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Book SynopsisAn important addition to extant scholarship on the border U.S Southwest, Forging Arizona recovers a forgotten case that reminds readers that the borders that divide nations, identities, and even true from false are only as stable as the narratives that define them.Trade Review“Forging Arizona tells a gripping story about inheriting and inventing, about fictionalizing and forgetting. Huizar-Hernández deftly mines the unsettling history of the Peralta Land Grant to make an important contribution to our understanding of the Latinx Southwest and its place in US national narratives." -- Kirsten Silva Gruesz * author of Ambassadors of Culture: The Transamerican Origins of Latino Writing *"In this highly original study, Anita Huizar-Hernández combines the history of western expansion with the concerns of Latino/a/x studies to show how ideologies that forged the US border in the nineteenth century were intertwined with facile notions of ethnic identity. With insightful analysis of fabricated historical documents, Huizar-Hernández questions the uses of archival authority to support logics of inclusion and exclusion." -- Rodrigo Lazo * coeditor of The Latino Nineteenth Century *"Recommended." * Choice *"Arguably one of the most important books on Arizona history written in the last decade." * Tombstone Epitaph *"Borderlands Professor Brings Fresh Light to an Arizona Land Fraud," interview with Anita Huizar-Hernandez * Tombstone Epitaph *"Forging Arizona is a highly effective piece of scholarship due in large part to the moral significance of Huizar-Hernández’s work....Dissecting such narratives undoubtedly serves an important role in making larger contemporary political points. Forging Arizona is thus a timely and highly welcome addition to that conversation." * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *"Forging Arizona is a significant contribution to archival studies, Arizona, and borderlands history." * Journal of Arizona History *"Huizar-Hernández succeeds in her stated intention to explain the relationship between narratives and borders. Borders work well as a thematic hook, as Peralta-Reavis’s racialized and gendered body symbolized the sort of categorical ambiguity that rendered nineteenth-century conquest of the US West incomplete. Huizar-Hernández’s framework of “unsettlement” entails a disruption of the version of US history that naturalizes the Anglo-American dominance over the US West and erases the historical participation and continued presence of peoples of color in the Arizona territory." * H-Net *"By the monograph’s end, readers are left making enthralling comparisons between Reavis’s ability to create a false archive in the nineteenth century and concerns of 'fake news' in the twenty-first century....Huizar-Hernandez expertly utilizes the case of Reavis to underline not only 'a historical land fraud but also the fault lines of the late nineteenth-century U.S. racial imaginary.'" * Pacific Historical Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Inventing the Peralta Land Grant 1 Counterfeit Narratives: The Peralta Land Grant Archives and the Forging of the West 2 Searching for Sofia: Race, Gender, and Authenticity at the 1895 Court of Private Land Claims 3 Southwest Speculation: Newspaper Coverage of the Peralta Land Grant Part II (Re)membering the Peralta Land Grant 4 Counterfeit Nostalgia: William Atherton DuPuy’s The Baron of the Colorados (1940) 5 The Baron is Like a Battleground: Samuel Fuller’s The Baron of Arizona (1950) Epilogue: Forgetting the Peralta Land Grant Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn important addition to extant scholarship on the border U.S Southwest, Forging Arizona recovers a forgotten case that reminds readers that the borders that divide nations, identities, and even true from false are only as stable as the narratives that define them.Trade Review“Forging Arizona tells a gripping story about inheriting and inventing, about fictionalizing and forgetting. Huizar-Hernández deftly mines the unsettling history of the Peralta Land Grant to make an important contribution to our understanding of the Latinx Southwest and its place in US national narratives." -- Kirsten Silva Gruesz * author of Ambassadors of Culture: The Transamerican Origins of Latino Writing *"In this highly original study, Anita Huizar-Hernández combines the history of western expansion with the concerns of Latino/a/x studies to show how ideologies that forged the US border in the nineteenth century were intertwined with facile notions of ethnic identity. With insightful analysis of fabricated historical documents, Huizar-Hernández questions the uses of archival authority to support logics of inclusion and exclusion." -- Rodrigo Lazo * coeditor of The Latino Nineteenth Century *"Recommended." * Choice *"Arguably one of the most important books on Arizona history written in the last decade." * Tombstone Epitaph *"Borderlands Professor Brings Fresh Light to an Arizona Land Fraud," interview with Anita Huizar-Hernandez * Tombstone Epitaph *"Forging Arizona is a highly effective piece of scholarship due in large part to the moral significance of Huizar-Hernández’s work....Dissecting such narratives undoubtedly serves an important role in making larger contemporary political points. Forging Arizona is thus a timely and highly welcome addition to that conversation." * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *"Forging Arizona is a significant contribution to archival studies, Arizona, and borderlands history." * Journal of Arizona History *"Huizar-Hernández succeeds in her stated intention to explain the relationship between narratives and borders. Borders work well as a thematic hook, as Peralta-Reavis’s racialized and gendered body symbolized the sort of categorical ambiguity that rendered nineteenth-century conquest of the US West incomplete. Huizar-Hernández’s framework of “unsettlement” entails a disruption of the version of US history that naturalizes the Anglo-American dominance over the US West and erases the historical participation and continued presence of peoples of color in the Arizona territory." * H-Net *"By the monograph’s end, readers are left making enthralling comparisons between Reavis’s ability to create a false archive in the nineteenth century and concerns of 'fake news' in the twenty-first century....Huizar-Hernandez expertly utilizes the case of Reavis to underline not only 'a historical land fraud but also the fault lines of the late nineteenth-century U.S. racial imaginary.'" * Pacific Historical Review *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Inventing the Peralta Land Grant 1 Counterfeit Narratives: The Peralta Land Grant Archives and the Forging of the West 2 Searching for Sofia: Race, Gender, and Authenticity at the 1895 Court of Private Land Claims 3 Southwest Speculation: Newspaper Coverage of the Peralta Land Grant Part II (Re)membering the Peralta Land Grant 4 Counterfeit Nostalgia: William Atherton DuPuy’s The Baron of the Colorados (1940) 5 The Baron is Like a Battleground: Samuel Fuller’s The Baron of Arizona (1950) Epilogue: Forgetting the Peralta Land Grant Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhite Guys on Campus is a critical examination of the role of race in higher education, centering Whiteness, in an effort to unveil the frequently unconscious habits of racism among white male students. It details many of the contours of contemporary, systemic racism, while continually engaging the possibility of White students to engage in anti-racism.Trade Review"White Guys on Campus examines narratives of White males in order to reveal 'ecologies of Whiteness' that permit (and even empower) racism to persist. With sound scholarship and well-supported claims, this book is a unique and important contribution to the field." -- Susan Iverson * coeditor of Reconstructing Policy Analysis in Higher Education: Feminist Poststructural Perspectives *"There are and always have been lots of white guys on college campuses. This timely, important book helps us more deeply understand their racial identities, socialization, and attitudes. Cabrera masterfully complicates whiteness, illuminates white supremacy, and proposes ways to help white college men become less racist." -- Shaun R. Harper * Clifford and Betty Allen Professor, University of Southern California Rossier School of Education *"What Do ‘White Guys’ Think About Race? This Professor Is Trying to Find Out" by Chris Quintana interview with Nolan C. Cabrera * Chronicle of Higher Education *"From racial jokes to affirmative action, Nolan L. Cabrera analyzes the persistent white mindset that obscures systemic racism on our college campuses. Read this book if you want a truthful and evidence-based explanation about the effects of racist discourse." -- Zeus Leonardo * author of Race Frameworks: A Multidimensional Theory of Racism and Education *“Cultivating Public Scholarship and a Radical Ethic of Love as Faculty of Color" interview with Nolan L. Cabrera * Resilient Campus *"In this era of educational resegregation, Nolan Cabrera’s White Guys on Campus examines how whiteness blocks paths toward truth, justice, and reconciliation. A timely, provocative, even hopeful book.” -- Jeff Chang * author of We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race & Resegregation *"An Asian American woman’s tweets ignite a debate: Is it okay to make fun of white people online?" by Eli Rosenberg and Erin B. Logan * Washington Post *"Selected New Books on Higher Education," compiled by Ruth Hammond * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Nolan Cabrera: HEOC Alumnus Studies Race on College Campuses," by Mackie Lorkis * Ampersand *"Reinforcing Racism: Color-Blind Curricula in Higher Education by Dr. Nolan Cabrera" * Equity Alliance Blog *"Emerging Scholars 2019: An Interdisciplinary Scholar" * Diverse Issues in Higher Education *"Arizona Faculty Members Want Charges Against Border-Patrol Protesters Dropped," by Katherine Mangan * Chronicle of Higher Education *"A Life-Changing Course" podcast interview with Nolan L. Cabrera on Scholars Strategy Network * A Life-Changing Course podcast *Mention of White Guys on Campus in"Steller column: At UA forum, panelists feel campus activists' pain," by Tim Steller * Tucson.com *"It’s all Part of the Plan," by Nolan L. Cabrera * Contexts *"Debating Free Speech - The Buzz" interview with Nolan C. Cabrera * Arizona Public Media "The Buzz" *Latinx Intelligentsia podcast interview with Nolan L. Cabrera https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpswwwstichercompodcastlatinxintelligentsia/latinx-intelligentsia * Latinx Intelligentsia *"Episode 57 - Affirmative Action, the Model Minority Myth Right-Wing Divide-and-Conquer" interview with Nolan L. Cabrera https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/speakoutwithtimwise/episodes/2019-10-14T09_33_59-07_00 * Speak Out with Tim Wise *BAR Book Forum: Interview with Nolan Cabrera https://www.blackagendareport.com/bar-book-forum-nolan-cabreras-white-guys-campus * Black Agenda Report *"Overall, Cabrera’s book offers an important contribution to the literature. He blends existing terminology and scholarship...and masterfully weaves the why of racial attitudes of White men on campus; as the what—many of the narratives, ideals, and beliefs shared by participants—may be familiar to individuals who are seasoned in racial justice work or research in higher education or student affairs. Through concise and accessible writing with quotations from and references to Frederick Douglass, Hari Kondabolu, W. E. B. Du Bois, Geto Boys, and James Baldwin interspersed throughout, Cabrera is successful in his attempt to render the racial justice discourse more complete." * Journal of College Student Development *"Cabrera unpacks decades of critical whiteness studies and provides encyclopedic coverage of how white supremacy has mutated and morphed." * Education Review *"One of the main takeaways of White Guys on Campus is that white people need to be facilitating their own racial development and pushing their friends, families, and peers to do the same." * Education Review *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 The unbearable Whiteness of being: White male racial immunity in higher education 2 “Race just doesn’t matter that much”: White insulation, Occam’s Racial Razor, and willful racial ignorance 3 “The only discrimination left is that against White men”: The campus racial politics of “reverse racism” 4 “Why can’t Stevie Wonder read? Because he’s Black”: Whiteness and the social performance of racist joking 5 “I almost lost my spot to a less qualified minority”: Imagined v. Real affirmative action 6 “They’d never allow a White Student Union”: The Racial Politics of Campus Space and Racial Arrested Development 7 “Because it’s the right thing to do”: Racial awakening and (some) allyship development 8 Conclusion: White guys on campus, What is to be done? Appendix A Appendix B Acknowledgments References Index

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Book SynopsisWhite Guys on Campus is a critical examination of the role of race in higher education, centering Whiteness, in an effort to unveil the frequently unconscious habits of racism among white male students. It details many of the contours of contemporary, systemic racism, while continually engaging the possibility of White students to engage in anti-racism.Trade Review"White Guys on Campus examines narratives of White males in order to reveal 'ecologies of Whiteness' that permit (and even empower) racism to persist. With sound scholarship and well-supported claims, this book is a unique and important contribution to the field." -- Susan Iverson * coeditor of Reconstructing Policy Analysis in Higher Education: Feminist Poststructural Perspectives *"There are and always have been lots of white guys on college campuses. This timely, important book helps us more deeply understand their racial identities, socialization, and attitudes. Cabrera masterfully complicates whiteness, illuminates white supremacy, and proposes ways to help white college men become less racist." -- Shaun R. Harper * Clifford and Betty Allen Professor, University of Southern California Rossier School of Education *"What Do ‘White Guys’ Think About Race? This Professor Is Trying to Find Out" by Chris Quintana interview with Nolan C. Cabrera * Chronicle of Higher Education *"From racial jokes to affirmative action, Nolan L. Cabrera analyzes the persistent white mindset that obscures systemic racism on our college campuses. Read this book if you want a truthful and evidence-based explanation about the effects of racist discourse." -- Zeus Leonardo * author of Race Frameworks: A Multidimensional Theory of Racism and Education *“Cultivating Public Scholarship and a Radical Ethic of Love as Faculty of Color" interview with Nolan L. Cabrera * Resilient Campus *"In this era of educational resegregation, Nolan Cabrera’s White Guys on Campus examines how whiteness blocks paths toward truth, justice, and reconciliation. A timely, provocative, even hopeful book.” -- Jeff Chang * author of We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race & Resegregation *"An Asian American woman’s tweets ignite a debate: Is it okay to make fun of white people online?" by Eli Rosenberg and Erin B. Logan * Washington Post *"Selected New Books on Higher Education," compiled by Ruth Hammond * Chronicle of Higher Education *"Nolan Cabrera: HEOC Alumnus Studies Race on College Campuses," by Mackie Lorkis * Ampersand *"Reinforcing Racism: Color-Blind Curricula in Higher Education by Dr. Nolan Cabrera" * Equity Alliance Blog *"Emerging Scholars 2019: An Interdisciplinary Scholar" * Diverse Issues in Higher Education *"Arizona Faculty Members Want Charges Against Border-Patrol Protesters Dropped," by Katherine Mangan * Chronicle of Higher Education *"A Life-Changing Course" podcast interview with Nolan L. Cabrera on Scholars Strategy Network * A Life-Changing Course podcast *Mention of White Guys on Campus in"Steller column: At UA forum, panelists feel campus activists' pain," by Tim Steller * Tucson.com *"It’s all Part of the Plan," by Nolan L. Cabrera * Contexts *"Debating Free Speech - The Buzz" interview with Nolan C. Cabrera * Arizona Public Media "The Buzz" *Latinx Intelligentsia podcast interview with Nolan L. Cabrera https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpswwwstichercompodcastlatinxintelligentsia/latinx-intelligentsia * Latinx Intelligentsia *"Episode 57 - Affirmative Action, the Model Minority Myth Right-Wing Divide-and-Conquer" interview with Nolan L. Cabrera https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/speakoutwithtimwise/episodes/2019-10-14T09_33_59-07_00 * Speak Out with Tim Wise *BAR Book Forum: Interview with Nolan Cabrera https://www.blackagendareport.com/bar-book-forum-nolan-cabreras-white-guys-campus * Black Agenda Report *"Overall, Cabrera’s book offers an important contribution to the literature. He blends existing terminology and scholarship...and masterfully weaves the why of racial attitudes of White men on campus; as the what—many of the narratives, ideals, and beliefs shared by participants—may be familiar to individuals who are seasoned in racial justice work or research in higher education or student affairs. Through concise and accessible writing with quotations from and references to Frederick Douglass, Hari Kondabolu, W. E. B. Du Bois, Geto Boys, and James Baldwin interspersed throughout, Cabrera is successful in his attempt to render the racial justice discourse more complete." * Journal of College Student Development *"Cabrera unpacks decades of critical whiteness studies and provides encyclopedic coverage of how white supremacy has mutated and morphed." * Education Review *"One of the main takeaways of White Guys on Campus is that white people need to be facilitating their own racial development and pushing their friends, families, and peers to do the same." * Education Review *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 The unbearable Whiteness of being: White male racial immunity in higher education 2 “Race just doesn’t matter that much”: White insulation, Occam’s Racial Razor, and willful racial ignorance 3 “The only discrimination left is that against White men”: The campus racial politics of “reverse racism” 4 “Why can’t Stevie Wonder read? Because he’s Black”: Whiteness and the social performance of racist joking 5 “I almost lost my spot to a less qualified minority”: Imagined v. Real affirmative action 6 “They’d never allow a White Student Union”: The Racial Politics of Campus Space and Racial Arrested Development 7 “Because it’s the right thing to do”: Racial awakening and (some) allyship development 8 Conclusion: White guys on campus, What is to be done? Appendix A Appendix B Acknowledgments References Index

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Book SynopsisGreenport, New York, a village on the North Fork of Long Island, has become an exemplar of a little-noted national trend - immigrants spreading beyond the big coastal cities, driving much of rural population growth nationally. In Village of Immigrants, Diana R. Gordon illustrates how small-town America has been revitalized by the arrival of these immigrants in Greenport, where she lives.Trade Review"In taking on one town's immigration success story, Gordon has created a compelling framework for exploring a complex topic." * Publishers Weekly *"Following an in-depth examination of immigration history in Greenport, from early whaling communities to the impact of Italian immigrant brick workers and beyond, Gordon investigates large-concept issues such as challenges facing immigrant children in the educational system, restrictions and inequalities in immigrant housing, labor rights for immigrant workers, and more ... Concise and accessible, this work is recommended for readers interested in immigrant concerns and their impact on American history, economy, and culture." * Library Journal *"[A] lively and valuable contribution … thorough but not pedantic, granual at times, sweeping at others, and, at its core, a personal story." * The East Hampton Star *"A worthwhile addition to any East End bookshelf." * East End Beacon *"Diana Gordon does a good job bringing these immigrants to life, giving them a voice. By showing that they struggle to learn the language, get by in school, and find meaningful employment; they are trying to make the American dream happen. But as with all stories of immigrants there are those that do not want them around, and Mrs. Gordon does a good job showing that they exist as well." 5 star review * San Diego Book Review *"Village of Immigrants: Latinos in an Emerging America documents a U.S. trend of immigrants spreading beyond coastal cities into the rest of the country, and narrows the example to Greenport, New York, a village on Long Island which has seen many changes from an influx of Latinos. The author lives in this small town and so is in the perfect position to observe its evolution: chapters discuss taxes, schools, jobs, and local business evolution, showing how the influx has revitalized the town's entire structure and led to growth and positive results. Highly recommended." * California Bookwatch, Midwest Book Review *"This beautifully written book tells what happens when small town America meets contemporary Latino immigration, an inspiring, yet also heartbreaking encounter between the American dream and the American dilemma. A compelling account and a deeply satisfying read." -- Roger Waldinger * author of The Cross-Border Connection: Immigrants, Emigrants, and their Homelands *Table of ContentsPreface Part I A Village Transformed 1 Hola, Greenport Profile Lost and Found Part II Absorbing Immigrants since 1840 2 The European Legacy 3 Boom, Bust, and Back Again 4 Migration from Within 5 Is Demographics Destiny? Part III Classroom Challenges 6 Schooling New Citizens Profile Edgar and the Blue Mosque Part IV Settling In 7 Housing or Houses? Profile Sofia’s Quest Part V Toward Community Health 8 Cobbled Care Profile An Accidental Nurse Part VI Dilemmas of Control 9 Legal Limbo Profile Deferred and Delivered Part VII Working Lives 10 Where There’s a Will There’s a Job (or Two) Profile Sacrifice and Success Part VIII. Now What? Profile The New American 11 A Small-Town Model? Notes Index

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Book SynopsisConsiders fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television that reveal how the black body in pain functions as a rhetorical device and as political strategy. This book investigates America's love-hate relationship with black bodies in pain.Trade ReviewThis book examines pain as one of the lasting legacies of our racialized society. This is an important topic, and Deborah Walker King, a respected scholar of African American literary and cultural studies, adds immensely to our understanding of pain in the African American experience. The book, elegantly written and critically sound, is a substantial contribution to African American literary and cultural studies. - Angelyn Mitchell, Georgetown University, author of The Freedom to Remember: Narrative, Slavery, and Gender in Contemporary Black Women's Fiction

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis study’s scope is impressive and engaging and opens a window not only on the genesis and development of the opera from a variety of standpoints but also on the politics of producing such a potentially ‘controversial’ piece on black history and black life in the United States. It is at once eclectic and single-minded, and offers insight not only into the underpinnings of Margaret Garner but also into the sociocultural impact of high art.–Justine Tally, Universidad de La Laguna (Spain), author of Toni Morrison's ""Beloved"": Origins

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Book SynopsisArguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier describes Latin American anthropology as a field of knowledge that evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars.Trade ReviewThe Specter of Races is a bold, broad-reaching, and exciting exploration of cultural and literary history. Birkenmaier’s study synthesizes a large amount of primary scholarship and secondary criticism—in four languages—to produce a narrative that is clear, engaging, and compelling."" — Emily A. Maguire, Northwestern University, author of Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography

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Book SynopsisArguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier describes Latin American anthropology as a field of knowledge that evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars.Trade ReviewThe Specter of Races is a bold, broad-reaching, and exciting exploration of cultural and literary history. Birkenmaier’s study synthesizes a large amount of primary scholarship and secondary criticism—in four languages—to produce a narrative that is clear, engaging, and compelling."" — Emily A. Maguire, Northwestern University, author of Racial Experiments in Cuban Literature and Ethnography

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Trade ReviewBrian Daugherity's useful overview of desegregation in Virginia is particularly valuable in bringing out the important roles of the state and local branches of the NAACP, which have not previously received the attention they deserve. His study should guide others as they examine desegregation in other states.–Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, author of The New Constitutional Order.

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Book SynopsisIn 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was in his late twenties and already a celebrated lecturer across the northern United States. In the first major narrative account of a transformational episode in the life of this extraordinary American, Tom Chaffin chronicles Douglass's 1845-47 lecture tour of Ireland, Scotland, and England.Trade Review“For those familiar with Douglass, this book will add to their knowledge and admiration. For others, it will provide a great introduction to this marvelous man.” —Julian Bond“A delightful transatlantic study of Frederick Douglass’s travels to Ireland and the British Isles.” —Choice“A richly informative biographical account of Frederick Douglass’s life and times from an unusual and thoughtprovoking angle.” —Journal of Southern History

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Book SynopsisMaurie McInnis, Louis Nelson, and a group of contributing authors tell the largely unknown story of slavery at the University of Virginia.

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Book SynopsisWhat exactly is goodness? Where is it found in the literary imagination? Toni Morrison, one of American letters' greatest voices, pondered these perplexing questions in her celebrated Ingersoll Lecture, delivered at Harvard University in 2012 and published now for the first time.Trade Review"The publication of this extraordinary book could not have arrived at a more propitious moment. At a time when the country as a whole seems tormented by the corrosive presence of a new kind of evil that is trying to banish any memory, much less evidence, of its opposite, Goodness and the Literary Imagination reminds readers of evil’s opposite, but in forms that Morrison’s fiction renders again strange. Its publication should be treated as a major event; its contribution to American literary and religious studies is absolutely assured."

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Book SynopsisThe question “Do black landscapes matter?” cuts deep to the core of American history. In this vital collection, acclaimed landscape designer and public artist Walter Hood assembles a group of notable landscape architecture and planning professionals and scholars to probe how race, memory, and meaning intersect in the American landscape.

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Book SynopsisFor some in our society, diversity is a threat. Others feel society should be more inclusive, if only out of fairness. But as Johnnetta Cole argues in her new book, embracing diversity and inclusiveness is more than a virtuous ideal; it is essential to a healthy, productive society.Trade ReviewIn Racism in Public Life, Johnnetta Betsch Cole gracefully interweaves her experiences as a child in the segregated South, a professor of anthropology, and a life-long educator to reflect insightfully upon the broad sweep of racism in America. In this era marked by the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and racial turmoil, Cole stresses the opportunities for honest, interracial, "courageous conversations" to confront the systemic inequality "that continues to afflict our nation." This beautifully written volume is an essential guide for these critically important discussions within the academy and our communities. Riveting. Johnnetta Cole challenges all to engage in brave discussions about how race and racism influence education while offering historical context for how we got to where we are. A very timely contribution to our understanding of race, racism, and the ways in which people, particularly college students, and higher education as a societal institution, should be engaged in addressing systemic issues. The book begins some of the difficult conversations the author implores us all to have. Drawing on a lifetime of personal experiences with racism and the transformative power of courageous conversations about race, Dr. Cole issues a compelling call to action. This book is, at once, a deeply personal story, an engaging history lesson, and a hopeful guide, offering practical advice for anyone who believes in the power of education to build a better future." —Laura L. Lott, President & CEO, American Alliance of Museums

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Book SynopsisBill Robertson was one of the US’s greatest pioneers and a tireless advocate for racial justice. One of his final acts was the completion of his memoirs. Lifting Every Voice reveals how the advances made during his lifetime were no foregone conclusion; without the passionate efforts of real people, our present could have been very different.

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Book SynopsisWhat would it mean to reorient the study of Haitian literature toward ethics rather than the themes of politics, engagement, disaster, or catastrophe? This volume engages with this question from a feminist perspective and, in the process, discovers a revelatory lens through which we can productively read the work of contemporary Haitian writers.

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Book SynopsisWhat would it mean for American and African American literary studies if readers took the spirituality and travel of Black women seriously? Tisha Brooks addresses this question by focusing on three nineteenth-century Black women writers who merged the spiritual and travel narrative genres: Zilpha Elaw, Amanda Smith and Nancy Prince.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Unlikely Crossings 1: "Where have you come from, and where are you going?": Spirituality and Mobility in Hagar's Narrative 2: Visionary Movement in Zilpha Elaw's Memoirs 3: Colonial and Missionary Crossings in Amanda Smith's An Autobiography 4: Searching for Home in A Narrative of the Life and Travels of Mrs. Nancy Prince 5: Mapping Sacred Movement in Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust 6: Secular Journeys, Sacred Recovery: Saidiya Hartman's Lose Your Mother Coda Bibliography

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Book SynopsisExamining events surrounding the test case of the right of Blacks to armed self-defense in the 1960s, this book tells the story of a Southern Black community's struggle to defend themselves against the Ku Klux Klan and other racists. This book heavily influenced the leader of the Black Panthers.

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Book SynopsisCreated at the crossroads of slavery, migration, and exile, and comprising a global population, the black diaspora is a diverse space of varied histories, experiences, and goals. This title addresses a range of filmmakers, theorists, and issues in black diasporic cinema, highlighting their influences on artistic and theoretical discourses.Trade ReviewThis work stands as a witness to the power of black cinema to render complex, complicated, and cross-resonant expressions for renarrating and rethinking human life in a post-Columbus world. It is essential reading across the humanities and social sciences for anyone interested in how the modern world comes into being from a black diasporic cinematic perspective. - Rinaldo Walcott, associate professor of cultural studies at the University of Toronto and editor of New Dawn: The Journal of Black Canadian Studies

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Book SynopsisStudies the works of Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995), an author, documentary filmmaker, social activist, and professor. Thabiti Lewis's analysis serves as a cultural biography, examining the liberation impulses in Bambara's writing.Trade ReviewLewis intervenes by re-establishing the boundaries and intergenerational building blocks of the Black Arts Movement by situating Bambara as a midwife for the creative legacy of the moment. He also reorients his readers to Bambara's role as foremother to some of the most acclaimed and well-read works by black women. This is essential for recognizing and placing Bambara within a more sustained discourse on the Black Arts Movement and Black women's evolution from that moment into their own creative renaissance. A necessary and overdue study. Lewis captures the significance of one of the most important figures in black and women's liberation struggles of the 60s and 70s in the U.S. Though Bambara has been undervalued as a revolutionary writer/activist/theorist of the Black Arts Movement, Lewis articulates in new ways, through an examination of her short stories and novels, the nature of her Black nationalist/feminist commitments and her 'spiritual wholeness aesthetic.' Lewis also underscores how Bambara practices 'nation building in her art' in unapologetic, creative, and brilliant ways. Lewis does a superb job of defending a unique and overdue analysis of Toni Cade Bambara's fiction. The technique of viewing Bambara's fiction through the lens of the spiritual wholeness aesthetic with its most frequent source in the Black Aesthetic Movement moves readers' attention from the dominant paradigm of viewing Bambara's fiction from a heavily womanist perspective to an interrogation of how Bambara's spiritual, political aesthetic reflects an interweaving of self and ethnic identity, community engagement and responsibility, a balancing of black male and black female identity and of how self-awareness or lack of it influences interactions within and outside the black community. 'Black People Are My Business' offers an insightful and empathetic analysis of Bambara's complete corpus-her popular short stories, her novels, and her nonfiction prose. Thabiti Lewis is an astute reader who illuminates the many ways in which Bambara was and is an indispensable writer. There can't be enough good books on Toni Cade Bambara, so Thabiti Lewis's 'Black People Are My Business' is a real gift. His close readings of Bambara's fiction adds an important layer to the conversation about Bambara and, as importantly, about reading/writing as a practice of liberation in African American literary studies.

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Book SynopsisThrough thoughtful analysis of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Israeli literature, Israeli Salvage Poetics interrogates the concept of the ‘negation of the diaspora’ as addressed in Hebrew-language literature authored by well-known and lesser-known Israeli authors from the eve of the Holocaust to the present day.

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Book SynopsisExplores the Judaic turn in contemporary Israeli filmmaking for what it can tell us about Israel’s cultural landscape, as well as about the cinematic medium in general. Judaic-themed Israeli cinema emerges as a crucial example of how film’s particular form of ‘magic’ may be exploited for the purpose of affecting mystical states in the audience.Trade ReviewHidden Light analyzes the ‘Judaic turn’ in Israeli cinema during the 2000s in riveting and rigorous detail. But that is only one of this book’s many impressive achievements. Chyutin grapples with nothing less than film theory’s links to religious and mystical concepts, building new bridges between film studies, Jewish studies, and religious studies." - Adam Lowenstein, University of Pittsburgh, author of Horror Film and Otherness"Hidden Light is an act of reclamation. Moving beyond a seeming dichotomy between a text-driven legal tradition and the visual poetics of cinema, Chyutin brilliantly illustrates how the recent wave of religiously inflected Israeli cinema is deeply rooted in Jewish traditions of longing, prayer, and transcendence." - Shayna Weiss, associate director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University"Hidden Light is essential for anyone interested in contemporary Israeli cinema. Bringing deep theoretical and historical knowledge to bear on the ‘Judaic turn,’ Chyutin presents new ways of thinking about religion on-screen and ideas of spiritual transcendence endemic to the concept of ‘the cinematic’ since the art form’s birth." - Kyle Stevens, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Film Theory"Dan Chyutin’s timely study brings the ‘Judaic turn’ to bear upon a rich and engaging analysis of Israeli cinema. It does so by paying attention to cinematic appeals to the Judaic New Age, or what some scholars have recently termed the ‘Jew Age.’ Hidden Light: Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema is an important contribution that, through its Jew Age analyses, brings into question simplistic binary thinking regarding the Israeli secular-religious divide in favor of a more complex reading of Judaism’s relationship to Israeli notions of identity." - Brian Ogren, Anna Smith Fine Professor of Judaic Studies and Religion Department Chair, Rice University"Hidden Light makes a singular contribution to the study of Israeli cinema, exploring and delineating one of the most important developments in Israeli cinema over the past three decades: the emergence of religious-themed Israeli films. Chyutin’s analysis of films is meticulous and enlightening, as he expands and challenges our perceptions of the Israeli cinematic canon." - Eran Kaplan, author of Projecting the Nation: History and Ideology on the Israeli Screen"Film scholars will find merit." - Publisher's Weekly

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Book SynopsisPractical and candid, this book offers actionable steps to help Black women leaders create meaningful success. The reflections and recommendations of the contributors forge a critical and transformative analysis of race, gender, and higher education leadership.Trade ReviewExemplifying a key maxim in Black women’s survival and achievement, ‘lifting as we climb,’ this collection demonstrates to sister-scholar administrators and their non-Black colleagues that collaboration, commiseration, and celebration are strategic tools, meaningful service, and sources of strength for Black women leaders in higher education today. These thought-provoking essays are essential reading for all who seek to create academic excellence that is both inclusive and humane." - Bonnie Thornton Dill, University of Maryland"While there are many books about academic administrators, this unique and inspirational volume is the very first to center the perspectives and experiences of Black women leaders in academia. Desperately needed and long overdue, it is full of sage advice and concrete strategies for success, encouraging self-reflection, wellness, and humility; and emphasizing sisterhood, peer mentorship, and collaboration. It should be required reading for all academic leaders!" - Yolanda Covington-Ward, professor and Chair, W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst"Indeed, this important collection gives voice to a truth known to some but ignored by too many: If you look closely, Black women leaders are either present or in the process of being made. A must read for upper administrators, mentors, allies, and leaders in the making." - Tara T. Green, PhD, Chair and CLASS Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, University of Houston"Dear Department Chair is a welcomed collection that builds on the tradition of ‘lifting as we climb.’ Kudos to the editors who took it upon themselves to offer a readable collection about leadership in the academy. Colleagues, both women and men, of all hues will learn something from this work. I wish that it had been available when I became chair!" - Joye Bowman, Senior Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Book SynopsisConsiders the uses and misuses of the memory of assistance given to Jews during the Holocaust, deliberated in local, national, and transnational contexts. Each of the ten essays in this interdisciplinary collection is dedicated to a different country. The case studies provide new insights into Holocaust memory and memory politics.

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Book SynopsisUnearths an unexpected bloom of liberty in an ex-slave's journalTrade Review"With this meticulously sourced and carefully reasoned portrait, Armstead reclaims an outstanding American who helped freedom grow." * Booklist *"Armstead explores the meaning of northern African American identity through her deft decoding of a ten-volume diary left by James F. Brown...Recommended for historians of antebellum America or the social aspects of horticulture and for those interested in historical diaries. Incipient researchers will learn the differences among term, life, and wage slaves and much else" * Library Journal *"Overall, this is an informative study of antebellum New York State." -- R. Douglas Hurt * New York History *"An enlightening examination of a period of American history that seems to have slipped from public scrutiny...Armstead's review of the status of American horticulture during the first half of the nineteenth century makes this volume intriguing reading for gardeners." -- Marilyn K. Alaimo * Chicago Botanic Garden *"Myra Young Armstead brings to life James Brown, a self-possessed African American citizen of the pre-Civil War United States, and gives us anew understanding of the meaning of freedom in antebellum America. As a master gardener in rural upstate New York, James Brown charted a life of complex alliances across racial lines and advocacy on behalf of fellow African Americans. Armstead's wonderful work of recovery illuminates a path to freedom in the rural North that we have known little about." * Leslie M. Harris, Emory University *"This is far more than a book about a gardener though it is a fascinating story about nineteenth-century American horticulture. Freedom's Gardener tells us about the opportunities and limits that framed the lives of African Americans in places like New York's Hudson Valley. And a good read to boot." * James Grossman, University of Chicago *"Freedom's Gardener is an excellent example of how historians can transform one person's life into a story that illustrates the larger picture for both scholars and a broader audience." * Journal of American History *"Freedom's Gardener is beautifully researched, bursting with detail." * The New York Times *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. LIFE AS A SLAVE 1.What Can a Man Do? 2.Into the Promised Land Part II. FREE MAN AND FREE LABORER 3.A Horticultural Community 4. A Gardening Career 5. Cultural Meanings of Gardening 6. Escaping Wage Slavery Part III. FREE MAN AND CITIZEN 7. A Whiggish Sensibility 8. James F. Brown, Voting Rights Politics, and Antislavery Activism 9. The Informal Politics of Association Conclusion Notes About the Author

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Book SynopsisTackling the secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.Trade ReviewSkillfully drawing on a wide range of referents from Greek mythology to Thomas Byes, the father of statistics, Armour plumbs our racial psychology and in the process explores the racialized nature of our daily life and our legal system. * Norfolk Virginia Journal and Guide *A crucial book, at a critical time, just as white America is gradually coming to understand the hidden travails of African American life. * Bookwatch *[C]ommendable in important respects. [Armour] points out problems in the theory of rational racial discrimination that many of its proponents ignore or overlook. -- Randall Kennedy * Los Angeles Times Book Review *A patient meditation. * The Nation *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction"Rational" Discrimination and the Black Tax Chapter OneThe "Reasonable Racist": A Slippery Oxymoron How We Know What We Know: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Accurate Why We Blame Whom We Blame: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Damnable Chapter TwoThe "Intelligent Bayesian": Reckoning with Rational DiscriminationWhy Rational Discrimination Is Not Reasonable Race and the Subversion of Rationality Chapter ThreeThe "Involuntary Negrophobe" The Involuntary Negrophobe and Dueling Conceptions of Law Chapter FourOf Mice and Men: Equal Protection and Unconscious Bias Private Bias and Equal Protection Restructuring the Maze to Serve Justice Chapter FiveBlame and Punishment: Narrative, Perspective, Scapegoats,and Demons Framing the Narrative Broadly in Women's Self-Defense Work Narrative, Consent, and Blame The Fundamental Fault Line: Determinism versus Antideterminism "Disadvantaged Social Background" Opponents Grasp at StrawsIdeological Agendas Chapter SixRepealing the Black Tax: Breaking the Discrimination Habit Hypocritical Racists and Aversive Racists Proving Ubiquitous Unconscious Bias Combating Unconscious Discrimination in the Courtroom Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon.Trade ReviewSkillfully drawing on a wide range of referents from Greek mythology to Thomas Byes, the father of statistics, Armour plumbs our racial psychology and in the process explores the racialized nature of our daily life and our legal system. * Norfolk Virginia Journal and Guide *A crucial book, at a critical time, just as white America is gradually coming to understand the hidden travails of African American life. * Bookwatch *[C]ommendable in important respects. [Armour] points out problems in the theory of rational racial discrimination that many of its proponents ignore or overlook. -- Randall Kennedy * Los Angeles Times Book Review *A patient meditation. * The Nation *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction"Rational" Discrimination and the Black Tax Chapter OneThe "Reasonable Racist": A Slippery Oxymoron How We Know What We Know: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Accurate Why We Blame Whom We Blame: The Typical, the Reasonable, and the Damnable Chapter TwoThe "Intelligent Bayesian": Reckoning with Rational DiscriminationWhy Rational Discrimination Is Not Reasonable Race and the Subversion of Rationality Chapter ThreeThe "Involuntary Negrophobe" The Involuntary Negrophobe and Dueling Conceptions of Law Chapter FourOf Mice and Men: Equal Protection and Unconscious Bias Private Bias and Equal Protection Restructuring the Maze to Serve Justice Chapter FiveBlame and Punishment: Narrative, Perspective, Scapegoats,and Demons Framing the Narrative Broadly in Women's Self-Defense Work Narrative, Consent, and Blame The Fundamental Fault Line: Determinism versus Antideterminism "Disadvantaged Social Background" Opponents Grasp at StrawsIdeological Agendas Chapter SixRepealing the Black Tax: Breaking the Discrimination Habit Hypocritical Racists and Aversive Racists Proving Ubiquitous Unconscious Bias Combating Unconscious Discrimination in the Courtroom Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of how the integration of immigrants affects subsequent generations in developed countriesTrade ReviewThe attention to immigrants' changing migration and naturalization statuses is laudable and should encourage scholars...to carefully consider the diverse legal statuses of immigrants both upon and after arrival to the United States. * International Journal of Comparative Sociology *The Next Generation...provide[s] key insights into the forces shaping outcomes for the future generations of native-born immigrants and the societies in which they live. -- Kristen Remington Lucken * Nordic Journal of Migration Research *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Dimensions of Second-Generation Incorporation 2 Legalization and Naturalization Trajectories among Mexican Immigrants and Their Implications for the Second Generation 3 Early Childhood Education Programs 4 The Mexican American Second Generation in Census 2000: Education and Earnings 5 Downward Assimilation and Mexican Americans: An Examination of Intergenerational Advance and Stagnation in Educational Attainment 6 School Qualifications of Children of Immigrant Descent in Switzerland 7 Ethnic Community, Urban Economy, and Second-Generation Attainment 8 The Second Generation in the German Labor Market 9 Capitals, Ethnic Identity, and Educational Qualifications 10 National and Urban Contexts for the Integration of the Second Generation in the United States and Canada 11 "I Will Never Deliver Chinese Food" 12 Black Identities and the Second Generation: Afro-Caribbeans in Britain and the United States 13 How Do Educational Systems Integrate? Integration of Second-Generation Turks in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Austria 14 The Employment of Second Generations in France References About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of how the integration of immigrants affects subsequent generations in developed countriesTrade Review"The attention to immigrants' changing migration and naturalization statuses is laudable and should encourage scholars...to carefully consider the diverse legal statuses of immigrants both upon and after arrival to the United States." * International Journal of Comparative Sociology *"The Next Generation...provide[s] key insights into the forces shaping outcomes for the future generations of native-born immigrants and the societies in which they live." -- Kristen Remington Lucken * Nordic Journal of Migration Research *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Dimensions of Second-Generation Incorporation 2 Legalization and Naturalization Trajectories among Mexican Immigrants and Their Implications for the Second Generation 3 Early Childhood Education Programs 4 The Mexican American Second Generation in Census 2000: Education and Earnings 5 Downward Assimilation and Mexican Americans: An Examination of Intergenerational Advance and Stagnation in Educational Attainment 6 School Qualifications of Children of Immigrant Descent in Switzerland 7 Ethnic Community, Urban Economy, and Second-Generation Attainment 8 The Second Generation in the German Labor Market 9 Capitals, Ethnic Identity, and Educational Qualifications 10 National and Urban Contexts for the Integration of the Second Generation in the United States and Canada 11 "I Will Never Deliver Chinese Food" 12 Black Identities and the Second Generation: Afro-Caribbeans in Britain and the United States 13 How Do Educational Systems Integrate? Integration of Second-Generation Turks in Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Austria 14 The Employment of Second Generations in France References About the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIlluminates the creative strategies playwrights used to grapple with religion.Trade Review"Helps us see secularization in a new light." * American Quarterly *"Craig Prentisss compelling study, Staging Faith, illuminates the intersections of African American dramaturgy and theology. This original book methodically and brilliantly probes the nuances of Christian and Afro-centric religious influences. It is one of the most original and engaging studies on African American theater, enriching the field and advancing the subject in new and invigorating ways." -- David Krasner,author of A Beautiful Pageant"Establishes both the significance of theater to African American religion and the importance of religious themes to a range of early 20th century playwrights. Through lively descriptions of the plays themselves, compelling analysis of central themes, and careful attention to historical context, Prentiss provides an exciting new perspective on African Americans varied religious experiences and expressions as well as understandings of the place of religion in social and political life. This volume is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how African Americans worked through the arts to define, discuss, and debate the importance of religious ideas, institutions, and practices." -- Judith Weisenfeld,author of Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949"Prentiss contributes a vital work on a rich area of African American artistic culture . . . brings a careful eye and robust discussion to works that were not only labors of artistic love, but also platforms for social change. He sets groundwork for the continued investigation of African American theater as a vehicle through which possibilities for black spiritual, political, and social life expanded in great measure." -- Kyle Brooks * Practical Matters *"Craig Prentiss surveys a range of theatrical responses to organized religion and personal faith by African American playwrights in the first half of the twentieth century. As he notes, correctly, analysis of and theorizing about representations of religion, especially Christianity are underrepresented in studies of African-American drama.Staging Faithis an excellent pioneer in terms of addressing that lack." * Studies of Theatre and Performance *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Setting the Stage 2 New Territory 3 Lynching and the Faraway God 4 Caught within the Shadow 5 Blackness in the Image of God Conclusion List of Acronyms Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisIlluminates the creative strategies playwrights used to grapple with religion.Trade Review"Helps us see secularization in a new light." * American Quarterly *"Craig Prentisss compelling study, Staging Faith, illuminates the intersections of African American dramaturgy and theology. This original book methodically and brilliantly probes the nuances of Christian and Afro-centric religious influences. It is one of the most original and engaging studies on African American theater, enriching the field and advancing the subject in new and invigorating ways." -- David Krasner,author of A Beautiful Pageant"Establishes both the significance of theater to African American religion and the importance of religious themes to a range of early 20th century playwrights. Through lively descriptions of the plays themselves, compelling analysis of central themes, and careful attention to historical context, Prentiss provides an exciting new perspective on African Americans varied religious experiences and expressions as well as understandings of the place of religion in social and political life. This volume is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how African Americans worked through the arts to define, discuss, and debate the importance of religious ideas, institutions, and practices." -- Judith Weisenfeld,author of Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949"Prentiss contributes a vital work on a rich area of African American artistic culture . . . brings a careful eye and robust discussion to works that were not only labors of artistic love, but also platforms for social change. He sets groundwork for the continued investigation of African American theater as a vehicle through which possibilities for black spiritual, political, and social life expanded in great measure." -- Kyle Brooks * Practical Matters *"Craig Prentiss surveys a range of theatrical responses to organized religion and personal faith by African American playwrights in the first half of the twentieth century. As he notes, correctly, analysis of and theorizing about representations of religion, especially Christianity are underrepresented in studies of African-American drama.Staging Faithis an excellent pioneer in terms of addressing that lack." * Studies of Theatre and Performance *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Setting the Stage 2 New Territory 3 Lynching and the Faraway God 4 Caught within the Shadow 5 Blackness in the Image of God Conclusion List of Acronyms Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisA book on the politics of black hair to be based on substantive, ethnographically informed research. Focusing on the everyday discussions that black women have among themselves and about themselves, it analyzes how talking about hair reveals black women's ideas about race, gender, sexuality, beauty, and power.Trade Review"Long hair in the 60s, Afros in the early 70s, bobs in the 80s, fuschia in the 90s. Hair is one of the first attributes to catch our eye, not only because it reflects perceptions of attractivenes or unattractiveness, but also because it conveys important political, cultural, and social meanings, particularly in relation to group identity. Given that mainstream images of beauty do not privilege dark skin and tightly coiled hair, African American women's experience provides a starkly different perspective on the meaning of hair in social identity." * National Women's Studies Association Journal *"Grab your copy at your local bookseller and get hip to what your hair is saying to others with regards to beauty, culture and politics. Learn about how culture has a love for coifs, because after all, so do you!" * Sophisticate's Black Hair Styles Guide *

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Book SynopsisHow are some processes cultured, gendered, or racialized? In what ways do certain groups and cultures define such concepts as "justice" and "fairness" differently? Do women and men perceive events in similar fashion, use different reasoning, or emphasize disparate values and goals? This book deals with these questions.Trade Review"At a time when ethnic conflicts seem unending and the rule of law is increasingly threatened, it is the responsibility of every thinking person to learn as much as possible about the ways in which law, conflict and culture affect one another and, in turn, the ways in which they affect us all. This new book offers a thought-provokingand sometimes disturbingmedium for exploring the host of issues raised by the interrelationships between these concepts." -- John M. Burkoff,Associate Dean and Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh"Covering groups as diverse as Finnish gypsies, Chicago Polish, Native Hawaiians, Israeli Druze, and African Americans, Pat Chew presents us with a global feast on conflict and culture. This multidisciplinary collection enables us to appreciate the complex interplay when race, ethnicity, gender, and culture confront both unwritten customs and formal legal systems." -- Adrien Katherine Wing,author of Global Critical Race Feminism"Pat Chew makes an important contribution by bringing together voices that speak to this complex topic that is at the heart of the rapidly shrinking world we all are beginning to share and navigate together." -- Syed Shariq,RGK Foundation Scholar, Stanford University"This not only a wonderful book to read but one that will assist all of us as we travel across borders to work, explore and enjoy the wonders of other places." -- John P. Tymitz,Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Shipboard Education"This single volume covers the universe of cultural issues and ethnic conflict. Professor Pat Chew has revealed she has the secret heart of an anthropologist. This collection of materials from far-flung places is fascinating, made more so by the helpful notes and materials she employs to stitch them together." -- Michael A. Olivas,Director of the Institute for Higher Education Law and Governance, University of Houston

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Book SynopsisWomen were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their individual stories were rarely heard. Only recently have historians begun to recognize the central role women played in the battle for racial equality. This book represents the coming age of African-American women's history and presents stories that point the way to future study.Trade Review"Sisters in the Struggle is a powerful, inspirational and insightful book that takes the reader on a journey into the lives of some of the nation's most gifted and courageous African American women leaders, feminist organizers, and Black Power advocates. It was through the dint of their efforts that they helped shape and define what American society should become. These "sheroes" remind us that the prices they paid for freedom bequeathed a legacy of human dignity and opportunity that must be sustained by generations to follow." -- Joyce A. Ladner,author of Tomorrow's Tomorrow: The Black Woman"If Bettye Collier-Thomas and V.P. Franklin had only gathered together a distinguished group of scholars to document the role woman played in the black freedom movement, their contribution would be immense. But Sisters in the Struggle is more than an acknowledgement and celebration of black woman's activism. It is a major revision of history, revealing that black women were the critical thinkers, strategists, fighters, and dreamers of the movement. Black feminists developed a social vision expansive enough to emancipate us all." -- Robin D.G. Kelley,author of Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class"The quality of each individual essay makes Sisters in the Struggle stand out as an unusual anthology, one whose total sum is actually more than its parts." * Journal of American History *

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Book SynopsisDoes "Asian American" denote an ethnic or racial identification? Is a person of mixed ancestry, the child of Euro- and Asian American parents, Asian American? What does it mean to refer to first generation Hmong refugees and fifth generation Chinese Americans both as Asian American? This book examines the discourse on race and law.Trade ReviewHas profound political implications for race relations in the new century. * Michigan Law Review *Sophisticated and passionate . . . As [Robert Chang] says, our world is now ‘bursting with color' and it is his accomplishment in this book to re-theorize the vocabulary within which questions of race are debated in this society. -- Stanley Fish,University of Illinois, Chicago

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Book SynopsisCreef looks at racial profiling Asian Americans over the past 100 years by examining images by well known photographers such as Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams.Trade Review"An astute and lucid study of visual representations of Japanese Americans and an important original work for understanding American history in the second half of the twentieth century. Creef elegantly reads the myriad interdisciplinary contexts in which dynamics of race, gender, class, and nation frame Japanese Americans as foreign or the same, alien or national, while revealing the hidden costs such representations extract from individuals and communities." -- Shirley Geok-lin Lim,University of California, Santa Barbara"Imaging Japanese America examines myriad genres of visual and linguistic representation in order to understand the historical and contemporary 'imaging' of Japanese Americans. It is both an artful writing project and an exemplary scholarly work within the field of visual culture studies. Readers will appreciate the interdisciplinary methodology, the rich detailed analysis, and Creef's powerful voice. A joy to read—one learns something new at every turn." -- Kent A. Ono,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"[Creef] examines myriad genres of visual and linguistic representation in order to understand the historical and contemporary 'imaging' of Japanese Americans." -- Kent A. Ono,University of Illinois"In engaging and lucid prose, each chapter moves through sensitive and nuanced analyses of a carefully chosen juxtaposition of biographies of individual artists and writers, cultural productions, academic texts, institutional practices and discourses, and material artifacts." * Feminist Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionCarving Japanese American Memory into Place1 The Representation of the Japanese American Body in the Documentary Photography of Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and Toyo Miyatake2 Beyond the Camera and between the Words Inserting Oneself into the Picture and into Japanese American(Art) History-Mine Okubo's Citizen and the Power of Visual Autobiography 3 The Gendering of Historical Trauma in Wartime Films and the Disciplining of the Japanese American Body 4 Museums, Memory, and ManzanarContesting Our National Japanese American Past through a Politics of Visibility5 Another Lesson in "How to Tell Your Friends Apart from the Japs"The Winter Olympics Showdown between Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States and Midori Ito of Japan EpilogueImag(in)ing the Multiracial Japanese American Body at the Turn of the Millennium Notes Bibliography Index About the author

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Book SynopsisPlaces migrants at the centre of pressing concerns, contending that border crossers have long been vital to social changeTrade ReviewA landmark book. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Notably, Schmidt Camachos comprehensive interdisciplinary work lends insight into the current immigration crisis, one wrought from more than a century of failed national policiesCamacho offer[s] complementary strategies for rethinking the relationship between history (broadly defined) and cultural production. * American Literary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Language Introduction Part I: Border Crossers in Mexican American Cultural Politics 1. These People Are Not Aliens: Transborder Solidarity in the Shadow of Deportation 2. Migrant Modernisms: Racialized Development under the Bracero Program 3. No Constitution for Us: Class Racism and Cold War Unionism 4. Bordered Civil Rights: Migrants, Feminism, and the Radical Imagination in El Movimiento Chicano 5, Tracking the New Migrants: Richard Rodriguez and Liberal Retrenchment Part II: Border Crossings: Frontiers of New Social Conflict 6. Narrative Acts: Fronteriza Stories of Labor and Subjectivity 7. Migrant Melancholia: Emergent Narratives of the Border Crossing Afterword: A trave's de la linea/Across the Line Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisPlaces migrants at the centre of pressing concerns, contending that border crossers have long been vital to social changeTrade ReviewA landmark book. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Notably, Schmidt Camachos comprehensive interdisciplinary work lends insight into the current immigration crisis, one wrought from more than a century of failed national policiesCamacho offer[s] complementary strategies for rethinking the relationship between history (broadly defined) and cultural production. * American Literary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Language Introduction Part I: Border Crossers in Mexican American Cultural Politics 1. These People Are Not Aliens: Transborder Solidarity in the Shadow of Deportation 2. Migrant Modernisms: Racialized Development under the Bracero Program 3. No Constitution for Us: Class Racism and Cold War Unionism 4. Bordered Civil Rights: Migrants, Feminism, and the Radical Imagination in El Movimiento Chicano 5, Tracking the New Migrants: Richard Rodriguez and Liberal Retrenchment Part II: Border Crossings: Frontiers of New Social Conflict 6. Narrative Acts: Fronteriza Stories of Labor and Subjectivity 7. Migrant Melancholia: Emergent Narratives of the Border Crossing Afterword: A trave's de la linea/Across the Line Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisDrawing on archival material and contemporary analysis, this title provides an account of the prehistory of cultural studies in Britain. It offers a genealogy of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies which has its roots in adult education as well as in the work of Raymond Williams, E P Thompson, and Richard Hoggart.Trade ReviewThe five chapters of the book engage in a systematic analysis of key moments and texts that have shaped the field in its current form...represents a fine work of scholarship and a significant contribution ot the field of Asian American studies -- John Su * Journal of Asian Studies *Chiang directly challenges many shibboleths of Asian American Studies. For just this reason, The Cultural Capital of Asian American Studies is certain to be a watershed work in the field of Asian American literary and cultural studies. -- James Kyung-Jin Lee,University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Institutionalization and the Crisis of Representation 1 From Cultural Politics to Cultural Capital 2 Contradictions in the emergence of ethnic Studies 3 Disciplinarity and the Political Identity of Asian American Studies 4 The Political economy of Minority Literature 5 Asian American Cultural Capital and the Crisis of Legitimation Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

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