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A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture A World of Gangs Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture John M. Hagedorn 2009 Fall
From L.A. to Lagos, Port-au-Prince to Paris—a provocative analysis of the global proliferation of street gangs
Everything Is Now: New and Collected Stories Everything Is Now New and Collected Stories Michelle Cliff 2009 Spring
A tour de force of short fiction from an acclaimed author
Fishing for Buffalo: A Guide to the Pursuit and Cuisine of Carp, Suckers, Eelpout, Gar, and Other Rough Fish Fishing for Buffalo A Guide to the Pursuit and Cuisine of Carp, Suckers, Eelpout, Gar, and Other Rough Fish Rob Buffler and Tom Dickson 2009 Spring
The definitive guide to the eccentric and surprisingly popular sport of rough fishing
Listen to the Lambs Listen to the Lambs Johnny Otis 2009 Spring
A rediscovered landmark in African American political and popular history
Rebellion or Revolution? Rebellion or Revolution? Harold Cruse 2009 Spring
A classic work of African American cultural, social, and political thought by a forerunner of the Black Power movement
Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong Everything You Know about Indians Is Wrong Paul Chaat Smith 2009 Spring
Forceful and eloquent essays on the American Indian in culture and history
OurSpace: Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture OurSpace Resisting the Corporate Control of Culture Christine Harold 2009 Spring
Culture jamming is so twentieth century! What’s next?
Westhope: Life as a Former Farm Boy Westhope Life as a Former Farm Boy Dean Hulse 2009 Spring
An evocative and inspiring memoir of a vibrant rural North Dakota
Wicked Theory, Naked Practice: A Fred Ho Reader Wicked Theory, Naked Practice A Fred Ho Reader Fred Ho 2009 Spring
A leading Asian American artist and activist on the explosive intersection of politics and music
A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America A Call for Heresy Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America Anouar Majid 2009 Spring
Confronting the fundamentalism that afflicts both Islam and the United States through traditions of dissent
Ghostlife of Third Cinema: Asian American Film and Video Ghostlife of Third Cinema Asian American Film and Video Glen M. Mimura 2009 Spring
An interpretive history of Asian American independent media since the 1960s
Skyscraper Cinema: Architecture and Gender in American Film Skyscraper Cinema Architecture and Gender in American Film Merrill Schleier 2008 Fall
From the silent era until the advent of the Cinemascope—the skyscraper as movie star
To Be, or Not . . . to Bop To Be, or Not . . . to Bop Dizzy Gillespie and Al Fraser 2009 Spring
Innovative memoir of jazz genius Dizzy Gillespie tells the story of black American music during one of its greatest periods
194X: Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front 194X Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front Andrew M. Shanken 2009 Spring
Rediscovering the visionary designs and idealistic rhetoric of American architecture during World War II
National Camera: Photography and Mexico’s Image Environment National Camera Photography and Mexico’s Image Environment Roberto Tejada 2009 Spring
Challenges conventional habits of discussing image, identity, and photography
Edited Clean Version: Technology and the Culture of Control Edited Clean Version Technology and the Culture of Control Raiford Guins 2009 Spring
Where is censorship in the age of digital technology?
The Immigrant Scene: Ethnic Amusements in New York, 1880–1920 The Immigrant Scene Ethnic Amusements in New York, 1880–1920 Sabine Haenni 2008 Fall
Explores the relationship between immigrant and national culture
Queer Optimism: Lyric Personhood and Other Felicitous Persuasions Queer Optimism Lyric Personhood and Other Felicitous Persuasions Michael D. Snediker 2008 Fall
A new paradigm for queer theory
Atavistic Tendencies: The Culture of Science in American Modernity Atavistic Tendencies The Culture of Science in American Modernity Dana Seitler 2008 Fall
A provocative exploration of the impact of the human sciences on literature, politics, and culture
Cold War Exiles in Mexico: U.S. Dissidents and the Culture of Critical Resistance Cold War Exiles in Mexico U.S. Dissidents and the Culture of Critical Resistance Rebecca M. Schreiber 2008 Fall
Challenges notions of Cold War American art, culture, and politics