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On Drugs On Drugs David Lenson 1999 Spring
A critical exploration of the user’s perspective on drug consciousness-now in paperback!
After the End: Representations of Post-Apocalypse After the End Representations of Post-Apocalypse James Berger 1999 Spring
Explores the cultural function of the concept of “the end.”
Oh, Say, Can You See: The Semiotics of the Military in Hawai’i Oh, Say, Can You See The Semiotics of the Military in Hawai’i Kathy E. Ferguson and Phyllis Turnbull 1998 Fall
Considers what the military presence in Hawai’i tells us about colonialism, gender, race, and class.
Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice Fighting Words Black Women and the Search for Justice Patricia Hill Collins 1998 Fall
Explores what African American women and other historically oppressed groups can teach us about social justice.
The Witness of Combines The Witness of Combines Kent Meyers 1998 Fall
An exciting new writer looks at rural life and coming of age.
Morality USA Morality USA Ellen G. Friedman and Corinne Squire 1998 Spring
Explores the moral debates that shape U.S. culture.
Reconstructing Chinatown: Ethnic Enclave, Global Change Reconstructing Chinatown Ethnic Enclave, Global Change Jan Lin 1998 Fall
An exploration of this fascinating community as a window on globalization.
People and Folks: Gangs, Crime and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City People and Folks Gangs, Crime and the Underclass in a Rustbelt City John M. Hagedorn None None
Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey Made in America Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey Jeffrey Louis Decker 1997 Fall
The first look at self-made men and women from a multicultural perspective.
Race in the Hood: Conflict and Violence among Urban Youth Race in the Hood Conflict and Violence among Urban Youth Howard Pinderhughes 1997 Fall
A compelling study of the origins of racial conflict and violence in America.
Radio Voices: American Broadcasting, 1922-1952 Radio Voices American Broadcasting, 1922-1952 Michele Hilmes 1997 Spring
An overview of radio’s impact on American culture in the first half of the twentieth century.
E Pluribus Barnum: The Great Showman and the Making of U.S. Popular Culture E Pluribus Barnum The Great Showman and the Making of U.S. Popular Culture Bluford Adams 1997 Spring
The first book to consider the career of P. T. Barnum from a cultural studies perspective.
A House of Cards: Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture A House of Cards Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture John Bloom 1997 Spring
Explores the connection between baseball card collecting and nostalgia among men of the baby boom.
Becoming-Woman Becoming-Woman Camilla Griggers 1996 Fall
Analyzes the construction of the feminine in contemporary American culture.
Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender, and Race in U.S. Culture Resisting State Violence Radicalism, Gender, and Race in U.S. Culture Joy James 1996 Fall
An incendiary critique of contemporary American society that also offers concrete solutions for the dilemmas facing progressive politics.
The Lie of the Land: Migrant Workers and the California Landscape The Lie of the Land Migrant Workers and the California Landscape Don Mitchell 1996 Spring
A hard-hitting look at the story behind California's famous scenery.
The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts The Ethnic Eye Latino Media Arts Chon A. Noriega and Ana M. Lopez, Editors 1996 Spring
The first in-depth treatment of Latino film and video.
Newsworkers: Toward a History of the Rank and File Newsworkers Toward a History of the Rank and File Hanno Hardt and Bonnie Brennen, Editors 1995 Fall
The first examination of the role of the laborer in media history.
Negotiating Hollywood: The Cultural Politics of Actors’ Labor Negotiating Hollywood The Cultural Politics of Actors’ Labor Danae Clark 1995 Spring
Actors' screen images have too often stolen the focus of attention from their behind the scenes working conditions. In Negotiating Hollywood, Danae Clark begins to fill this gap in film history by providing a rich historical account of actors' labor struggles in 1930s Hollywood. Taking the formation of the Screen Actors Guild in 1933 as its investigative centerpiece, Negotiating Hollywood examines the ways in which actors' contracts, studio labor policies and public relations efforts, films, fan magazines, and other documents were all involved in actors' struggles to assert their labor power and define their own images. Clark supplies information not only on stars, but on screen extras, whose role in the Hollywood film industry has remained hitherto undocumented.
Bad Women: Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema Bad Women Regulating Sexuality in Early American Cinema Janet Staiger 1995 Fall
Charts the cultural tensions played out on-screen in early American cinema.