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Living Alterities
(April 2014)
Phenomenology, Embodiment, and Race
Emily S. Lee - Editor
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Fifties Ethnicities
(November 2013)
The Ethnic Novel and Mass Culture at Midcentury
Tracy Floreani - Author
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Demonstrates how written and visual representations worked to construct definitions of ethnicity in midcentury America.
Fifties Ethnicities brings together a variety of texts to explore what it meant to be American in the middle of “America’s Century.” In a series of comparative readings that draws on novels, television programs, movie magazines, and films, Tracy Floreani crosses generic boundaries to s...(Read More) |
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Kant and the Concept of Race
(July 2013)
Late Eighteenth-Century Writings
Jon M. Mikkelsen - Editor/translator
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Late eighteenth-century writings on race by Kant and four of his contemporaries.
Kant and the Concept of Race features translations of four texts by Immanuel Kant frequently designated his Racenschriften (race essays), in which he develops and defends an early theory of race. Also included are translations of essays by four of Kant’s contemporaries—E. A. W. Zimmermann, Georg Forster, Christoph Meiners...(Read More) |
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John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the Politics of Ethnic Incorporation and Avoidance
(March 2013)
Robert C. Smith - Author
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Fascinating look at the challenges faced by John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama in their quests to win the presidency.
Political analysts and journalists often draw analogies between John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic Irish president, and Barack Obama, the first African American president. Their election to the nation’s highest office was historic, but for reasons not fully appreciated. In John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama,...(Read More) |
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Multicultural Geographies
(September 2010)
The Changing Racial/Ethnic Patterns of the United States
John W. Frazier - Editor
Florence M. Margai - Editor
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Geographical perspectives on the changing patterns of race and ethnicity in the United States.
In an approach that differs from other publications on U.S. multiculturalism, Multicultural Geographies examines the changing patterns of race and ethnicity in the United States from geographical perspectives. It reflects the significant contributions made by geographers in recent years to our understanding of...(Read More) |
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Latinos in Dixie
(October 2009)
Class and Assimilation in Richmond, Virginia
Debra J. Schleef - Author
H.B. Cavalcanti - Author
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A look at the Latino experience in the American South using data from Richmond, Virginia.
Confounding stereotypes, this book details the experiences of a growing but little-known group: Latinos who have settled in the American South. Authors Debra J. Schleef and H. B. Cavalcanti provide rich survey data from Richmond, Virginia, a midsize city where a Latino community has only recently emerged. Notably, many of the new arrivals in R...(Read More) |
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Toward Filipino Self-Determination
(July 2009)
Beyond Transnational Globalization
E. San Juan Jr. - Author
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Examines the project of Filipino self-determination in the context of capitalist globalization.
Granted formal independence in 1946, the Philippines serves as a battleground between the neoliberal project of capitalist globalization and the enduring aspiration of Filipinos for national self-determination. More than ten million Filipino workers—over one-tenth of the country’s total population—work as contract worker...(Read More) |
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Belonging Too Well
(March 2009)
Portraits of Identity in Cynthia Ozick's Fiction
Miriam Sivan - Author
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Shows how Ozick’s characters attempt to mediate a complex Jewish identity, one that bridges the differences between traditional Judaism and secular American culture.
In Belonging Too Well, Miriam Sivan draws on contemporary literary theory as well as traditional Jewish texts and culture to explore the question of identity in Cynthia Ozick’s fiction. Many critics have pointed to a split in Ozick’s work betwee...(Read More) |
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Latino Voices in New England
(February 2009)
David Carey Jr. - Editor
Robert Atkinson - Editor
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Compelling stories and striking photographs illustrate the challenges and highlights of Latino/a life in Portland, Maine.
Latinos—those born in the United States as well as those who immigrated later in life—are not only transforming the country and cities, they are also transforming themselves in a difficult process of community making. This book tells the story of how a diverse group of immigrants have adapted to dram...(Read More) |
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Cuban-American Literature and Art
(February 2009)
Negotiating Identities
Isabel Alvarez Borland - Editor
Lynette M. F. Bosch - Editor
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Explores how Cuban Americans negotiate bicultural identities through cultural production.
This groundbreaking collection offers an understanding of why Cuban-American literature and visual art have emerged in the United States and how they are so essentially linked to both Cuban and American cultures. The contributors explore crucial issues pertinent not only to Cuban-American cultural production but also to other immigrant groups&...(Read More) |
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