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Alternative Art New York Alternative Art New York Julie Ault, Editor 2002 Fall
A multifaceted history of New York’s influential alternative art scene during a time of rapid social change.
Ghosts of Slavery: A Literary Archaeology of Black Women’s Lives Ghosts of Slavery A Literary Archaeology of Black Women’s Lives Jenny Sharpe 2002 Fall
Questions traditional assumptions about power and agency in slave women’s everyday lives.
Noir Anxiety Noir Anxiety Kelly Oliver and Benigno Trigo 2002 Fall
Investigates the fears and desires about sexuality and racial identity that shape film noir.
Entry Denied: Controlling Sexuality at the Border Entry Denied Controlling Sexuality at the Border Eithne Luibhéid 2002 Fall
A revelatory examination of 150 years of sexuality-based discrimination against immigrants to the United States.
Harlem between Heaven and Hell Harlem between Heaven and Hell Monique M. Taylor 2002 Fall
A hard-hitting look at race, class, and black gentrification in this emblematic community.
Against the Romance of Community Against the Romance of Community Miranda Joseph 2002 Spring
An unexpected and valuable critique of community that points out its complicity with capitalism
Death of a Nation: American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism Death of a Nation American Culture and the End of Exceptionalism David W. Noble 2002 Fall
A trenchant examination of epic shifts in American thought by a major scholar in the field.
The Culture Concept: Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism The Culture Concept Writing and Difference in the Age of Realism Michael A. Elliott 2002 Fall
Examines the prehistory of the American struggle to address cultural difference.
Hog Ties: What Pigs Tell Us about America Hog Ties What Pigs Tell Us about America Richard P. Horwitz 2002 Fall
A critical yet quirky exploration of pigs and their place in modern American culture-now in paperback for the first time!
In the Name of Hawaiians: Native Identities and Cultural Politics In the Name of Hawaiians Native Identities and Cultural Politics Rona Tamiko Halualani 2002 Spring
A critical and personal inquiry into the historical factors behind Hawaiian identity
Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports Taking the Field Women, Men, and Sports Michael A. Messner 2002 Fall
A hard-hitting look at the persistent inequities in women’s sports participation.
Modernity at Sea: Melville, Marx, Conrad in Crisis Modernity at Sea Melville, Marx, Conrad in Crisis Cesare Casarino 2002 Spring
Analyzes nineteenth-century seafaring narratives and their importance to ideas of modernity
The New American Studies The New American Studies John Carlos Rowe 2002 Spring
A clarion call for a more theoretically and politically informed approach to American Studies
Gang Nation: Delinquent Citizens in Puerto Rican, Chicano, and Chicana Narratives Gang Nation Delinquent Citizens in Puerto Rican, Chicano, and Chicana Narratives Monica Brown 2002 Spring
Explores how Latino gang culture mirrors the most destructive aspects of the American Dream through a look at novels and memoirs
Crossroads Modernism: Descent and Emergence in African-American Literary Culture Crossroads Modernism Descent and Emergence in African-American Literary Culture Edward M. Pavlic 2002 Spring
An essential reconsideration of black literature and culture and its response to modernity
Making Minnesota Liberal: Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party Making Minnesota Liberal Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party Jennifer A. Delton 2002 Spring
The surprising story of how Minnesota politicians helped redirect the course of American politics
Museum Politics: Power Plays at the Exhibition Museum Politics Power Plays at the Exhibition Timothy W. Luke 2002 Spring
The first sustained critique of the ways museum exhibits shape cultural assumptions and political values
Girls in the Back Room: Looking at the Lesbian Bar Girls in the Back Room Looking at the Lesbian Bar Kelly Hankin 2002 Spring
The first in-depth study of how lesbian bars are depicted in popular culture
Secret Treachery of Words: Feminism and Modernism in America Secret Treachery of Words Feminism and Modernism in America Elizabeth Francis 2002 Spring
Untangles the intertwined relationship between feminism and modernism through a look at four major figures of the era
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex Harmful to Minors The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex Judith Levine 2002 Spring
A radical, refreshing, and long overdue reassessment of how we think and act about children’s and teens’s sexuality