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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.

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.

Contains images of music making during the Depression, captured with precision and purpose.

Demonstrates research on diverse women from the sixteenth century onwards in Spain, Mexico, Tunisia, India, Iran, Poland, Mozambique, and the United States. This book addresses gender, race, class, nationalism, trans-nationalism, and migration.

Reflections and predictions of technology's effect on reading and writing

A sampling of "the best of Ronell," focusing on her essays and talks. This work presents an introduction to Ronell's oeuvre. It includes at least one selection from each of her books, two classic selections from a collection of her early essays, interviews, and essays.

A new look at modernism's relationship to human feeling and the public sphere

Presents a feminist analysis of Indian issues that goes past rights to get to justice. This work explores the relationship between law and feminist politics, by examining the contemporary Indian women's movement with comparisons to France and the United States.

Suddenly Robert Johnson is everywhere. Though the Mississippi bluesman died young and recorded only twenty-nine songs, the legacy, legend, and lore surrounding him continue to grow. This title gives his biography.

The first published collection of the esteemed novelist's prolific political works