During the second half of the 20th century, Cold War anxiety and paranoia played out on America’s silver screens via the explosively popular horror genre. These films both reflected and shaped how Americans understood the perceived threats of a rapidly changing world.  This paper examines five horror films—Them! (1954), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), […]

The Latvian daina is far more than a folk song. This tradition stretches back over a millennium, with some examples preserving linguistic forms long lost in modern Latvian. These songs are credited with recording Latvia’s prehistory and sustaining its culture through centuries of foreign rule. Dainas were central to the Latvian National Awakening, which eventually […]