Provides a set of readings of William Faulkner's Go Down, Moses - sometimes characterized as a novel, sometimes as a collection of... Læs mere
Legal Fictions is a bold declaration that, in the U.S., the black body is thoroughly bound by law. It is an unflinchingly look at the implications... Læs mere
A collection of essays examining Latin American cultural history through a focus on animals and their vital but often ignored roles in colonization and nation-building.
A lively, engaging ethnography that demonstrates how a volatile politics of race, class, and nation animates the infamously violent struggles over forests in the U.S. Southwest.
Author has been a pioneer in the development of concepts crucial to the discourse of contemporary critical and cultural theory, especially... Læs mere
Offers a collection of essays - captures the birth and growth of feminist film as no other book has done. This title introduces each essay with an autobiographical prologue that describes the intellectual, political, and personal moments from which the work arose.
Presents a cultural history of the African American women who performed in variety shows - chorus lines, burlesque revues, cabaret... Læs mere
Argues that crucial twentieth-century revolutionary challenges to colonialism and capitalism in the Americas have failed to resist - and in fact have been constitutively related to - the very developmentalist narratives that have justified and naturalized post-war capitalism.
This collection brings together for the first time the plays of Sonia Sanchez, a prolific, award-winning poet and one of the most prominent writers in the Black Arts movement.
An analysis of how Uzbekistan s cultural and political elites engaged in a program of nation-building through culture, particularly by staging spectacular mass events, after the fall of the Soviet Union.