Forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press

From America to Norway IV Norwegian-American Immigrant Letters 1838–1914, Volume IV: Indexes Orm Øverland, Editor 2018 Spring

The experience of early Norwegian-American immigrants, told in their letters home—now discoverable in an extensive index

Superhumanity Design of the Self Nick Axel, Beatriz Colomina, Nikolaus Hirsch, Anton Vidokle and Mark Wigley, Editors 2018 Spring

A wide-ranging and challenging exploration of design and how it engages with the self

Arranging Marriage Conjugal Agency in the South Asian Diaspora Marian Aguiar 2018 Spring

The first critical analysis of contemporary arranged marriage among South Asians in a global context

The Inconvenient Indian A Curious Account of Native People in North America Thomas King 2018 Spring

A brilliantly subversive and darkly humorous history of Indian–White relations in North America since first contact

Fawn Island Douglas Wood 2018 Spring

Join the beloved author of Old Turtle as he embarks on journeys large and small

The Modernist Corpse Posthumanism and the Posthumous Erin E. Edwards 2018 Spring

An unconventional take on the corpse challenges traditional conceptions of who—and what—counts as human while offering bold insights into the modernist project

A Capsule Aesthetic Feminist Materialisms in New Media Art Kate Mondloch 2018 Spring

How new media art informed by feminism yields important and original insights about interacting with technologies

The Truth Is Always Grey A History of Modernist Painting Frances Guerin 2018 Spring

Changing how we look at and think about the color grey

Four Metaphors of Modernism From Der Sturm to the Société Anonyme Jenny Anger 2018 Spring

Exploring the significance of metaphor in modern art

The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games Why Gaming Culture Is the Worst Christopher Paul 2018 Spring

An avid gamer and sharp media critic explains meritocracy’s negative contribution to video game culture—and what can be done about it

Deconstruction Machines Writing in the Age of Cyberwar Justin Joque 2018 Spring

A bold new theory of cyberwar argues that militarized hacking is best understood as a form of deconstruction

Judith F. Baca Anna Indych-López 2018 Spring

Behind the fascinating public artist’s practice of collaboration

Double Visions, Double Fictions The Doppelgänger in Japanese Film and Literature Baryon Tensor Posadas 2018 Spring

A fresh take on the doppelgänger and its place in Japanese film and literature—past and present

What Is Information? Peter Janich 2018 Spring

A novel way of looking at information challenges longstanding dogmas—from a preeminent German thinker

The Anime Ecology A Genealogy of Television, Animation, and Game Media Thomas Lamarre 2018 Spring

A major work destined to change how scholars and students look at television and animation

The Undocumented Everyday Migrant Lives and the Politics of Visibility Rebecca M. Schreiber 2018 Spring

Examining how undocumented migrants are using film, video, and other documentary media to challenge surveillance, detention, and deportation

Homemade Finnish Rye, Feed Sack Fashion, and Other Simple Ingredients from My Life in Food Beatrice Ojakangas 2018 Spring

A celebrated cook’s recipes and reflections on growing up in a big Finnish family in northern Minnesota

Carving Out the Commons Tenant Organizing and Housing Cooperatives in Washington, D.C. Amanda Huron 2018 Spring

An investigation of the practice of “commoning” in urban housing and its necessity for challenging economic injustice in our rapidly gentrifying cities

The End of Man A Feminist Counterapocalypse Joanna Zylinska 2018 Spring

Debugging the Anthropocene’s insistence on apocalyptic tropes

After Extinction Richard Grusin, Editor 2018 Spring

A multidisciplinary exploration of extinction and what comes next

Globalized Authoritarianism Megaprojects, Slums, and Class Relations in Urban Morocco Koenraad Bogaert 2018 Spring

A rich investigation into Morocco’s urban politics

The User Unconscious On Affect, Media, and Measure Patricia Ticineto Clough 2018 Spring

Wide-ranging essays and experimental prose forcefully demonstrate how digital media and computational technologies have redefined what it is to be human

Renew Orleans? Globalized Development and Worker Resistance after Katrina Aaron Schneider 2018 Spring

Urban development after disaster, the fading of black political clout, and the onset of gentrification

Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2-RF A Case Book Martin Sellbom and Dustin B. Wygant 2018 Spring

An illustrative guide for using the MMPI-2-RF in forensic assessment

The Infamous Harry Hayward A True Account of Murder and Mesmerism in Gilded Age Minneapolis Shawn Francis Peters 2018 Spring

A fascinating tale of seduction, murder, fraud, coercion—and the trial of the “Minneapolis Monster”

Modernism’s Visible Hand Architecture and Regulation in America Michael Osman 2018 Spring

A groundbreaking history of the confluence of regulatory thinking and building design in the United States

Assessing Police and Other Public Safety Personnel Using the MMPI-2-RF A Practical Guide David M. Corey and Yossef S. Ben-Porath 2018 Spring

A practical and vital guide for using the MMPI-2-RF in both preemployment and fitness-for-duty evaluations for four public safety positions: law enforcement officer, corrections officer, emergency communications dispatcher, and firefighter/paramedic

Wild Mares My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life Dianna Hunter 2018 Spring

A wry memoir of growing up, coming out, and going back to the land as a lesbian feminist in the rural Midwest of the 1960s and 70s

Lemon Jail On the Road with the Replacements Bill Sullivan 2018 Spring

A tour diary of life on the road with one of Minnesota’s greatest bands—with nearly 100 never-before-seen photographs

Breakfast with Beatrice 250 Recipes from Sweet Cream Waffles to Swedish Farmer’s Omelets Beatrice Ojakangas 2018 Spring

Time-tested recipes for delectable breakfasts from around the world, especially Scandinavia

The Crusade for Forgotten Souls Reforming Minnesota’s Mental Institutions, 1946-1954 Susan Bartlett Foote 2018 Spring

The stirring story of the reform movement that laid the groundwork for a modern mental health system in Minnesota

Once in a Blue Moon Lodge A Novel Lorna Landvik 2018 Spring

The long-awaited sequel to Lorna Landvik’s best-selling Patty Jane’s House of Curl: a story brimming with life, humor, and hope

Fearless Ivan and His Faithful Horse Double-Hump A Russian Folk Tale Pyotr Yershov and Jack Zipes 2018 Spring

A classic Russian tale retold for our time by an eminent folklorist

Inside the Gate Sigrid Undset’s Life at Bjerkebæk Nan Bentzen Skille 2018 Spring

Nobel Prize winner Sigrid Undset’s life at Bjerkebæk, her retreat in Lillehammer, Norway

The Right to Be Cold One Woman’s Fight to Protect the Arctic and Save the Planet from Climate Change Sheila Watt-Cloutier 2018 Spring

A “courageous and revelatory memoir” (Naomi Klein) chronicling the life of the leading Indigenous climate change, cultural, and human rights advocate

The Improvisatore A Novel of Italy Hans Christian Andersen 2018 Spring

A semi-autobiographical novel inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s travels in Italy—and one of the author’s best-known works in his native Denmark

Gunflint Burning Fire in the Boundary Waters Cary J. Griffith 2018 Spring

The story of the Ham Lake fire, at the time the most destructive wildfire in modern Minnesota history—the blaze, the firefighters’ battle, the human toll

Wild Child Intensive Parenting and Posthumanist Ethics Naomi Morgenstern 2018 Spring

Exploring how the figure of the “wild child” in contemporary fiction grapples with contemporary cultural anxieties about reproductive ethics and the future of humanity

There But for Fortune The Life of Phil Ochs Michael Schumacher 2018 Spring

The life and influence of singer Phil Ochs

Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers Phyllis Root 2018 Spring

A beautifully illustrated, family-friendly guide to Minnesota’s native wildflowers and how to find them

Hybrid Child A Novel Mariko Ōhara 2018 Spring

A classic of Japanese speculative fiction that blurs the line between consumption and creation when a cyborg assumes the form and spirit of a murdered child

With Stones in Our Hands Writings on Muslims, Racism, and Empire Sohail Daulatzai and Junaid Rana, Editors 2018 Spring

Bringing together scholars and activists, With Stones in Our Hands confronts the rampant anti-Muslim racism and imperialism across the globe today

Power and Progress on the Prairie Governing People on Rosebud Reservation Thomas Biolsi 2018 Spring

A critical exploration of how modernity and progress were imposed on the people and land of rural South Dakota

Isabelle Day Refuses to Die of a Broken Heart Jane St. Anthony 2018 Spring

How can Isabelle ever express to Margaret and Grace how grateful she is for their friendship, just when she needed it most?

Into the Extreme U.S. Environmental Systems and Politics beyond Earth Valerie Olson 2018 Spring

The first book-length, in-depth ethnography of U.S. human spaceflight

Nazi Exhibition Design and Modernism Michael Tymkiw 2018 Spring

A new and challenging perspective on Nazi exhibition design

Neurotechnology and the End of Finitude Michael Haworth 2018 Spring

A bold philosophical investigation into technology and the limits of the human

Iron and Water My Life Protecting Minnesota’s Environment Grant J. Merritt 2018 Spring

A memoir of family, mining pioneers and unscrupulous magnates, and the fight for Minnesota’s natural resources

Speaking of Indigenous Politics Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Editor 2018 Spring

“A lesson in how to practice recognizing the fundamental truth that every inch of the Americas is Indigenous territory” —Robert Warrior, from the Foreword

Circulating Queerness Before the Gay and Lesbian Novel Natasha Hurley 2018 Spring

A new history of the queer novel shows its role in constructing gay and lesbian lives

Sedges and Rushes of Minnesota The Complete Guide to Species Identification Welby R. Smith 2018 Spring

The first comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to Minnesota’s nearly 250 species of sedges and rushes

The Contest The 1968 Election and the War for America’s Soul Michael Schumacher 2018 Spring

A dramatic, deeply informed account of one of the most consequential elections and periods in American history

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