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Escape from New York: The New Negro Renaissance beyond Harlem Escape from New York The New Negro Renaissance beyond Harlem Davarian L. Baldwin and Minkah Makalani, Editors 2013 Fall
Resituating the Harlem Renaissance—and the New Negro movement—in broader global political and cultural currents
Penumbra: The Premier Stage for African American Drama Penumbra The Premier Stage for African American Drama Macelle Mahala 2013 Fall
The remarkable history of the nation’s foremost African American theatre company
T. L. Solien: Toward the Setting Sun T. L. Solien Toward the Setting Sun Colleen J. Sheehy, Elizabeth A. Schultz, Michael Duncan and Erika Doss, Editors 2013 Fall
A Midwestern artist’s contemporary approach to iconic events of American culture
Oye Loca: From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami Oye Loca From the Mariel Boatlift to Gay Cuban Miami Susana Peña 2013 Fall
Illustrates the development of a Cuban American gay male culture in Miami
Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works Turn Here Sweet Corn Organic Farming Works Atina Diffley 2013 Fall
A master class in organic farming, a lesson in entrepreneurship, a love story, and a legal thriller
New Architecture on Indigenous Lands New Architecture on Indigenous Lands Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka 2013 Spring
Tribal architecture gets back to its Native roots—and becomes something new
Filipinos Represent: DJs, Racial Authenticity, and the Hip-hop Nation Filipinos Represent DJs, Racial Authenticity, and the Hip-hop Nation Antonio T. Tiongson Jr. 2013 Fall
What does it mean when Filipino youth lay claim to an art form associated with African Americans?
Pedestrian Modern: Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956 Pedestrian Modern Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956 David Smiley 2013 Spring
How the design of stores and shopping centers shaped modern architecture in the United States
Ariel’s Ecology: Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics Ariel’s Ecology Plantations, Personhood, and Colonialism in the American Tropics Monique Allewaert 2013 Spring
Rethinking the boundaries between humans and nonhumans in early America
The Marrying Kind?: Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement The Marrying Kind? Debating Same-Sex Marriage within the Lesbian and Gay Movement Mary Bernstein and Verta Taylor, Editors 2013 Spring
A look inside the lesbian and gay movement’s disagreements over same-sex marriage
Designing the Creative Child: Playthings and Places in Midcentury America Designing the Creative Child Playthings and Places in Midcentury America Amy F. Ogata 2013 Spring
The construction of the “creative child” as Cold War America’s best hope for the future
Radiance from Halcyon: A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science Radiance from Halcyon A Utopian Experiment in Religion and Science Paul Eli Ivey 2013 Spring
A revealing history of a surprisingly influential and inventive theosophical utopian community
Midnight at the Barrelhouse: The Johnny Otis Story Midnight at the Barrelhouse The Johnny Otis Story George Lipsitz 2013 Spring
The first biography of music legend and civil rights activist Johnny Otis
Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations Mark My Words Native Women Mapping Our Nations Mishuana Goeman 2013 Spring
Examining the role of twentieth-century Native women’s literature in remapping settler geographies
The Seeds We Planted: Portraits of a Native Hawaiian Charter School The Seeds We Planted Portraits of a Native Hawaiian Charter School Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua 2013 Spring
Reveals the paradoxes of teaching indigenous knowledge within institutions built to marginalize and displace it
Each Hour Redeem: Time and Justice in African American Literature Each Hour Redeem Time and Justice in African American Literature Daylanne K. English 2013 Spring
A major reinterpretation of African American literature through its tropes of time
Middlebrow Queer: Christopher Isherwood in America Middlebrow Queer Christopher Isherwood in America Jaime Harker 2013 Spring
How Christopher Isherwood reinvented himself as an American writer through gay print culture of the postwar United States
Making Art Panamerican: Cultural Policy and the Cold War Making Art Panamerican Cultural Policy and the Cold War Claire F. Fox 2013 Spring
A compelling study of cultural policy in the Americas
The Cinema and Its Shadow: Race and Technology in Early Cinema The Cinema and Its Shadow Race and Technology in Early Cinema Alice Maurice 2013 Spring
How race shaped the fundamental formal and technological means of the cinema
Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America Little White Houses How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America Dianne Harris 2012 Fall
How the ordinary American house contributed to definitions of middle-class whiteness and an exclusionary housing market in the postwar era