An authoritative anthology tracing the history of one of the most important concepts Black people drew on to challenge the brutal, totalizing system of Jim Crow racismThis book brings together a wealth of readings on the metaphor of the ';New Negro,' charting how generations of thinkers debated its meaning and seized on its potency to stake out an astonishingly broad and sometimes contradictory range of ideological positions.
Edgar Wallace's 1931 novel "e;The Devil Man"e; is the mysterious and thrilling story of Charles Pearce, an small, unnerving, musician, gifted but terribly boastful.
A fully illustrated review of the contemporary artwork of Edward and Nancy Kienholz, which clarifies its importance in American art history and illuminates its critique of American society and culture.
A fully illustrated review of the contemporary artwork of Edward and Nancy Kienholz, which clarifies its importance in American art history and illuminates its critique of American society and culture.
From secretive online followers to jealous ex-lovers and obsessed admirers through to random strangers and crazed criminals, this unnerving book will provide an insight into the minds of stalkers, and reveal how their sinister actions affect their victims.
One of Latin Americans most important poets of the twentieth century, Juan Gelman (19302014) spent much of his life in exile from his native Argentina during the Dirty War.
Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book delves into the thriving industry of religious infrastructure in Romania, where 4,000 Orthodox churches and cathedrals have been built in three decades.
Embedded within the Bible lies a largely unknown story of the founding of early Israel and its religion, interwoven with tales documenting the creation of the Torah.
This gripping anthology of the stories our history teachers didn't tell us includes: the fugutive whose favoruite food was his fellow escapers, the granny who giggled while her victims died in agony; the coral island awash with the blood of the Batavia killings; the lady-killing cad who rivalled Jack the Ripper; the monster of Norfolk Island; voluptuous Lola Montez; the gun molls whose kiss meant death; thegangsters who tried to kill our greatest sporting legend; and the musical genius who sang of the joys of flagellation.
Moving from People magazine to publicists' offices to tours of stars' homes, Joshua Gamson investigates the larger-than-life terrain of American celebrity culture.
