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Mind Reeling
(December 2020)
Psychopathology on Film
Homer B. Pettey - Editor
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Across a variety of genres, shows how mental disorders are depicted in cinema.
Mind Reeling investigates how cinema displays and mirrors psychological disorders, such as bipolar disorder, amnesia, psychotic delusions, obsessive compulsive behavior, trauma, paranoia, and borderline personalities. It explores a range of genres, including biopics, comedies, film noirs, contemp...(Read More) |
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Racialized Visions
(December 2020)
Haiti and the Hispanic Caribbean
Vanessa K. Valdés - Editor
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The first volume in English to explore the cultural impact of Haiti on the surrounding Spanish-speaking nations of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico.
As a Francophone nation, Haiti is seldom studied in conjunction with its Spanish-speaking Caribbean neighbors. Racialized Visions challenges the notion that linguistic difference has kept the populations of these countries apart, instead highlighting ongoing exch...(Read More) |
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South of the Future
(December 2020)
Marketing Care and Speculating Life in South Asia and the Americas
Anindita Banerjee - Editor
Debra A. Castillo - Editor
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Unique interdisciplinary analysis of gendered and racialized economies of care in South Asia and the Americas.
South Asia and Latin America represent two epicenters of migrant care work and the globalized reproductive market. Yet scholars and the media continue to examine them in geographical and conceptual isolation. South of the Future closes both these gaps. It investigates nannying, elder care, domestic work, and othe...(Read More) |
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The Blossom Which We Are
(November 2020)
The Novel and the Transience of Cultural Worlds
Nir Evron - Author
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Charts the vicissitudes of a distinctly modern and peculiarly human vulnerability—our intimate dependence on the fragile, time-bound cultural framework that we inhabit—in the history of the realist novel.
The Blossom Which We Are traces the emergence of a distinctly modern form of human vulnerability—our intimate dependence on the fragile and time-bound cultural frameworks ...(Read More) |
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Capitán Latinoamérica
(October 2020)
Superheroes in Cinema, Television, and Web Series
Vinodh Venkatesh - Author
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Analyzes contemporary superhero-themed cinema, television, and web series in Latin America.
Capitán Latinoamérica is the first study to examine the unique contribution of Latin American cinema, television, and web series to the global superhero boom. Through an analysis of superhero-themed media from Mexico to Argentina, Vinodh Venkatesh argues that contemporary Latin Ameri...(Read More) |
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Garbage in Popular Culture
(October 2020)
Consumption and the Aesthetics of Waste
Mehita Iqani - Author
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Explores the cultural politics of garbage in contemporary global society.
Garbage in Popular Culture is the first book to explicitly link media discourse, consumer culture, and the cultural politics of garbage in contemporary global society. It makes an original contribution to the areas of consumer culture studies, visual culture, media and communications, and cultural theory through a critical analysis of the ways in w...(Read More) |
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The Disintegration of Community
(October 2020)
On Jorge Portilla’s Social and Political Philosophy, With Translations of Selected Essays
Carlos Alberto Sánchez - Author
Francisco Gallegos - Author
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Analysis of this important Mexican philosopher's social, cultural, and political writings.
The Disintegration of Community analyzes the social and cultural writings of Jorge Portilla (1919−1963) in order to demonstrate the continued relevance of his thought. Carlos Alberto Sánchez and Francisco Gallegos situate Portilla’s otros ensayos—a series of essays originally p...(Read More) |
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Charlotte Brontë at the Anthropocene
(September 2020)
Shawna Ross - Author
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Forges a fresh interpretation of Charlotte Brontë’s oeuvre as a response to ecological instability.
In this book, Shawna Ross argues that Charlotte Brontë was an attentive witness of the Anthropocene and created one of the first literary ecosystems animated by human-caused environmental change. Brontë combined her personal experiences, scientific knowledge, and narrative skills to...(Read More) |
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Hu Feng
(September 2020)
A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955
Ruth Y. Y. Hung - Author
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A study of Hu Feng as a literary critic and a case study on how intellectual work can respond to political pressure.
In this book, Ruth Y. Y. Hung provides a study of Hu Feng (1902–1985) as a critic, writer, and editor within the context of the People's Republic of China's political ascendancy. A member of the Japanese Communist Party and the Chinese Communist Party, Hu rose to fame in the 1940s and became a representative...(Read More) |
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