"Afro-European"--The literature written by Africans in European languages - may come to be seen as part and parcel of the …
A gorgeous, darkly humorous memoir for readers of Cheryl Strayed about a woman overcoming dramatic loss and finding reinvention When …
For Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, …
autobiography, bilingual Spanish/English
For centuries, Persian was the language of power and learning across Central, South, and West Asia, and Persians received a …
Exploring the way race and gender are portrayed in popular culture, this text focuses on the representation of black women. …
Much feminist writing of recent decades has addressed the difficulties of relating across racial differences. In Women and Race in …
Hermione Lee is one of the leading literary biographers in the English-speaking world, the author of widely acclaimed lives of …
This concise "Teach Yourself" text provides a thorough, practical grounding in the fundamental principles of trigonometry, which any reader can …
Our nation began with the simple phrase, “We the People.” But who were and are “We”? Who were we in …
Whether or not we like to admit it, pop culture is a lens through which we alternately view and shape …
The Grit Beneath the Glitter is the first real look at the new Las Vegas from the inside. In it, …
This collection of writings from newly qualified teachers describes the joys, challenges, tensions and frustrations of their earliest teaching experiences. …
Making Identity Matter provides a clear and lively critique of a variety of uses of the concept of 'identity' within …
David Boonin presents a new account of the non-identity problem: a puzzle about our obligations to people who do not …
Praise for previous editions of Designing Brand Identity (Wall Street Journal, Best-Seller, Spotlight 1/23/2011) :. "An inspiring and powerful toolkit.".-The …
Revised and updated sixth edition of the best-selling guide to branding fundamentals, strategy, and process.It’s harder than ever to be …
Dressing rooms, introduced into English domestic architecture during the seventeenth century provided elite women with imprecedented private space at home …
This is the definitive book about brands and branding, written by some of the leading experts in the field. Brands …
Brand Theories offers a multifaceted understanding of brands and branding. The purpose of the book is to provide the reader …
Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book uses a series of case studies to show how popular media …
I've had Stephan Fuchs for two classes at the University of Virginia. Not only is he a great professor, but …
The concept of culture has long been criticized, with many scholars reformulating it or discarding it entirely. The field of …
"The various voices ring true. Ms. O'Connor writes of family and love and loss and youth at risk and hard-earned …
Richard Holt draws on his extensive experience in discourse analysis and Web design to present a picture of the Internet …
Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in …
A brilliant, unforgettable, and long-awaited novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki“A time being is someone who lives in time, and that …
We use the word all the time, but what exactly is self-esteem, and how do young people develop it? "Feeling …
When we imagine the activities of Asian American women in the mid-twentieth century, our first thoughts are not of skiing, …
Mapping ethical and political entanglements and dilemmas of the globalizing US, "Feeling Global" articulates commitments to the liberal welfare-state at …
Don't let the vernacular/ebonicized title fool you: this is a hyperacademic text that I doubt few sports fans, whether in …
This book shows how East Asian masculinities are being formed and transformed as Asia is increasingly globalized. The gender roles …
When medicalization—the characterization of human traits in terms of disease and ailment—first appeared as a concept in the 1970s, most …
