This stimulating and insightful book reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production in theater, literature, and even museum construction. Dominic Thomas’s analysis unravels the complex…

Le long cheminement de l’histoire des populations afro-antillaises en France a longtemps été absent des représentations de l’histoire de France, dont il est pourtant partie intégrante. C’est dire l’importance de…

The history of European nation-building and identity formation is inextricably connected with museums, and the role they play in displaying the acquired spoils and glorious symbols of geopolitical power in…

John Conteh-Morgan explores the multiple ways in which African and Caribbean theatres have combined aesthetic, ceremonial, experimental, and avant-garde practices in order to achieve sharp critiques of the nationalist and…

France has always hosted a rich and vibrant black presence within its borders. But recent violent events have raised questions about France’s treatment of ethnic minorities. Challenging the identity politics…

What characterizes the relationship between literature and the state? Should literature serve the needs of the state by constructing national consciousness, espousing state propaganda, and molding good citizens? Or should…

Bloodless Genealogies of the French Middle Ages: Translatio, Kinship, and Metaphor Zrinka Stahuljak reevaluates, in Old French literature and art, two concepts fundamental for the medieval period: genealogy and translatio. She…

THINKING THROUGH CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES This co-written, multi-stranded book challenges assumptions about Chrétien as the author of a canon of works. In a series of lively exchanges, its five authors…

PORNOGRAPHIC ARCHAEOLOGY: MEDICINE, MEDIEVALISM, AND THE INVENTION OF THE FRENCH NATION This engaging and informative study of nineteenth-century French medievalism sheds new light on the scientific and ideological underpinnings of…

THE ADVENTURES OF GILLION DE TRAZEGNIES: CHIVALRY AND ROMANCE IN THE MEDIEVAL EAST One of the finest works from the golden era of Flemish manuscript illumination, the Getty’s copy of…