qu'ils n'ont jamais occupée puisque prè……続きを見る

This book addresses popular culture from a Christian perspective while using Kanye West and his recent Album as a graphic representation of God's desire and work in the world today. 続きを見る

L'intérêt que peuvent susciter en France les civilisations précolombiennes se heurte généralement à la prudence et à la frilosité des éditeurs et des organisateurs d'expositions. Soit les civilisati……続きを見る

Marqué à la fois par la pérennité des classiques (O'Neill, Miller, Williams, Albee), la domination d'un théâtre des images dans les années 1980 et l'essaimage des mises en scène, le théâtre américai……続きを見る

A visionary new approach to the Americas during the age of colonization, made by engaging with the aural aspects of supposedly “silent” images Colonial depictions of the North and South American lan……続きを見る

Raised in West Virginia, self-taught artist Carolyn Norris (b. 1948) moved as a young woman of twenty-one to Cleveland, Mississippi, a quintessential Delta railroad town on the famous blues Highway ……続きを見る

In Plenty and in Time of Need demonstrates how the unique history of Barbados has contributed to complex relations of national, gendered, and sexual identities, and how these identities are represen……続きを見る

In The Politics of Taste Ana María Reyes examines the works of Colombian artist Beatriz González and Argentine-born art critic, Marta Traba, who championed González's art during Colombia's National ……続きを見る

Ralph Waldo Emerson nasceu em 25 de maio de 1803 em Boston e foi um famoso escritor, filósofo e poeta americano. Foi pastor em Boston, mas, abandonou a atividade por divergências doutrinárias. Natur……続きを見る

George Littlechild: The Spirit Giggles Within is a stunning retrospective of a career that has spanned nearly four decades. Featuring more than 150 of the Plains Cree artist’s mixed-media works, thi……続きを見る

Meeting the challenge of teaching****multiculturalism Students-and their teachers-encountering literature and arts from unfamiliar cultures will welcome the special help this book provides. Instruct……続きを見る

Cinema and Inter-American Relations studies the key role that commercial narrative films have played in the articulation of the political and cultural relationship between the United States and Lati……続きを見る

WIth full-color illustrations throughout From the best-selling author of Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn and one of our most acclaimed cultural critics, here is an enthralling journey through ……続きを見る

From the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan Swafford comes the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. At the earliest ages it was app……続きを見る