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To Show What an Indian Can Do: Sports at Native American Boarding Schools To Show What an Indian Can Do Sports at Native American Boarding Schools John Bloom 2005 Spring
A compelling and inspiring account of Native American student athletes—now available in paperback!
Shooting from the Hip: Photography, Masculinity, and Postwar America Shooting from the Hip Photography, Masculinity, and Postwar America Patricia Vettel-Becker 2005 Spring
Visually traces the portrayal of the American male
A Line of Sight: American Avant-Garde Film since 1965 A Line of Sight American Avant-Garde Film since 1965 Paul Arthur 2004 Fall
A major reconsideration of avant-garde film in America
This Is the City: Making Model Citizens in Los Angeles This Is the City Making Model Citizens in Los Angeles Ronald J. Schmidt Jr. 2004 Fall
A history of the urban and political forces in L.A. that sought to create virtuous and docile citizens
Queer Migrations: Sexuality, U.S. Citizenship, and Border Crossings Queer Migrations Sexuality, U.S. Citizenship, and Border Crossings Eithne Luibhéid and Lionel Cantú Jr., Editors 2005 Spring
At the intersection of citizenship, sexuality, and race, a new perspective on the immigrant experience
Trafficking Subjects: The Politics of Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America Trafficking Subjects The Politics of Mobility in Nineteenth-Century America Mark Simpson 2004 Fall
Redefines travel in the United States during the antebellum, postbellum, and early modernist periods
Afro-Orientalism Afro-Orientalism Bill V. Mullen 2004 Fall
Reveals a century of political solidarity uniting Asians and African Americans
Black Hunger: Soul Food and America Black Hunger Soul Food and America Doris Witt 2004 Fall
Explores the complex relationship between food and African American history
Singlejack Solidarity Singlejack Solidarity Stan Weir George Lipsitz, Editor 2004 Fall
The writings of the lifelong activist and worker’s advocate collected here for the first time
No More, No More: Slavery and Cultural Resistance in Havana and New Orleans No More, No More Slavery and Cultural Resistance in Havana and New Orleans Daniel E. Walker 2004 Fall
An illuminating look at the festival performances of slaves in Havana and New Orleans
The Abolition of White Democracy The Abolition of White Democracy Joel Olson 2004 Fall
Offers a new way of understanding the tortured relationship between race and democracy in the United States
Dry Place: Landscapes of Belonging and Exclusion Dry Place Landscapes of Belonging and Exclusion Patricia L. Price 2004 Spring
Gathers tales from the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico to understand the relationship between people and place in a borderland
Watching Race: Television and the Struggle for Blackness Watching Race Television and the Struggle for Blackness Herman Gray 2004 Fall
A classic examination of the cultural relationship between television and race—with a new introduction!
Staying the Course: A Runner’s Toughest Race Staying the Course A Runner’s Toughest Race Dick Beardsley and Maureen Anderson 2005 Spring
The gripping memoir of a record-holding marathoner
People of the Bomb: Portraits of America’s Nuclear Complex People of the Bomb Portraits of America’s Nuclear Complex Hugh Gusterson 2004 Spring
How the American military-industrial complex has invaded our consciousness to create consent for its programs
Fugitive Thought: Prison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice Fugitive Thought Prison Movements, Race, and the Meaning of Justice Michael Hames-García 2004 Spring
Looks to the philosophy and experience of prisoners to reinvigorate our concepts of justice, solidarity, and freedom
Legacies of Lynching: Racial Violence and Memory Legacies of Lynching Racial Violence and Memory Jonathan Markovitz 2004 Spring
Traces the changing meanings of lynching and examines the political power of lynching as metaphor
Drug Wars: The Political Economy of Narcotics Drug Wars The Political Economy of Narcotics Curtis Márez 2004 Spring
Investigates the central role of drug trafficking and enforcement in the extension of imperial power
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village The Motion of Light in Water Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village Samuel R. Delany 2004 Spring
The unexpurgated edition of the award-winning autobiography
Urban Triage: Race and the Fictions of Multiculturalism Urban Triage Race and the Fictions of Multiculturalism James Kyung-Jin Lee 2004 Spring
Assesses fictional representations of racial conflict, cooperation, and complicity amid the urban crisis of the 1980s