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Flora González Mandri - Guarding Cultural Memory: Afro-Cuban Women in Literature and the Arts (New World Studies) - 9780813925264 - V9780813925264

Guarding Cultural Memory: Afro-Cuban Women in Literature and the Arts ...

Flora González Mandri

Paperback. Examines the post-Revolutionary creative endeavors of Afro-Cuban women. Taking on the question of how African diaspora cultures practice remembrance, this book reveals the ways in which these artists restage the confrontations between modernity and tradition. It shows how their accomplishments were silenced in official Cuban history and culture. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; AB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813925264
ISBN: 9780813925264

Paperback

Condition: New

€ 34.32

Francille Rusan Wilson - The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of Black Labor Studies, 1890-1950 (Carter G. Woodson Institute Series) - 9780813925509 - V9780813925509

The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of B...

Francille Rusan Wilson

Hardcover. Explores the lives and work of fifteen black labor historians and social scientists as seen through the prisms of gender, class, and time. This biography offers portraits of these seminal figures, following them through their educations, their often groundbreaking work in economic and labor studies, and their invaluable public advocacy. Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute Series in Black Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFSL3; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2006
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Edition: First Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813925509
ISBN: 9780813925509

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 58.42

Sarah Phillips Casteel - Second Arrivals: Landscape and Belonging in Contemporary Writing of the Americas (New World Studies) - 9780813926391 - V9780813926391

Second Arrivals: Landscape and Belonging in Contemporary Writing of th...

Sarah Phillips Casteel

Paperback. Diaspora studies have tended to privilege urban landscapes over rural ones, wanting to avoid the racial homogeneity, conservatism, and xenophobia usually associated with the latter. This book examines the work of various writers to show how it expresses the appeal that rural and wilderness spaces can hold for the diasporic imagination. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; JFFN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2007
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813926391
ISBN: 9780813926391

Paperback

Condition: New

€ 35.94

Debra Walker King - African Americans and the Culture of Pain (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture) - 9780813926810 - V9780813926810

African Americans and the Culture of Pain (Cultural Frames, Framing Cu...

Debra Walker King

Paperback. Considers fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television that reveal how the black body in pain functions as a rhetorical device and as political strategy. This book investigates America's love-hate relationship with black bodies in pain. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2008
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813926810
ISBN: 9780813926810

Paperback

Condition: New

€ 32.53

Rachel Hall - Wanted: The Outlaw in American Visual Culture (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture) - 9780813928562 - V9780813928562

Wanted: The Outlaw in American Visual Culture (Cultural Frames, Framin...

Rachel Hall

Paperback. Assembling an archive of images and texts since the eighteenth century, this book offers history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. It covers a wide range of images: runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, and artists' approximations. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2009
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813928562
ISBN: 9780813928562

Paperback

Condition: New

€ 31.34

Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay - The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1915 (Victorian Literature and Culture Series) - 9780813930107 - V9780813930107

The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1915 (Victorian Literature an...

Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay

Hardcover. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813930107
ISBN: 9780813930107

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 67.91

Orville Verno Burton - The Struggle for Equality: Essays on Sectional Conflict, the Civil War, and the Long Reconstruction - 9780813931739 - V9780813931739

The Struggle for Equality: Essays on Sectional Conflict, the Civil War...

Orville Verno Burton

Hardcover. Editor(s): Burton, Vernon; Podair, Justin; Weber, Jennifer L. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 600.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813931739
ISBN: 9780813931739

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 68.25

Jay - The Virtues of Mendacity: On Lying in Politics (Richard Lectures) - 9780813932460 - V9780813932460

The Virtues of Mendacity: On Lying in Politics (Richard Lectures)

Jay

Paperback. Series: Richard Lectures. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Edition: Reprint
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813932460
ISBN: 9780813932460

Paperback

Condition: New

€ 30.33

Elizabeth M. Nuxoll - The Selected Papers of John Jay: 1782-1784 - 9780813932804 - V9780813932804

The Selected Papers of John Jay: 1782-1784

Elizabeth M. Nuxoll

Hardcover. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 768 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTV; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1247.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813932804
ISBN: 9780813932804

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 127.86

Celeste-Marie Bernier - Characters of Blood: Black Heroism in the Transatlantic Imagination - 9780813933245 - V9780813933245

Characters of Blood: Black Heroism in the Transatlantic Imagination

Celeste-Marie Bernier

Hardcover. Num Pages: 435 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813933245
ISBN: 9780813933245

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 63.43

Scott R. Mackenzie - Be It Ever So Humble: Poverty, Fiction, and the Invention of the Middle-Class Home (Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize) - 9780813933412 - V9780813933412

Be It Ever So Humble: Poverty, Fiction, and the Invention of the Middl...

Scott R. Mackenzie

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCD; JFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813933412
ISBN: 9780813933412

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 67.17

Paul Maltby - Christian Fundamentalism and the Culture of Disenchantment - 9780813933443 - V9780813933443

Christian Fundamentalism and the Culture of Disenchantment

Paul Maltby

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM6; HRC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813933443
ISBN: 9780813933443

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 74.00

Brian Russe Roberts - Artistic Ambassadors: Literary and International Representation of the New Negro Era (American Literatures Initiative) - 9780813933689 - V9780813933689

Artistic Ambassadors: Literary and International Representation of the...

Brian Russe Roberts

Paperback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813933689
ISBN: 9780813933689

Paperback

Condition: New

€ 37.45

Eric Aronoff - Composing Cultures: Modernism, American Literary Studies, and the Problem of Culture (Cultural Frames, Framing Culture) - 9780813934839 - V9780813934839

Composing Cultures: Modernism, American Literary Studies, and the Prob...

Eric Aronoff

Hardcover. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813934839
ISBN: 9780813934839

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 85.92

Christina Kullberg - The Poetics of Ethnography in Martinican Narratives: Exploring the Self and the Environment (New World Studies) - 9780813935126 - V9780813935126

The Poetics of Ethnography in Martinican Narratives: Exploring the Sel...

Christina Kullberg

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935126
ISBN: 9780813935126

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 85.41

John R. Stilgoe - Old Fields: Photography, Glamour, and Fantasy Landscape - 9780813935157 - V9780813935157

Old Fields: Photography, Glamour, and Fantasy Landscape

John R. Stilgoe

Hardcover. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 889.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Edition: First Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935157
ISBN: 9780813935157

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.53

Nancy D. Wadsworth - Ambivalent Miracles: Evangelicals and the Politics of Racial Healing (Race, Ethnicity, and Politics) - 9780813935317 - V9780813935317

Ambivalent Miracles: Evangelicals and the Politics of Racial Healing (...

Nancy D. Wadsworth

Hardcover. Series: Race, Ethnicity and Politics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: HRCC99; JFFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935317
ISBN: 9780813935317

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 55.36

Lynn Rainville - Hidden History: African American Cemeteries in Central Virginia - 9780813935348 - V9780813935348

Hidden History: African American Cemeteries in Central Virginia

Lynn Rainville

Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Edition: First Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935348
ISBN: 9780813935348

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 48.72

Philip Kaisary - The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination: Radical Horizons, Conservative Constraints (New World Studies) - 9780813935461 - V9780813935461

The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination: Radical Horizons, ...

Philip Kaisary

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935461
ISBN: 9780813935461

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 79.56

Philip Kaisary - The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination: Radical Horizons, Conservative Constraints (New World Studies) - 9780813935478 - V9780813935478

The Haitian Revolution in the Literary Imagination: Radical Horizons, ...

Philip Kaisary

Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 352.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935478
ISBN: 9780813935478

Paperback

Condition: New

€ 41.40

Susana M. Morris - Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature (American Literatures Initiative) - 9780813935492 - V9780813935492

Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Blac...

Susana M. Morris

Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935492
ISBN: 9780813935492

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 78.37

Susana M. Morris - Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature (American Literatures Initiative) - 9780813935508 - V9780813935508

Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Blac...

Susana M. Morris

Paperback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935508
ISBN: 9780813935508

Paperback

Condition: New

€ 38.53

Sari Edelstein - Between the Novel and the News: The Emergence of American Women's Writing (American Literatures Initiative) - 9780813935898 - V9780813935898

Between the Novel and the News: The Emergence of American Women's Writ...

Sari Edelstein

Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935898
ISBN: 9780813935898

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 79.58

Tanya L. Shields - Bodies and Bones: Feminist Rehearsal and Imagining Caribbean Belonging (New World Studies) - 9780813935966 - V9780813935966

Bodies and Bones: Feminist Rehearsal and Imagining Caribbean Belonging...

Tanya L. Shields

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KJ; ACX; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Condition: New
SKU: V9780813935966
ISBN: 9780813935966

Hardback

Condition: New

€ 71.83

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