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Songs in Dark Times

Yiddish Poetry of Struggle from Scottsboro to Palestine

By: Amelia M. Glaser

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Songs in Dark Times

Yiddish Poetry of Struggle from Scottsboro to Palestine

By: Amelia M. Glaser

A probing reading of leftist Jewish poets who, during the interwar period, drew on the trauma of pogroms to depict the suffering of other marginalized peoples. Between the world wars, a generation of Jewish leftist poets reached out to other embattled peoples of the earth—Palestinian Arabs, African Americans, Spanish Republicans—in Yiddish verse. Songs in Dark Times examines the richly layered meanings of this project, grounded in Jewish collective trauma but embracing a global community of the oppressed. The long 1930s, Amelia M. Glaser proposes, gave rise to a genre of internationalist modernism in which tropes of national collective memory were rewritten as the shared experiences of many national groups. The utopian Jews of Songs in Dark Times effectively globalized the pogroms in a bold and sometimes fraught literary move that asserted continuity with anti-Arab violence and black lynching. As communists and fellow travelers, the writers also sought to integrate particular experiences of suffering into a borderless narrative of class struggle. Glaser resurrects their poems from the pages of forgotten Yiddish communist periodicals, particularly the New York–based Morgn Frayhayt (Morning Freedom) and the Soviet literary journal Royte Velt (Red World). Alongside compelling analysis, Glaser includes her own translations of ten poems previously unavailable in English, including Malka Lee’s “God’s Black Lamb,” Moyshe Nadir’s “Closer,” and Esther Shumiatsher’s “At the Border of China.” These poets dreamed of a moment when “we” could mean “we workers” rather than “we Jews.” Songs in Dark Times takes on the beauty and difficulty of that dream, in the minds of Yiddish writers who sought to heal the world by translating pain.

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Harvard University Press

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0674250435

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9780674250437

Harlequin Romantic Suspense April 2016 Box Set

An Anthology

By: Marie Ferrarella,C.J. Miller,Addison Fox,Amelia Autin

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Harlequin Romantic Suspense April 2016 Box Set

An Anthology

By: Marie Ferrarella,C.J. Miller,Addison Fox,Amelia Autin

Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men? Harlequin® Romantic Suspense brings you all that and more with four new full-length titles for one great price every month! CAVANAUGH OR DEATH Cavanaugh Justice by USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella When someone begins disturbing graves in the city cemetery, it's up to detectives Moira Cavanaugh and Davis Gilroy to make sure the dead rest in peace—and protect their own hearts in the process! COLTON'S TEXAS STAKEOUT The Coltons of Texas by C.J. Miller Rule number one of a stakeout: don't fall for the gorgeous man you're tracking. Rookie cop Annabel Colton must learn this as she hunts down a serial killer and falls for her suspect?s half brother. THE ROYAL SPY'S REDEMPTION Dangerous in Dallas by Addison Fox As MI5 agent Knox St. Germain tracks down missing rubies, he discovers a diamond in the rough in beautiful Gabriella Sanchez. Now Knox must keep them both alive facing a dangerous enemy who's on the warpath. A FATHER'S DESPERATE RESCUE Man on a Mission by Amelia Autin Widowed movie star Dirk DeWinter thought his dark past was long forgotten. But when a long-ago enemy seeks revenge by targeting his twin toddlers, he must turn to private investigator Mei-li Moore for help rescuing his children. Look for 4 heart-racing new stories every month from Harlequin® Romantic Suspense!

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1460396278

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9781460396278

Imagining Care

Responsibility, Dependency, and Canadian Literature

By: Amelia DeFalco

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Imagining Care

Responsibility, Dependency, and Canadian Literature

By: Amelia DeFalco

Imagining Care brings literature and philosophy into dialogue by examining caregiving in literature by contemporary Canadian writers alongside ethics of care philosophy. Through close readings of fiction and memoirs by Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Michael Ignatieff, Ian Brown, and David Chariandy, Amelia DeFalco argues that these narratives expose the tangled particularities of relations of care, dependency, and responsibility, as well as issues of marginalisation on the basis of gender, race, and class. DeFalco complicates the myth of Canada as an unwaveringly caring nation that is characterized by equality and compassion. Caregiving is unpredictable: one person’s altruism can be another’s narcissism; one’s compassion, another’s condescension or even cruelty. In a country that conceives of itself as a caring society, these texts depict in stark terms the ethical dilemmas that arise from our attempts to respond to the needs of others.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442637056

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9781442637054

The Sixth Ghost Story MEGAPACK®

25 Classic Ghost Stories

By: A.T. Quiller-Couch,Amelia B. Edwards,Mary Louisa Molesworth,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Richard Middleton

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The Sixth Ghost Story MEGAPACK®

25 Classic Ghost Stories

By: A.T. Quiller-Couch,Amelia B. Edwards,Mary Louisa Molesworth,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Richard Middleton

We return for another selection of 25 ghost stories in the classic tradition -- chosen from the vast storehouse of history's fiction for your personal delectation. As in our last meeting, we remind you that there are many kinds of ghosts, from the kind to cruel, the savage to the sad, and readers should not always assume they know just which they've gotten in any particular tale. Included are: THE SEVENTH MAN, by A.T. Quiller-Couch THE PHANTOM COACH, by Amelia B. Edwards AT THE DIP OF THE ROAD, by Mary Louisa Molesworth A TERRIBLE VENGEANCE, by Charlotte Riddell THE LADY'S MAID'S BELL, by Edith Wharton A PAIR OF HANDS, by A.T. Quiller-Couch THE GHOST IN ALL THE ROOMS, by Daniel Defoe THE MYSTERY OF THE SEMI-DETACHED, by Edith Nesbit THE GHOSTLY RENTAL, by Henry James THE SOUL OF LAPLOSHKA, by Saki THE OLD HOUSE IN VAUXHALL WALK THE GHOST IN THE MILL, by Harriet Beecher Stowe JOHN GRANGER, by Mary E. Braddon AN ITINERANT HOUSE, by Emma Frances Dawson THE PHANTOM MODEL: A WAPPING ROMANCE, by Hume Nisbet THE BEGGAR WOMAN OF LOCARNO, by Heinrich von Kleist A SET OF CHESSMEN, by Richard Marsh IN THE CONFESSIONAL, by Amelia B. Edwards M. ANASTASIUS by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik THE DOOMED MAN, by Dick Donovan THE GHOST-SHIP, by Richard Middleton A GHOST-CHILD, by Bernard Capes THE SAND-WALKER, by Fergus Hume THE UNDERGROUND GHOST, by John Berwick Harwood H.P., by Sabine Baring-Gould If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 200+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

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1479405655

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9781479405657

East Bay Hills: A Brief History

By: Amelia Sue Marshall

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East Bay Hills: A Brief History

By: Amelia Sue Marshall

Like the mist rising from San Francisco Bay encircles the towering redwoods, the little-known legends of the East Bay hills enrich a glorious history. Follow the trails of Saclan and Jalquin-Yrgin people over the hills and through the valleys. Ride with the mounted rangers through the Flood of '62. Break into a sealed railroad tunnel with a pack of junior high school boys. Learn how university professors, civil servants and wealthy businessman planned for years to create a chain of parks twenty miles along the hilltops. Author Amelia Sue Marshall explores the heritage of these storied parklands with the naturalists who continue to preserve them and the old-timers who remember wilder days."--Back cover of work

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Arcadia Publishing

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1467137251

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9781467137256

The Legal & Moral Rights of All Artists

By: Amelia V. Vetrone

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The Legal & Moral Rights of All Artists

By: Amelia V. Vetrone

It may be said that the beauty of art comes from the struggle that is involved in creating it: struggle to hear the voice, struggle to understand the voice, struggle to express or articulate the voice, struggle to let others hear the voice, and struggle to protect what has been expressed. This book is about the last struggle--to legally protect what has been expressed by appreciating the struggle that has come before. The Legal and Moral Rights of All Artists is a clear, jargon-free explanation of the crucial concepts every artist needs to know, such as copyright, trademark, work-for-hire and other contract issues, as well as the all-important doctrine of moral rights. Drawing on the historical perspective of the artist as the core element of any created work, this book explains the protection available to artists, not only for their works but also for their vision, integrity, and reputation. Filled with anecdotes and practical advice, this book will be an important resource for everyone involved in the creative process.

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0595296831

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9780595296835

East Bay Hills

A Brief History

By: Amelia Sue Marshall

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East Bay Hills

A Brief History

By: Amelia Sue Marshall

Like the mist rising from San Francisco Bay encircles the towering redwoods, the little-known legends of the East Bay Hills enrich a glorious history. Follow the trails of Saclan and Jalquin-Yrgin people over the hills and through the valleys. Ride with the mounted rangers through the Flood of '62. Break into a sealed railroad tunnel with a pack of junior high school boys. Learn how university professors, civil servants and wealthy businessmen planned for years to create a chain of parks twenty miles along the hilltops. Author Amelia Sue Marshall explores the heritage of these storied parklands with the naturalists who continue to preserve them and the old-timers who remember wilder days.

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1439663114

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Loans and Legitimacy

The Evolution of Soviet-American Relations, 1919-1933

By: Katherine Amelia Siobhan Siegel,Katherine Amelia Siobhan Sibley

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Loans and Legitimacy

The Evolution of Soviet-American Relations, 1919-1933

By: Katherine Amelia Siobhan Siegel,Katherine Amelia Siobhan Sibley

Because the United States did not recognize the Soviet Union until 1933, historians have viewed the early Soviet American relationship as an ideological stand-off. Katherine Siegel, drawing on public, private, and corporate documents as well as newly opened Soviet archives, paints a different picture. She finds that business ties flourished between 1923 and 1930, American sales to the Soviets grew twentyfold, and American firms supplied Russians with more than a fourth of their imports. American businesses were only too eager to tap into huge Soviet markets. Along with purchases went credit from major American manufacturers and banks. Under the Soviets' New Economic Policy and first Five Year Plan, American firms invested in the U.S.S.R. and sold technical processes, provided consulting services, built factories, and trained Soviet engineers in the U.S. Most significantly, Siegel shows, this commercial relationship encouraged policy shifts at the highest levels of the U.S. government. Thus when Franklin D. Roosevelt opened diplomatic relations with Russia, he was building on ties that had been carefully constructed over the previous fifteen years. Siegel's study makes an important contribution to a new understanding of early Soviet-American relations.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813119626

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9780813119625

The Politics of Weight

Feminist Dichotomies of Power in Dieting

By: Amelia Greta Morris

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The Politics of Weight

Feminist Dichotomies of Power in Dieting

By: Amelia Greta Morris

This book speaks to the politics of weight through an interrogation of dieting, power and the body. In feminist theory, there is no greater site of contestation than that of the body, and Morris explores how these debates often become centred upon a dichotomy between oppression and liberation. Whilst there is a vast diversity of scholarship that challenges this binary including post-colonial, post-structuralist and Marxist feminist work, the dichotomy nevertheless endures. The Politics of Weight argues that the ‘feminine’ body is not simply a site of oppression or liberation by drawing upon the intersections that exist between Foucault’s Discipline and Punish and post-structuralist feminist work on the body. This provides a unique lens for exploring weight. Through in-depth analysis of interviews with women who seemingly sit on either side of the ‘oppression’ and ‘liberation’ debate, members of dieting clubs and fat activists, the book highlights the complexities that surround women’s relationship to weight and the body. Likewise it draws upon the wealth of black feminist scholarship to explore the discourses surrounding Oprah Winfrey’s dieting ‘journey,’ seeking to demonstrate how discipline and race interact and how this plays out in dieting and weight. The Politics of Weight will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including gender studies, sociology, geography and political science.

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210

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Springer

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3030136701

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9783030136703

Life Before Stratford

The Memoirs of Amelia Hall

By: Amelia Hall

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Life Before Stratford

The Memoirs of Amelia Hall

By: Amelia Hall

By the time Amelia Hall died suddenly in December 1984 she had become one of Canada’s most respected and well-loved actresses. In this book she has left an incomparable record of her early years in the professional theatre in Canada. In particular, these memoirs chronicle the history of the Canadian Repertory Theatre of Ottawa, one of the first professional repertory theatres in Canada. Under Amelia Hall’s direction in the late forties and early fifties, the CRT gave a start to the careers of such notable Canadian actors as Christopher Plummer, Eric House, William Hutt, Ted Follows and William Shatner. In these days of long-running corporate subsidized extravaganzas, it is instructive to read of the struggles and accomplishments of these pioneers of theatre in Canada, performing weekly repertory on a shoestring budget, with few facilities adn minuscule salaries. Yet it was these enthusiasts who provided the basis for the flowering of the Canadian theatrical scene in the 1960s and 1970s. It is appropriate that these memoirs should culminate in Amelia Hall’s portrayal of the Lady Anne in Richard III opposite Alec Guinness at the first Stratford Festival in 1953, making her the first Canadian and the first woman to speak on the Stratford stage. This book is lavishly illustrated with photographs from Amelia Hall’s personal collection, now housed at the National Archives of Canada.

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Dundurn

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1554882133

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9781554882137

America's First Soldiers

By: Amelia McNutt

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America's First Soldiers

By: Amelia McNutt

America’s First Soldiers unfolds with the critical events and people that lead Massachusetts to initiate the American Revolutionary War. These first soldiers were the catalyst for the skirmish at Lexington Green, the battle of the Old North Bridge, and the life and death struggle along a 16-mile road, passing through six Massachusetts towns in a violent, running battle of fire and maneuver. Dig in on the deadly struggle for a Boston hilltop, Breed’s Hill, known as Bunker Hill. For the British Army, it was the deadliest battle of the American Revolutionary War. This battle, more than any other event, created the moment Massachusetts and the other colonies realized the American Revolution had begun. Meet a young Boston bookseller who believed he could bomb the mighty British army out of Boston. He became Washington’s Yankee, standing with him from Boston to victory at Yorktown. He was the man General Washington personally chose to succeed him as the Continental Army’s commanding general. America’s First Soldiers is the account of extraordinary men whose defeat of the British was so thorough, that during the eight-year struggle of the American Revolutionary War the British never again fought in Massachusetts. Part 1 of this book chronicles America’s First Soldiers. Part 2 visits some of the well-preserved and fascinating sites in Massachusetts as a 21st-century historical tourist. This book uncovers the hidden story of the men from Massachusetts—America’s First Soldiers.

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1649798172

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9781649798176

American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Amelia Peck,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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American Quilts & Coverlets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Amelia Peck,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Catalogs the Museum's quilt and coverlet collection and discusses the history of the quiltmaker's art

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0870995928

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9780870995927

Reckoning with Harm

The Toxic Relations of Oil in Amazonia

By: Amelia M. Fiske

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Reckoning with Harm

The Toxic Relations of Oil in Amazonia

By: Amelia M. Fiske

The book aims to clarify what it means to be harmed by the petroleum extraction industry and how residents of Amazonia have in fact been harmed. The author critiques legalistic, technocratic definitions of harm, which are routinely used to deny accountability for widespread industry-driven damage and examines the contingencies involved in building an evidentiary base that takes into consideration not only legal documents, scientific studies, and soil samples but also the feel of crude between the fingers, family stories of miscarriages and polluted streams, "toxic tours" arranged for tourists, and political campaigns to call for corporate accountability"--

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University of Texas Press

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1477327789

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9781477327784

Adeline Mowbray

or The Mother and Daughter

By: Amelia Opie

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Adeline Mowbray

or The Mother and Daughter

By: Amelia Opie

When Adeline Mowbray puts her mother Editha’s radical theories into practice by eloping with, but not marrying, a notorious writer, the mother and daughter are estranged for many years, but finally reconciled. As its subtitle suggests, Adeline Mowbray, or The Mother and Daughter begins and ends with their story, but its complex plot encompasses almost every other human relationship. This engaging novel explores many issues important in the Romantic period, from women’s education to the ethics of slavery and colonialism. This Broadview Edition uses the first edition of 1805 as its copy text, but also includes important variants from the 1810 and 1844 editions. The appendices include contemporary reviews and material expanding on the novel’s themes of women’s education, marriage, slavery, and the tension between feeling and reason.

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Broadview Press

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1551114526

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9781551114521

Route 66 Locations

By: Amelia Khatri

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Route 66 Locations

By: Amelia Khatri

Route 66 Locations"" takes readers on an illuminating journey along America's most iconic highway, exploring the rich tapestry of historical landmarks, cultural attractions, and urban developments that define the ""Mother Road."" This comprehensive guide delves into the evolution of Route 66 from its inception to its decommissioning, examining its profound impact on American culture and geography. The book follows the geographic path of Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles, offering a unique temporal perspective on each significant location. It combines historical analysis with current status reports and future outlooks, providing readers with a holistic view of the highway's place in American history. From the rise and fall of roadside businesses to the influence on migration patterns, ""Route 66 Locations"" paints a vivid picture of how this iconic route shaped 20th-century America and continues to captivate imaginations today. What sets this book apart is its interdisciplinary approach, blending elements of urban planning, sociology, and economics to present a nuanced understanding of Route 66's cultural significance. By examining preservation efforts and addressing debates surrounding redevelopment, the book serves as both a practical guide for modern-day explorers and a call to action for those interested in protecting this vital piece of Americana.

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8233934240

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9788233934248

Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Amelia Peck,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

By: Amelia Peck,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Superb examples of interior design through the ages are on view in the period room at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Supplementing the stunning photographs of the rooms are historical photographs and engravings and close-up shots of selected ornaments and pieces of furniture, enabling the reader to see details that are often inaccessible to Museum visitors.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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0870998056

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9780870998058

Seeing Differently

A History and Theory of Identification and the Visual Arts

By: Amelia Jones

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Seeing Differently

A History and Theory of Identification and the Visual Arts

By: Amelia Jones

Seeing Differently offers a history and theory of ideas about identity in relation to visual arts discourses and practices in Euro-American culture, from early modern beliefs that art is an expression of an individual, the painted image a "world picture" expressing a comprehensive and coherent point of view, to the rise of identity politics after WWII in the art world and beyond. The book is both a history of these ideas (for example, tracing the dominance of a binary model of self and other from Hegel through classic 1970s identity politics) and a political response to the common claim in art and popular political discourse that we are "beyond" or "post-" identity. In challenging this latter claim, Seeing Differently critically examines how and why we "identify" works of art with an expressive subjectivity, noting the impossibility of claiming we are "post-identity" given the persistence of beliefs in art discourse and broader visual culture about who the subject "is," and offers a new theory of how to think this kind of identification in a more thoughtful and self-reflexive way. Ultimately, Seeing Differently offers a mode of thinking identification as a "queer feminist durational" process that can never be fully resolved but must be accounted for in thinking about art and visual culture. Queer feminist durationality is a mode of relational interpretation that affects both "art" and "interpreter," potentially making us more aware of how we evaluate and give value to art and other kinds of visual culture.

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Routledge

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1136509267

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9781136509261

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