Cultural Criticism

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

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

Shanghai and the Edges of Empires Meng Yue 2005 Fall

A highly innovative investigation into Shanghai’s rise from peripheral port to urban center

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

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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