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Abigail De Kosnik and Keith P. Feldman, “#Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation” (U Michigan Press, 2019)
Abigail De Kosnik and Keith P. Feldman, eds.
#Identity
Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation
University of Michigan Press, 2019

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and Society June 5, 2019 Lilly Goren

In the new book #Identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation (University of Michigan Press, 2019), Abigail De Kosnik and Keith Feldman bring together a broad array of chapters that dive into multiple perspectives on social media engagement, especially around hashtag activism and the ways that individuals think about and... Read More
Niall Geraghty, “The Polyphonic Machine: Capitalism, Political Violence, and Resistance in Contemporary Argentine Literature” (U Pittsburgh Press, 2019)
Niall Geraghty
The Polyphonic Machine
Capitalism, Political Violence, and Resistance in Contemporary Argentine Literature
University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 30, 2019 Elena McGrath

What options for resistance are left to the author of fiction in a nation structured by totalizing political and economic violence? This is the question at the heart of Niall Geraghty’s eloquent and engaging book, The Polyphonic Machine: Capitalism, Political Violence, and Resistance in Contemporary Argentine Literature (University of Pittsburgh... Read More
John Pat Leary, “Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism” (Haymarket Books, 2019)
John Pat Leary
Keywords
The New Language of Capitalism
Haymarket Books, 2019

New Books in CommunicationsNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in LanguageNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in SociologyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network May 28, 2019 Patrick Sheehan

John Pat Leary‘s Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism (Haymarket Books, 2019) chronicles the rise of a new vocabulary in the twenty-first century. From Silicon Valley to the White House, from kindergarten to college, and from the factory floor to the church pulpit, we are all called to be innovators... Read More
Zachary Kramer, “Outsiders: Why Difference is the Future of Civil Rights” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Zachary Kramer
Outsiders
Why Difference is the Future of Civil Rights
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in Big IdeasNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in LawNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 27, 2019 Künga Tenje

Outsiders: Why Difference is the Future of Civil Rights (Oxford University Press, 2019) by Zachary Kramer sets forth an imaginative critique of the way that civil rights law currently fulfills its mission. Using stories that lucidly illustrate the gap between the aspiration of civil rights law and the lived reality,... Read More
Dia Da Costa, “Politicizing Creative Economy: Activism and a Hunger Called Theater” (U Illinois Press, 2016)
Dia Da Costa
Politicizing Creative Economy
Activism and a Hunger Called Theater
University of Illinois Press, 2016

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in ArtNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in South Asian StudiesNew Books Network May 24, 2019 Aparna Gopalan

In a world where heritage, culture, creativity, and the capacity to imagine are themselves commodified and sold under the banner of neoliberal freedom, (how) can art be harnessed for anti-capitalist agendas? At a time when scholars along all points of the political spectrum seem to agree that expressing their creativity... Read More
Jinhua Dai (ed. Lisa Rofel), “After the Post-Cold War: The Future of Chinese History” (Duke UP, 2018)
Jinhua Dai (ed. Lisa Rofel)
After the Post-Cold War
The Future of Chinese History
Duke University Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in FilmNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 23, 2019  Ed Pulford

Although not all that well known to English-speaking audiences, cultural critic and Peking University professor Jinhua Dai’s incisive commentaries and critiques of contemporary Chinese life have elevated her to something akin to ‘rock star’ status in China itself. As Lisa Rofel discusses in this podcast, and in her introduction to... Read More
Anne A. Cheng, “Ornamentalism” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Anne A. Cheng
Ornamentalism

Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Asian American StudiesNew Books in Critical TheoryNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network May 22, 2019 Sitara Thobani

In her original and thought-provoking book Ornamentalism (Oxford University Press, 2019), Anne A. Cheng illustrates the longstanding relationship between the ‘oriental’ and the ‘ornamental’. So doing, she moves beyond a simple analysis of objectification to reveal the powerful role Ornamentalism plays in constituting modern ideas of personhood, racialized femininity and... Read More