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Figures of Memory

Explores how the USHMM and other museums and memorials both displace and disturb the memories that they are trying to commemorate.

Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America, Third Edition

Uses both historical and contemporary case studies to examine how race and ethnicity affect the places we live, work, and visit. .

A Postcolonial Self

A theologically informed look at the postcolonial self that forms as Korean immigrants confront life in the United States.

New World Dharma

Interviews and profiles of spiritual and cultural figures influenced by Buddhism.

Oklahomo

Uses the state of Oklahoma as a case study for how US conservatives have attempted to unqueer America since the 1950’s.

Living Sufism in North America

Offers an overview of Sufism in North America.

Community Self-Determination

Examines the educational programs American Indians developed to preserve their cultural and ethnic identity, improve their livelihood, and serve the needs of their youth in Chicago.

The Heart and the Island

Makes the case for a distinctly Sicilian American literature.

Seeking Alice

A haunting story of the disintegration of an American and Italian family caught in Europe during World War II.

The Sitcom Reader, Second Edition

Updated version of an engaging overview of the television situation comedy.

Papers of the Forty-Fourth Algonquian Conference

Papers of the forty-fourth Algonquian Conference held at the University of Chicago October 2012.

Dead Reckoning

A poet and essayist attempt to find their bearings in a civilization lost at sea.

Buddhism beyond Borders

Explores facets of North American Buddhism while taking into account the impact of globalization and increasing interconnectivity.

Hartford's Ann Plato and the Native Borders of Identity

By Ron Welburn
Subjects: Literature

Upholds Ann Plato as a noteworthy nineteenth-century writer, while reexamining her life and writing from an American Indian perspective.

Once an Engineer

A funny, tragic, garlicky chronicle of growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in Central New York.

The Testimonial Uncanny

Examines how colonial and postcolonial violence is understood and conceptualized through Indigenous storytelling.

Delicious December

Food and history combine in this exploration of the Dutch influence on American holiday traditions. Includes more than one hundred easy-to-make holiday recipes.

Beyond Two Worlds

Examines the origins, efficacy, legacy, and consequences of envisioning both Native and non-Native “worlds.”

Papers of the Forty-Third Algonquian Conference

Papers of the forty-third Algonquian Conference held at University of Michigan in October 2011.

The Worlds of the Seventeenth-Century Hudson Valley

Essays by eleven prominent scholars provide the latest insights into the seventeenth-century history of the Hudson Valley and its environs.

Repositioning Race

Examines the progress of and obstacles faced by African Americans in twenty-first-century America.

American Dolorologies

Offers a critical history of the role of pain, suffering, and compassion in democratic culture.

A Pedagogy of Witnessing

Explores the curating of “difficult knowledge” through the exhibition of lynching photographs in contemporary museums.

A Longhouse Fragmented

Tells the social history of the Iroquois people of Ohio during the buildup to removal.

The Guitar and the New World

A transformative look at a popular instrument and a hidden chapter of American history.

Twenty West

Traces the route, history, and geography of US 20, America’s longest road.

L Is for Lion

A 1960s Bronx tomboy learns how to survive her brutal but humorous Italian family and all the rest that life throws her. The harder you hit the pavement, the higher you fly.

The Transatlantic Gaze

Tracks the influence of Italian cinema on American film from the postwar period to the present.

Fifties Ethnicities

Demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in midcentury America.

Listening to Ourselves

Contemporary African philosophy in indigenous African languages and English translation.

Indigenous Bodies

An interdisciplinary exploration of indigenous bodies.

Farms, Factories, and Families

Documents the rich history of Italian American working women in Connecticut, including the crucial role they played in union organizing.

Papers of the Forty-Second Algonquian Conference

Papers of the forty-second Algonquian Conference held at Memorial University of Newfoundland in October 2010.

Slouching towards Gaytheism

Argues that homophobia will not be eradicated in the United States until religion is ended.

Bitter Greens

Food-based reflections on Italian food, American culture, and globalization.

No Longer and Not Yet

Stories of small-town life on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Thinking through Thomas Merton

Considers the legacy of Thomas Merton and his relevance for contemporary times.

Tribal Worlds

Explores how indigenous nationhood has emerged and been maintained in the face of aggressive efforts to assimilate Native peoples.

Fighting Colonialism with Hegemonic Culture

Explores how American Indian businesses and organizations are taking on images that were designed to oppress them.

Indigenous North American Drama

Traces the historical dimensions of Native North American drama using a critical perspective.

Papers of the Forty-First Algonquian Conference

Papers of the forty-first Algonquian Conference held at Concordia University in October 2009.

The Anarchist Bastard

A tribute to the Italian American family and its trying bonds of love.

Key to the Northern Country

Offers nearly forty years of interdisciplinary scholarship on the Hudson River Valley’s role in the American Revolution.

Love, Rōshi

Robert Baker Aitken’s correspondence with Buddhist sympathizers and solo practitioners reveals a significant, little-understood aspect of American Buddhism.

Native Recognition

Offers a new interpretation of the century-long relationship between the Western film genre and Native American filmmaking.

From the Shahs to Los Angeles

A fascinating look at the lives, culture, and religious and ritual observance of three generations of Iranian Jewish women in the United States.

Roving Mariners

A comprehensive history of Australian Aboriginal whaling and sealing.

The Graphic Art of Robert Cimbalo

A selection of lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, and drawings by Robert Cimbalo.

Red Ink

Reexamines the writings of early indigenous authors in the northeastern United States.

Amskapi Pikuni

A contemporary history of one of the best-known American Indian nations.

Tuscarora

The definitive history of the Tuscaroras and their return to western New York.

Conversations with Remarkable Native Americans

Entertaining and enlightening interviews with some of today’s most important Native Americans.

Papers of the Fortieth Algonquian Conference

Papers of the fortieth Algonquian Conference held at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in October 2008.

Strong Hearts, Native Lands

Uplifting account of the struggle between the Grassy Narrows First Nation and the Canadian logging industry.

Becoming an Ancestor

A striking look at the death rituals of an indigenous community in North America.

After Artest

Explores how the NBA moved to govern black players and the expression of blackness after the “Palace Brawl” of 2004.

Potent Mana

Brilliant study of the effects of colonialism on the physical, mental, and spiritual health of Native Hawaiians, and their efforts to decolonize through healing and remembering.

American Exceptionalisms

Wide ranging, interdisciplinary look at the emergence and persistence of the concept of American Exceptionalism in US culture and history.

Maurice Kenny

Edited by Penelope Myrtle Kelsey
Foreword by Joseph Bruchac
Subjects: American Studies

Explores the work of Maurice Kenny, a pivotal figure in American Indian literature from the 1950s to the present.

Archaic Societies

Essential overview of American Indian societies during the Archaic period across central North America.

Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America, Second Edition

A comprehensive assessment of how race and ethnicity affect the places we live, work, and visit.

The Sadness of Antonioni

An American adventure in the Antonioni vein—visually rich and emotionally mysterious.

Shrouds of White Earth

--Pointed, absorbing novel about an indigenous artist’s long journey of creativity and coming-of-awareness from White Earth Reservation to Paris

The Tonawanda Senecas' Heroic Battle Against Removal

The definitive eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history of the Tonawanda Senecas of western New York State.

How Mockingbirds Are

Brilliant analysis of the power of ritual orations in a southwestern American Indian community.

Corbino

A biography of one of America’s neglected grand masters.

Memory Matters

Edited by Daniel M. Cobb & Helen Sheumaker
Subjects: History

Explores how the process of memorialization keeps the past alive in the present and shapes the way we imagine our possible futures.

Cooking with Chef Silvio

A guided tour of the cuisine, culture, and rich culinary history of the Campania region of Italy.

Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America

A comprehensive assessment of how race and ethnicity affect the places we live, work, and visit.

Multicultural Geographies

Geographical perspectives on the changing patterns of race and ethnicity in the United States.

The African Diaspora in the United States and Canada at the Dawn of the 21st Century

Offers important new perspectives on the African Diaspora in North America.

Disciplining Women

An interdisciplinary look Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), the first historically Black sorority.

We Used to Own the Bronx

An inside story of privilege, inherited wealth, and the bizarre values and customs of the American upper crust.

Toward Filipino Self-Determination

Examines the project of Filipino self-determination in the context of capitalist globalization.

Hocąk Teaching Materials, Volume 2

Second volume of instructional materials for learning the original Hochunk language, featuring entire texts and a CD.

Hocak Teaching Materials, Volume 1

Comprehensive bilingual dictionary of the Hochunk language.

Nantucket and Other Native Places

An indispensable, up-to-date overview of the archaeology of the Native peoples and earliest settlers of eastern Massachusetts.

Native Authenticity

A survey of current critical perspectives on how North American indigenous peoples are viewed and represented transnationally.

The Dance of Person and Place

Uses the concept of "worldmaking" to provide an introduction to American Indian philosophy.

Interdisciplinarity and Social Justice

Considers the past, present, and future of interdisciplinary fields motivated by concerns for social justice.

American Buddhism as a Way of Life

Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context.

Fire Along the Sky

A wildly entertaining historical adventure, deep inside the crucible in which America was forged.

Cuban-American Literature and Art

Explores how Cuban Americans negotiate bicultural identities through cultural production.

The Other Loyalists

Fascinating stories of ordinary people in the Middle Colonies who remained loyal to the Crown.

Caribbean Genesis

Philosophical exploration of Jamaica Kincaid’s entire literary oeuvre.

Measured Meals

Provides an alternative history of nutrition in the U.S. that focuses on the power of scientific language.

The Passionate Empiricist

Explores John Quincy Adams’s oratorical work in support of government-funded science.

The Italian Actress

A has-been American filmmaker encounters love, cruelty, and death in Italy.

By the Breath of Their Mouths

Examines the liberating power of speech and its influence on generations of Italian American writers.

Constructing the Nation

Philosophers and social theorists of color examine how racism can creep into defensive forms of nationalism.

Perpetual Adolescence

Explores the arrested development of American culture.

Womanist Forefathers

Traces a lineage of pro-feminist black men to two early radical proponents of female equality.

The Specter of Sex

Genealogy of the formation of race and gender hierarchies in the U.S.

Interior Landscapes, Second Edition

The classic autobiography of the famous Indigenous writer and critic Gerald Vizenor

Religious Festive Practices in Boston's North End

A comprehensive cultural and historical portrait of Italian American identities in Boston’s North End.

The Firekeeper

An epic adventure based on the extraordinary historical story of Sir William Johnson and the author's dreams of a Mohawk "woman of power" who lived three centuries ago.

Do Voters Look to the Future?

Argues in favor of a different model of voting behavior.

The Gita within Walden

Looks at the connections between Thoreau’s Walden and the work that influenced it, the Bhagavad-Gita.

City of Rhetoric

Examines the relationship of civic discourse to built environments through a case study of the Cabrini Green urban revitalization project in Chicago.

Herman Melville and the American Calling

Argues that Herman Melville’s later work anticipates the resurgence of an American exceptionalist ethos underpinning the U. S.-led global “war on terror. ”