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ADifferentTrek

RadicalGeographiesofDeep SpaceNine DavidK.Seitz

CulturalGeographies+Rewritingthe Earth

July 2023 332pp 25photos,2tables

9781496235428£25.99 / $30.00PB

9781496227997£89.00/$99.00 HB

UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS

Byanalyzingtherichethicalandpoliticalworldbuildingof StarTrek:DeepSpaceNine,DavidK. Seitzarguesthatraceandgeographyarecentralto appreciatingtheseries’profoundcritiquesof neoliberalmulticulturalismandU.S.empire.

Fly-Fishing ChristopherSchaberg

Practices

April 2023 112pp 3illus.

9781478019367£13.99 / $15.95PB

9781478016724£76.00/$84.95 HB

DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS

FromthenorthernMichigan lakeshorewherehelearnedto fishasachildtocastingfliesinaNewOrleansbayou, ChristopherSchabergpondershislifetimepursuitof thewidelymythologizedartoffly-fishing.Itoffers Schabergamuch-neededsourceofhumility,social isolation,connectionwithnature,andareminderof environmentaldegradation.

MeatMatters

EthnographicRefractionsofthe BetaIsrael

HagarSalamon

SephardiandMizrahiStudies

May 2023 166pp 30colorphotos

9780253065780£29.99 / $35.00PB

9780253065773£72.00/$80.00 HB

INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS

Drawinguponthirtyyearsoffieldwork,this beautifullywrittenandinnovativelyconstructed ethnographytellsthestoryoftheBetaIsrael,who beganimmigratingfromEthiopiatoIsraelinthe 1970s.Thisbookfollowsthemanystrandsof significancesurroundingcowsandmeat,ultimately formingavibrantwebofmeaningattheheartofthe BetaIsraelcommunitytoday

AvidlyReadsScreen Time

PhillipMaciak

May 2023 176pp 13b&willus.

9781479820573£12.99 / $14.95PB

9781479820542£71.00/$79.00 HB

NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

AvidlyReadsScreenTime isa funny,insightfulworkofcultural criticismandhistoryabouthowwedefinescreens, andhowtheynowdefineus.From MadMen to iCarly,VinetoFaceTime,binge-watchingtodoomscrolling,PhillipMaciakleadsusonasometimes heartwarming,sometimesharrowingtourofthe mediathatbringsustogetherandtearsusapart. ExcludesTaiwan,Japan,SEAsia&ANZ

Juggling

StewartLawrenceSinclair

Practices

April 2023 152pp 20illus.

9781478019602£13.99 / $15.95PB

9781478016960£76.00/$84.95 HB

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Sinclairshareshisexperiencesof takingupjugglingafteran episodeofsuicidalideation,histimejugglingonthe streets,andultimatelyfindingcomfortinjuggling duringtheCOVID-19pandemic,showinghowthe universallanguageofjugglingprovidesjoyaswellas arespitefromdifficultiesduringhardtimes.

Mendings

MeganSweeney

April 2023 272pp 81illus.

9781478019107£22.99 / $26.95PB

9781478016465£90.00/$99.95 HB

DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS

Mendings tellsanintimatestory aboutfamily,selfhood,andthe loveandlosslodgedingarments.

Inthisnarrativeaboutmakingmeaningof brokennessandgrief,MeganSweeneyreflectsonher childhoodentanglementwithhermother,herlossfilledrelationshipwithheralcoholicfather,andher attachmenttotheclothesthathavemendedheras shehasmendedthem.

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Monumentsfor Posterity

Self-Commemorationandthe StalinistCultureofTime

AntonyKalashnikov

April 2023 216pp 15b&whalftones

9781501768637£44.00 / $48.95HB

CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS

ChallengesthecommonassumptionthatStalinist monumentswereconstructedwithanimmediate, propagandisticfunction,arguinginsteadthatthey weredesignedtomemorializethepresentforan imaginedposterity.Inthisrespect,evenwhile pursuingitsmonument-buildingprogramwitha singularruthlessnessandonanunprecedented scale,theStalinistregimewasbroadlyinstepwith transnationalmonument-buildingtrendsoftheera andtheirundergirdingculturaldynamics.

Reclaimingthe Americas

LatinxArtandthePoliticsof

Territory

TatianaReinoza

Latinx:TheFutureIsNow

April 2023 248pp 29colorillus.

9781477326909£29.99 / $34.95PB

UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS

ReclaimingtheAmericas isthevisualhistoryofLatinx printmakingintheUS.TatianaReinozaemploysa pan-ethniccomparativemodelforthis interdisciplinarystudyofgraphicart,drawingonart history,Latinxstudies,andgeographyinher discussions.

SovietSelf-Hatred TheSecretIdentitiesof PostsocialisminContemporary Russia

EliotBorenstein

June 2023 204pp

9781501769887£19.99 / $22.95PB

9781501769870£112.00/$125.00 HB CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS

SovietSelf-Hatred examinestheimaginaryRussian identitiesthatemergedfollowingthecollapseofthe SovietUnion.EliotBorensteinshowshowthese identitiesarebestunderstoodasbalancedona simpleaxisbetweenprideandshame,shiftingin responsetoRussia'sstandingintheglobal community,itsanxietiesaboutinternaldissension andforeignthreats,anditsstarksocioeconomic inequalities.

Raving

McKenzieWark

Practices

April 2023 136pp 26illus.

9781478019381£13.99 / $15.95PB

9781478016762£76.00/$84.95 HB

DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS

Whatisanartoflifeforwhat feelsliketheendofaworld?In Raving McKenzieWarktakesreadersintothe undisclosedlocationsofNewYork’sthriving undergroundqueerandtransravescene.

Techno,firstandalwaysaBlackmusic,invitesfresh sonicandtemporalpossibilitiesforthiseraof diminishingfutures.Ravingtotechnoisanartanda techniqueatwhichqueerandtransbodiesmightbe particularlyadeptbutwhichisforanyonewholets thebeatseducethem.

Running LindseyA.Freeman

Practices

April 2023 160pp 20illus.

9781478019657£13.99 / $15.95PB

9781478017011£76.00/$84.95 HB

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In Running,formerNCAADivision ItrackathleteLindseyA. Freemanpresentsthefeministandqueerhandbook ofrunningthatshealwayswantedbutcouldnever find.ForFreeman,runningisfullofjoy,desire,and indulgenceinthepleasureandweirdnessofhavinga body.Itallowsforaspaceoffreedom—tomoveand bemoved.Freemanconsidersinjuryandrecovery, whatitmeanstorunasavisiblyqueerperson,and howthereleasefoundinrunningcomesfroma desiretotouchsomethingthatcannotbeaccessed whenstill.

SpaceAgeAdventures

Over100TerrestrialSitesandOut ofThisWorldStories

MikeBezemek

June 2023 336pp 88illus.,appendix 9781496230829£23.99 / $27.95PB

UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS

SpaceAgeAdventures isa guidebookthatrecountsshort entertainingstoriesfromspaceflighthistoryand detailsmorethanonehundredadventuroussites acrosstheUnitedStates,includingairandspace museums,outdoorastronauttraininglocations,and historicdestinationsforspaceenthusiasts.

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StayCool

WhyDarkComedyMattersin theFightAgainstClimate Change

AaronSachs

April 2023 176pp 15illus.

9781479819393£18.99 / $22.00HB

NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

Humanbeingshaveusedcomedytocopewith difficultrealitiessincethebeginningofrecorded time—themoredismalthenews,thedarkerthe humor.Usingthisrichtraditionofdarkcomedyto investigateclimatechange,Sachsmakesthecase thatgallowshumor,amainstayofAfrican AmericansandJewsfacingextraordinary oppression,cancultivateendurance,persistence, andsolidarityinthefaceofcalamity.

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ThePornificationof America

HowRaunchCultureIsRuining OurSociety

BernadetteBarton

April 2023 232pp 63b&willus.

9781479849338£16.99 / $19.95NIP

NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

Anup-closelookathowpornpermeatesourculture. Picturesofhalf-nakedgirlsandwomencanseemto litteralmosteveryscreen,billboard,and advertisementinAmerica.Thispornificationofour societyiswhatBernadetteBartoncalls“raunch culture.”Bartonexploreswhatraunchcultureis,why itmatters,andhowitisruiningAmerica.

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TheVisibleHandsThat Feed

ResponsibilityandGrowthinthe FoodSector

RuzanaLiburkina

OurSustainableFuture

August 2023 236pp 2photos,2charts

9781496230294£49.00 / $55.00HB

UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS

TheVisibleHandsThatFeed approachesthefood sectoragainstthebackdropofitspivotalrolefor socialandecologicalrelationstotracethepotentials andlimitationsforsustainablechangefromwithin. Liburkinaconductsanin-depthexplorationofthe practices,visions,concerns,andrelationshipsthat unfoldattheverylocationswherefoodisgrown, processed,stored,andserved.

TheBeggingQuestion

Sweden'sSocialResponsesto theRomaDestitute

ErikHanssonForewordby DonMitchell

CulturalGeographies+Rewritingthe Earth

May 2023 372pp 1chart,index

9781496234575£29.99 / $35.00PB

9781496225030£89.00/$99.00 HB

UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS

ErikHanssonexaminesSwedishsociety’sreactions tothepresenceofEuropeanUnioncitizens,mainly RomanianandBulgarianRoma,begginginthe 2010s.ByfocusingonSwedishsociety’sresponseto thebeggingquestion,Hanssonprovidesinsightinto thedialecticsofracism.

ThePrivilegeofPlay

AHistoryofHobbyGames,Race, andGeekCulture

AaronTrammell

PostmillennialPop

April 2023 256pp 24b&willus.

9781479818402£25.99 / $30.00PB

9781479818396£80.00/$89.00 HB

NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

Thestoryofwhitemasculinityingeekculture throughahistoryofhobbygaming. ThePrivilegeof Play contendsthatinordertounderstandgeek identity’sexclusionarytendencies,weneedtoknow thehistoryoftheoverwhelminglywhitecommunities oftabletopgaminghobbyiststhatprecededit.

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Why?

ThePhilosophyBehindthe Question

PhilippeHuneman

TranslatedbyAdamHocker

SquareOne:First-OrderQuestionsinthe Humanities

July 2023 248pp

9781503628908£25.99 / $30.00HB

STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS

Describesthedifferentmeaningsof"why,"andhow thosemeaningscan,andshould(orshouldnot),be conflated.Exhibitingararecombinationof conversationaleaseandintellectualrigor,Huneman teasesoutthehiddendimensionsofquestionsas seeminglysimpleas"WhydidMickeyMouseopen therefrigerator?,"orasseeminglyunanswerableas "WhyamIme?"

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AngryPlanet

DecolonialFictionandthe AmericanThirdWorld

AnneStewart

January 2023 264pp

9781517914110£21.99/ $26.00PB

9781517914103£93.00/$104.00 HB

UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS

In AngryPlanet,AnneStewartusesthisliteratureto developatheoreticalframeworkforreadingwith andthroughplanetarymotion.

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LGBTInclusionin AmericanLife

PopCulture,Political Imagination,andCivilRights

SusanBurgess

LGBTQPolitics

February 2023 208pp

9781479819751£23.99/ $28.00PB

9781479819720£80.00/$89.00 HB

NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

Usingcivilrightsnarratives,popculture,andcritical theory, Burgesstellsthestoryofhowexclusionwas transformedintoinclusioninUSpoliticsandsociety, aspopculturechangedmainstreamAmericans thinkingabout“non-gay”issues,namelyprivacy,sex andgendernorms,andfamily.

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OntheInconvenience ofOtherPeople

LaurenBerlant

WritingMatters!

September 2022 256pp 18illus.

9781478018452£21.99/ $25.95PB

9781478015819£90.00/$99.95 HB

DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS

LaurenBerlantposes

inconvenienceasanaffectiverelationandconsiders howwemightloosenourattachmentsinwaysthat allowustobuildnewformsoflife.Collecting strategiesforbreakingapartaworldinneedof disturbing,thebook’sexperimentsinthoughtand writingcementBerlant’sstatusasoneofthemost inventiveandinfluentialthinkersofourtime.

BreathingAesthetics

Jean-ThomasTremblay

October 2022 240pp 17illus.

9781478018865£21.99/ $25.95PB

9781478016229£90.00/$99.95 HB

DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS

Arguesthatdifficultbreathing indexestheunevendistribution ofriskinthecontemporaryera. Examinestheprominenceofbreathinginresponses tocontemporarycriseswithinliterature,film,and performancecultures,showinghowbreathinghas emergedasamediumthroughwhichbiopolitical andnecropoliticalforcesareincreasinglyexercised andexperienced.

MotherCow,Mother India

AMultispeciesPoliticsofDairyin India

YaminiNarayanan

SouthAsiainMotion

February 2023 392pp

9781503634374£29.99/ $35.00PB

9781503634367£94.00/$105.00 HB

STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS

Howcows,buffaloesandtheircalvesareembroiled inIndia'sdairyindustrialcomplexasreproductive, religious,andpoliticalcapitaloftheHindutvacow protectionagenda,anauthoritarianformofHindu nationalism.

ScienceasaCultural HumanRight

HellePorsdam

PennsylvaniaStudiesinHumanRights

September 2022 208pp

9781512822939£49.00/ $55.00HB

UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS

Porsdamarguesrobustlyforthe roleoftherighttosciencenowandinthefuture.The bookanalyzesthelegalstatureofthisright,the potentialconsequencesofnotestablishingitas fundamental,anditsconnectiontoglobalcultural rights.Itoffersthebasisfordefendingthefreeand responsiblepracticeofscienceandensuringthatits benefitsarespreadglobally.

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recenthighlights

SignsofDisability

StephanieL.Kerschbaum

Crip

December 2022 256pp 14b&willus.

9781479811168£25.99/ $30.00PB

9781479811144£80.00/$89.00 HB NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

Drawingonasetofthirty-three researchinterviewsfocusedon disabledfacultymembers’experienceswith disabilitydisclosure,aswellaswrittennarrativesby disabledpeople, SignsofDisability offersstrategies andpracticesforchallengingproblematicand pervasiveformsof“dis-attention”andproposesa newtheoreticalmodelforunderstandingdisability insocial,rhetorical,andmaterialsettings.

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TheCultureTransplant

HowMigrantsMakethe

EconomiesTheyMoveToaLot

LiketheOnesTheyLeft

GarettJones

October 2022 192pp

9781503632943£21.99/ $25.00HB

STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS

Aprovocativenewanalysisof immigration'slong-termeffectsonanation's economyandculture.GarettJonesdocumentsthe culturalfoundationsofcross-countryincome differences,anddrawsonrecentresearchshowing thatimmigrantsbringeconomicallyimportant culturalattitudesthatpersistfordecades,even centuries,intheirnewnationalhomes.

WhoGetstoGoBackto-the-Land?

GenderandRaceinU.S.Self-

SufficiencyPopularCulture

ValeriePadillaCarroll

December 2022 238pp 7photos,4illus.

9781496215000£54.00/ $60.00HB

UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS

Examinesavarietyofmediafromthelastcentury thatproselytizedself-sufficiencyasasolutiontothe economicinstability,environmentaldestruction,and perceiveddisintegrationofmodernAmerica.This archivalresearchilluminateshowembeddedrace, class,gender,andheteronormativedogmasinthese textsreinforcedominantpowerideologiesandignore theexperiencesofmarginalizedpeople.

TheColorPynk

BlackFemmeArtforSurvival

Omise'ekeNatashaTinsley

November 2022 280pp

9781477326442£21.99/ $24.95PB

9781477321157£81.00/$90.00 HB UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS

Acelebrationofthedistinctive andpoliticallydefiantartof Blackqueer,cis-,andtransfemmes,fromthework ofJanelleMonáeandJanetMocktothatofIndya MooreandKelseyLu.Thisbookconceptualizes Blackfemmeasasetofconsciously,continually rescriptedculturalandaestheticpracticesthat disruptsconventionalmeaningsofrace,gender,and sexuality

TheLong2020

21stCenturyStudies

January 2023 336pp 40b&willus.

9781517914714£25.99/ $30.00PB

9781517914707£108.00/$120.00 HB

UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS

Byallaccounts,2020wasthe longestyearinrecentmemory,aspeopleinthe UnitedStatesandacrosstheglobecareenedfrom oneunfoldingcatastrophetoanother.Thiscollection assemblesastrikinglyinterdisciplinarygroupof scholarsandthinkerstoaddresshowthemanycrises of2020—epidemiological,political,ecological,and social—haveunfolded,examiningtheiroriginsand theirongoingeffects.

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YouthinEgypt Identity,Participation,and Opportunity

NadineSika

February 2023 224pp 13b&willus. 9781479819539£23.99/ $28.00PB

9781479819522£80.00/$89.00 HB

NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

Exploresthepoliticalworldof youngpeopleinEgypt,focusingontheirexperiences underauthoritarianism.Drawingonsurveys, interviews,andfocusgroups, YouthinEgypt shinesa lightontherisinggenerationofyoungpeoplethat representsEgypt'sfutureandalsohassignificant implicationsforthebroaderMiddleEastandNorth Africaregion.

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