Cultural Criticism
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Bandits, Captives, Heroines, and Saints Cultural Icons of Mexico’s Northwest Borderlands Robert McKee Irwin 2007 Spring
- Reinvigorates the mythic figures of Mexico’s anomalous zone
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Taking Their Word Literature and the Signs of Central America Arturo Arias 2007 Spring
- Gives voice to the unique literature and culture of Central America.
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Rethinking Global Sisterhood Western Feminism and Iran Nima Naghibi 2007 Spring
- The first analysis of how Western and Iranian feminism both converge and conflict
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The Poetics of DNA Judith Roof 2007 Spring
- Reveals the ideological effects of DNA metaphors and stories
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Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations Life Stories from the Academy Hokulani K. Aikau, Karla A. Erickson and Jennifer L. Pierce, Editors 2007 Spring
- Finding the “2.5 generation”—an alternative to binary feminist categories
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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
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Alienhood Citizenship, Exile, and the Logic of Difference Katarzyna Marciniak 2006 Spring
- A timely and critical understanding of transnational culture
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The Impure Imagination Toward a Critical Hybridity in Latin American Writing Joshua Lund 2006 Spring
- Challenges conventional thinking about the widely accepted concept of cultural hybridity
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Playing with Fire Feminist Thought and Activism through Seven Lives in India Sangtin Writers Collective and Richa Nagar 2006 Spring
- Understanding the labor and politics of NGOs through the lives of seven Indian women
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Shanghai and the Edges of Empires Meng Yue 2005 Fall
- A highly innovative investigation into Shanghai’s rise from peripheral port to urban center
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Our Fire Survives the Storm A Cherokee Literary History Daniel Heath Justice 2005 Fall
- Asserts the strength and diversity of Cherokee identity through its rich literary tradition
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Bear Island The War at Sugar Point Gerald Vizenor 2006 Spring
- An award-winning Native American writer recounts the “last Indian war” in verse
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Abiding by Sri Lanka On Peace, Place, and Postcolonality Qadri Ismail 2005 Fall
- A provocative account of Sri Lankan politics and representative democracies in general
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Hybrid Cultures Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity Nestor Garcia Canclini 2005 Spring
- Examines the threats to Latin American cultural identity in a global marketplace—now with a new introduction!
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Cuban Palimpsests José Quiroga 2005 Fall
- Traces how Cuba’s revolutionary past and uncertain future collide with post–Cold War realities