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Alyshia Gálvez, “Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico” (U. California Press, 2018)

Alyshia Gálvez
Eating NAFTA
Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico
University of California Press, 2018

New Books in Anthropology New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Economics New Books in Food New Books in Latin American Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Public Policy New Books Network September 19, 2018 Eric LeMay

The North American Free Trade Agreement—or NAFTA, as we Americans call it—is very much in the news of late, primarily because President Trump has decided to make good on what he famously called “the single worst trade deal” that the United States has ever approved. Trump’s assessment, like so many... Read More

Mira T. Lee
Everything Here is Beautiful

Pamela Dorman Books, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literature New Books Network September 14, 2018 GP Gottlieb

In her first novel, Everything Here is Beautiful (Pamela Dorman Books, 2018), author Mira T. Lee delves into the sometimes troubled but always compelling life of Lucia from the perspectives of her older sister Miranda, her husband, Yonah, and the father of her child, Manny. Miranda, who has taken care of... Read More

Scott Spector, “Modernism Without Jews?: German Jewish Subjects and Histories” (Indiana UP, 2017)

Scott Spector
Modernism Without Jews?
German Jewish Subjects and Histories
Indiana University Press, 2017

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in German Studies New Books in History New Books in Intellectual History New Books in Jewish Studies New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network September 12, 2018 Daveeda Goldberg

Was there anything particularly Modern about Modern Jews? Was there something characteristically Jewish about Modernism? In this episode, we hear from Scott Spector, professor of History and German Studies at the University of Michigan, who complicates these often-asked questions in his new book Modernism Without Jews?: German Jewish Subjects and... Read More

M. Cooper Harriss
Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Theology

NYU Press, 2017

New Books in African American Studies New Books in American Studies New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Literary Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Religion New Books in Religion & Faith New Books Network September 12, 2018 Kristian Petersen

Ralph Ellison’s 1952 novel Invisible Man is a milestone of American literature and the idea of invisibility has become a key way for understanding social marginalization. In Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Theology (NYU Press, 2017), M. Cooper Harriss, Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University, explores the theological... Read More

Stephen Lee Naish
Riffs & Meaning
Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy
Headpress, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in British Studies New Books in Music New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Popular Culture New Books Network September 11, 2018 Kimberly Mack

In Riffs & Meaning: Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy (Headpress, 2018), Stephen Lee Naish tells the story of Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers’ 2001 album Know Your Enemy. The record’s engagement with diverse and unexpected musical influences, as well as its mixed reception by critics and fans alike, inspired Naish... Read More