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The Way Things Go: An Essay on the Matter of Second Modernism The Way Things Go An Essay on the Matter of Second Modernism Aaron Jaffe 2014 Fall
That rare modernist book: erudite, innovative, thought provoking, and playful
Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition Red Skin, White Masks Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition Glen Sean Coulthard 2014 Fall
Fundamentally questions prevailing ideas of settler colonialization and Indigenous resistance
Settler Common Sense: Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance Settler Common Sense Queerness and Everyday Colonialism in the American Renaissance Mark Rifkin 2014 Spring
Tracing the unacknowledged effects of colonialism in the canon of nineteenth-century American literature
Voices of Fire: Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hiʻiaka Voices of Fire Reweaving the Literary Lei of Pele and Hiʻiaka kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui 2014 Spring
Restoring the literature of Pele and Hi‘iaka to its rightful place in Native culture and identity
Fashioning the Nineteenth Century: Habits of Being 3 Fashioning the Nineteenth Century Habits of Being 3 Cristina Giorcelli and Paula Rabinowitz, Editors 2014 Spring
How fashion in nineteenth-century art, literature, and life came to define—and defy—class
Loving Animals: Toward a New Animal Advocacy Loving Animals Toward a New Animal Advocacy Kathy Rudy 2013 Fall
Improving the lives of animals through emotional connection and empathy
Dispatches from the Arab Spring: Understanding the New Middle East Dispatches from the Arab Spring Understanding the New Middle East Paul Amar and Vijay Prashad, Editors 2013 Fall
An urgent and engaged exploration of the revolutionary wave sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East
Survival Schools: The American Indian Movement and Community Education in the Twin Cities 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
Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations Mark My Words Native Women Mapping Our Nations Mishuana Goeman 2013 Spring
Examining the role of twentieth-century Native women’s literature in remapping settler geographies
The Seeds We Planted: Portraits of a Native Hawaiian Charter School The Seeds We Planted Portraits of a Native Hawaiian Charter School Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua 2013 Spring
Reveals the paradoxes of teaching indigenous knowledge within institutions built to marginalize and displace it
Hikikomori: Adolescence without End Hikikomori Adolescence without End Saito Tamaki 2013 Spring
A best-selling work of Japanese psychology that brought attention to the widespread problem of acute social withdrawal
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 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”
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
Collecting Mexico: Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity Collecting Mexico Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity Shelley E. Garrigan 2012 Spring
Considers how public collections on display form powerful ideas of nationalism