Istwa across the Water. Haitian History, Memory, and the Cultural Imagination, Paperback - Toni Pressley-Sanon

Gathering oral stories and visual art from Haiti and two of its 'motherlands' in Africa, Istwa across the Water recovers the submerged histories of...

The Spirit of Mourning: History, Memory and the Body - Paul Connerton

This interdisciplinary collection examines Tokyo in the cultural imagination. The contributors analyze how Tokyo has been perceived and experienced...

This book engages with the socio-cultural imaginings of Gandhi in literature, history, visual and popular culture. It explores multiple iterations ...

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Explores the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, These essays turn their attention to the wealth of...

DescriptionWhere previous accounts of the Renaissance have not fully acknowledged the role that music played in this decisive period of cultural hi...

Reducere. When Red Guards arrived in Tibet in 1966, intent on creating a classless society, they unleashed a decade of revolutionary violence, political rall...

Reducere. During the global Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, many called upon the United States to finally face its painful past. Tim Gruenewald's new bo...

Reducere. What did Jesus think of himself? How did he face death? What were his expectations of the future? In this volume, now in paperback, internationally...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. "A splendid addition to an already extraordinary oeuvre."--Teju Cole, The New Yorker German-born W. G. Sebald is best known as the innovative autho...

DescriptionRichard Ingersoll's World Architecture: A Cross-Cultural History, Second Edition, provides the most comprehensive and contemporary surve...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jennifer TaylorNever Before Has Losing Weight And Looking Good Been So Incredibly Easy. Give Yourself a Healthy, Enjoyable ...

Nazi concentration camps were built close to local populations all across Europe. These nearby communities were involved with the camps in a myriad...

Reducere. In a century marked by totalitarian regimes, genocide, mass migrations, and shifting borders, the concept of memory in Eastern Europe is often syno...

Drawing on literary, historical and cultural studies perspectives, this book examines the phenomenon of the "Returned Yank" in the cultural imagina...

Drawing on literary, historical and cultural studies perspectives, this book examines the phenomenon of the "Returned Yank" in the cultural imagina...

Reducere. John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Natural History BookPEN/Martha Albrand Award Finalist"[Green's] prose rings with the elemental clarity of th...

Secrets can pull you under...

This book captures the dynamics of history, memory, and territorial cults in Houay Yong, a Tai Vat village situated in the multiethnic highland fro...

Ukrainian dance is remarkably enduring in its popularity and still performed in numerous cultural contexts. This text unpacks the complex world of ...

Reducere. Learn about the first time in history that people of color overthrew a European colonial regime to establish an independent country Describing the ...

Reducere. On March 24, 1944, Nazi occupation forces in Rome killed 335 unarmed civilians in retaliation for a partisan attack the day before. Portelli has cr...

Reducere. SHEROES of the Haitian Revolution is an illustrated biography book of ten women who fought, supported, and fully engaged in the Haitian Revolution ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Karen [Schless] PressleyForeword by: Mike RinderForeword by: Steven HassanArtists Peter and Karen Schless were seduced by S...

Reducere. Conflicts over water prevalent in prehistory continue to expand and intensify. Although this natural resource informed our history, it will definit...

This book examines the significant changes that Venice underwent between the late-sixth and the early-eleventh centuries. It is addressed to schola...

Reducere. DescriptionExplore Some of the Most Important Events and People in Black History Two captivating manuscripts in one book: African American History:...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Daryl Joji MaedaIllustration(s): 9 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimens...

Presents a fresh theoretical ground for the study of ritual, iconographic technologies, and oral traditions among nonliterate peoples. The author u...

Reducere. Ton Vosloo is one of South Africa's most widely admired newspapermen and businessmen. Under his leadership, Naspers evolved from a print group into...