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Wild Ideas Wild Ideas David Rothenberg, Editor 1995 Fall
A new view of what’s “wild,” and a new path for environmentalism.
Intellectuals, Socialism, and Dissent: The East German Opposition and Its Legacy Intellectuals, Socialism, and Dissent The East German Opposition and Its Legacy John C. Torpey 1995 Fall
Asks why East German dissidents have been left out in the cold.
Bad Women: Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema Bad Women Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema Janet Staiger 1995 Fall
Charts the cultural tensions played out on-screen in early American cinema.
The Bubbling Cauldron: Race, Ethnicity, and the Urban Crisis The Bubbling Cauldron Race, Ethnicity, and the Urban Crisis Michael Peter Smith and Joe R. Feagin, Editors 1995 Fall
How can race and ethnicity be understood as questions of power? How do changes among racial and ethnic groups alter conflicts about these groups’ identities and the resultant power structure shaped by these conflicts? The contributors to this important new volume take up these questions and others as they delve beneath the turbulent surface of racial and ethnic relations in urban centers worldwide. Contributors: Sophie Body-Gendrot, the Sorbonne and the Institute of Political Science, Paris; Harold Brackman, Simon Wiesenthal Center; James Button, U of Florida; Sharon Collins, U of Illinois, Chicago; Steven P. Erie, U of California, San Diego; Norman Fainstein, Vassar College; Cedric Herring, U of Illinois, Chicago; Michael Hodge, Georgia State U; Leslie Baham Inniss, Florida State U; Martín Sánchez Jankowski, U of California, Berkeley; Michael Kearney, U of California, Riverside; Edward Murguia, Texas A&M; Adolph Reed Jr., Northwestern U; Nestor Rodríguez, U of Houston; Bernadette Tarallo, U of California, Davis; Roger Waldinger, UCLA; and Howard Winant, Temple U.
Words of Welfare: The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty Words of Welfare The Poverty of Social Science and the Social Science of Poverty Sanford F. Schram 1995 Spring
Offers an important and enlightening critique of how welfare policy is analyzed and set in the U.S., illustrating that how we study issues affects what ultimately gets done about them. Issues examined include the drawing of the poverty line, the setting of benefit levels, the feminization of poverty, homelessness, the underclass, welfare dependency, recent attempts to reform welfare, and the implications for welfare in the emerging global, postindustrial economy. Schram demonstrates how research on these issues can be done differently and more effectively.
New Social Movements in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis New Social Movements in Western Europe A Comparative Analysis Hanspeter Kriesi, Ruud Koopmans and Jan Willem Duyvendak 1995 Fall
Explores the ecology, gay rights, peace, and women’s movements in Western Europe.
Spectacles of Realism: Gender, Body, Genre Spectacles of Realism Gender, Body, Genre Margaret Cohen and Christopher Prendergast, Editors 1995 Fall
A rethinking of realism that reveals its relevance to sexual and cultural politics.
Social Movements and Culture Social Movements and Culture Hank Johnston and Bert Klandermans, Editors 1995 Spring
Reflecting the recent surge of interest in culture, this volume brings together top researchers in the field of social movements whose work represents the major approaches to movement analysis from a cultural perspective. The contributors address such issues as approaches to culture; how movements are affected by the culture of the larger society in which they act; and the internal cultures of these movements. Contributors include Michael Billig, Rick Fantasia, Gary Alan Fine, William A. Gamson, Eric Hirsch, Jane Jenson, John Lofland, Alberto Melucci, Ann Swidler, Verta Taylor, and Nancy Whittier.
Exotic Parodies: Subjectivity in Adorno, Said, and Spivak Exotic Parodies Subjectivity in Adorno, Said, and Spivak Asha Varadharajan 1995 Spring
This groundbreaking text begins with the premise that postmodernism, poststructuralism, postcolonialism, and Marxism continue to present certain problems with the self/other distinction. It goes on to offer the first extended critique of the work of Gayatri Spivak; challenge the critical reception of Adorno in the American academy; examine Said's connection to Adorno; and make the first in-depth use of Adorno's Negative Dialectics in the context of postcolonial theory.
The Jobless Future: Second Edition The Jobless Future Second Edition Stanley Aronowitz and William DiFazio 1995 Fall
Charting a major change in the nature of paid work in the United States
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.
Prisma’s Abridged English-Swedish and Swedish-English Dictionary Prisma’s Abridged English-Swedish and Swedish-English Dictionary Prisma 1995 Spring
Newly revised single-volume edition!
The Ethnic Canon: Histories, Institutions, and Interventions The Ethnic Canon Histories, Institutions, and Interventions David Palumbo-Liu, Editor 1995 Spring
Argues that texts are added to the canon only after an operation that attempts to resolve and neutralize historical and political contradictions and differences. The Ethnic Canon offers a wide variety of critical viewpoints and is unique in its pointed critique of the academy regarding specific authors and texts that have and have not been included in the canon. Contributors include Norma Alarcón, Paula Gunn Allen, Elliott Butler-Evans, Barbara Christian, Lisa Lowe, Colleen Lye, Ramón Saldívar, E. San Juan Jr., Rosaura Sánchez, Jana Sequoya-Magdaleno, and Sau-ling Cynthia Wong
Colonial Inscriptions: Race, Sex, and Class in Kenya Colonial Inscriptions Race, Sex, and Class in Kenya Carolyn Martin Shaw 1995 Spring
Explores how images of African colonialism have been influenced by European and American racism and sexual fantasies.
Telling Identities: The Californio testimonios Telling Identities The Californio testimonios Rosaura Sánchez 1995 Spring
Sánchez offers the first historical and literary analysis of thirty 1870s testimonios from the original Spanish-speaking settlers of Alta California. Telling Identities scrutinizes the role of gender, class, race, language, and ethnicity in group identity formation as it looks into history to help articulate the cultural politics of contemporary Chicano and Latino culture in the United States.