Anthropology

Casablanca Movies and Memory Marc Augé 2009 Fall

A poetic and meditative essay on the impact of film on our personal and collective memories

Red Lights The Lives of Sex Workers in Postsocialist China Tiantian Zheng 2009 Spring

A revealing and intimate study of rural Chinese women working in an urban sex trade

Deadliest Enemies Law and Race Relations on and off Rosebud Reservation Thomas Biolsi 2007 Spring

How U.S. federal law creates racial conflict between Native American and white people

Shimmering Screens Making Media in an Aboriginal Community Jennifer Deger 2006 Fall

Reconsiders the interplay between aboriginal communities and media

The Stars Edgar Morin 2005 Spring

The legendary work on the mythic nature of movie stardom

The Cinema, or the Imaginary Man Edgar Morin 2005 Spring

A classic work exploring the nexus of the cinematic image and the human mind—at last available in English!

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

Oblivion Marc Augé 2004 Fall

A renowned social thinker considers the nature and necessity of forgetting

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

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

Calibrations Reading for the Social Ato Quayson 2003 Fall

Proposes an entirely new socially and politically conscious way of reading

Double Cross Japanese Americans in Black and White Chicago Jacalyn D. Harden 2003 Spring

Examines relations between peoples of color to offer a compelling new approach to understanding race in America

Ethnography at the Border Pablo Vila, Editor 2003 Spring

An illuminating account of life at the U.S.-Mexico border

The Postnational Self Belonging and Identity Ulf Hedetoft and Mette Hjort, Editors 2002 Fall

A timely look at how our globalized era has reconfigured experiences of belonging.

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.

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