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Todd Decker, professor in music and in film and media studies, shows how the soundscape in post–Vietnam War films has changed and transformed the experience of watching a war film.

Most patients in ­Africa draw on a “therapeutic continuum” that includes traditional medicines like herbs, religious healing and the latest biomedical technology. Through a look at these treatments, scholars examine how Africans perceive sickness and understand suffering.

A look back at the influential Art Ensemble of Chicago, the flagship group of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and how they pushed the frontier of jazz with their creative and energetic live performances.

In The Invention of Robert Bresson, Colin Burnett, assistant professor of film and media studies, describes the life and times of the elusive French filmmaker Robert Bresson.

Coaching expert Rik Nemanick has trained thousands of people to be mentors. Now, he distills his knowledge down into eight rules in this informative book.

This collection of essays tackles migration and movement in Central and Eastern Europe and Russia.

In A Prescription for Change, Michael Kinch, associate vice chancellor and director of the Center for Research Innovation in Biotechnology, tells about the looming crisis in the pharmaceutical industry.

Sowande’ M. Mustakeem takes the Middle Passage — the terrifying boat trip that African slaves took to the Americas — as her topic in Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage.

Kedron Thomas, assistant professor of anthropology, studies how the fashion industry is regulated, particularly for the Maya people of Guatemala who make fashion knockoffs of name-brand styles.

Alexander Stefaniak examines previously unexplored archival sources to explore the diverse approach to virtuosity of one of the greatest composers – and music critics – of the Romantic era.