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Uncovering the hidden histories of iconic American folksongs

Biography of a country singer, racecar driver, restless seeker

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.

Philology - the discovery, editing, and presentation of historical texts was once a firmly established discipline that formed the core study for students across a wide range of linguistic and literary fields. This title demonstrates the problems, standards, and methods of philology.

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

Explores the history of actors' unionism in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the onset of the Great Depression.

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

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

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.

Evaluates Ali's import outside the ring as cultural icon, antiwar protestor, and narcissist.

Using editorials, columns, advertisements, silent film, architecture, and photography, this title develops the theme of modern consciousness.