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The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States The Architecture of Madness Insane Asylums in the United States Carla Yanni 2007 Spring
From Kirkbride buildings to cottages, a fascinating tour through America’s nineteenth-century mental hospitals
Freedom of Expression®: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property Freedom of Expression® Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property Kembrew McLeod 2007 Spring
Winner of the American Library Association’s Oboler Award for best scholarship in the area of intellectual freedom
Primitive America: The Ideology of Capitalist Democracy Primitive America The Ideology of Capitalist Democracy Paul Smith 2007 Spring
An urgent examination of the deep cultural roots of America’s response to 9/11
The Color of Stone: Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth-Century America The Color of Stone Sculpting the Black Female Subject in Nineteenth-Century America Charmaine A. Nelson 2007 Spring
How do we “see” race when the color of skin is stone
Coming Home to China Coming Home to China Yi-Fu Tuan 2007 Spring
A portrait of returning home after a long absence
Adorno in America Adorno in America David Jenemann 2007 Spring
The first in-depth account of Adorno’s years in American exile
Words to Our Now: Imagination and Dissent Words to Our Now Imagination and Dissent Thomas Glave 2007 Spring
An intensely personal and political confrontation with prejudice, hatred, and violence
Collectivism after Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination after 1945 Collectivism after Modernism The Art of Social Imagination after 1945 Blake Stimson and Gregory Sholette, Editors 2006 Fall
Analyzes collective artistic practice from the Cold War to the global present
Next to the Color Line: Gender, Sexuality, and W. E. B. Du Bois Next to the Color Line Gender, Sexuality, and W. E. B. Du Bois Susan Gillman and Alys Eve Weinbaum, Editors 2006 Fall
Interrogates Du Bois on questions of race, gender, and sex
Ashes Taken for Fire: Aesthetic Modernism and the Critique of Identity Ashes Taken for Fire Aesthetic Modernism and the Critique of Identity Kevin M. Bell 2006 Fall
Questions constructions of identity and blackness in modern literature
American Elegy: The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman American Elegy The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman Max Cavitch 2006 Fall
An original study of the place of elegy in American literature and culture
Cultural Erotics in Cuban America Cultural Erotics in Cuban America Ricardo L. Ortíz 2006 Fall
A pioneering look at the influence of Cuban-American culture—beyond Miami
Residual Media Residual Media Charles R. Acland, Editor 2006 Fall
Explores what happens when new media become old news
Minnesota on Paper: Collecting Our Printed History Minnesota on Paper Collecting Our Printed History Moira F. Harris and Leo J. Harris 2006 Fall
Collecting Minnesota’s history in the form of matchbooks, beer labels, stamps . . .
The Racial Order of Things: Cultural Imaginaries of the Post-Soul Era The Racial Order of Things Cultural Imaginaries of the Post-Soul Era Roopali Mukherjee 2006 Spring
A stimulating conversation about culture wars and affirmative action
What Have They Built You to Do?: The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America What Have They Built You to Do? The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America Matthew Frye Jacobson and Gaspar González 2006 Fall
Reassesses the landmark Cold War film, from Kennedy to Reagan to Halliburton
American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America American Tropics Articulating Filipino America Allan Punzalan Isaac 2006 Fall
How America’s image of the Philippines reflects the U.S. inability to see its own imperialism
Model-Minority Imperialism Model-Minority Imperialism Victor Bascara 2006 Spring
Understanding the legacy of U.S. imperialism through Asian American culture
Modern Dance, Negro Dance: Race in Motion Modern Dance, Negro Dance Race in Motion Susan Manning 2006 Fall
Integrates the histories of black and white dance in modern America
Dudley Murphy, Hollywood Wild Card Dudley Murphy, Hollywood Wild Card Susan B. Delson 2006 Fall
The first biography of this pioneering Hollywood maverick and bon vivant.