Books

The Death of Things: Ephemera and the American Novel The Death of Things Ephemera and the American Novel Sarah Wasserman 2020 Fall
A comprehensive study of ephemera in twentieth-century literature—and its relevance to the twenty-first century
The Deathly Embrace: Orientalism and Asian American Identity The Deathly Embrace Orientalism and Asian American Identity Sheng-Mei Ma 2000 Fall
A polemical analysis of the ways Orientalism speaks through the texts of prominent Asian American writers.
The Decision of Desire The Decision of Desire Silvia Lippi 2020 Spring
A unique rereading of Lacan’s theory of desire and its link to masochism, joy, mysticism, death, and feminine jouissance
The Decolonized Eye: Filipino American Art and Performance The Decolonized Eye Filipino American Art and Performance Sarita Echavez See 2009 Fall
Filipino American artists map and contest the United States’ amnesia about its colonization of the Philippines
The Decorated Tenement: How Immigrant Builders and Architects Transformed the Slum in the Gilded Age The Decorated Tenement How Immigrant Builders and Architects Transformed the Slum in the Gilded Age Zachary J. Violette 2019 Spring
A reexamination of working-class architecture in late nineteenth-century urban America
The Denial of Antiblackness: Multiracial Redemption and Black Suffering The Denial of Antiblackness Multiracial Redemption and Black Suffering João H. Costa Vargas 2018 Fall
An incisive new look at the black diaspora, examining the true roots of antiblackness and its destructive effects on all of society
The Development and Growth of the External Dimensions of the Human Body in the Fetal Period The Development and Growth of the External Dimensions of the Human Body in the Fetal Period Richard E. Scammon and Leroy A. Calkins None None
The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis The Development of American Agriculture A Historical Analysis Willard W. Cochrane 1993 Spring
The classic historical study of American agricultural economic development, thoroughly revised and updated. “Not only describes but analyzes and explains the economic behavior of agriculture as a functional sector of the economy in the process of economic development. . . . There is no substitute.” --James T. Bonnen
The Development of Children’s Concepts of Causal Relations The Development of Children’s Concepts of Causal Relations Jean Marquis Deutsche None None
The Development of Reasoning in Children with Normal and Defective Hearing The Development of Reasoning in Children with Normal and Defective Hearing Mildred C. Templin None None
The Devil Notebooks The Devil Notebooks Laurence A. Rickels 2008 Fall
This sequel to The Vampire Lectures takes on the Devil
The Devil’s Wedding Ring The Devil’s Wedding Ring Vidar Sundstøl 2019 Spring
A mysterious disappearance at a 13th-century church in his native Norway draws detective Max Fjellanger into an old case—and a world of ancient ritual, superstition, and present-day danger
The Differend: Phrases in Dispute The Differend Phrases in Dispute Jean-François Lyotard 1989 Spring
“This work is of vital importance in a period when revisionism of all stripes attempts to rewrite, and often simply deny, the occurrence of historical and cultural events, i.e. in attempting to reconstruct ‘reality’ in the convenient names of ‘truth’ and ‘common sense.’” French Review
The Different Modes of Existence The Different Modes of Existence Etienne Souriau 2015 Fall
Exploring the aesthetic depths of the various modes of existence by one of France’s most heralded but forgotten thinkers of existential pluralism
The Difficulty of Crossing a Field: Nine New Plays The Difficulty of Crossing a Field Nine New Plays Mac Wellman 2008 Fall
A new collection from one of America’s leading avant-garde playwrights
The Digital and Its Discontents The Digital and Its Discontents Aden Evens 2024 Spring
A groundbreaking critique of the digital world that analyzes its universal technological foundations
The Digital Black Atlantic The Digital Black Atlantic Roopika Risam and Kelly Baker Josephs, Editors 2021 Spring
Exploring the intersections of digital humanities and African diaspora studies
The Digital Is Kid Stuff: Making Creative Laborers for a Precarious Economy The Digital Is Kid Stuff Making Creative Laborers for a Precarious Economy 2021 Fall
How popular debates about the so-called digital generation mediate anxieties about labor and life in twenty-first-century America
The Digitally Disposed: Racial Capitalism and the Informatics of Value The Digitally Disposed Racial Capitalism and the Informatics of Value Seb Franklin 2021 Spring
Locates the deep history of digitality in the development of racial capitalism
The Dionysian Vision of the World The Dionysian Vision of the World Friedrich Nietzsche 2012 Fall
Rediscovering a remarkable early work by Friedrich Nietzsche