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Brings together eleven essays from a range of voices in adaptation studies. Grounded in questions of gender, genre, and race, these investigations focus on the ways attention to these categories renegotiates the rules of power, privilege, and principle that shape the contexts that seemingly produce and reproduce them.

Brings together eleven essays from a range of voices in adaptation studies. Grounded in questions of gender, genre, and race, these investigations focus on the ways attention to these categories renegotiates the rules of power, privilege, and principle that shape the contexts that seemingly produce and reproduce them.

Considers the musics that diaspora and migrant populations are inspired to create, how musics and musicians travel, and how they change in transit. The authors cover a lot of ground: cumbia in Mexico, hip-hop in Canada, Irish music in the US and the UK, reggae and dancehall in Germany, and more.

Considers the musics that diaspora and migrant populations are inspired to create, how musics and musicians travel, and how they change in transit. The authors cover a lot of ground: cumbia in Mexico, hip-hop in Canada, Irish music in the US and the UK, reggae and dancehall in Germany, and more.

David Cronenberg's work has drawn the interest of some of the most intelligent contemporary film critics, and the fifteen interviews in this volume feature remarkably in-depth and insightful conversations with such acclaimed writers as Amy Taubin, Gary Indiana, David Breskin, Dennis Lim, Richard Porton, Gavin Smith, and more.

David Cronenberg's work has drawn the interest of some of the most intelligent contemporary film critics, and the fifteen interviews in this volume feature remarkably in-depth and insightful conversations with such acclaimed writers as Amy Taubin, Gary Indiana, David Breskin, Dennis Lim, Richard Porton, Gavin Smith, and more.

An outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, Angela Davis has written extensively about the intersections between race, class, and gender; Black liberation; and the US prison system. This volume explores Davis's role as an educator, scholar, and activist who continues to engage in important and significant social justice work.

An outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, Angela Davis has written extensively about the intersections between race, class, and gender; Black liberation; and the US prison system. This volume explores Davis's role as an educator, scholar, and activist who continues to engage in important and significant social justice work.

Offers a unique glimpse into the creative process of a major American poet, writer, editor, anthologist, and teacher. The volume probes in depth Donald Hall's evolving views on poetry, poets, and the creative process over a period of more than sixty years.

Offers a unique glimpse into the creative process of a major American poet, writer, editor, anthologist, and teacher. The volume probes in depth Donald Hall's evolving views on poetry, poets, and the creative process over a period of more than sixty years.

Written with warmth, humour, and a touch of nostalgia, this is a rarely told story of what it was like to be a part of a team of artists who were creating masterpieces of animation. Martha Sigall recalls her lifelong friendships, and writes of her experiences of being a woman in a male-dominated industry.

This is the true, unvarnished life story of the girl who grew up to write The Awakening, a masterpiece published 100 years ago. With its portrayal of a woman whose sexual desires take her outside marriage, it rocked American literature's cozy conception of womanhood.

Presents the first collection of interviews with the poet and public intellectual, covering every stage of his busy, polymathic career. The twenty-two collected interviews increase our understanding of Gioia's poetry and poetics, offer aesthetic pleasure in themselves, and provide a personal encounter with a writer who has made poetry matter.

Examines in rich detail the playing styles and international influence of important figures in US Latin music. Sue Miller focuses on the Cuban flute style in light of its transformations in the US after the 1959 revolution and within the vibrant context of 1960s New York

Presents the first collection of interviews with the poet and public intellectual, covering every stage of his busy, polymathic career. The twenty-two collected interviews increase our understanding of Gioia's poetry and poetics, offer aesthetic pleasure in themselves, and provide a personal encounter with a writer who has made poetry matter.

Testifies to the cultural, social, and political significance of children's culture in the development of generational intelligence towards age-others and positions the field of children's literature studies as a site of intergenerational solidarity, opening possibilities for a new socially consequential inquiry into the culture of childhood.

Up to now, there has been no complete English-language version of the Russian folktales of A.N. Afanas'ev. This translation is based on L.G. Barag and N.V. Novikov's edition, widely regarded as the authoritative Russian-language edition. It includes commentaries to each tale as well as its international classification number.

Testifies to the cultural, social, and political significance of children's culture in the development of generational intelligence towards age-others and positions the field of children's literature studies as a site of intergenerational solidarity, opening possibilities for a new socially consequential inquiry into the culture of childhood.

Featuring fourteen new essays, Reconsidering Flannery O'Connor disrupts a few commonplace assumptions of O'Connor studies while also circling back to some old questions that are due for new attention.

Charts Robert Crumb's intellectual trajectory and explores the recurring philosophical themes that permeate his depictions of literary and biographical works and the ways he responds to them through innovative, dazzling compositional techniques.

Featuring fourteen new essays, Reconsidering Flannery O'Connor disrupts a few commonplace assumptions of O'Connor studies while also circling back to some old questions that are due for new attention.

Collects fifteen interviews that illuminate Kasi Lemmons's ability to challenge social expectations through film and actualize stories that broaden expectations of cinematic black femaleness and maleness. The interviews reveal Lemmons's passion to create art through film, intimately linked to her mission to push the boundaries imposed by Hollywood.

Collects fifteen interviews that illuminate Kasi Lemmons's ability to challenge social expectations through film and actualize stories that broaden expectations of cinematic black femaleness and maleness. The interviews reveal Lemmons's passion to create art through film, intimately linked to her mission to push the boundaries imposed by Hollywood.