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In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition In the Break The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition Fred Moten 2003 Spring
Investigates the connections between jazz, sexual identity, and radical black politics
Ethnography at the Border Ethnography at the Border Pablo Vila, Editor 2003 Spring
An illuminating account of life at the U.S.-Mexico border
Love Rules: Silent Hollywood and the Rise of the Managerial Class Love Rules Silent Hollywood and the Rise of the Managerial Class Mark Garrett Cooper 2003 Spring
Traces the surprising connections between silent films and the rise of bureaucracy
Thicker than Blood: How Racial Statistics Lie Thicker than Blood How Racial Statistics Lie Tukufu Zuberi 2003 Spring
A hard-hitting investigation of the racist uses of statistics—now in paperback!
Sport: A Novel Sport A Novel Mick Cochrane 2003 Spring
A nostalgic story about a Minnesota boy’s search for belonging in a complex world
American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism American Eugenics Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism Nancy Ordover 2003 Spring
Traces the history of eugenics ideology in the United States and its ongoing presence in contemporary life
Alternative Art New York Alternative Art New York Julie Ault, Editor 2002 Fall
A multifaceted history of New York’s influential alternative art scene during a time of rapid social change.
Ghosts of Slavery: A Literary Archaeology of Black Women’s Lives Ghosts of Slavery A Literary Archaeology of Black Women’s Lives Jenny Sharpe 2002 Fall
Questions traditional assumptions about power and agency in slave women’s everyday lives.
Noir Anxiety Noir Anxiety Kelly Oliver and Benigno Trigo 2002 Fall
Investigates the fears and desires about sexuality and racial identity that shape film noir.
Entry Denied: Controlling Sexuality at the Border Entry Denied Controlling Sexuality at the Border Eithne Luibhéid 2002 Fall
A revelatory examination of 150 years of sexuality-based discrimination against immigrants to the United States.
Harlem between Heaven and Hell Harlem between Heaven and Hell Monique M. Taylor 2002 Fall
A hard-hitting look at race, class, and black gentrification in this emblematic community.
Against the Romance of Community Against the Romance of Community Miranda Joseph 2002 Spring
An unexpected and valuable critique of community that points out its complicity with capitalism
Death of a Nation: American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism Death of a Nation American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism David W. Noble 2002 Fall
A trenchant examination of epic shifts in American thought by a major scholar in the field.
The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism The Culture Concept Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism Michael A. Elliott 2002 Fall
Examines the prehistory of the American struggle to address cultural difference.
Hog Ties: What Pigs Tell Us about America Hog Ties What Pigs Tell Us about America Richard P. Horwitz 2002 Fall
A critical yet quirky exploration of pigs and their place in modern American culture-now in paperback for the first time!
In the Name of Hawaiians: Native Identities and Cultural Politics In the Name of Hawaiians Native Identities and Cultural Politics Rona Tamiko Halualani 2002 Spring
A critical and personal inquiry into the historical factors behind Hawaiian identity
Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports Taking the Field Women, Men, and Sports Michael A. Messner 2002 Fall
A hard-hitting look at the persistent inequities in women’s sports participation.
Modernity at Sea: Melville, Marx, Conrad in Crisis Modernity at Sea Melville, Marx, Conrad in Crisis Cesare Casarino 2002 Spring
Analyzes nineteenth-century seafaring narratives and their importance to ideas of modernity
The New American Studies The New American Studies John Carlos Rowe 2002 Spring
A clarion call for a more theoretically and politically informed approach to American Studies
Gang Nation: Delinquent Citizens in Puerto Rican, Chicano, and Chicana Narratives Gang Nation Delinquent Citizens in Puerto Rican, Chicano, and Chicana Narratives Monica Brown 2002 Spring
Explores how Latino gang culture mirrors the most destructive aspects of the American Dream through a look at novels and memoirs