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The works covered in college art history classes frequently depict violence against women. Traditional survey textbooks highlight the impressive formal qualities of artworks depicting rape, murder,...

GOD ON THE WESTERN FRONT : Soldiers and Religion in World War iAuthor: JOSEPH F. BYRNESPublisher: Pennsylvania State University PressPublication Date: Mar 19, 2024Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage:...

Explores the role and memory of Catholic Christians in west central Africa, called "Slaves of the Church," in missionary efforts from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.Author: Elochukwu...

Examines how humans interact with small, uncharismatic species through three rhetorical case studies of human responses to bird species decline that challenge anthropocentric models of rhetoric...

A collection of essays exploring Oneness Pentecostal history, theology, and culture in North America--Author: Lloyd D Barba, Andrea Shan Johnson, Daniel RamírezPublisher: Pennsylvania State...

A biography of the elite Philadelphia Quaker and early reformer Anne Emlen Mifflin, along with her annotated collected writings and selected correspondence--Author: Gary B Nash, Emily M...

By the 1970s, World War II had all but disappeared from US popular culture, but in the mid-eighties it returned with a vengeance. Today, remembrance of World War II is ubiquitous across US media and...

Examines the work of satirists through the lenses of humor studies, cultural theory, and rhetorical and social philosophy, arriving at a new definition of the comic art form.Author: Professor...

Examines how the Cold War used and changed human sensoria in different stages of the conflict from partition to propaganda and secret warfare, and contributes to a better understanding of sensory...

Struggle for the City : Citizenship and Resistance in the Black Freedom MovementAuthor: DEREK G. HANDLEYPublisher: Pennsylvania State University PressPublication Date: Sep 24, 2024Number of Pages: NA...

The State Archives of Assyria series was conceived in 1985 to make all texts from the royal archives of Nineveh available to both scholarly and lay audiences in the form of critical text editions...

Examines village interactions in the witch-hunt that tormented Navarre from 1608-1614. Includes the legal depositions of self-described child-witches, their parents, and their victims, illuminating...

Explores the life and work of the Renaissance sculptor Pietro Torrigiano, disentangling legend from history in his life story and reconstructing his work as an artist and in particular as a...

While many recognize William Penn as the founder of Pennsylvania and a defender of religious liberty, much less is known about Penn as a man of faith. This wide-ranging history examines Penn as a...

Only in the darkest moments of our lives do the brightest stars appear. An artist, mother, teacher, and rebel, Audrey Flack is counted among the most important American artists of the twentieth...