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Coalition Literature

Aesthetics on the Move in Midcentury US Multiethnic Writing

by Francisco E. Robles ...

Series series Post*45
In a series of incisive readings, Francisco E. Robles provides a literary history of midcentury US multiethnic literature, tracing the shift from coalitional aesthetics to multiculturalism by focusing on how migrancy and labor politics shape literary innovation. Along the way, Robles shows how writers kept the Popular Front's legacy of coalitional aesthetics alive through literary practices of ... Read more

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In a series of incisive readings, Francisco E. Robles provides a literary history of midcentury US multiethnic literature, tracing the shift from coalitional aesthetics to multiculturalism by focusing on how migrancy and labor politics shape literary innovation. Along the way, Robles shows how writers kept the Popular Front's legacy of coalitional aesthetics alive through literary practices of
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Disidentifications

Queers of Color And The Performance of Politics

by José Esteban Muñoz ...

Series Book 2 - Cultural Studies of the Americas
There is more to identity than identifying with one’s culture or standing solidly against it. José Esteban Muñoz looks at how those outside the racial and sexual mainstream negotiate majority culture—not by aligning themselves with or against exclusionary works but rather by transforming these works for their own cultural purposes. Muñoz calls this process “disidentification,” and through a study ... Read more

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There is more to identity than identifying with one’s culture or standing solidly against it. José Esteban Muñoz looks at how those outside the racial and sexual mainstream negotiate majority culture—not by aligning themselves with or against exclusionary works but rather by transforming these works for their own cultural purposes. Muñoz calls this process “disidentification,” and through a study
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Ghostly Matters

Haunting and the Sociological Imagination

by Avery F. Gordon ...

“Avery Gordon’s stunningly original and provocatively imaginative book explores the connections linking horror, history, and haunting. ” —George Lipsitz“The text is of great value to anyone working on issues pertaining to the fantastic and the uncanny.” —American Studies International“Ghostly Matters immediately establishes Avery Gordon as a leader among her generation of social and cultural ... Read more

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“Avery Gordon’s stunningly original and provocatively imaginative book explores the connections linking horror, history, and haunting. ” —George Lipsitz“The text is of great value to anyone working on issues pertaining to the fantastic and the uncanny.” —American Studies International“Ghostly Matters immediately establishes Avery Gordon as a leader among her generation of social and cultural
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Everybody's Autonomy

Connective Reading and Collective Identity

by Professor Juliana Spahr ...

Series series Modern and Contemporary Poetics
Experimental texts empower the reader by encouraging self-governing approaches to reading and by placing the reader on equal footing with the author. Everybody's Autonomy is about reading and identity.Contemporary avant garde writing has often been overlooked by those who study literature and identity. Such writing has been perceived as unrelated, as disrespectful of subjectivity. But Everybody's ... Read more

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Experimental texts empower the reader by encouraging self-governing approaches to reading and by placing the reader on equal footing with the author. Everybody's Autonomy is about reading and identity.Contemporary avant garde writing has often been overlooked by those who study literature and identity. Such writing has been perceived as unrelated, as disrespectful of subjectivity. But Everybody's
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There's a Disco Ball Between Us

A Theory of Black Gay Life

by Jafari Sinclaire Allen ...

In There’s a Disco Ball Between Us, Jafari S. Allen offers a sweeping and lively ethnographic and intellectual history of what he calls “Black gay habits of mind.” In conversational and lyrical language, Allen locates this sensibility as it emerged from radical Black lesbian activism and writing during the long 1980s. He traverses multiple temporalities and locations, drawing on research and ... Read more

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In There’s a Disco Ball Between Us, Jafari S. Allen offers a sweeping and lively ethnographic and intellectual history of what he calls “Black gay habits of mind.” In conversational and lyrical language, Allen locates this sensibility as it emerged from radical Black lesbian activism and writing during the long 1980s. He traverses multiple temporalities and locations, drawing on research and
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Translation and Identity in the Americas

New Directions in Translation Theory

by Edwin Gentzler ...

Translation is a highly contested site in the Americas where different groups, often with competing literary or political interests, vie for space and approval. In its survey of these multiple and competing groups and its study of the geographic, socio-political and cultural aspects of translation, Edwin Gentzler’s book demonstrates that the Americas are a fruitful terrain for the field of ... Read more

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Translation is a highly contested site in the Americas where different groups, often with competing literary or political interests, vie for space and approval. In its survey of these multiple and competing groups and its study of the geographic, socio-political and cultural aspects of translation, Edwin Gentzler’s book demonstrates that the Americas are a fruitful terrain for the field of
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The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature

Edited by Brian McHale, Len Platt ...

The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature offers a comprehensive survey of the field, from its emergence in the mid-twentieth century to the present day. It offers an unparalleled examination of all facets of postmodern writing that helps readers to understand how fiction and poetry, literary criticism, feminist theory, mass media, and the visual and fine arts have characterized the ... Read more

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The Cambridge History of Postmodern Literature offers a comprehensive survey of the field, from its emergence in the mid-twentieth century to the present day. It offers an unparalleled examination of all facets of postmodern writing that helps readers to understand how fiction and poetry, literary criticism, feminist theory, mass media, and the visual and fine arts have characterized the
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Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase

Contemporary North American Dystopian Literature

Edited by Brett Josef Grubisic, Gisèle M. Baxter, Tara Lee ...

In Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase, twenty-five contributors investigate how dystopian fiction reflects twenty-first century reality, using diverse critical methodologies to examine how North America is portrayed in a perceived age of crisis, accelerated uncertainty, and political volatility.Drawing from contemporary novels such as Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and the ... Read more

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In Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase, twenty-five contributors investigate how dystopian fiction reflects twenty-first century reality, using diverse critical methodologies to examine how North America is portrayed in a perceived age of crisis, accelerated uncertainty, and political volatility.Drawing from contemporary novels such as Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and the
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Identity Poetics

Race, Class, and the Lesbian-Feminist Roots of Queer Theory

by Linda Garber ...

Series series Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies
"Queer theory," asserts Linda Garber, "alternately buries and vilifies lesbian feminism, missing its valuable insights and ignoring its rich contributions." Rejecting the either/or choice between lesbianism and queer theory, she favors an inclusive approach that defies current factionalism. In an eloquent challenge to the privileging of queer theory in the academy, Garber calls for recognition of ... Read more

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"Queer theory," asserts Linda Garber, "alternately buries and vilifies lesbian feminism, missing its valuable insights and ignoring its rich contributions." Rejecting the either/or choice between lesbianism and queer theory, she favors an inclusive approach that defies current factionalism. In an eloquent challenge to the privileging of queer theory in the academy, Garber calls for recognition of
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Marxist Literary Criticism Today

by Barbara Foley ...

*Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Prize, 2019**Shortlisted for the Isaac Deutscher Prize 2019*Why Marxism? Why today? In the first introduction to Marxist literary criticism to be published in decades, Barbara Foley argues that Marxism continues to offer the best framework for exploring the relationship between literature and society.She lays out in clear terms the principal aspects ... Read more

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*Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Prize, 2019**Shortlisted for the Isaac Deutscher Prize 2019*Why Marxism? Why today? In the first introduction to Marxist literary criticism to be published in decades, Barbara Foley argues that Marxism continues to offer the best framework for exploring the relationship between literature and society.She lays out in clear terms the principal aspects
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After the Party

A Manifesto for Queer of Color Life

by Joshua Chambers-Letson ...

Series Book 4 - Sexual Cultures
Winner, 2019 ATHE Outstanding Book Award, given by the Association for Theatre in Higher EducationWinner, 2018 Errol Hill Award in African American theater, drama, and/or performance studies, presented by the American Society for Theatre ResearchA new manifesto for performance studies on the art of queer of color worldmaking.After the Party tells the stories of minoritarian artists who mobilize ... Read more

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Winner, 2019 ATHE Outstanding Book Award, given by the Association for Theatre in Higher EducationWinner, 2018 Errol Hill Award in African American theater, drama, and/or performance studies, presented by the American Society for Theatre ResearchA new manifesto for performance studies on the art of queer of color worldmaking.After the Party tells the stories of minoritarian artists who mobilize
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On the Outskirts of Form

Practicing Cultural Poetics

by Michael Davidson ...

This new book by eminent scholar Michael Davidson gathers his essays concerning formally innovative poetry from modernists such as Mina Loy, George Oppen, and Wallace Stevens to current practitioners such as Cristina Rivera-Garza, Heriberto Yépez, Lisa Robertson, and Mark Nowak. The book considers poems that challenge traditional poetic forms and in doing so trouble normative boundaries of ... Read more

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This new book by eminent scholar Michael Davidson gathers his essays concerning formally innovative poetry from modernists such as Mina Loy, George Oppen, and Wallace Stevens to current practitioners such as Cristina Rivera-Garza, Heriberto Yépez, Lisa Robertson, and Mark Nowak. The book considers poems that challenge traditional poetic forms and in doing so trouble normative boundaries of
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