An interdisciplinary study of the rise of empirical observation in the Spanish arts and sciences as the principle vehicle for acquiring knowledge about the natural world.

Analyzes the author’s transformation from academic to figure competitor.

A cultural studies consideration of marriage and those considered “deviant” in the nineteenth-century American imagination.

Examines Japanese later life learners involved in Noh theater.

Develops a novel characterization of the pornographic as a cultural concept.

An ethnography of young, single women struggling to live independently in South Korea.

An interdisciplinary anthology exploring issues related to diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice.

Offers a critical history of the role of pain, suffering, and compassion in democratic culture.

A pioneering approach to social theory that rectifies overreliance on Western historical experience of development and modernization.

Examines the contemporary discourse on happiness through the lens of governmentality theory.

Considers films that lurk on the boundaries of acceptability in taste, style, and politics.

Explores the curating of “difficult knowledge” through the exhibition of lynching photographs in contemporary museums.

A collection of student essays that captures the passionate engagement their generation brings to the Harry Potter phenomenon.

Passionate and rollicking personal and intellectual essays by philosopher Crispin Sartwell.

Traces the history of the New York wine industry as it evolved across the state.

Tracks the influence of Italian cinema on American film from the postwar period to the present.

Examines how six writers reconfigure African American subjectivity in ways that recall postmodernist theory.

Demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in midcentury America.

Uses ethnography and cultural analysis to track scenes of intimate connection and disconnection among gay men across an array of media sites.

An interdisciplinary exploration of indigenous bodies.

Considers Jewish studies as an academic discipline from its origins to the present.

Argues that Paule Marshall’s work collectively constitutes a multigenerational saga of the African diaspora across centuries and continents.

Explores interactions between Europeans and Moroccans on both sides of the straits in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Argues for the necessity of a new ethos for middle-class white anti-racism.

Argues that homophobia will not be eradicated in the United States until religion is ended.