The ‘80s were a period of rapid economic growth in Japan, buoyed by a robust stock market and lucrative exports of their autos and electronics. As happens in such flush times, the pop culture of the region started to reflect the country’s positive feelings and the neon-lit glow of its ...
Margaret Coker is an American reporter—her time in the Middle East included a stint as New York Times Baghdad bureau chief from 2017 to 2018—and she tells the story of two families in particular beautifully. Read expert recommendations Buy now Listen now A World Beneath the Sands: The ...
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Grady Hendrix’sWitchcraft for Wayward Girls(Berkley) debuts strongly on print lists, ranking as high as #1 at Publishers Weekly and #2 at New York Times. ...Read More New & Notable January 25, 2025 Jesse Ball,The Repeat Room(Catapult 9/24) This absurd dystopian (and possibly truly Kaf...
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Print. Google Scholar Foucault, Michel. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, translated by Alan Sheridan. New York: Vintage Books, 1979. Print. Google Scholar Gilroy, Paul. The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. Cambridge,...