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Charisma and the Fictions of Black Leadership Erica R. Edwards 2012 Spring

How a preoccupation with charismatic leadership in African American culture has influenced literature from World War I to the present

South Africa and the Dream of Love to Come Queer Sexuality and the Struggle for Freedom Brenna Munro 2012 Spring

Uncovers the story of how the politics of queer sexuality have played out in the struggle for multiracial democracy in South Africa

Transnational LGBT Activism Working for Sexual Rights Worldwide Ryan R. Thoreson 2014 Fall

A firsthand account of the work of transnational LGBT human rights activists

Distant Wars Visible The Ambivalence of Witnessing Wendy Kozol 2014 Fall

Mapping the fraught space between empathy and spectacle in the witnessing of military conflict

The Way Things Go An Essay on the Matter of Second Modernism Aaron Jaffe 2014 Fall

That rare modernist book: erudite, innovative, thought provoking, and playful

World Projects Global Information before World War I Markus Krajewski 2014 Fall

Before Google and globalization, big-thinking Germans brought the world closer together

Gaming at the Edge Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture Adrienne Shaw 2014 Fall

A major new analysis of the representation of marginalized groups in video games

Agitating Images Photography against History in Indigenous Siberia Craig Campbell 2014 Fall

Demonstrates how photographic images complicate the history of Soviet Siberia

Spectacular Mexico Design, Propaganda, and the 1968 Olympics Luis M. Castañeda 2014 Fall

How Mexico used modern design to announce its arrival on the world stage

Building Zion The Material World of Mormon Settlement Thomas Carter 2014 Fall

What the built environment shows us about the complex and evolving nature of nineteenth-century Mormon social and religious life

Impossible Heights Skyscrapers, Flight, and the Master Builder Adnan Morshed 2014 Fall

A rich exploration of the influence of skyscrapers, airplanes, and aerial vision on interwar American visual culture

Laruelle Against the Digital Alexander R. Galloway 2014 Fall

Explores the digital as a philosophical concept

Cairo Pop Youth Music in Contemporary Egypt Daniel J. Gilman 2014 Fall

Going behind the music that accompanied and influenced the Egyptian revolution of 2011

Chicago Hustle and Flow Gangs, Gangsta Rap, and Social Class Geoff Harkness 2014 Fall

Explores the symbiotic relationship between gangsta rap and Chicago street gangs

Bauhaus Weaving Theory From Feminine Craft to Mode of Design T’ai Smith 2014 Fall

Considers the role of the Bauhaus school’s weaving workshop in debates about craft and medium

Total Liberation The Power and Promise of Animal Rights and the Radical Earth Movement David Naguib Pellow 2014 Fall

All oppression is linked: radical environmental and animal liberation movements in the struggle for social justice

The Price of Thirst Global Water Inequality and the Coming Chaos Karen Piper 2014 Fall

Imagine a world where water is only for those who can afford it. We’re already there.

“Night and Fog” A Film in History Sylvie Lindeperg 2014 Fall

A microhistory of arguably the most important documentary ever made

Cultural Formations of Postcommunism Emancipation, Transition, Nation, and War Michael D. Kennedy 2002 Fall

A powerful exposition of how culture shapes social and political change.

Cultural Erotics in Cuban America Ricardo L. Ortíz 2006 Fall

A pioneering look at the influence of Cuban-American culture—beyond Miami

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