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Uncoupling American Empire
(December 2013)
Cultural Politics of Deviance and Unequal Difference, 1890–1910
Yu-Fang Cho - Author
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A cultural studies consideration of marriage and those considered “deviant” in the nineteenth-century American imagination.
A radical revision of the politics of race and sexuality within racial capitalism, Uncoupling American Empire provides an original cultural genealogy of how the institutionalization of marriage shaped imagined relationships among working people who were seen as sexually deviant in nineteenth-century ...(Read More) |
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Homegrown Gurus
(November 2013)
From Hinduism in America to American Hinduism
Ann Gleig - Editor
Lola Williamson - Editor
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Exploring homegrown movements and figures, proclaims “American Hinduism” as a distinct religious tradition.
Today, a new stage in the development of Hinduism in America is taking shape. After a century of experimentation during which Americans welcomed Indian gurus who adjusted their teachings to accommodate the New World context, “American Hinduism” can now rightly be called its own tradition rather than ...(Read More) |
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Key to the Northern Country
(August 2013)
The Hudson River Valley in the American Revolution
James M. Johnson - Editor
Christopher Pryslopski - Editor
Andrew Villani - Editor
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Offers nearly forty years of interdisciplinary scholarship on the Hudson River Valley’s role in the American Revolution.
The Hudson River Valley, which George Washington referred to as the “Key to the Northern Country,” played a central role in the American Revolution. From 1776 to 1780, with major battles fought at Saratoga, Fort Montgomery, and Stony Point, the region was a central battleground of the Revoluti...(Read More) |
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The Guitar and the New World
(April 2013)
A Fugitive History
Joe Gioia - Author
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A transformative look at a popular instrument and a hidden chapter of American history.
The American guitar, that lightweight wooden box with a long neck, hourglass figure, and six metal strings, has evolved over five hundred years of social turmoil to become a nearly magical object—the most popular musical instrument in the world. In The Guitar and the New World, Joe Gioia offers a many-limbed social history that i...(Read More) |
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Indigenous North American Drama
(January 2013)
A Multivocal History
Birgit Däwes - Editor
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Traces the historical dimensions of Native North American drama using a critical perspective.
Responding to an increasing need for critical perspectives and methodologies, this collection traces the historical dimensions of Native North American drama through overviews of major developments, individual playwrights’ perspectives, and in-depth critical analyses. Bringing together writers and scholars from the United States, C...(Read More) |
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From the Shahs to Los Angeles
(November 2012)
Three Generations of Iranian Jewish Women between Religion and Culture
Saba Soomekh - Author
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GOLD MEDALIST - 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Religion category
A fascinating look at the lives, culture, and religious and ritual observance of three generations of Iranian Jewish women in the United States.
Saba Soomekh offers a fascinating portrait of three generations of women in an ethnically distinctive and little-known American Jewish community, Jews of Iranian origin living in Los ...(Read More) |
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Collecting Objects / Excluding People
(September 2012)
Chinese Subjects and American Visual Culture, 1830-1900
Lenore Metrick-Chen - Author
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Combining aesthetic and political history, explores the influence of Chinese people and objects on American visual culture.
In Collecting Objects / Excluding People, Lenore Metrick-Chen demonstrates an unknown impact of Chinese immigration upon nineteenth-century American art and visual culture. The American ideas of “Chineseness” ranged from a negative portrayal to an admiring one and these varied images ha...(Read More) |
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Race, Ethnicity, and Place in a Changing America, Second Edition
(September 2011)
John W. Frazier - Editor
Eugene L. Tettey-Fio - Editor
Norah F. Henry - Editor
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An updated comprehensive assessment of how race and ethnicity affect the places we live, work, and visit.
“This timely volume is a storehouse of knowledge that brings together a wide selection of scholars in a rigorous and comprehensive assessment of race, ethnicity, and place. The primacy of place in ethnic and racial discourse is resurrected in this volume.” — Professor Joseph Oppong, University of North Tex...(Read More) |
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Potent Mana
(March 2011)
Lessons in Power and Healing
Wende Elizabeth Marshall - Author
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Brilliant study of the effects of colonialism on the physical, mental, and spiritual health of Native Hawaiians, and their efforts to decolonize through healing and remembering.
Brilliantly elucidating and weaving together the forces of indigenous sovereignty, colonialism, and personal health, Potent Mana offers a uniquely holistic and intimate portrait of the long-term effects of colonialism on an indigenous people, ...(Read More) |
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