Caricatures of Irish immigrants—especially Irish women—have softened, but persist in characters whose Irishness is expressed in subtle cues.

Minstrel shows were an American invention, but they also found success in the United Kingdom, where audiences were negotiating their relationships with empire.

Two significant poetry anthologies deterritorialize home, showing that for Hmong Americans, home can be a process of moving and running despite living in a place.

While Spanish Catholicism and reformatory Protestantism favored black clothing, much of the Renaissance happened in an explosion of color.

Isabella Rosner’s Stitching Freedom showcases embroidered works made by the incarcerated and examines this craft’s historical popularity behind bars.

Though many associate the accordion with polkas and klezmer, the instrument played an important role in Black music after its arrival in the United States.

In romantic literature of the fourteenth and fifteen centuries, fainting wasn’t just for ladies.

Celebrated for his plays, Shakespeare actually opened his writing career with a derivative poem.

In addition to a New Wave hit, Nell Dunn's 1963 book about young women in a poor London neighborhood inspired a Ken Loach adaption that helped shift British attitudes toward abortion.

Without formal training as an architect, Gray created magnificent designs that sensitively blended traditional craft with a modern aesthetic.