Edited collection of essays examining the social evolution of the colonial Caribbean, from the end of slavery to mid-20th century. Focuses on social & ethnic groups, class, gender, & development of cultural & intellectual traditions.
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In <em>An Introduction to the Gawain Poet</em>, John Bowers surveys an expanded selection of the works of Chaucer's anonymous contemporary, considering <em>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</em> alongside the poet's lesser known but no less brilliant works.
Written by a direct eyewitness to many of the described incidents, someone who knew Vaganova intimately, this is the only authorized biography about the creator of the renowned Russian ballet curriculum. Published for the first time in English.
In <em>Island Bodies</em>, Rosamond King examines sexualities, violence, and repression in the Caribbean experience. She analyzes the sexual norms and expectations portrayed in Caribbean and diaspora literature, music, film, and popular culture to show how many individuals contest traditional roles by maneuvering within and/or trying to change their society's binary gender systems.
In <em>Up to Maughty London</em>, Eleni Loukopoulou offers the first sustained account of Joyce's engagement with the imperial metropolis. She considers both London's status as a matrix for political and cultural formations and how the city is imaginatively represented in Joyce's work.
Illustrating the diversity of disciplines that intersect within global health studies, contributors to this volume explore the development and representation of public health in Latin American countries.
A first-of-its-kind investigation of Civil War prison conditions.
Why is the manatee just as imperiled today as it was 40 years ago?