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A Conversation with Nina Peterson and Katherine Guinness, guest editors of “Aesthetics of Perplexity,” a Special Issue of Afterimage

Afterimage's new special issue, "Aesthetics of Perplexity," is interested in examining perplexity as an aesthetic category, in which the experience of confusion or bewilderment can be harnessed as an artistic tactic.
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JSAH Virtual Issue: Architectural History of Atlanta and the Southern United States

The editors of the "Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians" invite you to read a virtual issue on the architectural history of Atlanta and the southern US, which has been published in conjunction with #SAH2025 in Atlanta.
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Help Us Grow Our FirstGen Program!

UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.
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Camera Palaestina: Photography and Displaced Histories of Palestine

by Issam Nassar (Author), Stephen Sheehi (Author), and 1 more
Aug 2022
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Renaissance Futurities: Science, Art, Invention

by Charlene Villaseñor Black (Editor), Mari-Tere Álvarez (Editor)
Nov 2019
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The Saburo Hasegawa Reader

by Mark Dean Johnson (Editor), Dakin Hart (Editor), and 1 more
May 2019
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Frame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons

by Hannah Frank (Author), Daniel Morgan (Editor), and 1 more
May 2019
Open Access
Open Access