Cultural Studies

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A Pedagogy of Witnessing

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

A Wizard of Their Age

Edited by Cecilia Konchar Farr
Subjects: Literature

A collection of student essays that captures the passionate engagement their generation brings to the Harry Potter phenomenon.

How to Escape

Passionate and rollicking personal and intellectual essays by philosopher Crispin Sartwell.

Circle of Vines

Traces the history of the New York wine industry as it evolved across the state.

The Transatlantic Gaze

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

Postmodernism, Traditional Cultural Forms, and African American Narratives

Examines how six writers reconfigure African American subjectivity in ways that recall postmodernist theory.

Fifties Ethnicities

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

Virtual Intimacies

Uses ethnography and cultural analysis to track scenes of intimate connection and disconnection among gay men across an array of media sites.

Indigenous Bodies

An interdisciplinary exploration of indigenous bodies.

The Study of Judaism

Considers Jewish studies as an academic discipline from its origins to the present.

A Human Necklace

By Moira Ferguson
Subjects: Literature

Argues that Paule Marshall’s work collectively constitutes a multigenerational saga of the African diaspora across centuries and continents.

Mutual Othering

Explores interactions between Europeans and Moroccans on both sides of the straits in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Good White People

Argues for the necessity of a new ethos for middle-class white anti-racism.

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.

Why Europe Is Lesbian and Gay Friendly (and Why America Never Will Be)

Offers an analysis of the political economy of care in order to explain how lesbian and gay citizens in Europe benefit from equality more than those in the United States.

The Prosthetic Pedagogy of Art

Uses autobiographical and cultural narratives related to art research and practice to explore, experiment, and improvise multiple correspondences between and among learners’ own lived experiences and understandings, and those of others.

Endtimes?

A groundbreaking study of ten difficult years in the life of America's most important newspaper.

Lost in Transition

Looks at the fate of Hong Kong’s unique culture since its reversion to China.

Mothering Queerly, Queering Motherhood

Provides a model for queering motherhood that resists racist, neoliberal, and hetero- or homonormative ideals of “good” mothering.

The Better Story

Illuminates the emotional significance of stories in response to racial traumas related to the Middle East.

Zines in Third Space

Develops third-space theory by engaging with zines produced by feminists and queers of color.

Valuing Diversity

Uses Buddhist philosophy to discuss diversity as a value, one that can contribute to equity in a globalizing world.

The Sense of Space

A phenomenological account of spatial perception in relation to the lived body.

Conversations with Remarkable Native Americans

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