The Influence of Poe, Wagner, and Baudelaire on Debussy's Modernist Aesthetics
The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking geometric and floral ornamentation, was found in a wide range of forms of artistic expression and played a pivotal role in the music of Claude Debussy. Divine Arabesque explores the arabesque in Debussy's music and reveals its ......
The Influence of Poe, Wagner, and Baudelaire on Debussy's Modernist Aesthetics
The arabesque, a crucial component of nineteenth-century aesthetics characterized by recurring patterns of interlocking geometric and floral ornamentation, was found in a wide range of forms of artistic expression and played a pivotal role in the music of Claude Debussy. Divine Arabesque explores the arabesque in Debussy's music and reveals its ......
Stories Behind Arabic-Palestinian Place-Names in Israel
One spring day in the 1980s, my family and I woke up to the sight of bulldozers, accompanied by Israeli policemen, ascending the hill called Jabal Sikh in Kafr Kanna. At the time, I was a pupil in elementary school, and the hill could be seen clearly from the school. My teacher explained to the class that the Jewish National Fund workers were ......
Stories Behind Arabic-Palestinian Place-Names in Israel
One spring day in the 1980s, my family and I woke up to the sight of bulldozers, accompanied by Israeli policemen, ascending the hill called Jabal Sikh in Kafr Kanna. At the time, I was a pupil in elementary school, and the hill could be seen clearly from the school. My teacher explained to the class that the Jewish National Fund workers were ......
During the Cold War, humanitarianism became the focus of intense debates among intellectuals, politicians, and diplomats from capitalist, socialist, and nonaligned countries about the boundaries between the political and nonpolitical. However, with the fall of socialism near the end of the twentieth century, these discussions over what ......
During the Cold War, humanitarianism became the focus of intense debates among intellectuals, politicians, and diplomats from capitalist, socialist, and nonaligned countries about the boundaries between the political and nonpolitical. However, with the fall of socialism near the end of the twentieth century, these discussions over what ......
Colonial Appropriation, Authenticity, and Distinction
How did an "Arab" dish become an Israeli culinary passion? Less than a century ago, hummus and other local Arab and Palestinian cuisine was often met with disinterest and sometimes outright rejection among Zionist settlers. Yet for modern-day Israelis, hummus has become something iconic: a dish whose everyday consumption is irrevocably intertwined ......
Colonial Appropriation, Authenticity, and Distinction
How did an "Arab" dish become an Israeli culinary passion? Less than a century ago, hummus and other local Arab and Palestinian cuisine was often met with disinterest and sometimes outright rejection among Zionist settlers. Yet for modern-day Israelis, hummus has become something iconic: a dish whose everyday consumption is irrevocably intertwined ......
Craft, Technology, and Style in Benin, West Africa
From the wrapped and draped fabrics of precolonial Fon dress to the widespread custom clothing industry of the late twentieth century, Benin's tailors have built both rich traditions of artisanal skill and a storied history of innovation. Their work and expertise clothe everyday life, and in doing so contribute to shifting notions of status, ......
