Steven Loza explores how the iconic aspects of religion transcend mere symbolism with a collection of essays that examine the arts and their relationship to religious belief in three cultural areas...
In this new interpretation of antebellum slavery, Anthony Kaye offers a vivid portrait of slaves transforming adjoining plantations into slave neighborhoods. He describes men and women opening path...
The state of Yucatan is commonly considered to have been a hotbed of radical feminism during the Mexican Revolution. Challenging this romanticized view, Stephanie Smith examines the revolutionary r...
You can have a deeper, more satisfying relationship with God Kim thinks she's a true believer. She's a ninth-generation Presbyterian and her church's choir director, to boot...
Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006. Volume 40, Session C28This book includes papers (in French and English) from the session (Vol. 40, Session C28) '...
This book explores the significance of human animality in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and provides the first systematic treatment of the animal theme in Nietzsche's corpus as a who...
The Black International since the Age of Revolution
Transcending geographic and cultural lines, From Toussaint to Tupac is an ambitious collection of essays exploring black internationalism and its implications for a black consciousness. At i...
WHO ME, LORD? DID YOU SAY WRITE?I don't exactly mean to question Your wisdom here, Lord, but I'm merely wondering if, by some slim chance, You might possibly have me confused...
The Qualities of a Citizen traces the application of U.S. immigration and naturalization law to women from the 1870s to the late 1960s. Like no other book before, it explores how racializ...
As a matter of law and ethics, it should be clear and unequivocal that torture is an unacceptable act that can never be justified. Unfortunately, the Bush administration has used the war on terror ...