Cultural Criticism

Victorian Afterlife Postmodern Culture Rewrites the Nineteenth Century John Kucich and Dianne F. Sadoff, Editors 2000 Fall

A foundational look at contemporary uses of the Victorian and the presence of the past in postmodern culture.

What Is Africa’s Problem? Yoweri K. Museveni Elizabeth Kanyogonya, Editor 2000 Spring

The president of Uganda addresses key questions about Africa’s future.

French Resistance The French-American Culture Wars Jean-Philippe Mathy 2000 Spring

An original look at the intellectual issues that divide—and unite—these two republics.

Red on Red Native American Literary Separatism Craig S. Womack and Hans Aarsleff 1999 Fall

An entertaining and enlightening proposal for a new way to read Native American literature.

Acting Out in Groups Laurence A. Rickels, Editor 1999 Fall

Examines outrageous public behavior and what it can tell us about cultural and political change.

Black Body Women, Colonialism, and Space Radhika Mohanram 1999 Fall

Asserts the centrality of space to racial identity.

The Vampire Lectures Laurence A. Rickels 1999 Fall

A wild and wide-ranging “psycho-history” of the vampire.

With Other Eyes Looking at Race and Gender in Visual Culture Lisa Bloom, Editor 1999 Fall

Challenges the politics of gender and race underlying the practice of art history.

Latin Americanism Román de la Campa 1999 Spring

Analyzes the way North American academics have constructed Latin America.

After Exile Writing the Latin American Diaspora Amy K. Kaminsky 1999 Spring

Considers the effect of exile on contemporary South American writers.

Nomadic Identities The Performance of Citizenship May Joseph 1999 Spring

A look at citizenship through the lens of performance.

SportCult Randy Martin and Toby Miller, Editors 1999 Spring

New approaches to the cultural politics of sport.

Performing Hybridity May Joseph and Jennifer Natalya Fink, Editors 1998 Fall

A kaleidoscopic consideration of transnational culture and performance

FirstDays of the Year Helene Cixous 1998 Spring

A searching meditation on “authorship” by an eminent theorist.

Cosmopolitics Thinking and Feeling beyond the Nation Pheng Cheah and Bruce Robbins, Editors 1998 Spring

Eminent contributors look at the present and future of cosmopolitanism and its relationship to nationalism.

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