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The Films of Denys Arcand
Taste of Control
Food and the Filipino Colonial Mentality under American Rule
Making a Mass Institution
Indianapolis and the American High School
Hebrew Infusion
Language and Community at American Jewish Summer Camps
Easy Living
The Rise of the Home Office
Deportes
The Making of a Sporting Mexican Diaspora
Abusing Religion
Literary Persecution, Sex Scandals, and American Minority Religions
Leading for Tomorrow
A Primer for Succeeding in Higher Education Leadership
Beyond the Black and White TV
Asian and Latin American Spectacle in Cold War America
Tortilleras Negotiating Intimacy
Love, Friendship, and Sex in Queer Mexico City
Rebuilding Story Worlds
The Obscure Cities by Schuiten and Peeters
Set in a parallel world, full of architecturally distinctive city-states, the comics series The Obscure Cities represents one of literature’s most impressive pieces of world-building. Rebuilding Story Worlds explores both the artistic traditions from which the series emerges and the innovative ways it plays with genre, gender, and urban space.