Against Our Will

Sexual Trauma in American Art Since 1970

Vivien Green Fryd

“Pairing trauma theory with detailed analysis of American art focused on sexual violence, Fryd’s study is a timely and compelling contribution to ongoing conversations about the intersections of images and actions, art as social and political catalyst, and the impact of feminist thought in contemporary American culture.”
—Erika Doss, author of American Art of the 20th–21st Centuries

The Lady Doctor

Ian Williams

“Focuses on themes of class, gender, and politics in a finely plotted, sometimes hilarious portrait that invites readers to understand the humanity as well as the barriers of their would-be healers. In particular, Williams shows extraordinary skill in depicting characters realistically. Adults and older teens interested in behind-the-scenes medical fiction will find this gripping.”
—Library Journal

Shattered Objects

Djuna Barnes’s Modernism

Edited by Elizabeth Pender and Cathryn Setz

“Shattered Objects is an embarrassment of riches: Barnes and affect studies; Barnes and film studies; Barnes and animal studies; Barnes and queer studies. I could go on and on with its generous contributions, but let it be said that, for once and for all, this collection proves her to be a supreme modernist amongst her towering peers. Across these super-sharp pieces she now shines brightest in that grand constellation of twentieth-century experimental art.”
—Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture

Here in This Island We Arrived

Shakespeare and Belonging in Immigrant New York

Elisabeth H. Kinsley

“Kinsley’s work is rich in detailed examples, and calls into question claims that Shakespearean performance in America had become, by the early twentieth century, the domain of ‘highbrow’ culture. Rather, by carefully drawing upon the multitude of Shakespearean performances in New York’s immigrant communities, this book shows that ‘Shakespeare’s meaning—and the terms of American belonging—was always in flux.’ Students of theatre, American studies, urban studies, and history will all be interested in this text.”
—Lisa Merrill, author of When Romeo Was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators

The Prado

Spanish Culture and Leisure, 1819–1939

The American Society for Hispanic Art Historical Studies has awarded The Prado by Eugenia Afinoguénova the Eleanor Tufts Award 2019, calling it a “groundbreaking book” that is “Much more than a chronicle of the museum . . . the book reads like a history of the interactions between culture, art history and politics in the 19th and 20th centuries, bringing to discussion new important aspects such as the arrangement of its collections in relation to changing modes of national imagination, their reflection of new pedagogical ideals of moral and civic education or its diverse reception among different genders.”

Shale Play

The Monumental Reliefs of the Elamite Highlands

A Complete Inventory and Analysis (from the Seventeenth to the Sixth Century BC)

Javier Álvarez-Mon

The Monumental Reliefs of the Elamite Highlands documents and analyzes for the first time a corpus of eighteen monumental highland reliefs from the Elamite civilization in ancient Iran, which—hitherto preserved by their remote location and anonymous existence—have recently become imperiled by an influx of tourists and the development of the surrounding landscapes. With this book, Javier Álvarez-Mon aims to. . . (more)

The Earth Is the Lord’s

Essays on Creation and the Bible in Honor of Ben C. Ollenburger

Edited by Ryan D. Harker and Heather Bunce

Compiled in honor of esteemed teacher and scholar Ben. C. Ollenburger, The Earth Is the Lord’s brings together a diverse group of scholars with specializations across the Christian canon to address creation in the Bible, God as Creator, and God’s relationship with creation.

The essays in this volume cover topics ranging from. . . (more)