Forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press

These Granite Islands A Novel Sarah Stonich 2013 Spring

An engrossing, suspenseful novel about hidden love—set on the Iron Range

Eating Anxiety The Perils of Food Politics Chad Lavin 2013 Spring

How the experience of eating influences our politics

Culture/Clinic 1 Applied Lacanian Psychoanalysis Jacques-Alain Miller and Maire Jaanus, Editors 2013 Spring

The first volume in a provocative new annual series

Midnight at the Barrelhouse The Johnny Otis Story George Lipsitz 2013 Spring

The first biography of music legend and civil rights activist Johnny Otis

Hot Spotter’s Report Military Fables of Toxic Waste Shiloh R. Krupar 2013 Spring

How biopolitical militarism in the U.S. obscures the domestic remains of war

Take Back the Economy An Ethical Guide for Transforming Our Communities J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron and Stephen Healy 2013 Spring

An accessible guide to demystifying the economy and creating a more just and sustainable world

Trash Animals How We Live with Nature’s Filthy, Feral, Invasive, and Unwanted Species Kelsi Nagy and Phillip David Johnson II, Editors 2013 Spring

From pigeons to prairie dogs, reflections on reviled animals and their place in contemporary life

The Troll With No Heart in His Body and Other Tales of Trolls from Norway Lise Lunge-Larsen 2013 Spring

An entertaining and wonderfully illustrated compendium of troll lore

Sigurd and His Brave Companions A Tale of Medieval Norway Sigrid Undset 2013 Spring

A medieval adventure for the ages, now back in print

Happy Times in Norway Sigrid Undset 2013 Spring

Preserving a glorious picture of Norway before the Nazi occupation—from the 1928 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales Sigrid Undset, Editor 2013 Spring

Classic Norse folklore handed down from one generation to the next

Dictionary of Non-Philosophy François Laruelle 2013 Spring

An insightful guide for wandering within the territory of non-philosophy

Philosophy and Non-Philosophy François Laruelle 2013 Spring

The first concise explanation of non-philosophy and its relation to philosophy

The Marrying Kind? Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement Mary Bernstein and Verta Taylor, Editors 2013 Spring

A look inside the lesbian and gay movement’s disagreements over same-sex marriage

The Idea of Haiti Rethinking Crisis and Development Millery Polyné, Editor 2013 Spring

How do prevailing narratives affect a nation’s sense of itself and its possibilities?

Ariel’s Ecology Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics Monique Allewaert 2013 Spring

Rethinking the boundaries between humans and nonhumans in early America

Off the Network Disrupting the Digital World Ulises Ali Mejias 2013 Spring

Critiques how the Internet, social media, and the digital network change users’ understanding of the world

Humanesis Sound and Technological Posthumanism David Cecchetto 2013 Spring

A search for acoustic resonance leads to an important new critique of posthumanist studies

Corridor Media Architectures in American Fiction Kate Marshall 2013 Spring

How neglected architectural spaces act as media in modern American novels

Contemporary Korean Art Tansaekhwa and the Urgency of Method Joan Kee 2013 Spring

The first in-depth examination in English of twentieth-century Korea’s most important artistic movement

Against Affective Formalism Matisse, Bergson, Modernism Todd Cronan 2013 Spring

Close examinations of the works of Henri Matisse and Henri Bergson reveal problems of form and agency, expression and affect, representation and reality that are still in effect today

Béla Tarr, the Time After Jacques Rancière 2013 Fall

Exploring the concept of time in the work of one of Europe’s greatest filmmakers

Survival Schools The American Indian Movement and Community Education in the Twin Cities Julie L. Davis 2013 Spring

The first history of two alternative schools founded by AIM in the Twin Cities in 1972—and their role in revitalizing Native culture and community

New Architecture on Indigenous Lands Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka 2013 Spring

Tribal architecture gets back to its Native roots—and becomes something new

Ricardo Valverde Ramón García 2013 Spring

Tracing the remarkable path of photographer Ricardo Valverde’s art and life

Minneapolis Madams The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront Penny Petersen 2013 Spring

A real-life detective story uncovering the history of brothels in nineteenth-century Minneapolis

Pedestrian Modern Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956 David Smiley 2013 Spring

How the design of stores and shopping centers shaped modern architecture in the United States

Life, War, Earth Deleuze and the Sciences John Protevi 2013 Spring

Applies Deleuzian theory to an impressive array of physical phenomena, scientific issues, and political events

Degraded Work The Struggle at the Bottom of the Labor Market Marc Doussard 2013 Fall

Why service-sector jobs have gotten worse—and what can be done to improve pay and working conditions for low-wage workers

Filipinos Represent DJs, Racial Authenticity, and the Hip-hop Nation Antonio T. Tiongson Jr. 2013 Fall

What does it mean when Filipino youth lay claim to an art form associated with African Americans?

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