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Examines how Black female blues singers expressed a working class, feminist perspective.

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A modern retelling of Greek myth of Thyestes, Blush of Dogs is a play about masculinity, repression and freedom. Also contains 5 out of 10 Men which premieres at the Edinburgh Festival Aug 5-27 2016 and deals with male suicide.

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Traces Atlantic City from its birth as a quiet seaside health resort, through the notorious backroom politics and power struggles, to the city's rebirth as an international entertainment and gambling mecca where anything goes.

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Exposing the depth of two major artists' philosophies, creative visions, stylistic tendencies, and contributions to their craft, this unprecedented comparative analysis synthesizes biographical material, critical interpretation, and selected exemplars of the writers' work.

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Exposing the depth of two major artists' philosophies, creative visions, stylistic tendencies, and contributions to their craft, this unprecedented comparative analysis synthesizes biographical material, critical interpretation, and selected exemplars of the writers' work.

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A study which offers a summary of Dylan's life and an analysis of his pivotal role in popular music. His songs, writings, recordings, concerts and film and television appearances are all documented, together with a number of facts and myths, and an assessment of writings about him.

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"Perhaps the best book on Hope."-John Lahr, The New Yorker.

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Harrison's extraordinarily long and impressive performing career spanned more than half a century, from the days when Brahms was still alive and Stravinsky had not yet composed The Rite of Spring to the time of the civil rights struggle in the deep South.

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Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired debate that is unrivalled by any other article of clothing. This book examines the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women.

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Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired debate that is unrivalled by any other article of clothing. This book examines the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women.

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"Here's the story of a lovely lady."...Well, you know how it goes, especially if you're a nostalgia-loving baby-boomer who grew up with the Bradys! This is the definitive book on America's #1 TV family--complete with star biographies, episode summaries, and trivia quizzes.

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Brave Punk World explores the evolution of punk scenes in countries outside of North American and the UK. It immerses the reader in foreign scenes, describing the lifestyles and art of passionate, hard-charging groups such as Ulster, Slime, Carte de Sjour, and many more.

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With each section beginning with a short introductory essay summarizing Brecht's thought in the relevant year, this volume contains new translations to extend our image of one of the 20th century's most entertaining and thought-provoking writers on culture, aesthetics and politics.

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Gathered together in English, this volume contains all of Brecht's theoretical writing about film, radio, broadcasting and the new media written between 1919 and 1956.

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Examines Eno's work as a musician, theoretician, and collaborator.

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Examines Eno's work as a musician, theoretician, and collaborator.

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The author draws together a comprehensive reconstruction of Thelonious Monk's performances and recordings. Woven through the chronological listing of Monk's work is the story of his rise as one of the key pianists and composers of jazz, and his decline in health and popularity to his death in 1982.

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The widespread construction of castles in Britain began as soon as Duke William of Normandy set foot on the shores of England in 1066. This illustrated book presents a cultural and historical tour of Britain's medieval castles. It will interest students researching architecture, the Middle Ages, or military history, as well as general readers.

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British Films of the 1970s offers highly detailed and insightful critical analysis of a range of individual films of the period. This analysis draws upon an innovative range of critical methodologies which place the film texts within a rich variety of historical contexts. -- .