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African Intimacies: Race, Homosexuality, and Globalization African Intimacies Race, Homosexuality, and Globalization Neville Hoad 2006 Fall
An innovative investigation of African homosexuality under globalization
The Hostess: Hospitality, Femininity, and the Expropriation of Identity The Hostess Hospitality, Femininity, and the Expropriation of Identity Tracy McNulty 2006 Fall
The meaning of hospitality in Western thought—from the Bible to Derrida
Liberating Shahrazad: Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam Liberating Shahrazad Feminism, Postcolonialism, and Islam Suzanne Gauch 2006 Fall
A long-silenced literary figure speaks for modern Muslim women
Ecstasy and the Demon: The Dances of Mary Wigman Ecstasy and the Demon The Dances of Mary Wigman Susan Manning 2006 Fall
Winner of the de la Torre Bueno prize—with a new introduction by the author
New Downtown Now: An Anthology of New Theater from Downtown New York New Downtown Now An Anthology of New Theater from Downtown New York Mac Wellman and Young Jean Lee, Editors 2006 Spring
Ten experimental new plays from New York's vibrant downtown theater scene
Ghosts: Death’s Double and the Phenomena of Theatre Ghosts Death’s Double and the Phenomena of Theatre Alice Rayner 2006 Spring
A new view of how the stage is home to ghosts
Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi Wireless Writing in the Age of Marconi Timothy C. Campbell 2005 Fall
Correlates Italian and European modernism with early wireless technology
Neatness Counts: Essays on the Writer’s Desk Neatness Counts Essays on the Writer’s Desk Kevin Kopelson 2006 Spring
An intimate view of literary work space
Hard-Boiled Masculinities Hard-Boiled Masculinities Christopher Breu 2005 Fall
Strips the veneer of the tough guy in modern American culture
Kathleen and Christopher: Christopher Isherwood’s Letters to His Mother Kathleen and Christopher Christopher Isherwood’s Letters to His Mother Christopher Isherwood Lisa Colletta, Editor 2005 Fall
Isherwood’s previously unpublished letters to his mother cast his early years as a writer in a new light
Confessions of the Letter Closet: Epistolary Fiction and Queer Desire in Modern Spain Confessions of the Letter Closet Epistolary Fiction and Queer Desire in Modern Spain Patrick Paul Garlinger 2005 Spring
Explores the history of the letter as an expression of sexual desire
Covert Gestures: Crypto-Islamic Literature as Cultural Practice in Early Modern Spain Covert Gestures Crypto-Islamic Literature as Cultural Practice in Early Modern Spain Vincent Barletta 2005 Spring
The first cultural analysis of the secret literature of sixteenth-century Spain’s Muslim communities
Taboo Subjects: Race, Sex, and Psychoanalysis Taboo Subjects Race, Sex, and Psychoanalysis Gwen Bergner 2005 Spring
Interrogates the intersection of gender and racial subjectivity in American culture
Informal Empire: Mexico and Central America in Victorian Culture Informal Empire Mexico and Central America in Victorian Culture Robert D. Aguirre 2004 Fall
Widens the definition of imperialism with a multifaceted study of Victorian culture
Queer Constellations: Subcultural Space in the Wake of the City Queer Constellations Subcultural Space in the Wake of the City Dianne Chisholm 2004 Fall
Discovers parallels between modern gay and lesbian views of urban life and Benjamin’s Paris, “the capital of the nineteenth century”