Similar titles: Cultural Critique

Modes of Representation in Spanish Cinema Modes of Representation in Spanish Cinema Jenaro Talens and Santos Zunzunegui, Editors 1997 Fall
A survey of Spanish cinema over the past century.
Easy Women: Sex and Gender in Modern Mexican Fiction Easy Women Sex and Gender in Modern Mexican Fiction Debra A. Castillo 1998 Spring
Addresses the topic of prostitution and “easy women” in Mexican literature.
Technologies of Truth: Cultural Citizenship and the Popular Media Technologies of Truth Cultural Citizenship and the Popular Media Toby Miller 1997 Fall
Offers an original and refreshing discussion of the media’s effect on everyday culture.
Constructing Medieval Sexuality Constructing Medieval Sexuality Karma Lochrie, Peggy McCracken and James A. Schultz, Editors 1997 Fall
A groundbreaking examination of sexuality in the Middle Ages.
Generations: Academic Feminists in Dialogue Generations Academic Feminists in Dialogue Devoney Looser and E. Ann Kaplan, Editors 1997 Fall
Explores the conflicts and challenges facing older and younger feminist scholars.
A Subaltern Studies Reader, 1986-1995 A Subaltern Studies Reader, 1986-1995 Ranajit Guha, Editor 1997 Fall
A new collection from the founders of postcolonial studies
Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey Made in America Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey Jeffrey Louis Decker 1997 Fall
The first look at self-made men and women from a multicultural perspective.
Third Wave Agenda: Being Feminist, Doing Feminism Third Wave Agenda Being Feminist, Doing Feminism Leslie Heywood and Jennifer Drake, Editors 1997 Fall
Discusses the challenges and pleasures of creating a new feminism.
Revisioning Italy: National Identity and Global Culture Revisioning Italy National Identity and Global Culture Beverly Allen and Mary Russo, Editors 1997 Fall
Explores Italian national identity.
Changing Life: Genomes, Ecologies, Bodies, Commodities Changing Life Genomes, Ecologies, Bodies, Commodities Peter J. Taylor, Saul E. Halfon and Paul N. Edwards, Editors 1997 Fall
A fascinating look at how the culture of today’s life sciences affects our culture.
Ecocritique: Contesting the Politics of Nature, Economy, and Culture Ecocritique Contesting the Politics of Nature, Economy, and Culture Timothy W. Luke 1997 Fall
A critical analysis of environmental organizations and discourses.
Politics of the Visible: Writing Women, Culture, and Fascism Politics of the Visible Writing Women, Culture, and Fascism Robin Pickering-Iazzi 1997 Spring
Reading works by women of the Italian fascist period, Pickering-Iazzi shows how they used writing to refute stereotypes that were imposed on them by the fascist regime and continue to be accepted and perpetuated into our day.
Allegories of Underdevelopment: Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema Allegories of Underdevelopment Aesthetics and Politics in Modern Brazilian Cinema Ismail xavier 1997 Spring
Examines the centrality of Cinema Novo to filmmaking in Brazil.
The Forgotten Queens of Islam The Forgotten Queens of Islam Fatima Mernissi 1997 Fall
The essential work about women in Islamic history, now in paperback.
Rhetoric and Politics: Baltasar Gracián and the New World Order Rhetoric and Politics Baltasar Gracián and the New World Order Nicholas Spadaccini and Jenaro Talens, Editors 1997 Spring
Considers current events through an examination of this seventeenth-century philosopher.