Overturns traditional views of the origins of fairy tales and documents their actual origins and transmission.
This is a collection of seven true stories of individuals insulted and injured by the mental health system, individuals who …
Contemporary art has never been so popular, but what is its role today and who is controlling its future? Contemporary …
Featuring over 140 Chinese and non-Chinese contributors, this landmark volume, edited by David Der-wei Wang, explores unconventional forms as well …
"Analysis of both official and opposition Saudi divine politics is often monolithic, conjuring images of conservatism, radicalism, misogyny and resistance …
Every day, Americans make decisions about their privacy: what to share and when, how much to expose and to whom. …
In the 1970s, one of the most torrid and forbidding regions in the world burst on to the international stage. …
A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past …
Hearing Cultures is a timely examination of the elusive, often evocative, and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense. It answers such intriguing …
Vision is typically treated as the defining sense of the modern era and a powerful vehicle for colonial and postcolonial …
In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how …
In this volume, experts on the Spanish Golden Age from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States offer analyses …
Most widely known for its adherents chanting “Hare Krishna” and distributing religious literature on the streets of American cities, the …
The Audible Past explores the cultural origins of sound reproduction. It describes a distinctive sound culture that gave birth to …
In the early years of the twenty-first century, the ideas that were first proposed over two hundred years ago could …
A sweeping study of sex, power, and knowledge in modern Japan, this ambitious work provides the first full-scale, detailed history …
Janet Afary is a native of Iran and a leading historian. Her work focuses on gender and sexuality and draws …
Drawing from a rich array of visual and literary material from nineteenth-century Iran, this groundbreaking book rereads and rewrites the …
"This book is groundbreaking, at once highly original, courageous, and moving. It is sure to have a tremendous impact in …
