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Countervisions

Countervisions
Asian American Film Criticism

Hamamoto, Darrell Y., and Sandra Liu, eds.

Asian American film makers and film critics discuss their cultural output

317 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-776-6
EAN 978-1-56639-776-6
cloth 1-56639-775-8
EAN 978-1-56639-775-9
 

Critical Race Theory

Critical Race Theory
The Cutting Edge

Delgado, Richard and Jean Stefancic, eds.

A powerful collection of original essays on the history of Critical Race Theory

Second Edition
704 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-776-6
EAN 978-1-56639-776-6
cloth 1-56639-775-8
EAN 978-1-56639-775-9
 

Cultural Compass
 

Cultural Compass
Ethnographic Explorations of Asian America

Manalansan, IV, Martin F., ed.

Essays by ethnographers researching their own ethnic groups

272 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-773-1
EAN 978-1-56639-773-5
cloth 1-56639-772-3
EAN 978-1-56639-772-8
 

East Indian Music in the West Indies
 

East Indian Music in the West Indies
Tân-Singing, Chutney, and the Making of Indo-Caribbean Culture

Manuel, Peter

An introduction to the music of Indo-Caribbean culture

Includes a CD
288 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-763-4
EAN 978-1-56639-763-6
cloth 1-56639-762-6
EAN 978-1-56639-762-9
 

Environmental Ethics and Forestry
 

Environmental Ethics and Forestry
A Reader

List, Peter, ed.

An exploration of the philosophical nature of ecology

416 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-785-5
EAN 978-1-56639-785-8
cloth 1-56639-784-7
EAN 978-1-56639-784-1
 

Fela
 

Fela
The Life and Times of an African Musical Icon

Veal, Michael E.

A profile of the outspoken Nigerian musician who popularized Afropop

352 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-765-0
EAN 978-1-56639-765-0
cloth 1-56639-764-2
EAN 978-1-56639-764-3
 

A Genealogy of Queer Theory
 

A Genealogy of Queer Theory
Turner, William B.

An accessible history of queer—not gay/lesbian—theory and its academic importance

256 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-787-1
EAN 978-1-56639-787-2
cloth 1-56639-786-3
EAN 978-1-56639-786-5
 

Hard-Boiled
 

Hard-Boiled
Working-Class Readers and Pulp Magazines

Smith, Erin A.

An examination of the culture that produced and supported pulp-fiction

248 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-769-3
EAN 978-1-56639-769-8
cloth 1-56639-768-5
EAN 978-1-56639-768-1
 

In Griot Time

In Griot Time
An American Guitarist in Mali

Eyre, Banning

An American guitarist chronicles the lives of musicians in Mali

280 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-759-6
EAN 978-1-56639-759-9
cloth 1-56639-758-8
EAN 978-1-56639-758-2
 

How I Got Over

How I Got Over
Clara Ward and the World-Famous Ward Singers

Ward-Royster, Willa, as told to Toni Rose

The telling story of one of the country's best-known gospel groups

New in Paperback!
263 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1997
paper 1-56639-490-2
EAN 978-1-56639-490-1
 

Images of Animals

Images of Animals
Anthropomorphism and Animal Mind

Crist, Eileen

The telling story of one of the country's best-known gospel groups

New in Paperback!
256 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1998
paper 1-56639-788-X
EAN 978-1-56639-788-9
 

Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering

Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering
No Universal Constants

Ambrose, Susan A., Kristin L. Dunkle, Barbara B. Lazarus, Indira Nair, and Deborah A. Harkus

An American guitarist chronicles the lives of musicians in Mali

New in Paperback!
512 pp • 7x10 • Spring 1997
paper 1-56639-759-6
EAN 978-1-56639-759-9
 

The Kennedy Family and the Story of Mental Retardation
 

The Kennedy Family and the Story of Mental Retardation
Shorter, Edward

An account of mental retardation through the eyes of the Kennedy Family

249 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-783-9
paper 1-56639-783-9
cloth 1-56639-782-0
EAN 978-1-56639-782-7
 

La Raza Unida Party
 

La Raza Unida Party
A Chicano Challenge to the U.S. Two-Party Dictatorship

Navarro, Armando

A comprehensive study of an ethnic political movement

384 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-771-5
EAN 978-1-56639-771-1
cloth 1-56639-770-7
EAN 978-1-56639-770-4
 

Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States
 

Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States
Schmidt, Sr., Ronald

An engaging discussion about the use of English and other languages in the United States

296 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-755-3
EAN 978-1-56639-755-1
cloth 1-56639-754-5
EAN 978-1-56639-754-4
 

Letters of Charles Demuth, American Artist, 1883-1935
 

Letters of Charles Demuth, American Artist, 1883-1935
Kellner, Bruce, ed.

The correspondence of a celebrated 1920s artist with his famous contemporaries

216 pp • 5.5x8.25 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-781-2
EAN 978-1-56639-781-0
cloth 1-56639-780-4
EAN 978-1-56639-780-3
 

Locating Filipino Americans
 

Locating Filipino Americans
Ethnicity and the Cultural Politics of Space

Bonus, Rick

Defining ethnic identity and social space for Filipino Americans

248 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-779-0
EAN 978-1-56639-779-7
cloth 1-56639-778-2
EAN 978-1-56639-778-0
 

The Money Pitch
 

The Money Pitch
Baseball Free Agency and Salary Arbitration

Abrams, Roger I.

An insider's guide to the economics of Baseball

240 pp • 6x9 • Spring 2000
cloth 1-56639-774-X
EAN 978-1-56639-774-2
 

Orientals
 

Orientals
Asian Americans in Popular Culture

Lee, Robert G.

A compelling study of how the label "oriental" came into being

New in Paperback!
288 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1998
paper 1-56639-753-7
EAN 978-1-56639-753-7
 

Pacifica Radio
 

Pacifica Radio
The Rise of an Alternative Network

Lasar, Matthew

A profile of America's first listener-supported alternative radio station

Updated Edition
New in Paperback!
320 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1998
paper 1-56639-777-4
EAN 978-1-56639-777-3
 

Paradise, New York
 

Paradise, New York
A Novel

Pollack, Eileen

A funny and moving first novel of nostalgia for Catskills hotel life

New in Paperback!
288 pp • 5x9 • Fall 1998
paper 1-56639-789-8
EAN 978-1-56639-789-6
 

Presenting Women Philosophers
 

Presenting Women Philosophers
Tougas, Cecile T., and Sara Ebenreck, eds.

Women's unique outlook on life reveals itself in philosophical thought throughout the ages

280 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-761-8
EAN 978-1-56639-761-2
cloth 1-56639-760-X
EAN 978-1-56639-760-5
 

The Red Atlantis
 

The Red Atlantis
Communist Culture in the Absence of Communism

Hoberman, J.

A delightful and witty examination of Communism as an art form

New in Paperback!
326 pp • 5x9 • Fall 1998
paper 1-56639-767-7
EAN 978-1-56639-767-4
 

Robert Kennedy
 

Robert Kennedy
Brother Protector

Hilty, James W.

The relationship between a President and his 'tough as nails' alter ego and brother

New in Paperback!
672 pp • 6x9 • Fall 1997
paper 1-56639-766-9
EAN 978-1-56639-766-7
 

Voices of the Religious Left
 

Voices of the Religious Left
A Contemporary Sourcebook

Alpert, Rebecca T., ed.

A collection of essays that demonstrate the vitality of current liberal religious thought

304 pp • 7x10 • Spring 2000
paper 1-56639-757-X
EAN 978-1-56639-757-5
cloth 1-56639-756-1
EAN 978-1-56639-756-8
 

The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant
 

The Whiz Kids and the 1950 Pennant
Roberts, Robin and C. Paul Rogers III

The story of the astounding Whiz Kids told by Hall-of-Famer Robin Roberts

New in Paperback!
390 pp • 6x9 • Spring 1996
paper 1-56639-790-1
EAN 978-1-56639-790-2

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