Spring 2012 Books

Gay Rights at the Ballot Box Gay Rights at the Ballot Box Amy Stone 2012 Spring
From Boulder in 1974 to Maine Question 1 in 2009, the first comprehensive history of the LGBT movement’s fight against anti-gay ballot measures
Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership Erica R. Edwards 2012 Spring
How a preoccupation with charismatic leadership in African American culture has influenced literature from World War I to the present
Orientalists, Propagandists, and Ilustrados: Filipino Scholarship and the End of Spanish Colonialism Orientalists, Propagandists, and Ilustrados Filipino Scholarship and the End of Spanish Colonialism Megan C. Thomas 2012 Spring
A study of Filipino intellectuals that reevaluates the political uses of colonial Orientalism and anthropology
Death Sentences Death Sentences Kawamata Chiaki 2012 Spring
Japanese science fiction meets the European avant-garde—available for the first time in English
Scream from the Shadows: The Women’s Liberation Movement in Japan Scream from the Shadows The Women’s Liberation Movement in Japan Setsu Shigematsu 2012 Spring
The first sustained analysis of the Japanese women’s liberation movement of the ’70s, with its lessons for contemporary politics
Does Local Government Matter?: How Urban Policies Shape Civic Engagement Does Local Government Matter? How Urban Policies Shape Civic Engagement Elaine B. Sharp 2012 Spring
Asks and answers hard questions about the consequences of local government programs for democracy
CIFERAE: A Bestiary in Five Fingers CIFERAE A Bestiary in Five Fingers Thomas R.J. Tyler 2012 Spring
A provocative investigation into animals, hands, and human identity in Western philosophy
Samurai among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life Samurai among Panthers Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life Diane C. Fujino 2012 Spring
The first biography of Asian American activist and Black Panther Party member Richard Aoki
From Fields to Fairways: Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota From Fields to Fairways Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota Rick Shefchik 2012 Spring
The first history of Minnesota’s celebrated golf clubs and courses, including rarely seen photographs and long-lost details about the game’s most famous architects
The Spoonriver Cookbook The Spoonriver Cookbook Brenda Langton and Margaret Stuart 2012 Spring
A celebration of Brenda Langton’s award-winning Spoonriver restaurant and the local farms and vendors of the neighboring Mill City Farmers Market
We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and Other Minorities We Are All Moors Ending Centuries of Crusades against Muslims and Other Minorities Anouar Majid 2012 Spring
An alternate history of xenophobia and how we must overcome it together
Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing Ian Bogost 2012 Spring
A bold new metaphysics that explores how all things—from atoms to green chiles, cotton to computers—interact with, perceive, and experience one another
Growing Roses in Cold Climates: Revised and Updated Edition Growing Roses in Cold Climates Revised and Updated Edition Richard Hass, Jerry Olson and John Whitman 2012 Spring
Racial Democracy and the Black Metropolis: Housing Policy in Postwar Chicago Racial Democracy and the Black Metropolis Housing Policy in Postwar Chicago Preston H. Smith II 2012 Spring
How a black elite fighting racial discrimination reinforced class inequality in postwar America
Corn Palaces and Butter Queens: A History of Crop Art and Dairy Sculpture Corn Palaces and Butter Queens A History of Crop Art and Dairy Sculpture Pamela H. Simpson 2012 Spring
A celebration of corn palaces, crop art, and butter sculpture from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
The Modern Architectural Landscape The Modern Architectural Landscape Caroline Constant 2012 Spring
Examines the overlooked contributions of modern architects to landscape design
Collecting Mexico: Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity Collecting Mexico Museums, Monuments, and the Creation of National Identity Shelley E. Garrigan 2012 Spring
Considers how public collections on display form powerful ideas of nationalism
Opacity and the Closet: Queer Tactics in Foucault, Barthes, and Warhol Opacity and the Closet Queer Tactics in Foucault, Barthes, and Warhol Nicholas de Villiers 2012 Spring
Looking beyond the closet at the lives and works of renowned queer public figures
On the Run in Siberia On the Run in Siberia Rane Willerslev 2012 Spring
A hair-raising tale of idealism, political corruption, shamanism, and survival in the Siberian wilderness
Native Orchids of Minnesota Native Orchids of Minnesota Welby R. Smith 2012 Spring
An updated and revised edition of the only comprehensive guide to Minnesota orchids, with four new species, two new varieties, new maps, and new illustrations.
Observation Points: The Visual Poetics of National Parks Observation Points The Visual Poetics of National Parks Thomas Patin, Editor 2012 Spring
A new understanding of visual rhetoric offers unique insights into issues of representation and identity
Guy Vernon: A Novelette in Verse Guy Vernon A Novelette in Verse John Townsend Trowbridge William Logan, Editor 2012 Spring
A lost classic of American literature—a narrative of race and sexual intrigue in antebellum America—rediscovered
Once Were Pacific: Māori Connections to Oceania Once Were Pacific Māori Connections to Oceania Alice Te Punga Somerville 2012 Spring
Explores the relationship between indigeneity and migration among Māori and Pacific peoples
The Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination The Erotics of Sovereignty Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination Mark Rifkin 2012 Spring
How queer Native writers use the erotics of lived experience to challenge both federal and tribal notions of “Indianness”
Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music: The Limits of La Onda Dissonant Divas in Chicana Music The Limits of La Onda Deborah R. Vargas 2012 Spring
Explores the resounding musical performances of Mexican American women such as Chelo Silva, Eva Ybarra, Eva Garza, and Selena within Tejano/Chicano music
HumAnimal: Race, Law, Language HumAnimal Race, Law, Language Kalpana Rahita Seshadri 2012 Spring
Power and counterpower in the space of silence
The Poetry of the Possible: Spontaneity, Modernism, and the Multitude The Poetry of the Possible Spontaneity, Modernism, and the Multitude Joel Nickels 2012 Spring
The abstractions of modernism reimagined as figurations of collective self-organization
Exchanging Clothes: Habits of Being 2 Exchanging Clothes Habits of Being 2 Cristina Giorcelli and Paula Rabinowitz, Editors 2012 Spring
How garments—signaling and altering identity—circulate through culture and the economy
The Mestizo State: Reading Race in Modern Mexico The Mestizo State Reading Race in Modern Mexico Joshua Lund 2012 Spring
The wide-ranging relations between race and cultural production in modern Mexico
Strategies for Social Change Strategies for Social Change Gregory M. Maney, Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum, Deana A. Rohlinger and Jeff Goodwin, Editors 2012 Spring
Examines how strategies within social movements develop and work