Spring 2012 Books

Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks Observation Points The Visual Poetics of National Parks Thomas Patin, Editor 2012 Spring
A new understanding of visual rhetoric offers unique insights into issues of representation and identity
Guy Vernon: A Novelette in Verse Guy Vernon A Novelette in Verse John Townsend Trowbridge William Logan, Editor 2012 Spring
A lost classic of American literature—a narrative of race and sexual intrigue in antebellum America—rediscovered
Once Were Pacific: Māori Connections to Oceania Once Were Pacific Māori Connections to Oceania Alice Te Punga Somerville 2012 Spring
Explores the relationship between indigeneity and migration among Māori and Pacific peoples
The Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination The Erotics of Sovereignty Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination Mark Rifkin 2012 Spring
How queer Native writers use the erotics of lived experience to challenge both federal and tribal notions of “Indianness”
Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music: The Limits of La Onda Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music The Limits of La Onda Deborah R. Vargas 2012 Spring
Explores the resounding musical performances of Mexican American women such as Chelo Silva, Eva Ybarra, Eva Garza, and Selena within Tejano/Chicano music
HumAnimal: Race, Law, Language HumAnimal Race, Law, Language Kalpana Rahita Seshadri 2012 Spring
Power and counterpower in the space of silence
The Poetry of the Possible: Spontaneity, Modernism, and the Multitude The Poetry of the Possible Spontaneity, Modernism, and the Multitude Joel Nickels 2012 Spring
The abstractions of modernism reimagined as figurations of collective self-organization
Exchanging Clothes: Habits of Being 2 Exchanging Clothes Habits of Being 2 Cristina Giorcelli and Paula Rabinowitz, Editors 2012 Spring
How garments—signaling and altering identity—circulate through culture and the economy
The Mestizo State: Reading Race in Modern Mexico The Mestizo State Reading Race in Modern Mexico Joshua Lund 2012 Spring
The wide-ranging relations between race and cultural production in modern Mexico
Strategies for Social Change Strategies for Social Change Gregory M. Maney, Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum, Deana A. Rohlinger and Jeff Goodwin, Editors 2012 Spring
Examines how strategies within social movements develop and work
Rafael Ferrer Rafael Ferrer Deborah Cullen 2012 Spring
The first major account of the celebrated Puerto Rican artist
Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction Imperfect Unions Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction Diana Rebekkah Paulin 2012 Spring
Highlights the interplay of race, literature, and nation-building in U.S. history
Struggling Giants: City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo Struggling Giants City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo Paul Kantor, Christian Lefevre, Asato Saito, H. V. Savitch and Andy Thornley 2012 Spring
The struggle for governability in the world’s four leading global city-regions
South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come: Queer Sexuality and the Struggle for Freedom South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come Queer Sexuality and the Struggle for Freedom Brenna Munro 2012 Spring
Uncovers the story of how the politics of queer sexuality have played out in the struggle for multiracial democracy in South Africa