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Learning to Love: Intimacy and the Discourse of Development in China
By Sonya Pritzker
Published by University of Michigan Press
Explore how intimacy and emotion intersect with development and cultural change in modern China.

Lost Literacies: Experiments in the Nineteenth-Century US Comic Strip
By Alexander Beringer
Published by Ohio State University Press
Discover the playful and experimental roots of the nineteenth-century American comic strip.

Published by the Author: Self-Publication in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature
By Brian Sinche
Published by University of North Carolina Press
Uncover how African American writers forged their own paths to publication and self-representation.

The Rise of Central American Film in the Twenty-First Century
Edited by Mauricio Espinoza and Jared List
Published by University of Florida Press
Dive into the vibrant stories and social movements shaping contemporary Central American cinema.

Thoughts for the Times on Groups and Masses: A Sigmund Freud Museum Symposium
By Daniela Finzi and Jeanne Wolff Bernstein
Published by Leuven University Press
Examine Freud’s enduring influence on how we understand groups, identity, and collective behavior.

Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran
By Pamela Karimi
Published by Leuven University Press
See how Iranian women artists use creativity as a form of activism and resistance.

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