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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.

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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

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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.

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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

DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS

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

UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS

AniconicsymbolofSpain, flamencohasbecomeaglobalphenomenon.Peter ManueloffersEnglish-languagereadersarare portraitofthemusic’shistory,styles,andcultural impact.Beginningwithflamenco’sMoorishand Romainfluences,Manuelfollowsthemusic’s evolutionthroughitsconsolidationinthemid-1800s andontothevibrantcontemporaryscene.

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EngagingtheOttoman Empire VexedMediations,1690-1815
DanielO'Quinn

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.

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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

RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS

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.

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IslamicEcumene

ComparingMuslimSocieties

EditedbyDavidS.Powers& EricTagliacozzo

November 2023 312pp 6b&w

halftones,2maps

9781501772399£29.99/ $34.95PB

9781501772382£112.00/$125.00 HB

CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS

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

RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS

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.

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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

Llano

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.

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MusicandtheMaking ofPortugalandSpain NationalismandIdentityPolitics intheIberianPeninsula

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.

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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.

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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.

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TheClaremontRun SubvertingGenderintheX-Men

TheLastSupperClub

AWaiter'sRequiem

MatthewBatt

October 2023 272pp 2b&willus.

9781517914851£19.99/ $22.95HB

UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS

Toldwithsharphumor,humility, andakeensenseofwhat matters, TheLastSupperClub is anodetolifeinahigh-pressurerestaurant,the relationshipsthatgetyoutothenight’sclose,and findingyourselfthrough—orperhapsbecauseof— thechaosofitall.

TheNeedleandthe Lens

PopGoestotheMoviesfrom Rock'n'RolltoSynthwave

NatePatrin

November 2023 264pp

9781517913243£16.99/ $19.95PB

UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS

Howthecreativeuseofpopmusicinfilmhas shapedandshiftedmusichistorysincethe1960s. AsPatrinsurveysthescene—musicaland cinematic—acrossthedecades,expandingintothe deeperorigins,widerconnections,andechoed historiesthatcomeintoplay,thisbookoffersanew wayofseeing,andhearing,theseiconicsoundtrack moments.

TheNewNancy FlexibleandRelatableDaily ComicsintheTwenty-First Century

JeffKarnicky

Encapsulations:CriticalComicsStudies

September 2023 214pp 5illus.,index

9781496235862£25.99/ $30.00PB

UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS

ExploreshowOliviaJaimes’s2018rebootofthe legacycomicstripexemplifiestheadaptabilityof contemporaryflexiblecomicstoservedivergent audiences,fromnostalgicfanswhoreadthedaily comicsinnewspaperstonewerwebcomicreaders. RebootedcomicstripslikeNancydirectlyconfront thestereotypicalrepresentationsthathauntthepast ofcomics.

ThePeerEffect

November 2023 240pp

9781479805044£24.99/ $28.95HB

NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

Theauthorstakereadersona tourofhowourpeers,andthe peerculturestheycreate,shapeourbehaviorin schoolsandtheworkplace.AliandChinalsoshow themanyotherwaysthatpeerscaninfluenceone anotherbeyondschoolperformance,fromhookup culturetoschoolbullyingandyouthsuicide.

TheNiqabinFrance BetweenPietyandSubversion AgnèsDeFéo,Translatedby LindsayTurner

January 2024 208pp 25b&willus.

9781531504649£25.99/ $29.95PB

9781531504632£99.00/$110.00 HB

FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS

AseriesofcompellingfirstpersonaccountsfromFrenchandFrancophone womenwhowearorhaveworntheniqabinFrance’s Salaficommunities.WiththebackdropoftheFrench government’s2010banonfullfacialveilinginpublic spaces,DeFéodrawsonhersubjects’ownwordsto showtheiragency,workingagainsttheclichésthat oftenunderliepublicviewsoftheniqab.

ThePossibilityMachine MusicandMythinLasVegas

EditedbyJakeJohnson

MusicinAmericanLife

October 2023 304pp 24b&wphotos,13 musicexamples,5tables

9780252087530£25.99/ $30.00PB

9780252045417£112.00/$125.00 HB

UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS

AtonceaTechnicolorwonderlandandthe embodimentofAmericanmythology,LasVegasexists attheGroundZeroofareverenceforrisk-takingand thetransformativepowerofawinninghand.Jake Johnsoneditsacollectionofshortessaysandflash ideasthatprobeshowmusic-makingand soundscapesshapetheCityofSecondChances.

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AreandWhoYouWillBecome
HowYourPeersShapeWhoYou
SyedAli&MargaretM.Chin

ThePropagandaof Freedom

JFK,Shostakovich,Stravinsky, andtheCulturalColdWar

JosephHorowitz

MusicinAmericanLife

September 2023 248pp

9780252045271£29.99/ $34.95HB

UNIVERSITYOFILLINOISPRESS

EloquentlyextolledbyPresidentJohnF.Kennedy, theideathatonlyartistsinfreesocietiescan producegreatartbecameabedrockassumptionof theColdWar.Incounterpoint,Horowitzinvestigates personal,social,andpoliticalfactorsthatactually shapethecreativeact.

TheSwitch AnOffandOnHistoryofDigital Humans

JasonPuskar

November 2023 400pp 38b&willus.

9781517915407£29.99/ $34.95PB

9781517915391£125.00/$140.00 HB

UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS

Tracesthesuddenriseofa technologythathastransformedeverydaylifefor billionsofpeople:thebinaryswitch.Morethana technicalhistory, TheSwitch offersaculturaland politicalanalysisofhowreducingsomuchhuman actiontobinaryalternativeshasprofoundlyreshaped modernsociety.

Together,Somehow Music,Affect,andIntimacyon

LuisManuelGarcia-Mispireta

August 2023 320pp 20illus.

9781478025047£24.99/ $28.95PB

9781478020080£97.00/$107.95 HB

DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS

Drawingontimespentinthe minimaltechnoandhousemusicsubscenesin Chicago,Paris,andBerlinasthefirstdecadeofthe newmillenniumcametoaclose,Garcia-Mispireta explainsthisbondingintermsofwhathecalls stranger-intimacy:thekindofwarmth,sharing,and vulnerabilitybetweenpeoplethathappens surprisinglyoftenatpopularelectronicdancemusic parties.

TheRetrospectiveMuse PathwaysthroughAncientGreek LiteratureandCulture

FromaI.Zeitlin

MythandPoeticsII

December 2023 360pp 6b&whalftones

9781501772962£51.00/ $56.95HB

CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS

ShowcasesthecelebratedworkofFromaZeitlin. Herinstantlyrecognizableworkopenedaseries ofancienttextsandideastonewformsof understanding.Aselectionoftheseessays arebroughttogetherforthefirsttimeinavolume whichshowsthefullrangeandflairofher remarkableintellect.

TheTheatreCouplein EarlyModernItaly

Self-FashioningandMutual Marketing

SerenaLaiena

PerformingCelebrity

December 2023 212pp 4colorand4 b&wfiguresand2tables

9781644533154£45.00/ $49.95PB

9781644533161£143.00/$160.00 HB

RUTGERSUNIVERSITYPRESS

Rootedinabroadresearchfield,encompassing theatrehistory,Italianstudies,celebritystudies, genderstudies,andperformancestudies,thebook revisestheconventionalviewoftheItaliandiva, investigatesthedeploymentofCatholicdevotionasa marketingtool,andarguesfortheimportanceofthe couplesysteminthehistoryofCommediadell’Arte.

UglyWhitePeople

WritingWhitenessin

ContemporaryAmerica

StephanieLi

October 2023 272pp

9781517915742£23.99/ $28.00PB

9781517915735£100.00/$112.00 HB

UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS Exploresrepresentationsof whitenessfromtwenty-first-centurywhiteAmerican authors,revealingwhiterecognitionoftheuglyforms whitenesscantake.Theresultisliteraturethatmore directlygrappleswithwhitenessasitsownconstruct ratherthanawronglyassumednorm.Li contextualizesaseriesofliterarynovelsas collectivelyinfluencedbychangesinracialand politicalattitudes.

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theDancefloor

WhatWeTeachWhen WeTeachDH

DigitalHumanitiesinthe Classroom

DebatesintheDigitalHumanities

December 2023 360pp 1table

9781517915315£29.99/ $35.00PB

9781517915308£125.00/$140.00 HB UNIVERSITYOFMINNESOTAPRESS

Exploreshowdigitalhumanities(DH)istaughtand whatthatrevealsaboutthefieldofDH.Thisbook highlightshowDHcantransformlearningacrossa vastarrayofcurricularstructures,institutions,and educationlevels,fromhighschoolstoresearchintensiveinstitutionsandpostgraduateprograms.

BreathingAesthetics

Jean-ThomasTremblay

October 2022 240pp 17illus.

9781478018865£21.99/ $25.95PB

9781478016229£90.00/$99.95 HB DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS

Arguesthatdifficultbreathing indexestheunevendistributionofriskinthe contemporaryera.Examinestheprominenceof breathinginresponsestocontemporarycriseswithin literature,film,andperformancecultures,showing howbreathinghasemergedasamediumthrough whichbiopoliticalandnecropoliticalforcesare increasinglyexercisedandexperienced.

LGBTInclusionin AmericanLife

PopCulture,Political Imagination,andCivilRights

SusanBurgess

LGBTQPolitics

February 2023 208pp

9781479819751£23.99/ $28.00PB

9781479819720£80.00/$89.00 HB

NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS

Usingcivilrightsnarratives,popculture,andcritical theory, LGBTInclusioninAmericanLife tellsthestory ofhowexclusionwastransformedintoinclusioninUS politicsandsociety,aspopculturechanged mainstreamAmericansthinkingabout“non-gay” issues,namelyprivacy,sexandgendernorms,and family.

WhoWouldYouKillto SavetheWorld?

ClaireColebrook

Provocations

September 2023 190pp

9781496234988£16.99/ $20.00PB

UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS

ClaireColebrookexamineshow postapocalypticcinemauses imagesfromthepastandpresenttodepictwhatit meanstopreservetheworld—andwhoisleftout ofthenarrativeofrebuildingsociety.Thisbookisa provocativeadditiontothefieldofextinction studiesandchallengestheconceptualframeswe usetodefineourselves.

Hydronarratives

Water,EnvironmentalJustice, andaJustTransition

MatthewS.Henry

January 2023 238pp 7photos,4illus.,1 map,index

9781496233752£25.99/ $30.00PB

9781496227898£89.00/$99.00 HB

UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKAPRESS

ThestoryofwaterintheUnitedStatesisoneof ecosystemicdisruptionandsocialinjustice.Focusing oncreativeresponsestointensifyingwatercrisesin theUnitedStates, Hydronarratives exploreshow narrativeandstorytellingsupportenvironmental justiceadvocacyinBlack,Indigenous,andlowincomecommunities.

TheCultureTransplant HowMigrantsMakethe EconomiesTheyMoveToaLot LiketheOnesTheyLeft

GarettJones

October 2022 192pp

9781503632943£21.99/ $24.00HB

STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS

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

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