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In this book, Hertha D. Sweet Wong examines the intersection of writing and visual art in the autobiographical work of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Ameri
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By showing us the human brain at work, PET (positron emission tomography) scans are subtly--and sometimes not so subtly--transforming how we think about our min
Picturing the Beast
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Steve Baker
Categories: History
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Explores how human beings use animals and images of animals to define themselves--and how those depictions interfere with our abilities to understand the true n
Picturing Cuba
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Authors: Jorge Duany
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Picturing Cuba explores the evolution of Cuban visual art and its links to cubanía, or Cuban cultural identity. Featuring artwork from the Spanish colonial, re
Picturing Yiddish
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Authors: Diane Wolfthal
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This is the first comprehensive study of the images in five profusely illustrated Yiddish books from sixteenth-century Italy: a manuscript of Jewish customs, an