Books

Rape Warfare: The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia Rape Warfare The Hidden Genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia Beverly Allen 1996 Spring
A shocking and impassioned exposé of new and horrifying methods of war in the Balkans.
Re-Enchanted: The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century Re-Enchanted The Rise of Children’s Fantasy Literature in the Twentieth Century Maria Sachiko Cecire 2019 Fall
From The Hobbit to Harry Potter, how fantasy harnesses the cultural power of magic, medievalism, and childhood to re-enchant the modern world
Re-Envisioning Peacekeeping: The United Nations and the Mobilization of Ideology Re-Envisioning Peacekeeping The United Nations and the Mobilization of Ideology François Debrix 1999 Fall
A critical look at the meaning of UN peacekeeping missions.
Re-membering Culture: Erasure and Renewal in Hmong American Education Re-membering Culture Erasure and Renewal in Hmong American Education Bic Ngo 2024 Fall
The untold stories of resilience in Hmong American education
Re-takes: Postcoloniality and Foreign Film Languages Re-takes Postcoloniality and Foreign Film Languages John Mowitt 2005 Spring
A sustained theoretical reevaluation of “film languages,” both visual and verbal
Reading Autobiography: A Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Second Edition Reading Autobiography A Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Second Edition Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson 2010 Spring
The completely updated edition of the definitive guide to life narrative, from memoirs to blogs
Reading Autobiography Now: An Updated Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Third Edition Reading Autobiography Now An Updated Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Third Edition Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson 2024 Spring
A user-friendly guide to reading, writing, and theorizing autobiographical texts and practices for students, scholars, and practitioners of life narrative
Reading De Man Reading Reading De Man Reading Wlad Godzich and Lindsay Waters, Editors 1989 Spring
Thirteen essays address de Man’s theory and practice of reading, including the nature of those readings and what they signify for reading in general, not just for literary texts. "Accomplishes the goal of insisting on the continuing importance of de Man's work for literary studies." --American Book Review
Reading Dido: Gender, Textuality, and the Medieval Aeneid Reading Dido Gender, Textuality, and the Medieval Aeneid Marilynn Desmond 1994 Fall
Describes the variations in the figure of Dido as she emerges from ancient literary texts.
Reading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era Reading for Reform The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era Laura R. Fisher 2019 Spring
An unprecedented examination of class-bridging reform and U.S. literary history at the turn of the twentieth century
Reading North by South: On Latin American Literature, Culture, and Politics Reading North by South On Latin American Literature, Culture, and Politics Neil Larsen 1995 Spring
Concerned with misleading interpretations of literature and culture that dominate Latin American studies, Larsen proposes the need for a freshly conceived historical materialist approach to Latin American texts and cultural practices. He provides insightful commentaries on political discourses, cultural events, films, and literary texts, as he draws upon a wide diversity of texts written in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Of particular interest is Larsen's discussion of writings from the Caribbean, an area that is not frequently included in Latin American studies.
Reading Proust: In Search of Wolf-Fish Reading Proust In Search of Wolf-Fish Maria Paganini 1994 Spring
Reading Proust focuses on the specificity of Proustian writing, revealing the patterns of thought and play of words peculiar to Proust's language, and showing how these metamorphose throughout La Recherche du temps perdu. Her work offers a new model for reading fictional prose, one that replaces the critical "why?" with the more practical and productive "how?"
Reading the Body Politic: Feminist Criticism and Latin American Women Writers Reading the Body Politic Feminist Criticism and Latin American Women Writers Amy K. Kaminsky 1992 Fall
Proposes a Latin American feminist criticism that is both regionally specific and in current dialogue with North American and European feminist practices.
Reading the Postmodern Polity: Political Theory as Textual Practice Reading the Postmodern Polity Political Theory as Textual Practice Michael J. Shapiro 1991 Fall
Offers the first demonstration by a political theorist of how textuality is inherent to political practice.
Reading with Clarice Lispector Reading with Clarice Lispector Helene Cixous Verena Andermatt Conley, Editor 1990 Spring
The foremost French feminist literary critic pays homage to the premiere Latin American woman prose writer of this century.
Reading Writing Interfaces: From the Digital to the Bookbound Reading Writing Interfaces From the Digital to the Bookbound 2014 Spring
Uncovers a lineage of writers and thinkers who have rebelled against the means of production
Readings: The Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kakfa, Kleist, Lispector, and Tsvetayeva Readings The Poetics of Blanchot, Joyce, Kakfa, Kleist, Lispector, and Tsvetayeva Helene Cixous Verena Andermatt Conley, Editor 1991 Fall
A leader in the feminist intellectual movement, Cixous presents this highly informative meditation on ethics and poetics which draws on philosophy and psychoanalysis.
Readings in Interpretation: Holderlin, Hegel, Heidegger Readings in Interpretation Holderlin, Hegel, Heidegger Andrzej Warminski 1987 Spring
Institutes a rethinking of history, theory, philosophy, literature and the way they relate to one another in critical reading. "Meticulous and challenging . . . well worth reading." --Southern Humanities Review
Ready for Air: A Journey through Premature Motherhood Ready for Air A Journey through Premature Motherhood Kate Hopper 2013 Fall
The power of childbirth to transform lives, brought home through one woman’s candid account of premature motherhood
Ready Player Two: Women Gamers and Designed Identity Ready Player Two Women Gamers and Designed Identity Shira Chess 2017 Fall
A timely look at the implicit biases in video games as they construct and define feminine identity