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The Invention of Latin American Music reconstructs the history of Latin American music as a genre, focusing on the intellectual, musicological, and diplomatic forces that shaped its spread and success across the globe in the 20th century.

Broadway in the Box shines a TV light on the musical's jump from Broadway, Hollywood, and Vegas to the small screen, bringing events together to craft a commentary on industry, economics, and entertainment. Broadway was always in the box; someone just needed to see what was on.

In Psychomotor Aesthetics, author Ana Hedberg Olenina explores the effects of newly-emerging physiological psychology on Russian and American art and cultural production at the turn of the 20th century.

Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are examines the variety of ways various people and groups use the concept of coming out to resist stigma and mobilize for social change. It examines how American lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) people have used the term in different ways over time. It also examines how four diverse U.S. social movements-the fat acceptance movement, undocumented immigrant youth movement, the plural-marriage familymovement among Mormon fundamentalist polygamists, and the #MeToo movementâ??have employed the concept to advance their cause. It sheds light on these particular struggles, while illuminating broader questions regarding social change, cultural meaning, and collective mobilization.

In Propelled, Andreas Elpidorou makes a lively case for the value of discontent and illustrates how boredom, frustration, and anticipation are good for us. Weaving together stories from disciplines as wide-ranging as classical literature and video games, Elpidorou shows that these psychological states illuminate our desires and expectations and inform us when we find ourselves stuck in unpleasant and unfulfilling situations. Boredom, frustration, andanticipation aren't obstacles to our goals—they are our guides, propelling us into lives that are truly our own.

Written through the lens of transnational feminism, Women's Journey to Empowerment in the 21st Century offers a global view into the patriarchal attitudes that shape cultural practices that oppress women and continue to take form in the modern era. By examining a range of issues, the book compels readers to utilize a contextual framework in taking a closer look at contemporary violence and oppression against women in our world.

Developmental psychologists coined the term "theory of mind" to describe how we understand our shifting mental states in daily life. Over the past twenty years researchers have provided rich, provocative data showing that from an early age, children develop a sophisticated and consistent "theory of mind" by attributing their desires, beliefs, and emotions to themselves and to others. Building on his pioneering research in The Child's Theory of Mind (1990),Henry M. Wellman pulls together all that we have learned in the past twenty years to shine new light on how "theory of mind" develops.

ANOTHER DAY IN THE MONKEY'S BRAIN charts a neuroscientist's journey to understand the central mysteries of consciousness. With insight and clarity, Dr. Siegel how science is built on such relationships. Along the way, he gives a vivid sense of the abundant passion and creativity that drive scientists in their pursuit of understanding. From monkey to man, Dr. Siegel finds the beauty in the scientific discovery of self in mind and brain.

Exemplary Traits examines how Roman poets used models dynamically to create character, and how their referential approach to character reveals them mobilizing the literary tradition.

This is a collection of essays addressing many of the major issues in American legal history. Opening essays discuss the historiography and development of methodology of American legal history. Other sections consider prominent issues and people such as judicial review, Critical Legal Studies, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Taken together, the essays provide a survey of the field of modern American legal history.

This is an account of a Krishna pilgrimage in the Indian region of Braj. Drawing on his own experience of the pilgrimage, Haberman places it in a historical and cultural context, and recounts the tales of Krishna around which the pilgrimage revolves. The book should interest scholars and students of S.E. Asian religion and culture, and of pilgrimage more generally.