A critical study of the private, homoerotic, interracial photographs taken by Carl Van Vechten, a patron of the arts of black America, presents an array of sixty duotone photographs that celebrate the
Campaign Advertising and American Democracy explores the relationship between exposure to political advertisements and voter behavior.? Contrary to widely held beliefs,? political ads do not turn peop
The Coolie Speaks focuses on Chinese laborers who worked side by side with African slaves in Cuba and wrote of their experiences of new bondage. Examining these narratives of resistance,&
Using quantitative and qualitative research methods as well as Web surveys and vignette techniques, a study addresses the issues of sexism and racism regarding African-American women in science, highl
Sounds of the Modern Nation explores the development of modernist and avant-garde art music styles and aesthetics in Mexico in relation to the social and cultural changes that affected the country af
"One of the most devastating effects of a widespread disaster is its ability to create shifts in the prevailing cultural climate of an entire countryside and to change the way the various peoples of