Cultural Criticism
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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
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Like a Loaded Weapon The Rehnquist Court, Indian Rights, and the Legal History of Racism in America Robert A. Williams, Jr. 2005 Fall
- Exposes the U.S. Supreme Court’s history of racism against American Indians
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The People and the Word Reading Native Nonfiction Robert Warrior 2005 Fall
- Reveals the history and impact of Native American nonfiction writing
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The Backcountry and the City Colonization and Conflict in Early America Edward White 2005 Fall
- Calls for the rural electrification of early American studies
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Blush Faces of Shame Elspeth Probyn 2005 Spring
- Exposes shame as a valuable emotion essential to our humanity
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Filth Dirt, Digust, and Modern Life William A. Cohen and Ryan Johnson, Editors 2004 Fall
- What waste reveals about the culture that creates it
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Cultural Residues Chile in Transition Nelly Richard 2004 Fall
- Reveals the cultural substrata of the transition from Chilean dictatorship
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Transatlantic Topographies Islands, Highlands, Jungles Ileana Rodriguez 2004 Fall
- Explores the construction of the Americas by and through European eyes
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The Aesthetics of Self-Invention Oscar Wilde to David Bowie Shelton Waldrep 2004 Spring
- Traces the influence of Oscar Wilde as the precursor of twentieth-century artists of self-performance
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Carnival Theater Uruguay’s Popular Performers and National Culture Gustavo Remedi 2003 Fall
- Offers a new model for interpreting popular national culture through Uruguay’s carnival theater troupes