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Hollywood Independents: The Postwar Talent Takeover Hollywood Independents The Postwar Talent Takeover Denise Mann 2007 Fall
An unexpected history of the “new Hollywood”
Medicine by Design: The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893–1943 Medicine by Design The Architect and the Modern Hospital, 1893–1943 Annmarie Adams 2007 Fall
Reveals the impact of hospital design on early twentieth-century medicine
Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination Ghostly Matters Haunting and the Sociological Imagination Avery F. Gordon 2008 Spring
A new edition of this widely influential and innovative work of social theory—with a new introduction and foreword
Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet Digitizing Race Visual Cultures of the Internet Lisa Nakamura 2007 Fall
The implications of how we see and exhibit race and ethnicity online
Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film Cinematic Identity Anatomy of a Problem Film Cindy Patton 2007 Fall
Social identity at the intersection of Method acting and Hollywood’s “problem films”
Dreamworlds of Alabama Dreamworlds of Alabama Allen Shelton 2007 Fall
An evocative remembrance of the beauty and mystery of the rural South
The People Have Never Stopped Dancing: Native American Modern Dance Histories The People Have Never Stopped Dancing Native American Modern Dance Histories Jacqueline Shea Murphy 2007 Fall
Addresses the Indian, absent and present, in modern dance studies
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations The Third Space of Sovereignty The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations Kevin Bruyneel 2007 Fall
The struggle between indigenous resistance and American colonialism—within its own borders
Kindred Specters: Death, Mourning, and American Affinity Kindred Specters Death, Mourning, and American Affinity Christopher Peterson 2007 Fall
Kinship and mourning shed new light on American discourses about sexuality, race, and gender
Looking for Asian America: An Ethnocentric Tour by Wing Young Huie Looking for Asian America An Ethnocentric Tour by Wing Young Huie Wing Young Huie 2007 Fall
Stunning and personal photographs of Asian America today—from a renowned artist
Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics Revolutionaries to Race Leaders Black Power and the Making of African American Politics Cedric Johnson 2007 Fall
What happened to the revolutionary goals of the Black Power movement?
Days on the Family Farm: From the Golden Age through the Great Depression Days on the Family Farm From the Golden Age through the Great Depression Carrie A. Meyer 2007 Fall
A story both intimate and epic that paints a vivid picture of Midwestern farm life
Footsteps in the Dark: The Hidden Histories of Popular Music Footsteps in the Dark The Hidden Histories of Popular Music George Lipsitz 2007 Fall
The diversity of America’s pop music landscape and an engaging exposition of why it matters so much
Bandits, Captives, Heroines, and Saints: Cultural Icons of Mexico’s Northwest Borderlands Bandits, Captives, Heroines, and Saints Cultural Icons of Mexico’s Northwest Borderlands Robert McKee Irwin 2007 Spring
Reinvigorates the mythic figures of Mexico’s anomalous zone
The Aesthetics of Equity: Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music The Aesthetics of Equity Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music Craig L. Wilkins 2007 Spring
A provocative examination of how and why African Americans have been excluded from the study and practice of architecture.
Up in the Rocky Mountains: Writing the Swedish Immigrant Experience Up in the Rocky Mountains Writing the Swedish Immigrant Experience Jennifer Eastman Attebery 2007 Spring
How Swedish immigrants became Westerners and Americans, as shown through their letters home
America Town: Building the Outposts of Empire America Town Building the Outposts of Empire Mark L. Gillem 2007 Spring
How the United States has exported the suburban way of life through the design of its military bases
Private Lives, Proper Relations: Regulating Black Intimacy Private Lives, Proper Relations Regulating Black Intimacy Candice M. Jenkins 2007 Spring
Respectability, intimacy, and sexuality in African American women’s narratives
Building a Century of Progress: The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933–34 World’s Fair Building a Century of Progress The Architecture of Chicago’s 1933–34 World’s Fair Lisa D. Schrenk 2007 Spring
The first in-depth look at the architecture of the second Chicago World’s Fair
Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life Stories from the Academy Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations Life Stories from the Academy Hokulani K. Aikau, Karla A. Erickson and Jennifer L. Pierce, Editors 2007 Spring
Finding the “2.5 generation”—an alternative to binary feminist categories