Argentine Queer Tango: Dance and Sexuality Politics in Buenos Aires (Liska Mercedes)(Pevná vazba)

Argentine Queer Tango: Dance and Sexuality Politics in Buenos Aires (Liska Mercedes)(Pevná vazba)

This book analyzes tango, specifically queer tango, and the role of musical practices and bodily expressions in social and cultural transformations in Buenos

Same Old: Queer Theory, Literature and the Politics of Sameness (Nichols Ben)(Pevná vazba)

In its contributions to the study of material social differences, queer theoretical writing has mostly assumed that any ideas which embody 'difference' are valuable. More than this, where it is invoked in contemporary theory, queerness is often imagined as synonymous with difference itself. This

Categorically Famous: Literary Celebrity and Sexual Liberation in 1960s America (Davidson Guy)(Pevná vazba)

The first sustained study of the relations between literary celebrity and queer sexuality, Categorically Famous looks at the careers of three celebrity writers--James Baldwin, Susan Sontag, and Gore Vidal--in relation to the gay and lesbian liberation movement of the 1960s. While none of these

Queer Asia: Decolonising and Reimagining Sexuality and Gender (Luther J. Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Queer studies is now a rapidly expanding field, as scholars from a variety of disciplines seek to address the long-running marginalisation of queer perspectives and experiences. But there has so far been little effort to unify the study of queer communities outside the West, and much of the current

Eileen Agar: Dreaming Oneself Awake (Remy Michel)(Pevná vazba)

Born in Buenos Aires in 1899 but largely working and living in Britain and Europe, Eileen Agar was an artist who throughout her long career synthesized elements of the two main artistic movements of the twentieth-century: cubism and surrealism. In this first full account of Agar's complete

Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages (Betancourt Roland)(Pevná vazba)

Politics and Affect in Black Women's Fiction (Glass Kathy)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring literary possibilities, Politics and Affect reads black women's text-in particular Frances Harper's 'The Two Offers' (1859), Julia Collins's The Curse of Caste (1865), Nella Larsen's Quicksand (1928), and Danzy Senna's Caucasia (1998)-as richly creative documents saturated with

Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics (Otto Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

An investigation of the irrational and the unconventional currents swirling behind the Bauhaus's signature sleek surfaces and austere structures.The Bauhaus (1919-1933) is widely regarded as the twentieth century's most influential art, architecture, and design school, celebrated as the archetypal

Degas: Dance, Politics and Society (Degas Edgar)(Pevná vazba)

A radical reconception of Degas' sculpture through the lens of gender, labor and more, with new photography of the worksThis substantial new monograph on the work of Edgar Degas (1834-1917), one of the most significant artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, is a decisive contribution to the

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society (Sarat Austin)(Pevná vazba)

This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics and Society contains two sections, focusing on the interaction between law and religion, together with the ways in which the law simultaneously enhances and inhibits projects of social

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Dance and Philosophy (Farinas Rebecca L.)(Pevná vazba)

An innovative examination of the ways in which dance and philosophy inform each other, Dance and Philosophy brings together authorities from a variety of disciplines to expand our understanding of dance and dance scholarship. Featuring an eclectic mix of materials from exposes to dance therapy

Sex and Sexuality in Victorian Britain (Fenn Violet)(Pevná vazba)

Peek beneath the bedsheets of nineteenth-century Britain in this affectionate, informative and fascinating look at sex and sexuality during the reign of Queen Victoria. It examines the prevailing attitudes towards male and female sexual behavior, and the ways in which these attitudes were often

Ulster Presbyterians in the Atlantic World: Religion, Politics and Identity (Wilson David A.)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe (Siklodi Nora)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe explores contemporary models of national and European Union (EU) citizenship in the context of intra-EU mobility. Scholars have often addressed these models from separate disciplinary standpoints. National citizenship has been studied through the prism

Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance (Shange Ntozake)(Pevná vazba)

In her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and captures the careers of legendary dancers along with her own rhythmic beginnings Many learned of Ntozake Shange's ability to blend movement with words when her acclaimed choreopoem for colored girls who have

The Lesbian Premodern (Giffney N.)(Pevná vazba)

Key scholars in the field of lesbian and sexuality studies take part in an innovative conversation that offers a radical new methodology for writing lesbian history and geography, drawing new conclusions on the important and often overlooked work being done on female same-sex desire and identity in

Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine (Horsley Richard A.)(Pevná vazba)

In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses of Jesus of Nazareth�s mission and how he became a significant historical figure. In his study Horsley brings a fuller historical knowledge of the context and implications of

Queer Muslim diasporas in contemporary literature and film (Carbajal Alberto Fernndez)(Pevná vazba)

This book interrogates the depiction of same-sex desire in contemporary literature and film by artists of Muslim heritage

Gina Gerson: Success through Inner Power and Sexuality (Dzherson Valentina)(Pevná vazba)

Born in a small town in Siberia in Russia in 1991, Valentina Dzherson learned early in life to overcome any challenges she faced. A determined young woman who knew that she was destined for success, she was accepted into one of Russia's most prestigious faculties for preparing future diplomats, but

The Tribe: The Inside Story of Irish Power and Influence in Us Politics (Perry Caitriona)(Pevná vazba)

Augustus and the Destruction of History - The politics of the past in early imperial Rome(Pevná vazba)

Made in India: Decolonizations, Queer Sexualities, Trans/National Projects (Bhaskaran S.)(Pevná vazba)

Made in India examines seemingly disparate and high profile events in postcolonial India that captured national and transnational/diasporic interest since the 1990s: The emergence of the Indian homosexual, the new trans/national heterosexual woman, lesbian suicides, marriage and kinship contracts

Narrative in Performance (Sellers-Young Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

A far-reaching and engaging overview of the role of narrative in dance and theatre performance, bringing together chapters written by an international range of scholars and subsequently creating a critical dialogue for approaching this fundamental topic within performance studies. Drawing on

Dance, Somatics and Spiritualities (Williamson Amanda)(Pevná vazba)

Presenting a rich mosaic of embodied contemporary narratives in spirituality and movement studies, this book explicitly studies the relationship between spirituality and the field of Somatic Movement Dance Education. It is the first scholarly text to focus on contemporary spirituality within the