Betancourt, Roland

Roland Betancourt

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Disneyland and the Rise of Automation: How Technology Created the Happiest Place on Earth Roland Betancourt
A history of the engineering marvels behind one of America鈥檚 most innovative and beloved entertainment experiences
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Byzantine Intersectionality: Sexuality, Gender, and Race in the Middle Ages Roland Betancourt
A fascinating history of marginalized identities in the medieval world
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White: The History of a Color Michel Pastoureau
From the acclaimed author of Blue, a beautifully illustrated history of the color white in visual culture, from antiquity to today
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Roland Betancourt on Disneyland and the Rise of Automation Roland Betancourt traces how Disneyland became a proving ground for automation at the very moment the American public was most anxious about its consequences. Read More

A collage of imagery from the covers of Chains of Love and Beauty, Byzantine Intersectionality, and Pleasure and Efficacy

In dialogue: Possibilities of queer histories In commemoration of Pride Month, we asked three of our authors the following question: What possibilities do queer histories open for charting a future toward liberation? Read More

Sexuality, gender, and race in the Middle Ages While the term 鈥渋ntersectionality鈥� was coined in 1989, the existence of marginalized identities extends back over millennia.聽Byzantine Intersectionality聽reveals the fascinating, little-examined conversations in medieval thought and visual culture aro... Read More

Detail of painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl by James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Roland Betancourt on White: The History of a Color Moving away from those who might wish to find a universal symbolism or archetypal truth in a color, Michel Pastoureau鈥檚 The History of a Color series has sought to understand color as first and foremost a social phenomenon, one with historically grou... Read More