Spring 2012 Books

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
Rafael Ferrer Rafael Ferrer Deborah Cullen 2012 Spring
The first major account of the celebrated Puerto Rican artist
Imperfect Unions: Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction Imperfect Unions Staging Miscegenation in U.S. Drama and Fiction Diana Rebekkah Paulin 2012 Spring
Highlights the interplay of race, literature, and nation-building in U.S. history
Struggling Giants: City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo Struggling Giants City-Region Governance in London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo Paul Kantor, Christian Lefevre, Asato Saito, H. V. Savitch and Andy Thornley 2012 Spring
The struggle for governability in the world’s four leading global city-regions
South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come: Queer Sexuality and the Struggle for Freedom South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come Queer Sexuality and the Struggle for Freedom Brenna Munro 2012 Spring
Uncovers the story of how the politics of queer sexuality have played out in the struggle for multiracial democracy in South Africa