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European Others: Queering Ethnicity in Postnational Europe European Others Queering Ethnicity in Postnational Europe Fatima El-Tayeb 2011 Fall
Considers the complications of race, religion, sexuality, and gender in Europeanizing from below
Identity Complex: Making the Case for Multiplicity Identity Complex Making the Case for Multiplicity Michael Hames-García 2011 Fall
Rethinking ideas about identity politics and critical thought.
Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics Stare in the Darkness The Limits of Hip-hop and Black Politics Lester K. Spence 2011 Spring
Critiquing the true impact of hip-hop culture on politics
American Pietàs: Visions of Race, Death, and the Maternal American Pietàs Visions of Race, Death, and the Maternal Ruby C. Tapia 2011 Spring
What visual tropes of race, death, and motherhood tell us about citizenship
Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music Out of the Vinyl Deeps Ellen Willis on Rock Music Ellen Willis Nona Willis Aronowitz, Editor 2011 Spring
Rediscover the astute and passionate music writings of the pioneering rock critic for the New Yorker
Mythohistorical Interventions: The Chicano Movement and Its Legacies Mythohistorical Interventions The Chicano Movement and Its Legacies Lee Bebout 2011 Spring
The importance of myth, symbol, and image in the Chicano movement and beyond
Fallout Shelter: Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War Fallout Shelter Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War David Monteyne 2011 Spring
Tracing the partnership between architects and American civil defense officials during the Cold War
The American Dream in Vietnamese The American Dream in Vietnamese Nhi T. Lieu 2011 Spring
Fantasy, desire, and community in Vietnamese American popular culture
Henry James and the Queerness of Style Henry James and the Queerness of Style Kevin Ohi 2011 Spring
The true meaning of being fashionably late in Henry James’s late works
Developing Animals: Wildlife and Early American Photography Developing Animals Wildlife and Early American Photography Matthew Brower 2010 Fall
How the emergence of wildlife photography changed the way we think about animals
The Parent as Citizen: A Democratic Dilemma The Parent as Citizen A Democratic Dilemma Brian Duff 2010 Fall
How ideas about parenthood undermine politics
Claiming Others: Transracial Adoption and National Belonging Claiming Others Transracial Adoption and National Belonging Mark C. Jerng 2010 Fall
How transracial adoption and its history changes the way we see family, nation, and race
Suspended Animation: Children’s Picture Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity Suspended Animation Children’s Picture Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity Nathalie op de Beeck 2010 Fall
An innovative analysis of children’s picture books from the interwar period in America
Dream Factories of a Former Colony: American Fantasies, Philippine Cinema Dream Factories of a Former Colony American Fantasies, Philippine Cinema José B. Capino 2010 Fall
How the Philippine postcolonial imagination represents the American colonizer
Who Speaks for Margaret Garner? Who Speaks for Margaret Garner? Mark Reinhardt 2010 Fall
A fascinating documentary history of the fugitive slave case that captivated the nation—and inspired Toni Morrison’s acclaimed novel Beloved.
The Other Emerson The Other Emerson Branka Arsić and Cary Wolfe, Editors 2010 Fall
New readings of Ralph Waldo Emerson that reclaim his work for philosophy
Service Economies: Militarism, Sex Work, and Migrant Labor in South Korea Service Economies Militarism, Sex Work, and Migrant Labor in South Korea Jin-kyung Lee 2010 Fall
A compelling alternative narrative of the modern ‘miracle’ of South Korea
The Contours of America’s Cold War The Contours of America’s Cold War Matthew Farish 2010 Fall
How new ideas of space contributed to a broad mobilization of American power
A Black Soldier’s Story: The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence A Black Soldier’s Story The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence Ricardo Batrell 2010 Fall
The autobiographical account of an Afro-Cuban soldier who fought in the Cuban War of Independence—available in English for the first time
The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast The Common Pot The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast Lisa Brooks 2008 Fall
Illuminates the significance of writing to colonial-era Native American resistance