American Studies
New Releases
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Cross Purposes
Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education Paula Abrams Do parents have the right to determine how their children should be educated? 6 x 9. 296 pgs. 5 B&W photographs and 4 drawings. 2009
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An Angle of Vision
Women Writers on Their Poor and Working-Class Roots Edited by Lorraine M. López Uncommon perspectives by prominent women writers on class, money, family, and home 6 x 9. 216 pgs. 2009
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The President Electric
Ronald Reagan and the Politics of Performance Timothy Raphael How Reagan's immersion in an electronic media culture of performance shaped his political career 6 x 9. 288 pgs. 10 B&W photographs. 2009
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Natural Acts
Gender, Race, and Rusticity in Country Music Pamela Fox Hillbilly, honky-tonk, Nashville glitz, or alt.country: what makes music authentically country? 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 8 B&W photographs. 2009
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Civic Engagement in the Wake of Katrina
Amy Koritz and George J. Sanchez, editors 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 12 B&W photographs. 2009
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Parodies of Ownership
Hip-Hop Aesthetics and Intellectual Property Law Richard L. Schur An intriguing interdisciplinary examination of hip hop aesthetics 6 x 9. 256 pgs. 2009
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Performing Conquest
Five Centuries of Theater, History, and Identity in Tlaxcala, Mexico Patricia A. Ybarra An unprecedented reading of Mexican history through the lens of performance 6 x 9. 288 pgs. 11 B&W photographs. 2009
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No Boundaries Transnational Latino Gangs and American Law Enforcement Tom Diaz An alarming report on Latino crime gangs and the efforts of U.S. law enforcement to contain them 6 x 9. 360 pgs. 2009
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Moisture of the Earth Mary Robinson, Civil Rights and Textile Union Activist Fran Leeper Buss, Editor A voice from the margins that refuses to be silenced 6 x 9. 248 pgs. 16 B&W photographs. 2009
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Guns, Democracy, and the Insurrectionist Idea Joshua Horwitz and Casey Anderson Does the gun lobby threaten the democratic institutions safeguarding individual liberty in America? 6 x 9. 296 pgs. 2009
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Best Sellers
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Award-Winning Books
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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