Helen R Gilbert

Sightlines: Race, Gender, and Nation in Contemporary Australian Theatre

Perfomance and Cosmopolitics: Cross-Cultural Transactions in Australasia

In Transit: Travel, Text, Empire

Economies of Representation, 1790-2000: Colonialism and Commerce

Leon Trotsky: His Life and Ideas

Lyndon Larouche: Fascism Restyled for the New Millennium

Wild Man from Borneo: A Cultural History of the Orangutan

Wild Man from Borneo offers the first comprehensive history of the human-orangutan encounter. Arguably the most humanlike of all the great apes, particularly in intelligence and behavior, the orangutan has been cherished, used, and abused ever since it was first brought to the attention of Europeans...

Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas

Indigenous artists frequently voice concerns over the commodification of their cultures, a process acutely felt by those living with the consequences of colonialism. This timely book, which features color illustrations throughout, examines the ways in which contemporary indigenous peoples in differe...

Burden or Benefit?: Imperial Benevolence and Its Legacies (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)

In the name of benevolence, philanthropy, and humanitarian aid, individuals, groups, and nations have sought to assist others and to redress forms of suffering and deprivation. Yet the inherent imbalances of power between the giver and the recipient of this benevolence have called into question the ...

Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics

Post-Colonial Drama is the first full-length study to address the ways in which performance has been instrumental in resisting the continuing effects of imperialism. It brings to bear the latest theoretical approaches from post-colonial and performance studies to a range of plays from Australia, Afr...

"Okay, Girls - Man Your Bunks!" Tales from the Life of a WWII Navy WAVE

A lively and compelling autobiography of one of the first enlisted Navy WAVES in WWII. From joining the Navy to joining the mile-high club, Helen Gilbert's life was interrupted and forever changed by Pearl Harbor, and she describes in very straightforward terms how it was to enter a traditionally m...

Postcolonial Plays: An Anthology

This collection of contemporary postcolonial plays demonstrates the extraordinary vitality of a body of work that is currently influencing the shape of contemporary world theatre. This anthology encompasses both internationally admired 'classics' and previously unpublished texts, all dealing with im...

Tonquish Tales: A Story of Early d'Etroit, Pioneers & Michigan Indians

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Economies of Representation, 1790-2000

This volume documents the links among trade, colonialism, and forms of representation. Examining trade in commodities as diverse as illicit drugs, liquor, bananas, disease, tourism, adventure fiction, and modern aboriginal art, as well as cultural exchanges in politics, medicine, and literature, the...