Gives an account of the production of a mbaqanga album in a recording studio in Johannesburg. This work analyzes how the politics surrounding... Læs mere
The first translation into English of essays on modern Japanese literature, culture, and urban ethnography written by the late Ai Maeda, arguably the most prominent 20th century Japanese literary and cultural critic
Transnational ethnography and history of the School of the Americas, analyzing the military, peasant, and activist cultures that are linked by this institution.
Work links dance and the aesthetics of everyday movement to ideas about social order.
Presenting examinations of the lives of Bulgarian women, this ethnography challenges the idea that women have fared worse than men in... Læs mere
Argues for a reading practice that accounts for the queerness of temporality, for the way past, present, and future time appear out of sequence and in dialogue in our thinking about... Læs mere
Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying "happy are those who sing and dance," and his regime energetically... Læs mere
A preeminent science studies scholar shows how feminist and postcolonial science studies challenge the problematic modernity versus tradition binary.
Recovers the neglected history of young Mexican American women zoot-suiters in wartime Los Angeles and explains their absence from Chicano movement narratives.
Jamaican dancehall has long been one of the most vital and influential cultural and artistic forces within contemporary global music. This... Læs mere
Lyle Fearnley situates the production of ecological facts about the likely epicenter of viral pandemics inside the shifting cultural landscapes of agrarian change and the geopolitics of global health.
Writing in Space, 1973-2019 gathers the writings of conceptual artist Lorraine O’Grady, including artist statements, scripts, magazine articles, critical essays on art and culture, and interviews.