Angela McMillan Howell, Baltimore, Maryland, is associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Morgan State University. Her work has been published in the Journal of African American Studies and ...

French traditions in America do not live solely in Louisiana. Franco-American Identity, Community, and La Guiannée travels to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, to mark the Franco-American ...

Anna Servaes, Youngsville, Louisiana, teaches French and Spanish at Schools of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Her work has been published in the journals Études Francophones, Feux Follets ...

This Woman's Work presents a social history and critical biography based on the life of award-winning writer Bebe Moore Campbell (1950-2006). It offers the personal story of a popular novelist, journalist, ...

Osizwe Raena Jamila Harwell, Atlanta, Georgia, received her PhD in African American studies at Temple University. She is a veteran educator, consultant, and public scholar, whose work examines contemporary ...

The Great Depression emboldened Americans to tolerate radical experimentation in search of solutions to seemingly overwhelming economic problems. Amongst the thorniest of those was rural southern poverty. ...

Scarlett O'Hara munched on a radish and vowed never to go hungry again. Vardaman Bundren ate bananas in Faulkner's Jefferson, and the Invisible Man dined on a sweet potato in Harlem. Although food and ...

Stable Views offers an inside look at the thoroughbred racing industry through the words and perspectives of those who labor within its stables. In more than fourteen years of field research, Ellen E. ...

A Special Relationship provides not only a historical overview of the British in Hollywood, but also a detailed study of the contributions made by American individuals and companies to British cinema from ...

On Sunset Boulevard, originally published in 1998, describes the life of acclaimed filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002), director of such classics as Sunset Boulevard, The Lost Weekend, The Seven Year Itch ...