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Algorithmic Composition offers new ways of thinking about the organization of sound that we call music

Countering the traditional view that colonial coercion was the driving force behind the religious conversion of the native population in 16th century Mexico, the author shows how Spanish missionaries in fact drew on existing native ceremonies in order to make Christianity more accessible to the Nahua population they were trying to convert.

'Imagining Adoption' looks at representations of adoption in an array of literary genres by diverse authors including George Eliot, Edward Albee, and Barbara Kingsolver, as well as ordinary adoptive mothers and adopter activists, exploring what these writings share and what they debate.

While conventional definitions locate colonial space overseas, Kristin Kopp argues that it was possible to understand both distant continents and adjacent Eastern Europe as parts of the same global periphery dependent upon Western European civilizing efforts. However, proximity to the source of aid translated to greater benefits for Eastern Europe than for more distant regions.

Observations from political psychology, psycholinguistics and a range of other disciplines join forces to produce comprehensive political and psychological profiles, and a deeper understanding of the volatile influences of personality on global affairs.

Brings to life the women of Jeme, a thriving Christian community in ancient Egypt

In this lavishly illustrated volume stemming from his Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures at the University of Michigan and the American Academy in Rome, distinguished architectural historian John Pinto offers case studies of important architectural and archaeological sites in and around Rome, such as the Trevi Fountain and the ancient Italian cities of Pompeii and Paestum.

By turns a music history, a cultural meditation, and a travel narrative, 'Jazz Journeys to Japan' looks at the work of individual players such as Toshiko Akiyoshi, Masahiko Satoh, Makoto Ozone and Yosuke Yamashita.

When civilians are perceived as the enemy, atrocities and violence result beyond the battlefield

Offers an analysis and critique of psychiatric practice from a variety of critical perspectives, ranging from Michel Foucault to Donna Haraway. This contribution to the field of medical humanities contends that psychiatry's move away from a theory-based model to a more scientific model has been detrimental to both the profession and its clients.

A new and expanded edition of the authors' pivotal examination of the national silicosis crisis.

Examines Samuel Beckett's relationship with the visual arts, in an effort to shed new light on the author's work and on his thinking on aesthetics. Lois Oppenheim argues that Beckett was a profoundly visual artist whose work reflects a preoccupation with the visual as a paradigm of creativity.

Examines the growth-equity relationship in developing countries

A seminal reference work on Greek grammar, available for the first time in English

Explorations of cultural change in the former Soviet bloc

Combines literature and philosophy to explore whether and to what extent we can know the thoughts and feelings of others

Examines the ways in which the visual theatre affects our understanding of the dramatic event. These essays bring the physical aspect of theatre back into its proper place: an element as integral to the performance as the spoken word, and they will inspire theater-goers to become more aware of their role as seers of the theatre.

Presents a range of critical and theoretical methods, and applies them to contemporary and historical performance genres - from stage plays, dance-dramas, performance art, cabaret, stand-up comedy, and jazz to circus, street theater, and shamanistic ritual. This edition features sixteen essays, which are organized into nine theoretical categories.

Groundbreaking perspectives on disability in culture and the arts that shed light on notions of identity and social marginality