American Studies

Black Queer Flesh Rejecting Subjectivity in the African American Novel Alvin J. Henry 2020 Fall

A groundbreaking examination of how twentieth-century African American writers use queer characters to challenge and ultimately reject subjectivity

Nellie Francis Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota William D. Green 2020 Fall

The life and work of an African American suffragist and activist devoted to equality and freedom

The Fall of America Journals, 1965-1971 Allen Ginsberg 2020 Fall

An autobiographical journey through America in the turbulent 1960s—the essential backstory to Ginsberg’s National Book Award–winning volume of poetry

Sounds from the Other Side Afro–South Asian Collaborations in Black Popular Music Elliott H. Powell 2020 Fall

A sixty-year history of Afro–South Asian musical collaborations

How the Working-Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940 Thomas C. Hubka 2020 Spring

The transformation of average Americans’ domestic lives, revealed through the mechanical innovations and physical improvements of their homes

Remote Warfare New Cultures of Violence Rebecca A. Adelman and David Kieran, Editors 2020 Fall

Considers how people have confronted, challenged, and resisted remote warfare

Black Food Matters Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice Hanna Garth and Ashanté M. Reese, Editors 2020 Fall

An in-depth look at Black food and the challenges it faces today

The Death of Things Ephemera and the American Novel Sarah Wasserman 2020 Fall

A comprehensive study of ephemera in twentieth-century literature—and its relevance to the twenty-first century

Infrastructures of Apocalypse American Literature and the Nuclear Complex Jessica Hurley 2020 Fall

A new approach to the vast nuclear infrastructure and the apocalypses it produces, focusing on Black, queer, Indigenous, and Asian American literatures

My Life in the Purple Kingdom BrownMark 2020 Fall

From the young Black teenager who built a bass guitar in woodshop to the musician building a solo career with Motown Records—Prince’s bassist BrownMark on growing up in Minneapolis, joining Prince and The Revolution, and his life in the purple kingdom

Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify Essays Carolyn Holbrook 2020 Spring

The compassionate and redemptive story of a prominent Black woman in the Twin Cities literary community

Isherwood in Transit James J. Berg and Chris Freeman, Editors 2020 Spring

New perspectives on Christopher Isherwood as a searching and transnational writer

Kill the Overseer! The Gamification of Slave Resistance Sarah Juliet Lauro 2020 Fall

Explores the representation of slave revolt in video games—and the trouble with making history playable

Decarcerating Disability Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition Liat Ben-Moshe 2020 Spring

This vital addition to carceral, prison, and disability studies draws important new links between deinstitutionalization and decarceration

News Parade The American Newsreel and the World as Spectacle Joseph Clark 2020 Spring

A fascinating look at the United States’ conflicted relationship with news and the media, through the lens of the newsreel

An Archive of Taste Race and Eating in the Early United States Lauren F. Klein 2020 Spring

A groundbreaking synthesis of food studies, archival theory, and early American literature

What a Library Means to a Woman Edith Wharton and the Will to Collect Books Sheila Liming 2020 Spring

Examining the personal library and the making of self

Digitize and Punish Racial Criminalization in the Digital Age Brian Jefferson 2020 Spring

Tracing the rise of digital computing in policing and punishment and its harmful impact on criminalized communities of color

Brave Enough Jessie Diggins 2020 Spring

Travel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of glitter