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ACountryofDefiance
MappingtheCasamancein Senegal
MarkW.Deets
NewAfricanHistories
October 2023 248pp
9780821426012£29.99/ $34.95PB
9780821426005£72.00/$80.00 HB
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Thisanalysisofcultureandnationalisminthe Casamance—homeofthelongest-runningconflict ontheAfricancontinent—considerscolonialism, cartography,agriculture,religion,forests, education,andsportshistorytoexplainandanalyze thecomplexidentitiesthathavedriventhe separatistmovementaswellastheSenegalese nation.
Advertising Revolutionary
TheLifeandWorkofTomBurrell
JasonP.Chambers
February 2024 256pp 10b&wphotos
9780252087646£21.99/ $24.95PB
9780252045530£99.00/$110.00 HB
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Overa40-yearcareer,ChicagoanTomBurrell changedthefaceofadvertisingandrevolutionized theindustry’sapproachtoAfricanAmericansas humanbeingsandconsumers.Compellingand multidimensional, AdvertisingRevolutionary combinesarchivalresearchandinterviewswith Burrellandhiscolleaguestoprovidealongoverdue portraitofanadvertisingindustrylegendandhis times.
BorderConditions
Russian-SpeakingLatvians betweenWorldOrders
KevinM.F.Platt
NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,and EurasianStudies
February 2024 348pp 29b&whalftones
9781501773709£51.00/ $56.95HB
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Combineshistoryandmemorystudieswithliterary andculturalstudiestoexaminelivesatthelimitsof contemporaryEurope—thoseofthehalf-million Russian-speakerswholiveinLatvia.Plattdescribes howthemembersofthispopulationhaveworkedto definethemselvesthroughart,literature,cultural institutions,film,andmusic—andhowothershave soughttodefinethem.
AGuidetoSky Monsters
Thunderbirds,theJerseyDevil, Mothman,andOtherFlying Cryptids
T.S.Mart&MelCabre
June 2023 214pp 76b&willus.
9781684352173£16.99/ $20.00PB
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Introduces20flyingcryptidswithlegendsthatspan theUnitedStates.With70hand-drawnillus.,this bookdetailsourfascinationwiththesecreatures anddescribesbothhistoricalevidencefoundinthe fossilrecordandthespecificsofmodern-day sightings.Bystudyingthefact,fiction,andpop culturesurroundingthesenotoriousbeasts,Mart andCabrehelpusleanintothequestion,"Whatif?"
AncientMayaTeeth
DentalModification,Cosmology, andSocialIdentityin
Mesoamerica
VeraTiesler
February 2024 256pp 95b&wimages, 16-pagecolorinsert,18tables 9781477327579£54.00/ $60.00HB
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AncientMayaTeeth isthemostcomprehensivestudy ofMayadentalmodificationeverpublished,basedon thousandsofteethrecoveredfrom130sites spanningthreemillennia.Esteemedarchaeologist VeraTieslersiftstheevidence,muchofitgathered withherownhandsandillustratedherewithmore thanahundredphotos
BrandAntarctica
HowGlobalConsumerCulture
ShapesOurPerceptionsofthe IceContinent
HanneElliotFønssNielsen PolarStudies
December 2023 272pp 13photos,6 illus.,1map,index
9781496221216£54.00/ $60.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Analysesadvertisementsandrelatedcultural productstoidentifycommonframingsthathave emergedinrepresentationsofAntarcticafromthe latenineteenthcenturytothepresent.Theauthor challengescommonassumptionsaboutAntarctica’s pastandpresent,encouragingreaderstorethink theirownrelationshipwiththeFarSouth.
BrandingTrust
AdvertisingandTrademarksin
Nineteenth-CenturyAmerica
JenniferBlack
AmericanBusiness,Politics,andSociety
December 2023 320pp 70b&willus.
9781512825008£45.00/ $49.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Identifiesandexplainsthevisualrhetoricoftrust andlegitimacythathascometoreignover Americancapitalism.Thoughthe1920shasoften beenheldupasthebirthofmodernadvertising, Blackarguesthatadvertisingprofessionalshadin factlearnedhowtonavigatepublicrelationsover thepreviouscenturybyadaptingthelanguage, imagery,andideasoftheAmericanmiddleclass.
Catalonia'sHuman Towers
Castells,CulturalPolitics,andthe StruggletowardtheHeights
MariannVaczi
September 2023 282pp 29b&willus.
9780253067166£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780253067159£72.00/$80.00 HB
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Anethnographiclookatthethrivingcastells practice—asymbolofCatalanculturalheritageand identityamiddebatesaroundnationalautonomyand secessionfromSpain.Highlightingtheintersectionof folklore,performance,andsport,thisbookcaptures thesubtleprocessesbywhichthebodybecomes politicizedandideologybecomesembodied,withall thedesires,risksandprecaritiesofcollective constructions.
ClassicisminDigital Times
CulturalRemembranceas
ReimaginationintheSinophone
Cyberspace
EditedbyDavidDer-weiWang
&ZhiyiYang
January 2024 250pp 41illus.
9781478024811£13.99/ $16.00PB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
TopicscoveredincludeChinese/Sinophoneidentityin thedigitalage;thechallengesandopportunitiesof digitalmedia,decentralizationversusthehegemonic exerciseofculturalmemoryinChinaandbeyond; culturalmemoryasimaginednostalgiainconsumer culture;andthepowerofsocialmediaandpopular cultureinidentityformation.
Broken TheFailedPromiseofMuslim Inclusion
EvelynAlsultany
September 2023 320pp 18b&w illustration
9781479805136£16.99/ $19.95PB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
AlsultanyarguesthatMuslims getincludedthrough“crisisdiversity,”wherehighprofileIslamophobicincidentsareurgently respondedtoandthenignoreduntilthenextcrisis. Inthepopularculturalarenaoftelevision,this meansinterrogatingeventhoserepresentationsof Muslimsthatothershavecelebratedasrefreshingly positive.
CinemaistheStrongest Weapon
Race-MakingandResistancein FascistItaly
LorenzoFabbri
December 2023 320pp 49b&willus. 9781517910839£108.00/ $120.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
AdeepdiveintoItaliancinemaunderMussolini’s regimeandthefilmmakerswhouseditasameansof antifascistresistance.Drawingincisiveparallelsto contemporarydebatesaroundrace,whiteness, authoritarianism,andpolitics,hepresentsanurgent examinationintothebroaderimpactofvisualmedia oncultureandsociety.
CulinaryColonialism, CaribbeanCookbooks, andRecipesforNational Independence
KejaL.Valens
CriticalCaribbeanStudies
February 2024 276pp 18b&willus. 9781978829541£36.00/ $39.95PB
9781978829558£67.00/$74.95 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
IntegratesnewdocumentsintotheCaribbeanarchive andpresentstheminararepan-Caribbean perspective. CulinaryColonialism joinsagrowing bodyofworkinCaribbeanstudiesandfoodstudies thatconsiderstheintersectionsoffoodwriting,race, class,gender,andnationality.
EmergentQuilombos
BlackLifeandHip-HopinBrazil BryceHenson
January 2024 280pp
9781477328101£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781477328095£85.00/$95.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
KnownasBlackRome,Salvador daBahia,Brazil,isapredominantlyBlackcity.The localart,food,anddancearecloselylinkedtothe population’sAfricanroots.YetmanyBlackBrazilian residentsarepoliticallyandeconomically disenfranchised.Hensondetailsacultureof resistanceandactivismthathasemergedin response,expressedthroughhip-hopandthesocial relationssurroundingit.
Ethnicity,Identity,and Conceptualizing CommunityinIndian OceanEastAfrica
DarenE.Ray
IndianOceanStudiesSeries
December 2023 312pp
9780821426135£32.00/ $36.95PB
9780821426128£81.00/$90.00 HB
OHIOUNIVERSITYPRESS
ExploreshowthepeopleoflittoralEastAfrica reimaginedtheircommunitiesovertwomillenniaof engagementwithIndianOceantransformations— fromthesettlementofBantuspeakersnearthecoast aroundthefirstcenturyCEtotheirparticipationin transoceaniccommerce,imperialrivalries,colonial projects,anddecolonizationmovementsinthemidtwentiethcentury.
Feenin
R&BMusicandtheMaterialityof BlackFemVoicesandTechnology
AlexanderGhediWeheliye
November 2023 296pp 6illus.
9781478025214£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020318£94.00/$104.95 HB
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TracesR&Bmusic’scontinuing centralityinBlacklifesincethelate1970s.Focusing onvariousmusicalproductionandreproduction technologiessuchasauto-tuneandthematerialityof theBlackFemsingingvoice,Weheliyecounteractsthe widespreadpopularandscholarlynarrativesofthe genre’sdeclineanddeath.
MaterialTexts
October 2023 496pp 29colorillus,11 b&willus.
9781512825534£36.00/ $39.95NIP UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
DanielO'Quinninvestigatesthecomplex interpersonal,political,andaestheticrelationships betweenEuropeansandOttomansinthelong eighteenthcentury.Hefollowsthefortunesof notableBritish,Dutch,andFrenchdiplomatstothe SublimePorteoftheOttomanEmpireastheylived andworkedaccordingtothecapitulations surrenderedtotheSultan.
EverythingIsSampled DigitalandPrintMediationsin AfricanArtsandLetters
AkinwumiAdesokan
April 2023 396pp 12colorillus.
9780253065667£40.00/ $45.00PB
9780253065650£81.00/$90.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
EverythingIsSampled examines theshiftingmodesofproductionandcirculationof Africanartisticformssincethe1980s,focusingon digitalcultureasthemostcurrentlydecisivesetting forthesechanges.Thisbookoffersanabsorbingly complexyetnuancedapproachtoappreciatingthe workofseveralgenerationsofAfricanwriters, directors,andartists.
FlamencoMusic History,Forms,Culture PeterManuel
November 2023 352pp 8b&wphotos,1 chart,38musicexamples
9780252087455£29.99/ $35.00PB
9780252045332£112.00/$125.00 HB
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AniconicsymbolofSpain, flamencohasbecomeaglobalphenomenon.Peter ManueloffersEnglish-languagereadersarare portraitofthemusic’shistory,styles,andcultural impact.Beginningwithflamenco’sMoorishand Romainfluences,Manuelfollowsthemusic’s evolutionthroughitsconsolidationinthemid-1800s andontothevibrantcontemporaryscene.
Freakery
CulturalSpectaclesofthe ExtraordinaryBody
RosemarieGarland-Thomson
October1996418pp
9780814782224£25.99/ $30.00PB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
RosemarieThomson's groundbreakinganthologyprobesAmerica's dispositiontowardthevisuallydifferent.Thebook's essaysfallintofourmaincategories:historical explorationsofAmericanfreakshowsintheeraof P.T.Barnum;thearticulationofthefreakinliterary andtextualdiscourses;contemporaryrelocationsof freakshows;andtheoreticalanalysesoffreak culture.
FugitiveTime
GlobalAestheticsandtheBlack Beyond
MatthewOmelsky
December 2023 288pp 19illus., including12incolor
9781478025382£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020615£94.00/$104.95 HB
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MatthewOmelskytheorizestheembodied experienceoftimeintwentieth-andtwenty-firstcenturyblackarttooutlinethedistinctutopian desiredirectedatthemomentwhenpainvanishes fromthebodyandmind,bringingwithitaformof beingthatisfreeoftheviolencethathasconsumed blackness.
GallopingGourmet
EatingandDrinkingwithBuffalo Bill
SteveFriesen
December 2023 312pp 13photos,12
illus.,appendix,index
9781496236807£21.99/ $24.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS
Aculinarybiography,adeepdive intothedifferentrolesfoodanddrinkplayedin WilliamF.“BuffaloBill”Cody’slife.Friesenexamines thecreationofBuffaloBill’sWildWestShowin1883, inwhichCodyintroducedhisdiversecastof employeestodiningthatequaledAmerica’sbest restaurants.
FreeTime TheHistoryofanElusiveIdeal GaryS.Cross
February 2024 352pp
9781479813070£29.99/ $35.00HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Thiswide-rangingculturaland socialhistoryexploresthe industrial-eraoriginsofour modernobsessionwithworkandproductivity,but alsothehistoricaleffortstoliberatetimefromwork andcultivatefreetimeforculture.Insightfuland informative,thisbookissuretohelpyoumake senseofyourownrelationshiptofreetime.
FUTURE/PRESENT ArtsinaChangingAmerica
EditedbyDanielaAlvarez, RobertaUno&ElizabethM. Webb
February 2024 568pp 76illus.
9781478025160£27.99/ $31.95PB
9781478020271£106.00/$117.95 HB
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BuildsonfiveyearsofnationalorganizingbyArtsina ChangingAmerica,anartist-ledinitiativethat challengesstructuralracismintheartworld, FUTURE/PRESENT includesarangeofpoetry,essays andcriticism,visualandperformanceart,artist manifestos,interviews,andreflectionsoncommunity practice.
GetShowntheLight ImprovisationandTranscendence intheMusicoftheGratefulDead
MichaelKaler
StudiesintheGratefulDead
November 2023 312pp 4illus.
9781478024972£24.99/ $28.95PB
9781478020349£97.00/$107.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingonbandtestimonialsandanalysesofearly recordings,KalertraceshowtheGratefulDead developedanapproachtoplayingmusicthatthey believedwouldfacilitatetheirspiritualgoals.Kaler demonstratesthattheGratefulDeaddevelopeda radicalnewwayofplayingrockmusicasameansto unleashingthespiritualandtransformativepotential oftheirmusic.
GoodEats
32WritersonEatingEthically
EditedbyMelissaA.
Goldthwaite&Jennifer Cognard-Black
January 2024 352pp 5b&willus.
9781479821792£27.99/ $32.00PB
9781479821778£80.00/$89.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Invitesreaderstothinkaboutwhatitmeanstoeat accordingtoourvalues.Thecontributorstellthe storiesofrealpeople—realbellies,realbodies— includingthewritersthemselves,whoseekto understandtheexperiences,families,cultures, histories,andsystemsthathaveshapedtheireating andtheirethics.
HauntedEmpire
GothicandtheRussianImperial Uncanny
ValeriaSobol
NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,and EurasianStudies
October 2023 216pp 4b&whalftones,1 map
9781501770104£23.99/ $27.95NIP
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
HauntedEmpire showsthatGothicelementsin Russianliteraturefrequentlyexpresseddeep-set anxietiesabouttheRussianimperialandnational identity.Focusingontwospacesoftheimperial uncanny—theBalticnorth/FinlandandtheUkrainian south—HauntedEmpirereconstructsapowerful discursivetraditionthatrevealsthemechanismsof theRussianimperialimaginationthatarestillatwork today.
HumorandPowerin Algeria,1920to2021
ElizabethM.Perego
PublicCulturesoftheMiddleEastand NorthAfrica
November 2023 292pp 28b&willus.
9780253067616£29.99/ $35.00PB
9780253067609£76.00/$85.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
HumorandPowerinAlgeria,1920to2021 reveals howAlgerianshaveharnessedhumortoexpress competingvisionsforunityinadividedcolonial society,tochannelandprocessemotionssurrounding abrutalwarofdecolonizationandtheforgingofa newnation,andtodemonstrateresilienceintheface ofaterrifyingcivilconflict.
HappyDays
ImagesofthePre-SixtiesPastin SeventiesAmerica
BenjaminL.Alpers
January 2024 240pp 10colorand2 b&willus.
9781978830530£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781978830547£67.00/$74.95 HB
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HappyDays investigateshow1970spopularculture wasobsessedwithAmerica’spast,butoftenoffered radicallydifferentinterpretationsofthesame historicaleventsandicons.Eventhefigureofthe greaser,onceaniconofjuveniledelinquency,was madefamily-friendlybyHenryWinkler’sFonzieat thesametimehewasbeingappropriatedinmore threateningwaysbypunkandgaysubcultures.
HorrorinArchitecture
TheReanimatedEdition
JoshuaComaroff&OngKerShing
February 2024 264pp 142b&willus. 9781517914844£21.99/ $24.95PB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
HorrorinArchitecture presents anunflinchinglookathowhorror genretropesmanifestinthebuiltenvironment. Spanningtherealmsofart,design,literature,and film,thisnewlyrevisedandexpandededition compilesexamplesfromallareasofpopularculture toformavisualanthologyofthearchitectural uncanny.
InVisibleArchives
QueerandFeministVisual Cultureinthe1980s
MargaretGalvan
September 2023 336pp 65b&willus.
9781517903244£23.99/ $28.00PB
9781517903237£100.00/$112.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
Thearthighlightedin InVisible Archives demonstrateshowwomenrepresentedtheir bodiesandsexualitiesontheirowntermsand createdvisibilityfornew,diverseidentities,thus servingasblueprintsforfutureactivismand advocacy—workthatisurgentnowmorethanever asLGBTQ+andwomen’srightsfacechallengesand restrictionsacrossthenation.
IslamicEcumene
ComparingMuslimSocieties
EditedbyDavidS.Powers& EricTagliacozzo
November 2023 312pp 6b&w
halftones,2maps
9781501772399£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781501772382£112.00/$125.00 HB
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TheessaysaddressthewaysinwhichMuslimsfrom MoroccotoIndonesiaandfromsub-SaharanAfrica tothesteppesofUzbekistanaremembersofa broadculturalunit. IslamicEcumene seeksto understandIslamicidentityasadynamic phenomenonthatisreflectedinthemultivalent practicesofthemorethanonebillionpeoplewho identifyasMuslims.
LiteratureandtheArts
InterdisciplinaryEssaysin
MemoryofJamesAnderson
Winn
EditedbyAnnaBattigelli
October 2023 226pp 6colorand28b&w illus.
9781644533116£36.00/ $39.95PB
9781644533123£108.00/$120.00 HB
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Thetenessaysin LiteratureandtheArts explorethe intermedialplenitudeofeighteenth-centuryEnglish culture,honoringthememoryofJamesAnderson Winn,whoseworkdemonstratedhowseeingthat interplayoftheartsandliteraturewasessentialtoa fullunderstandingofRestorationandeighteenthcenturyEnglishculture.
MainstreamingGays
CriticalConvergencesofQueer Media,FanCultures,and CommercialTelevision
EveNg
September 2023 200pp 5colorand2
b&wimagesand1table
9781978831339£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781978831346£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
MainstreamingGays discussesakeytransitional periodlinkingtheerasoflegacyandstreaming, analyzinghowqueerproductionandinteractionthat hadearlieroccurredoutsidethemainstreamwas transformedbymultipleconvergingtrends:the emergenceofdigitalmedia,therisinginfluenceof fancultures,andincreasinginterestinLGBTQcontent withincommercialmedia.
JacquelineKahanoff
ALevantineWoman
DavidOhana
PerspectivesonIsraelStudies
November 2023 382pp 18b&wphotos
9780253066886£38.00/ $42.00PB
9780253066879£76.00/$85.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingonanextensivearrayofsources,ranging frominterviewswithJacquelineKahanoff's acquaintancesandcontemporariestounpublished writings,Ohanaexploresherfascinatinglifeand intellectualjourneyfromCairotoTelAviv.The encompassingvisionofaLevantineIsraelmade Kahanofftheinitiatorofadifferentcultural possibility,moreextensivethanthatofferedinher time,andalso,perhaps,thanisofferedtoday.
LiveDead
TheGratefulDead,Live Recordings,andtheIdeologyof Liveness
JohnBrackett
StudiesintheGratefulDead
December 2023 240pp 25illus.
9781478025481£22.99/ $26.95PB
9781478020707£92.00/$102.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Drawingonadiversearrayofmaterialsand documentscontainedintheGratefulDeadArchive, LiveDead detailshowliverecordingsbecame meaningfulamongthebandandtheirfansnotonly assonicsouvenirsofpastmusicalperformancesbut alsoasexpressionsofassortedideals,including notionsof“liveness,”authenticity,andthepowerof recordedsound.
MedinabytheBay ScenesofMuslimStudyand Survival
MaryamKashani
August 2023 264pp 12illus.
9781478025177£23.99/ $27.95PB
9781478020219£94.00/$104.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
ExamineshowmultiracialMuslim communitiesintheSanFranciscoBayareaforge alternatewaysofsurvivingandflourishingintheface ofcolonialracialcapitalism.Throughout,Kashani arguesthatcontemporaryIslamemergesfromthe specificitiesoftheBayArea,fromitslandscapesand infrastructurestoitsMuslimliberalartscollege, mosques,andprisoncourtyards.
MonsoonMarketplace
Capitalism,Media,and ModernityinManilaand Singapore
ElmoGonzaga
November 2023 272pp 14b&willus.
9781531505288£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781531505271£112.00/$125.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Uncoverstheentangledvernacularculturesof capitalistmodernity,massconsumption,andmedia spectatorshipinunderstudiedpostcolonialManila andSingaporeacrossthreecrucialhistorical moments.Thebookexamineshowtheir configurationsandexperiencesofcapitalism, media,andmodernityarecontingent,variable, pluralistic,andarchipelagic.
OldNorseFolklore Tradition,Innovation,and PerformanceinMedieval Scandinavia
StephenA.Mitchell
MythandPoeticsII
December 2023 306pp 13b&w
halftones
9781501773402£24.99/ $28.95PB
9781501773396£112.00/$125.00 HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
ProvidescriticalnewperspectivesontheOldNorse world,someofwhichappearinthisvolumeforthe firsttimeinEnglish.Heexamines,interprets,andreinterpretsthemedievaldatabequeathedtousby posterity—myths,legends,riddles,charms,court culture,conversionnarratives,landscapes,and mindscapes—targetinglargelyoverlooked,yet importantsourcesofculturalinsights.
PaidtoCare
DomesticWorkersin
ContemporaryLatinAmerican Culture
RachelRandall
BorderHispanisms
January 2024 312pp 10b&wphotos
9781477327708£40.00/ $45.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
ExploringawaveofLatinAmericanculturaltexts sincethe1980sthatdrawonthepersonal experiencesofpaiddomesticworkorintimatetiesto domesticemployees, PaidtoCare offersinsightsinto thestrugglesdomesticworkersfacethroughan analysisofliterarytestimonials,documentaryand fictionfilms,andworksofdigitalmedia.
October 2023 312pp
EditedbyMatthewMachinAutenrieth,SalwaEl-Shawan Castelo-Branco&SamuelLlano
9780252087448£27.99/ $32.00PB
9780252045325£112.00/$125.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
TopicsincludethewaystheSalazarandFranco regimesadaptedmusictoalignwiththeir ideologicalagendasandthetensionsthatarise betweeninstitutionsandcommunityincreating andrecreatingmeaningsandidentityaroundmusic.
OntheDigital Humanities EssaysandProvocations
StephenRamsay
August 2023200pp
9781517915018£21.99 / $26.00PB
9781517915001£93.00/$104.00 HB
UniversityOfMinnesotaPress
Aspiriteddefenseofthefieldofdigitalhumanities, OntheDigitalHumanities collectsandupdates StephenRamsay’smostinfluentialandnotorious essaysandspeechesfromthepastfifteenyears, consideringDHfromanarrayofpracticaland theoreticalperspectives.Thesewide-rangingessays allcenteraroundoneidea:thatDHnotforsakeits connectiontothehumanities.
PlayfulProtest
ThePoliticalWorkofJoyinLatinx Media
KristieSoares
FeministMediaStudies
September 2023 264pp 23colorphotos
9780252087424£23.99/ $28.00PB
9780252045295£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Joyisapoliticizedformofpleasurethatgoesbeyond gratificationtochallengenormsofgender,sexuality, race,andclass.KristieSoaresfocusesonthediasporic mediaofPuertoRicoandCubatoexaminehow music,publicactivistdemonstrations,socialmedia, sitcoms,andotherareasofcultureresistthe dominantstoriestoldaboutLatinxjoy.
PolishJewishCulture beyondtheCapital
CenteringthePeriphery
EditedbyHalinaGoldberg,
NancySinkoff
September 2023 272pp 6tables,40 b&wimages,3maps
9781978836037£29.99/ $34.95PB
9781978836044£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Inthismultidisciplinaryessaycollection,acohortof internationalscholarsprovidesanintegratedhistory oftheartsandhumanitiesinPolandbyilluminating thecomplexrolesJewsinurbancentersotherthan WarsawplayedinthecreationofPolishandPolish Jewishculture.
PortraitsofEmpires
HabsburgAlbumsfromthe
GermanHouseinOttoman
Constantinople
RobynDoraRadway
Ottomanica:Voices,Sources, Perspectives
October 2023 288pp 162colorillus.
9780253066923£21.99/ $25.00PB
9780253066916£54.00/$60.00 HB
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Inthelate16thcentury,hundredsoftravelersmade theirwaytotheHabsburgambassador'sresidencein Constantinople.Featuring162colorimages,thisbook reconstructstheworldofHabsburgsubjectslivingin OttomanConstantinople,usingarichanddistinctive setofobjectstoraisequestionsaboutimperial belongingandtheartisticpracticesusedtoarticulate it.
SitesofInternational Memory
EditedbyGlendaSluga, MadeleineHerren&Kate
Darian-Smith
August 2023 368pp 19halftones,1table
9781512824056£58.00/ $64.95HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Theessaysaddressthenotionofasharedpast,and howthisideaispromulgatedthroughsitesand commemorativegesturesthatcreateorpromote culturalmemoryofsuchglobalissuesaswars, genocide,andmovementsofcross-nationaltrade andcommerce,aswellasresistanceandrevolution.
PortablePostsocialisms
NewCubanMediascapesafter theEndofHistory
PalomaDuong
BorderHispanisms
January 2024 296pp 19b&wphotos
9781477328262£40.00/ $45.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
ThislongoverduereassessmentofCuba’splacein LatinAmericanandpost-Marxiststudiesshows Cubanpostsocialismtobeanurgentand indispensablereferentforcoredebatesonthe politicsofparticipatoryculturesinnewmedia studies. PortablePostsocialisms performsthe crucialtaskofredefininghowweenvision imaginariesofsocialchangeinLatinAmericaand theCaribbean.
SexLives
IntimateInfrastructuresinEarly Modernity
JosephGamble
August 2023 224pp 2b&willus.
9781512824605£49.00/ $55.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Gambledrawsfromliterature, art,andpersonaltestimoniesfromsixteenth-and seventeenth-centuryEuropetouncoverhowearly modernslearnedtohavesex. SexLives reshapeshow weunderstandRenaissanceliterature,thehistoryof sexuality,andthemeaningofsexinbothearly modernEuropeandourownmoment.
SlappingLeather
QueerCowfolxattheGayRodeo
ElyssaFord&RebeccaScofield
November 2023 272pp 1map,1table, 25b&willus.
9780295752136£25.99/ $29.95PB
9780295752129£94.00/$105.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFWASHINGTONPRESS
Sincethemid-1970s,gayrodeos haveprovidedspacetobothembraceandchallenge theidealizedmasculinityassociatedwiththeiconic cowboyoftheUSWest. SlappingLeather tracesthe historyandgrowthofgayrodeooverthedecades, demonstratinghowqueercowfolxhavefoughtto buildacommunitywhereLGBTQ+peoplecanescape discrimination.
SocialVoices
TheCulturalPoliticsofSingers aroundtheGlobe
EditedbyLeviS.Gibbs
September 2023 272pp 8b&wphotos
9780252087387£25.99/ $30.00PB
9780252045240£99.00/$110.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS
Aroundtheworldandacrosstime,singersandtheir songsstandatthecrossroadsofdifferingpolitics andperspectives.Gibbseditsacollectionbuilt aroundtheideaoflisteningasapoliticalactthat producesmeaning.Contributorsexploreawide rangeofissuesbyexaminingartistslikeRomaniicon EsmaRedžepova,IndianlegendLataMangeshkar, andTeresaTeng.
SufferingSappho!
LesbianCampinAmerican PopularCulture
BarbaraJaneBrickman
November 2023 242pp 19b&wphotos
9781978828254£27.99/ $32.95PB
9781978828261£108.00/$120.00 HB
RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS
Offeringthefirstmajor considerationoflesbiancampinAmericanpopular culture, SufferingSappho! tracesalarger-than-life lesbianmenaceacrossmid-centurymediaformsto proposefiveprototypicalqueericons—thesicko,the monster,thespinster,theAmazon,andtherebel.
Style AQueerCosmology
TaylorBlack
PostmillennialPop
October 2023 336pp 16b&willus.
9781479825004£29.99/ $35.00PB
9781479824991£89.00/$99.00 HB
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Movingbackandforththroughtime,thisbook sketchesAmericancosmologiescultivatedbyiconic andsubterraneanAmericanartistslikeEdgarAllan Poe,FlanneryO’Connor,NikkiGiovanni,andBob Dylan. Style isaboutthepossibleratherthanthe probable,singularityoveruniversals,personality insteadofidentity,theemergentandnotthenew— themysteryofbecoming.
TheAffectTheoryReader 2
Worldings,Tensions,Futures
EditedbyGregoryJ.Seigworth &CarolynPedwell
ANIMA:CriticalRaceStudiesOtherwise
November 2023 504pp 13illus.
9781478024910£27.99/ $32.95PB
9781478020196£107.00/$119.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Buildingonthefoundational TheAffectTheory Reader,thisnewvolumeextendsandchallengeshow contemporarytheoriesofaffectintersectwithawide rangeoftopicsandfieldsthatincludeBlackstudies, queerandtranstheory,Indigenouscosmologies, feministculturalanalysis,psychoanalysis,andmedia ecologies.
TheAuthenticity Industries
Keepingit"Real"inMedia, Culture,andPolitics
MichaelSerazio
November 2023 296pp
9781503635487£23.99/ $28.00HB
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Inrecentdecades,authenticityhasbecomean Americanobsession.In TheAuthenticityIndustries, journalistandscholarMichaelSeraziocombineseyeopeningreportingandlivelyprosetotakereaders behindthesceneswiththosewhomake"reality"— andthewaysittriestoinfluenceus.
TheBarsAreOurs
HistoriesandCulturesofGay BarsinAmerica,1960andAfter LucasHilderbrand
November 2023 496pp 98illus., including16pagecolorinsert
9781478024958£27.99/ $32.95PB
9781478020301£107.00/$119.95 HB
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Gaybarshaveoperatedasthemostvisible institutionsoftheLGBTQ+communityintheUnited Statesforthebetterpartofacentury,frombefore gayliberationuntilaftertheirassumedobsolescence. Inthisbook,Hilderbrandoffersapanoramichistory ofgaybars,showinghowtheyservedasthemedium forqueercommunities,politics,andcultures.
TheCityAroused QueerPlacesandUrban RedevelopmentinPostwarSan
Francisco
DamonScott
January 2024 336pp 36b&wphotos
9781477328347£40.00/ $45.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
AhistoryofSanFranciscothatstudieschangeinthe postwarurbanlandscapeinrelationtothecity's queerculture.
TheCzechManuscripts Forgery,Translation,andNational
Myth
DavidL.Cooper
NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,and EurasianStudies
October 2023 276pp 4b&whalftones,3 colorhalftones,1chart
9781501771934£54.00/ $59.95HB
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
TheCzechManuscripts isdedicatedtooneofthe mostimportantliteraryforgeriesonthemodelof Macpherson'sOssianicpoetry.TheQueen'sCourt andGreenMountainManuscripts,discoveredin1817 and1818,wentontoplayanoutsizedroleinthe CzechNationalRevival.Cooperanalyzeswhatmade theManuscriptsaconvincingimitationoftheir SerbianandRussianmodels.
TheK-Effect
Romanization,Modernism,and theTimingandSpacingofPrint Culture
ChristopherGoGwilt
December 2023 240pp 12b&willus.
9781531505080£27.99/ $32.00PB
9781531505073£94.00/$105.00 HB
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
Takingupthephenomenonofromanization,this book’scomparativereadingofJosephConrad,James Joyce,LuXun,FranzKafka,andPramoedyaAnanta Toer,proposesanimportantnewwaytoassessthe multi-lingual,multi-scriptcoordinatesof transnationalmodernismandmodernprintculture.
J.AndrewDeman
WorldComicsandGraphicNonfiction Series
October 2023 184pp 14b&willus.
9781477325452£40.00/ $45.00HB
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
Adata-drivendeepdiveintoa legendarycomicsauthor’ssubversionofgender normswithinthebestsellingcomicofitstime.J. AndrewDeman’sinvestigationpairsclosereading andquantitativeanalysistoexaminegender representation,content,characters,andstory structure.
TheHarlequinEaters
FromFoodScrapstoModernism
inNineteenth-CenturyFrance
JanetBeizer
January 2024 352pp 24b&willus.and39 colorplates
9781517915902£25.99/ $29.95PB
9781517915896£108.00/$120.00 HB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
In TheHarlequinEaters,JanetBeizerinvestigateshow thealimentaryharlequinevolvedinthenineteenth andearlytwentiethcenturiesfromtheearlier, similarlypatchworkedCommediadell’arteHarlequin characterandcanbeusedtorethinktheentangled placeofclass,race,andfoodinthelongerhistoryof modernism.
TheLastBookseller
ALifeintheRareBookTrade
GaryGoodman
October 2023 200pp 19b&willus.
9781517916619£10.99/ $12.99PB
UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS
In TheLastBookseller Goodman describeshissometimes desperate,sometimeshilarious careerasausedandrarebookdealerinMinnesota— theearlystruggles,thetravelstoestatesalesand bookfairs,theremarkablefinds,andthebibliophiles, forgers,bookthieves,andbookhoardershemet alongtheway.
