Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Author: Benjamine Hebblethwaite. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2021. Connecting four centuries of political, social, and religious history with fieldwork and language documentation, A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou analyzes Haitian Vodou’s African origins, transmission to Saint-Domingue, and promulgation through song in contemporary Haiti. Split into two sections, the African chapters focus on history, economics, […]

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Co-editor and translator: Benjamin Hebblethwaite (with Mariana Past) Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2021. Connecting four centuries of political, social, and religious history with fieldwork and language documentation, A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou analyzes Haitian Vodou’s African origins, transmission to Saint-Domingue, and promulgation through song in contemporary Haiti. Split into two sections, the African […]

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Translator: Christopher Smith Yunomae: Kurodahan Press, 2019. “A journey into the carefree, today-centric generation of Japan’s economic boom years, as they enjoy the cosmopolitan lifestyle of Tokyo while exploring new dimensions in Japanese society and self-image. It won the coveted Bungei Prize partly because it was so completely different from the relatively staid, traditional literature […]

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London: Routledge, 2008; second revised edition, 2019. The second edition of Cities and Cinema provides an updated survey of films about cities, from their significance for modernity at the beginning of the twentieth century to the contemporary relationship between virtual reality and urban space. The book demonstrates the importance of the filmic depiction of capitals […]

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By Will Hasty

• Publisher: The Ohio State University Press
• Publication Date: 3/29/2016
• Hardbound:  ISBN 978-0-8142-1303-2
• E-Book: ISBN 978-0-8142-7461-3
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Edited by Cynthia L Chennault, Keith N. Knapp, Alan J. Berkowitz, Albert E. Dien.

• Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
• Publication Date: December 2015
• ISBN-13 (print): 978-1-55729-109-7
• ISBN 10 (print): -55729-109-8
• E-book: ISBN 978-1-55729-171-4
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By Sean Macdonald

• Publisher: Routledge
• Date of Publication: November 24, 2015
• E-Book – ISBN 9781315675435
• Hardcover – ISBN 9781138938809
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Edited by James Essegbey, Brent Henderson, and Fiona McLaughlin

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Date of Publication: Expected October 2015
• E-Book – ISBN 9789027268150
• Hardcover – ISBN 9789027244529
• DOI: 10.1075/clu.17

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By Sylvie Blum-Reid

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date of Publication: October 2015
• ISBN: 978-1-1375-5353-9
• Formats: Hardcover Ebook (EPUB) – Ebook (PDF)
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Edited by Andreas Marks, With Contributions by Laura Allen & Ann Wehmeyer

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Date of Publication: October 2015
• ISBN: 978-0-8130-6021-7
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