Cultural Criticism

The Inner Life of Mestizo Nationalism Estelle Tarica 2008 Spring

A timely examination of narratives of interethnic intimacy in twentieth-century Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru

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 Esther Whitfield 2007 Fall

Explores the nostalgic fetishization of Cuban culture

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 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 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 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 Robert McKee Irwin 2007 Spring

Reinvigorates the mythic figures of Mexico’s anomalous zone

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 Nima Naghibi 2007 Spring

The first analysis of how Western and Iranian feminism both converge and conflict

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 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 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 Katarzyna Marciniak 2006 Spring

A timely and critical understanding of transnational culture

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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