The first book-length examination of the prominent contemporary philosopher William Desmond's approach to aesthetics, art, and literature.

Argues that Irish American masculinity functioned to negotiate, consolidate, and reinforce hegemonic whiteness in Hollywood cinema from 1930 to 1960.

Examines the ways in which post-apocalyptic films express white racial anxiety.

A deeply personal study of post-9/11 film that exposes how genre can frame the shifting meanings of the War on Terror and its impact on American law and culture.

Analyzes socially engaged art practices worldwide, linking them to decolonial struggle and critique.

Elucidates how neoliberalism rules all areas of life and operates as a form of common sense, taking Mexico as a case study.

Highlights the original cast members—both the well-known and the (until now) wholly unknown—who staged the duo's comic operas in Britain and in America.

Presents an original, insightful, and compelling vision of the trajectory of Cavell's oeuvre, one that takes his kinship with Emerson as inextricably bound up with his ever-deepening thinking about movies.

Analyzes how White American mainline Protestants used the internal musical controversies of the turn-of-the-millennium Worship Wars to negotiate their shifting position within the nation's diversifying religious and sociopolitical ecosystems.

Shows how punk rock shaped modern culture around the world.

Explores Italian filmmakers' representations of China and the Chinese, both at home and abroad.

Argues that Nietzsche’s idea of the Übermensch was a central concern of filmmakers in the 1920s and 1930s.

Traces the complex and contradictory representations of Hawai’i in popular film and television programs from the 1930s to the 1970s.

A visual and narrative memoir of a lifetime's encounters with 112 trendsetters, musicians, politicians, writers, and ordinary people by a noted folklorist-photographer.

Contextualizes Sabha Theatre historically, politically, and aesthetically, revealing how it expresses a Tamil Brahmin identity that is at once traditional and modern.

Illuminates the complex factors that have helped or hindered creative work by and about women in the twenty-first-century Brazilian film industry.

A new and accessible introduction to this exciting, controversial, and often misunderstood music, drawing on extensive research, close listening, and the author’s experience as a performer.

A Philosophy of Music Education is considered the classic text on the relation of aesthetics to the practical teaching and performing of music.

A walking tour and history of Bob Dylan's life and time in New York, from Greenwich Village to Woodstock.

Celebrates the design work of Henry Dreyfuss and his associates that revolutionized 20th century industrial design from telephones to trains to thermostats.

Uses popular films to reveal the tensions generated during Japan’s postwar "economic miracle," challenging the prevailing view that it was a story of great national success.