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Lavishly illustrated with over 100 photos, the second edition of From Myth to Creation offers a dramatic insider''s view of the cognitive and symbolic worlds of indigenous potters and woodworkers in a region undergoing radical change. By placing Canelos Quichua art in social and cultural context, the text invites readers to better understand and appreciate the art, aesthetics, and the historical and contemporary consciousness of indigenous Americans. This new edition includes a new foreword and chapter.

Reading between the lines of southern gospel music

Most famous for his military marches, John Philip Sousa led a group of devoted musicians around the world and shaped a new cultural landscape. This book documents almost every aspect of the "March King's" band: its history, its star performers, its appearances on recordings, and the problems the group faced on their 1911 trip around the world.

Presents early twentieth-century Chicago as a vital centrepiece of Black thought and expression

Uncovering the hidden histories of iconic American folksongs

A thematic foundation for an interdisciplinary conversation about gendered resistance in locations including Brazil, Yemen, India, and the United States.

Expands on the work of Black feminists and feminists of colour and breaks intriguing new ground in Black feminist thought and methodology.

Explores the effect of race, gender, and nationality in the long struggle for economic justice by men and women of the Pullman Company.

Greg Egan (1961- ) publishes works that challenge readers with rigorous, deeply-informed scientific speculation. This book includes a rare interview with the famously press-shy Egan covering his works, themes, intellectual interests, and thought processes.

Explores US women's sport through historical "points of change": particular products or trends that dramatically influenced both women's participation in sport and cultural responses to women athletes.

A ground-breaking history of the American folk music revival

The rise and fall of America's first truly inter-racial labour union

First English translation of 20th century German philosopher Vilm Flusser's 1994 book, Von der Freiheit des Migranten

Merging scholarly insight with a professional guitarist's keen sense of the musical life, this book delves into the rich tradition of country & western music that is played and loved in the mill towns and cities of the American northeast.

Explores the performance, reception, transmission, and adaptation of Hawaiian music on board ships and in the islands, revealing the ways both maritime commerce and imperial confrontation facilitated the circulation of popular music in the nineteenth century.

A rousing tale of moonshine and conspiracy in Depression-era rural Virginia

This is the fifth volume of "Bach Perspectives". Nine scholars track Johann Sebastian Bach's reputation in America from an artist of relative obscurity to a cultural mainstay whose music has spread to all parts of the population, inspired a wealth of scholarship, captivated listeners, and inspired musicians.

The first integrated theory of manhood's relationship to hunting, animal experimentation, and animal sacrifice

Supplies English-language readers with a crucial missing link in Nietzsche's development by reproducing the text of a lecture series delivered by the young philosopher. This work is complete with Nietzsche's own sidenotes and philological citations, and is accompanied by a prologue, an introductory essay, commentary on the lectures, and more.

Traces Wong Kar-Wai's perennial themes of time, love, and loss, and examines the political implications of his films, especially concerning the handover of former British colony Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. This book covers a range of Wong's work, from his first film, "As Tears Go By", to "2046".

Though they appear diverse, Homer's "Odyssey" and slam poetry from contemporary urban America both draw from the well of oral tradition. This guide explores the cultural contexts of verbal art to provide more-than-textual methods for understanding the structure, principles, and social applications of oral poetry.

If Elvis Presley was a white man who sang in a predominantly black style, Johnny Ace was a black man who sang in a predominantly white one. This title presents a treatment of this influential performer taking the reader to Beale Street in Memphis and to Houston's Fourth Ward, both vibrant black communities where the music never stopped.