The Arts

A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally-recognized authority on the topicFrom the genteel female impersonators of the 1910s to the raucous drag queens of La Cage Aux Folles, from the men of The Normal Heart to the women of Fun Home, and from Eva Le Gallienne and Tallulah Bankhead to Tennessee Williams and Nathan Lane, Gays On Broadway deftly chronicles the plays and people that brought gay culture to Broadway.

How has theatre engaged with the nation-state and helped to formulate national identities?

A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally-recognized authority on the topicFrom the genteel female impersonators of the 1910s to the raucous drag queens of La Cage Aux Folles, from the men of The Normal Heart to the women of Fun Home, and from Eva Le Gallienne and Tallulah Bankhead to Tennessee Williams and Nathan Lane, Gays On Broadway deftly chronicles the plays and people that brought gay culture to Broadway.

Enlightenment studies are currently in a state of flux, with unresolved arguments among its adherents about its dates, its locations, and the contents of the 'movement'.

The 1950s as a cultural concept has surged with astonishing force over the last half century.

The 1950s as a cultural concept has surged with astonishing force over the last half century.

With hundreds of interviews conducted over a 35-year span, this book is the most comprehensive history of television scoring to date.

With hundreds of interviews conducted over a 35-year span, this book is the most comprehensive history of television scoring to date.

The first comprehensive biography of the Swing Era's pioneering virtuoso drummer and bandleaderWilliam Henry "e;Chick"e; Webb (1905-39) was one of the first virtuoso drummers in jazz and an innovative bandleader dubbed the "e;Savoy King,"e; who reigned at Harlem's world-famous Savoy Ballroom.

The first comprehensive biography of the Swing Era's pioneering virtuoso drummer and bandleaderWilliam Henry "e;Chick"e; Webb (1905-39) was one of the first virtuoso drummers in jazz and an innovative bandleader dubbed the "e;Savoy King,"e; who reigned at Harlem's world-famous Savoy Ballroom.

Americas most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in 1867 in the rolling hills of Richland Center, Wisconsin, to a family of Unitarians.

Bob Dylan has created a body of work unparalleled in popular music.

How are hybrid and diasporic identities performed in increasingly diverse societies?

With a focus on music in context and a wealth of in-text and online exercises, The Complete Musician offers a complete program for teaching and learning undergraduate music theory.

Part of the ongoing series of photobooks published with the Arcus Foundation and Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios on queer communities around the world, a stunning portrait of a community battling homophobia in SerbiaIn June 2001, Serbia witnessed its first gay pride parade in history in Belgrade's central square.

The human body is the primary instrument of war, yet those waging war often confront soldiers' bodies in a detached or merely intellectual way.

Theatre & Sexuality explains the critical validity of using sexuality as a lens for examining theatre's creation and reception.

The Moog synthesizer "e;bent the course of music forever"e; Rolling Stone declared.

The Moog synthesizer "e;bent the course of music forever"e; Rolling Stone declared.

A captivating look at the pastNew England Ruins is the collective body of work by photographer ROB DOBI and his homage to abandoned buildings across the Northeast.

When Kiss Me, Kate premiered in its first try-out performance, its future was anything but certain.

Americas most famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in 1867 in the rolling hills of Richland Center, Wisconsin, to a family of Unitarians.

In A Singing Approach to Horn Playing, author and renowned teacher-musician Natalie Douglass Grana develops the fundamental sense of pitch that is essential to play the horn.

In A Singing Approach to Horn Playing, author and renowned teacher-musician Natalie Douglass Grana develops the fundamental sense of pitch that is essential to play the horn.

Music Lesson Plans for Social Justice offers a fresh, innovative approach to teaching general music.

Music Lesson Plans for Social Justice offers a fresh, innovative approach to teaching general music.

'This book is a glorious love letter to comfort and calm - Scandi style.

Hollywood is haunted by the ghost of playwright and novelist Oscar Wilde.

Reframing traditional conceptions of ecologyEcologies of Resistance brings together fourteen groundbreaking studies on Latin American and Latinx writing, visual and performing arts, film, and activism that propose alternatives to prevailing colonial and neocolonial conceptions of ecology.

This guide introduces concertgoers, serious listeners, and music students to Gustav Mahler's Second Symphony, one of the composer's most popular and most powerful works.

When Kiss Me, Kate premiered in its first try-out performance, its future was anything but certain.

When the Swedish concert singer Jenny Lind toured the U.

When the Swedish concert singer Jenny Lind toured the U.

Enlightenment studies are currently in a state of flux, with unresolved arguments among its adherents about its dates, its locations, and the contents of the 'movement'.

What will become of the shops?

What will become of the shops?

An illuminating exploration of the relationship between the restitution of looted art, global status, and the international construction of national cultural heritage.

In a blend of history, memoir, and photography, the Pulitzer Prize winner paints a vivid portrait of this extraordinary American city.

STAR POWER!

Through original analysis of three contemporary, auteur-directed melodramas (Matthew Weiner's Mad Men, Lars von Trier's Melancholia and Todd Haynes's Mildred Pierce), Living Screens reconceives and renovates the terms in which melodrama has been understood.

Getting In!

A stunning art gallery in a book, art, annotated spans more than 3,000 years of paintings, sculptures, and prints.

PAPERBACK ORIGINAL From an award-winning documentary photographer, the first book of its kind to portray the LGBTQ community in contemporary PolandFew in the Polish LGBTQ community could have foreseen how quickly this deeply conservative and Catholic country would change since it joined the European Union.

Part of the ongoing series of photobooks published with the Arcus Foundation and Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios on queer communities around the world, a stunning portrait of a community battling homophobia in SerbiaIn June 2001, Serbia witnessed its first gay pride parade in history in Belgrade's central square.

A captivating look at the pastNew England Ruins is the collective body of work by photographer ROB DOBI and his homage to abandoned buildings across the Northeast.

What is a 'Shakespearean actor'?

What is a 'Shakespearean actor'?

Art looting is commonly recognized as a central feature of Nazi expropriation, in both the Third Reich and occupied territories.

By the author of THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS.

This unique collection of essays and images explores a series of objects in the Royal Collection as a means of assessing the interrelated histories of the British royal family and the Shakespearean afterlife across four centuries.