"Described by New York Times critic John Rockwell as "one of the best non-famous composers this country has to offer," Ben Johnston reconceives familiar idioms--ranging from jazz to Southern hymns--using just intonation. Johnston studied with Darius Milhaud, Harry Partch, and Jo…
"As state control of private life in China has loosened since 1980, citizens have experienced an unprecedented family revolution ... an overhaul of family structure, marital practices, and gender relationships. While the nuclear family has become a privileged realm of romance an…
Introduction -- Resuscitating the Battle of Algiers : the politics of race in the War on Iraq -- Mapping national identity and unrealized union : Rachid Bouchareb's Indigènes -- Hidden maps of victimization : the haunting key to colonial victimization in Caché -- Creating an old…
The presidency of Lyndon Johnson was a pivotal moment in twentieth-century American history. From the decisive social programs of the Great Society, to the triumph of the Civil and Voting Rights Acts, to the catastrophe of the Vietnam War and domestic unrest, it was an era of dr…
