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		A Critic's Journey Ilan Stavans One of the leading voices in Latino literature writes about his life and work 6 x 9. 208 pgs. 2009 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11706-2     978-0-472-03382-9     $60.00S     $24.95T     Available Available
		Extreme Pursuits Travel/Writing in an Age of Globalization Graham Huggan A provocative look at travel—both voluntary and otherwise—in an uncertain world 6 x 9. 224 pgs. 2009 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07072-5     978-0-472-05072-7     $65.00S     $24.95S     Available Available
		Signifying Bodies Disability in Contemporary Life Writing G. Thomas Couser Sheds new light on the memoir boom by asking: Is the genre basically about disability? 6 x 9. 216 pgs. 5 B&W photographs. 2009 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07069-5     978-0-472-05069-7     $65.00S     $27.95S     Available Available
		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 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07078-7     978-0-472-05078-9     $60.00S     $22.95T     Available Available
		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 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07068-8     978-0-472-05068-0     $70.00S     $26.95S     Available Available
		Changing the Subject Marvin Carlson and Theatre Studies 1959-2009 Edited and with an Introduction by Joseph Roach Leading theater scholars on the major developments in their field over the past 50 years 6 x 9. 368 pgs. 37 B&W photographs. 2009 Cloth     978-0-472-11707-9     $75.00S     Available
New in Paper!		Listening to Homer Tradition, Narrative, and Audience Ruth Scodel A discussion of how ancient Greek bards ensured that their poetry would reach audiences of various backgrounds 6 x 9. 248 pgs. 2002 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11265-4     978-0-472-03374-4     $75.00S     $22.95S     Available Available
		Manning the Margins Masculinity and Writing in Seventeenth-Century France Lewis C. Seifert The first book-length study of writing, men, and masculinity in seventeenth-century France 6 x 9. 352 pgs. 2 B&W illustrations. 2009 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07058-9     978-0-472-05058-1     $85.00S     $28.95S     Available Available
		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 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-07060-2     978-0-472-05060-4     $65.00S     $26.95S     Available Available
		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 Cloth     978-0-472-11629-4     $26.95T     Available
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		Gathering Ground A Reader Celebrating Cave Canem's First Decade Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady, Editors A collection from the first ten years of Cave Canem, including work by many leading faculty and the winners of the annual Cave Canem first-book prize 6 x 9. 224 pgs. 2006 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09924-5     978-0-472-06924-8     $65.00S     $19.95T     Available Available
		It Joseph Roach A witty and engaging exploration of the elusive quality of charm, animal magnetism, or charisma possessed by extraordinarily interesting people through the ages 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 25 B&W illustrations. 2007 Paper     978-0-472-06936-1     $19.95T     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
		The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson Harry J. Elam, Jr. An indispensable guide to the dramatic work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights 6 x 9. 312 pgs. 16 B&W photographs in text. 2004 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11368-2     978-0-472-03163-4     $70.00S     $25.95S     Available Available
		The Stage Life of Props Andrew Sofer Fresh and provocative readings of familiar stage objects provide new ways of understanding theater, dramatic literature, and culture 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 5 photographs. 2003 Paper     978-0-472-06839-5     $25.95S     Available
		The Unraveling Archive Essays on Sylvia Plath Edited by Anita Helle Fresh perspectives that provide new readings of the life and work of one of our most celebrated poets 6 x 9. 298 pgs. 2 color illustrations, 12 B&W illustrations. 2007 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-09927-6     978-0-472-06927-9     $70.00S     $24.95T     Available Available
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		Architexts of Memory Literature, Science, and Autobiography Evelyne Ender Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies 6.125 x 9.25. 320 pgs. 2005 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11514-3     978-0-472-03104-7     $80.00S     $28.95S     Available 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
		Disability in Twentieth-Century German Culture Carol Poore Winner: German Studies Association's prize for Best Book of 2007 Winner: Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures from the Modern Language Association 6 x 9.25. 432 pgs. 30 B&W photographs. 2007 Cloth     Paper     978-0-472-11595-2     978-0-472-03381-2     $75.00S     $24.95S     Available Available
		A 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
		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
		Russia's Legal Fictions Harriet Murav Winner: Modern Language Association's 1999 Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures 6 x 9. 280 pgs. 2008 Cloth     978-0-472-10879-4     $75.00S     Available
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