A collection of original essays and previously untranslated critical writings on the renowned Brazilian documentary filmmaker, Eduardo Coutinho.

Examines the increasingly reciprocal nature of Franco-Japanese cultural exchange through films that center on nuclear issues.

The facts and legends of New York's famed artistic hub told by one of its key participants.

A stunning visual memorial to Buffalo's architectural and industrial history.

Examines how philosophical concepts like free will, personal identity, and goodness are given an artistic life in films and television programs.

Explores the cultural dynamics of this ancient form of Sanskrit theater.

A study of non-representational art and poetry in the work of Bataille, Klossowski, and Michaux.

Explores how Black women have continually used sound to convey stories and forge community across generations.

A freewheeling, nonlinear exploration of the performing duo and their decade-long collaboration from 1946 to 1956.

Explores the music of the Tibetan Chöd tradition.

A concise history of early jazz, from its major innovators to its unrecognized heroes.

Celebrates over a half-century of the work of one of America's greatest folklorists.

Makes a case for the power of music and sound in the face of fascistic forces, from modernism to the present.

The neglected small group swing sound of the 1940s–60s takes its place in the pantheon of jazz literature.

The classic work on Levy’s theory of negative harmony.

The classic text on Baroque Counterpoint, enlarged and revised, drawing from the master composers of the era.

The first music theory anthology to provide 255 topically arranged examples by 67 historical women and people of color.

Accessible to a wide range of readers, from artists to commuters to nature lovers and beyond, who wish to expand their understanding of walking.

Offers a fresh approach to the problem of the human figure in an age of digital cinema.

How jazz spurred a generational debate that reshaped American culture.

A compelling biography of virtuoso, baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams and how his life intersected with some of the greatest poets, writers, painters, and musicians of his time.

Offers a bold new reading of Yiddish cinema by exploring the early diasporic cinema's fascination with media and communication.

Considers how popular Haitian films not only provide entertainment but also help audiences in Haiti and the diaspora think through daily challenges.

Explores how popular novels, short stories, and television shows from the United States and Britain illustrate the positive effects of feminism and promote gender equity.

Explores the “torture” of mannered behavior and the prevalence of etiquette as a theme in classical and contemporary Hollywood and European cinema.