American Visual Cultures analyses the role of painting, photography, film, television, advertising, journalism and other
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Theory has become increasingly significant in the field of the visual, giving rise to a whole discipline of ‘visual cult
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Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by inf
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Delves into the long history of Asian American sporting cultures, considering how identities and communities are negotia
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Eight studies examine key features of Chinese visual and material cultures, ranging from tombs and ceramics to Buddhist
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Secrets in all their variety permeated early modern Europe, from the whispers of ambassadors at court to the emphaticall
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From the 1940s to the 1970s, the phonograph industry experienced phenomenal growth, both in sales and in cultural influe
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The American people overwhelmingly supported the nation’s entry into the Spanish-American War of 1898, which led to U.S.
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A commonplace assumption about American workers is that they lack class consciousness. This perception has baffled socia
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