How art resists / Deborah Ascher Barnstone and Elizabeth Otto -- Cut with the kitchen knife : visualizing politics in Berlin Dada / Patrizia McBride, Cornell University -- War feeds its people better : Meryl Streep, Brecht and the limits of revolutionary theater / Noah Soltau, C…
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, born out of the 1934 West Coast maritime and San Francisco general strikes under the leadership of Harry Bridges, has been known for its commitment to democracy, solidarity, and social justice. In this collection of narratives, un…
Autobiografia di una nazione : memory and the Italian Resistance -- Resistance on screen : varieties of witnessing, modes of remembrance -- The Italian Resistance : of a literary "path" and a cinematic "stratagem"--La revisione di sé : women's autobiographies of the Resistance -…
This book focuses on six brilliant women who are often seen as particularly tough-minded: Simone Weil, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag, Diane Arbus, and Joan Didion. Aligned with no single tradition, they escape straightforward categories. Yet their work evinces an af…
