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Murder Most Modern: Detective Fiction and Japanese Culture Murder Most Modern Detective Fiction and Japanese Culture Sari Kawana 2008 Spring
Surveillance, sexuality, war, and censorship in Japanese detective fiction
Cuban Currency: The Dollar and “Special Period” Fiction Cuban Currency The Dollar and “Special Period” Fiction Esther Whitfield 2007 Fall
Explores the nostalgic fetishization of Cuban culture
Sinographies: Writing China Sinographies Writing China Eric Hayot, Haun Saussy and Steven G. Yao, Editors 2007 Fall
A new critical model for understanding China and its role in Western literary and political life
The Postcolonial and the Global The Postcolonial and the Global Revathi Krishnaswamy and John C. Hawley, Editors 2007 Fall
Connects postcolonial and global discourses in the humanities and social sciences
Imperial White: Race, Diaspora, and the British Empire Imperial White Race, Diaspora, and the British Empire Radhika Mohanram 2007 Fall
Analyzing whiteness in nineteenth-century British colonialism from India to Britain to Australia and New Zealand
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations The Third Space of Sovereignty The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations Kevin Bruyneel 2007 Fall
The struggle between indigenous resistance and American colonialism—within its own borders
Bandits, Captives, Heroines, and Saints: Cultural Icons of Mexico’s Northwest Borderlands 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
Taking Their Word: Literature and the Signs of Central America 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.
Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran Rethinking Global Sisterhood Western Feminism and Iran Nima Naghibi 2007 Spring
The first analysis of how Western and Iranian feminism both converge and conflict
The Poetics of DNA The Poetics of DNA Judith Roof 2007 Spring
Reveals the ideological effects of DNA metaphors and stories
Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life Stories from the Academy 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
Primitive America: The Ideology of Capitalist Democracy 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
Alienhood: Citizenship, Exile, and the Logic of Difference Alienhood Citizenship, Exile, and the Logic of Difference Katarzyna Marciniak 2006 Spring
A timely and critical understanding of transnational culture
The Impure Imagination: Toward a Critical Hybridity in Latin American Writing 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
Playing with Fire: Feminist Thought and Activism through Seven Lives in India 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