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I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams Mark Dery 2014 Spring
A head-spinning thrill ride through contemporary American culture
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
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
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
A Black Communist in the Freedom Struggle: The Life of Harry Haywood A Black Communist in the Freedom Struggle The Life of Harry Haywood Harry Haywood 2012 Spring
An extraordinary life story that encompasses the fight for African American freedom throughout the twentieth century
A Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawai’i A Chosen People, a Promised Land Mormonism and Race in Hawai’i Hokulani K. Aikau 2012 Spring
How Native Hawaiians’ experience of Mormonism intersects with their cultural and ethnic identities and traditions
Diane Arbus’s 1960s: Auguries of Experience Diane Arbus’s 1960s Auguries of Experience Frederick Gross 2012 Spring
Looking past the myth of Diane Arbus to the depth of her achievement within the artistic, intellectual, and social currents of the 1960s
West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965–1977 West of Center Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965–1977 Elissa Auther and Adam Lerner, Editors 2011 Fall
Recovering the art and lifestyle of the counterculture in the American West in the 1960s and ’70s
Debates in the Digital Humanities Debates in the Digital Humanities Matthew K. Gold, Editor 2012 Spring
Leading figures in the digital humanities explore the field’s rapid revolution
Represent and Destroy: Rationalizing Violence in the New Racial Capitalism Represent and Destroy Rationalizing Violence in the New Racial Capitalism Jodi Melamed 2011 Fall
A stinging critique of the link between global capitalism and U.S. multiculturalisms
Governing the Wild: Ecotours of Power Governing the Wild Ecotours of Power Stephanie Rutherford 2011 Fall
Shows how iconic representations of nature—from museum to theme park—define our ideas about saving the natural world
Freud in Oz: At the Intersections of Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature Freud in Oz At the Intersections of Psychoanalysis and Children’s Literature Kenneth B. Kidd 2011 Fall
Shows how the acceptance of psychoanalysis owes a notable debt to the rise of “kid lit”
Spaces between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization Spaces between Us Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization Scott Morgensen 2011 Fall
Explores the intimate relationship of non-Native and Native sexual politics in the United States
Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination Body and Soul The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination Alondra Nelson 2013 Fall
The legacy of the Black Panther Party’s commitment to community health care, a central aspect of its fight for social justice
The Neoliberal Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans The Neoliberal Deluge Hurricane Katrina, Late Capitalism, and the Remaking of New Orleans Cedric Johnson, Editor 2011 Fall
A critical collection on the politics of disaster and reconstruction in New Orleans
The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism The Transit of Empire Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism Jodi A. Byrd 2011 Fall
Examines how “Indianness” has propagated U.S. conceptions of empire
Filipino Crosscurrents: Oceanographies of Seafaring, Masculinities, and Globalization Filipino Crosscurrents Oceanographies of Seafaring, Masculinities, and Globalization Kale Bantigue Fajardo 2011 Fall
How migrant Filipino seamen navigate alternative masculinities in the global shipping industry
Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones Rifftide The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones Papa Jo Jones 2011 Fall
The life and times of Papa Jo Jones, gifted raconteur and one of the greatest drummers in the history of jazz
Triangulations: Narrative Strategies for Navigating Latino Identity Triangulations Narrative Strategies for Navigating Latino Identity David J. Vázquez 2011 Fall
How Latino autobiographical texts reconfigure identity in opposition to familiar notions of self
Trafficking Women’s Human Rights Trafficking Women’s Human Rights Julietta Hua 2011 Fall
How images of sex trafficking produce notions of race, sex, and citizenship