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Explores expressionlessness, inscrutability, and emotional withholding in Black cultural production Arguing that inexpression is a gesture that acquires distinctive meanings in concert with blackness, Deadpan tracks instances and meanings of deadpan—a vaudeville term meaning “dead face”—across literature, theater, visual and performance art, and the performance of self in everyday life. Tina Post reveals that the performance of purposeful withholding is a critical tool in the work of black culture makers, intervening in the persistent framing of African American aesthetics as colorful, loud, humorous, and excessive. Beginning with the expressionless faces of mid-twentieth-century doc...
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Designed Landscapes is a case-by-case study of 37 significant, existing works of landscape design worldwide, largely constructed since the Renaissance. Being an informative and easy-to-read reference volume for practitioners and students alike, it presents key precedents in landscape architecture using site plans and recent photographs to showcase each project. Organised and presented in 12 sections based on project type, each project is examined based on date, previous site condition, designer(s), design intentions, current composition, unique features, ownership and management, and comparable projects. Each chapter offers an insightful critique of the featured projects. Written by the auth...
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Conmemorar 75 años de El Colegio de México no constituye un logro menor, pero esta efeméride no basta para justificar un recuento de los triunfos alcanzados. Lejos de sucumbir a las trampas de la autocomplacencia, en estas páginas se busca establecer un diálogo crítico con su historia, así como aprobar elementos de inteligibilidad que promuevan un mayor conocimiento y un esfuerzo renovado por ampliar sus perspectivas de estudio. Los ensayos que aquí se reúnen, ideados para revalorar y recuperar las trayectorias de algunos de los primeros protagonistas de esta historia.
History of Nicaragua's indigenous population, with focus on Matalgalpa and Jinotega, revising the accepted historical interpretation that the coffee economy of the 19th century signalled the destruction of the indigenous culture and sense of community.