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		American Socialist Triptych The Literary-Political Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Upton Sinclair, and W. E. B. Du Bois Mark W. Van Wienen A closer look at three American writers sheds new light on the evolution of socialist thought in the U.S. 6 x 9. 400 pgs. 2011 Cloth     Ebook     978-0-472-11805-2     978-0-472-02808-5     $80.00S          Available Available
		The Life and Work of Francis Willey Kelsey Archaeology, Antiquity, and the Arts John Griffiths Pedley If Indiana Jones had relied on trains . . . 6 x 9. 480 pgs. 30 B&W photographs, 7 line art. 2011 Cloth     Ebook     978-0-472-11802-1     978-0-472-02805-4     $75.00S          Available Available
		James Baldwin America and Beyond Edited by Cora Kaplan and Bill Schwarz An interdisciplinary discussion of Baldwin by leading writers from several fields 6 x 9. 268 pgs. 2 images. 2011 Cloth     Paper     Ebook     978-0-472-07152-4     978-0-472-05152-6     978-0-472-02761-3     $80.00S     $29.95S          Available Available Available
		Imagining the Forest Narratives of Michigan and the Upper Midwest John Knott How the meaning of the forest developed in the Great Lakes 6 x 9. 324 pgs. 9 images, 1 map. 2011 Cloth     Paper     Ebook     978-0-472-07164-7     978-0-472-05164-9     978-0-472-02807-8     $75.00S     $29.95S          Available Available Available
		The Black Arts Enterprise and the Production of African American Poetry Howard Rambsy II A closer look at the poets and publishers who made the Black Arts Movement such an enduring cultural enterprise 6 x 9. 198 pgs. 3 B&W Illustrations. 2011 Cloth     978-0-472-11733-8     $60.00S     Available
		Right in Michigan's Grassroots From the KKK to the Michigan Militia JoEllen McNergney Vinyard An unsettling look at the history of right-wing political movements in Michigan 6 x 9. 376 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2011 Cloth     Paper     Ebook     978-0-472-07159-3     978-0-472-05159-5     978-0-472-02763-7     $70.00S     $27.95T          Available Available Available
		Say Word! Voices from Hip Hop Theater An Anthology Edited and with an Introduction by Daniel Banks Compelling plays by leading Hip Hop artists writing in the language of today 6 x 9. 400 pgs. 15 B&W photographs. 2011 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07132-6     978-0-472-05132-8     $95.00S     $40.00S     Available Available
		The Problem of the Color[blind] Racial Transgression and the Politics of Black Performance Brandi Wilkins Catanese How the debate on colorblind versus multicultural casting sheds light on on larger sociopolitical questions 6 x 9. 244 pgs. 2011 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07126-5     978-0-472-05126-7     $75.00S     $28.95S     Available Available
		The Reverend Billy Project From Rehearsal Hall to Super Mall with the Church of Life After Shopping by Savitri D and Bill Talen Edited and with an Introduction by Alisa Solomon On the road with one of the nation's most celebrated political theater troupes 6 x 9. 244 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2011 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07156-2     978-0-472-05156-4     $55.00S     $22.95T     Available Available
		Two Minds of a Western Poet Essays by David Mason Meditations on the life of poetry by an award-winning poet 5.375 x 8. 178 pgs. 2011 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07142-5     978-0-472-05142-7     $70.00S     $27.95T     Available Available
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		Black Cultural Traffic Crossroads in Global Performance and Popular Culture Edited by Harry J. Elam, Jr. and Kennell Jackson Fresh takes on key questions in black performance and black popular culture, by leading artists, academics, and critics 6 x 9. 416 pgs. 15 B&W photos, 3 drawings, 1 chart. 2005 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09840-8     978-0-472-06840-1     $80.00S     $29.95S     Available Available
		Deployed How Reservists Bear the Burden of Iraq Michael Musheno and Susan M. Ross The stories of the citizen soldiers of an Army Reserve unit who were among the first wave of reservists mobilized after September 11 6 x 9. 216 pgs. 2 tables. 2008 Paper     978-0-472-05029-1     $19.95T     Available
		Forged under the Sun/Forjada bajo el sol The Life of Maria Elena Lucas Edited and with an Introduction by Fran Leeper Buss The compelling oral history of a remarkable woman's life and political struggle 6 x 9. 336 pgs. 10 photographs. 1993 Paper     978-0-472-06432-8     $17.95T     Available
		Jackie Ormes The First African American Woman Cartoonist Nancy Goldstein A richly illustrated biography of a pioneering woman artist and the characters she created 8.5 x 11. 240 pgs. 164 illustrations including 18 pages of color strip. 2008 Cloth     978-0-472-11624-9     $35.00T     Available
		My Body Politic A Memoir Simi Linton An irreverent memoir of one woman's personal and political journey from 1960s counterculture to disability activism 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 2005 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11539-6     978-0-472-03236-5     $25.95T     $19.95S     Available Available
		Performing Glam Rock Gender and Theatricality in Popular Music Philip Auslander Explores the many ways glam rock paved the way for new explorations of identity in terms of gender, sexuality, and performance 6 x 9. 272 pgs. 7 photos, 1 table. 2006 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09868-2     978-0-472-06868-5     $65.00S     $24.95T     Available Available
		Queering Mestizaje Transculturation and Performance Alicia Arrizón Rethinking mestizaje and how it functions as an epistemology of colonialism in diverse sites from Aztlán to Manila, and across a range of cultural materials 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 29 illustrations. 2006 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09955-9     978-0-472-06955-2     $70.00S     $29.95S     Available Available
		Skin Deep, Spirit Strong The Black Female Body in American Culture Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Editor Traces the evolution of the black female body in the American imagination 6 x 9. 368 pgs. 44 photographs. 2002 Paper     978-0-472-06707-7     $29.95T     Available
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Award-Winning Books

		Avant-Garde Performance and the Limits of Criticism Approaching the Living Theatre, Happenings/Fluxus, and the Black Arts Movement Mike Sell Honorable Mention: 2004-05 Joe A. Callaway Prize for the Best Book in Drama and Theatre 6 x 9. 336 pgs. 1 diagram, 4 illustrations. 2008 Paper     978-0-472-03307-2     $27.95S     Available
		The Darker Side of the Renaissance Literacy, Territoriality, & Colonization, 2nd Edition Walter D. Mignolo Winner of the Modern Language Association's Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize 6.125 x 9.25. 488 pgs. 121 B&W photographs and line drawings, 13 tables, 5 maps. 2003 Paper     978-0-472-08931-4     $26.95S     Available
		Don't Deny My Name Words and Music and the Black Intellectual Tradition Lorenzo Thomas Winner: 2008 American Book Award given by the Before Columbus Foundation 6 x 9. 232 pgs. 2008 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09892-7     978-0-472-06892-0     $70.00S     $22.95T     Available Available
		Jackie Ormes The First African American Woman Cartoonist Nancy Goldstein Named a Booklist Top 10 Art Book of 2008 Named a Best Book of 2008 by the Village Voice Named an American Library Association Booklist Top 10 Biography of the Year 8.5 x 11. 240 pgs. 164 illustrations including 18 pages of color strip. 2008 Cloth     978-0-472-11624-9     $35.00T     Available
		Jews and Gentiles in Early America 1654-1800 William Pencak Runner-up: Jewish Book Council's 2005 National Jewish Book Award in the American Jewish History category 6 x 9. 352 pgs. 22 B&W photograph section, 5 maps. 2005 Cloth     978-0-472-11454-2     $29.95T     Available
		Playing Underground A Critical History of the 1960s Off-Off-Broadway Movement Stephen J. Bottoms Honorable Mention for the Barnard Hewitt Award from the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) 6.125 x 9.25. 448 pgs. 38 B&W photograph section. 2004 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11400-9     978-0-472-03194-8     $55.00S     $20.95S     Available Available
		Queering Mestizaje Transculturation and Performance Alicia Arrizón Winner of the Outstanding Book Award for 2008 from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Co-winner of the 2007 Modern Language Association Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 29 illustrations. 2006 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09955-9     978-0-472-06955-2     $70.00S     $29.95S     Available Available
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