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¿Entiendes?: Queer Readings, Hispanic Writings

Bergmann

Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Paul Julian; Bergmann, Emilie. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 448 pages, 7 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 780.

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Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 448
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SKU: V9780822316152
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Ethnicity, Markets, and Migration in the Andes: At the Crossroads of H...

Larson

Paperback. Editor(s): Larson, Brooke; Harris, Olivia; Tandeter, Enrique. Num Pages: 440 pages, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; JFS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.

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Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 440
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Edition: Illustrated
SKU: V9780822316473
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Regulating Confusion: Samuel Johnson and the Crowd

Thomas Reinert

Paperback. Ambivalent about the disruption, perplexity, and variety apparent in the London of his day, Johnson was committed to the conventions of moral reflection and troubled by the pressure to adopt the perspective of the crowd and the language of social theory. This work explores the consequences of his ambivalence and his attempt to order the chaos. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HPQ; JFSG; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.

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Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 208
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SKU: V9780822317173
ISBN: 9780822317173

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Pop Out: Queer Warhol

Doyle

Paperback. Andy Warhol was queer in more ways than one. A fabulous queen, a fan of prurience and pornography, a great admirer of the male body, he was well known to the gay audiences who enjoyed his films. This title demonstrates that to ignore Warhol's queerness is to miss what is valuable, interesting, sexy, and political about his life and work. Editor(s): Doyle, Jennifer; Flatley, Jonathan; Munoz, Jose Esteban. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 280 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.

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Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 280
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SKU: V9780822317418
ISBN: 9780822317418

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Passing and the Fictions of Identity

Ginsberg

Paperback. Suitable for students and scholars working in the areas of race, gender, and identity theory, as well as US history and literature, this book offers a perspective for studying the construction and meaning of personal and cultural identities. Editor(s): Ginsburg, Elaine. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.

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Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 312
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SKU: V9780822317647
ISBN: 9780822317647

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Not of Pure Blood: The Free People of Color and Racial Prejudice in Ni...

Jay Kinsbruner

Paperback. Countering the popular misconception that racial discrimination has largely not existed in Puerto Rico, this book shows that racial prejudice has long had an insidious effect on Puerto Rican society. It is of interest to specialists in Caribbean studies, Puerto Rican history, and Latin America studies, and also to scholars in a variety of fields. Num Pages: 192 pages, 34 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KJP; HBJK; HBLL; JFFJ; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.

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Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 192
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SKU: V9780822318422
ISBN: 9780822318422

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Disappearing Acts: Spectacles of Gender and Nationalism in Argentina´...

Diana Taylor

Paperback. Looks at how national identity is shaped, gendered, and contested through spectacle and spectatorship. The specific identity in question is that of Argentina, and the focus of this book is directed toward the years 1976 to 1983 in which the Argentine armed forces were pitted against the Argentine people. Num Pages: 328 pages, 50 b&w photographs, 14 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSJ; JPFN; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.

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Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 328
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Edition: Third
SKU: V9780822318682
ISBN: 9780822318682

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Indian Nation: Native American Literature and Nineteenth-Century Natio...

Cheryl Walker

Paperback. Documents the contributions of Native Americans to the notion of American nationhood and to concepts of American identity at a crucial, defining time in US history. This book examines the rhetoric and writings of nineteenth-century Native Americans, including William Apess, Black Hawk, George Copway, John Rollin Ridge, and Sarah Winnemucca. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2JN; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 463.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 280
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Edition: Illustrated
SKU: V9780822319443
ISBN: 9780822319443

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The Gendered Worlds of Latin American Women Workers: From Household an...

French

paperback. Emphasising the integration of traditional labour history topics with historical accounts of gender, female subjectivity, and community, this volume explores working women's agency and consciousness and offers details regarding women's lives as daughters, housewives, mothers, factory workers, trade union leaders, and political activists. Editor(s): French, John D.; James, Daniel. Series: Comparative & International Working-Class History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 b&w photographs, 5 figures, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; HBTB; JFSJ1; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.

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Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 336
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SKU: V9780822319962
ISBN: 9780822319962

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Unbecoming

Eric Michaels

Paperback. The American-born anthropologist Eric Michaels was a major intellectual in Australia. This book presents his account of living with AIDS. Offering an ironic rumination on the cultural phenomenon of AIDS, it also provides a view of the AIDS epidemic from a different vantage point. Editor(s): Foss, Paul. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: BG; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 249.

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Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 160
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SKU: V9780822320142
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High Contrast: Race and Gender in Contemporary Hollywood Films

Sharon Willis

Paperback. Examines the dynamic relationships between racial and sexual difference in Hollywood film, from the 1980s and 1990s. Informed by contemporary debates in film and cultural studies, as well as feminist and critical race theory, this book throws light on the intersection of popular film and cultural politics. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.

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Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 280
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SKU: V9780822320418
ISBN: 9780822320418

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Dangerous Intimacies: Toward a Sapphic History of the British Novel

Lisa L. Moore

paperback. Refuting commonly held beliefs within women's and lesbian history, feminist theory, and histories of the novel, this book challenges the idea that sex between women was unimaginable in British culture before the late nineteenth century. It is of interest to readers engaged in literary and queer theory. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.

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Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 200
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SKU: V9780822320494
ISBN: 9780822320494

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Decentering the Regime: Ethnicity, Radicalism, and Democracy in Juchit...

Jeffrey W. Rubin

Paperback. Since 1989 an indigenous political movement - the Coalition of Workers, Peasants, and Students of the Isthmus (COCEI) - has governed the southern Mexican city of Juchitan. This title examines this Zapotec Indian movement and shows how COCEI forged a political and cultural path - overcoming oppression in the 1970s to achieve democracy in the 1990s. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLS; JFSL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.

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Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 328
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SKU: V9780822320630
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Nations, Identities, Cultures

Ide Mudimbe/Nations

paperback. Investigates the concepts of nation, identity, and culture as they have evolved within the contexts of exile and the ethnicisation of the political. This book explores various theoretical issues involved in reconfiguring these concepts since the nineteenth century. It is aimed at readers engaged in postcolonial and cultural studies. Editor(s): Mudimbe, V. Y. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSL; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.

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Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 240
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Edition: Revised ed.
SKU: V9780822320654
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Dissing Elizabeth: Negative Representations of Gloriana

J M Walker

Paperback. Focusing on criticism of Elizabeth I by her contemporaries, this is a collection of essays considering various forms the dissenters used for their critique. Editor(s): Walker, Julia M. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7. BIC Classification: BG; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.

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Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 312
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SKU: V9780822320746
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Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil

Hanchard

Paperback. Presents a significant advance in understanding the complexities of racial difference in contemporary Brazilian society. This book examines such topics as the legacy of slavery and its abolition, and race-related violence. It is suitable for those interested in the larger issues of political and social movements centered on the issue of race. Num Pages: 232 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFF; JFSL1; JHMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.

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Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 232
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SKU: V9780822322726
ISBN: 9780822322726

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Negotiating National Identity: Immigrants, Minorities, and the Struggl...

Jeffrey Lesser

Paperback. Explores the role ethnic minorities from China, Japan, North Africa, and the Middle East have played in constructing a national identity, thereby challenging dominant notions of Brazilian nationality and citizenship. By examining how acculturating minority groups have represented themselves, this title re-envisions what it means to be Brazilian. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 b&w photographs, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFN; JFSL1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.

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Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 304
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SKU: V9780822322924
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Black Venus: Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears, and Primitive Narrative...

T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting

Paperback. Presents a feminist study of the representations of black women in the literary, cultural, and scientific imagination of nineteenth-century France. Employing psychoanalysis, feminist film theory, and the critical race theory, this book presents an argument that black women historically invoked both desire and primal fear in French men. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2ADF; APFA; DSBF; JFFK; JFSL3; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.

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Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 208
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SKU: V9780822323402
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Authentic Blackness: The Folk in the New Negro Renaissance

J. Martin Favor

Paperback. Presents the Harlem Renaissance, exploring early challenges to the idea that race is a static category. Drawing on vernacular theories of African American literature from figures such as Henry Louis Gates Jr and Houston Baker, this book looks at the work of four fiction writers: James Johnson, Nella Larsen, George Schuyler, and Jean Toomer. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 331.

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Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 200
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SKU: V9780822323457
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Queer Iberia: Sexualities, Cultures, and Crossings from the Middle Age...

Blackmore

Paperback. Offers a collection of essays exploring ideologies and discourses that center on sexual otherness in medieval Iberian cultures, Martyred saints, Moors, Jews, viragoes, hermaphrodites, sodomites, kings, queens, and cross-dressers that comprise the mosaic of historical and imaginative figures unearthed in Queer Iberia. Editor(s): Blackmore, Josiah; Hutcheson, Gregory S. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 488 pages, 3 illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 36. Weight in Grams: 803.

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Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 488
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SKU: V9780822323495
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Screening Culture, Viewing Politics: An Ethnography of Television, Wom...

Purnima Mankekar

Paperback. With a focus on the responses of upwardly-mobile, yet lower-to-middle class urban women to state-sponsored entertainment serials, this title demonstrates how television in India has profoundly shaped women's place in the family, community, and nation, and the crucial role it has played in the realignment of class, caste, religion, and politics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 28 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSJ1; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 752.

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Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 448
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SKU: V9780822323907
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Queer Diasporas

Patton

Paperback. Presents essays that explore how sexuality and sexual identity change when individuals, ideologies, and media move across literal and figurative boundaries. Illuminating the complex nature of queerness in the post-modern world, this book contributes to the advancement of gay and lesbian studies. Editor(s): Patton, Cindy; Sanchez-Eppler, Benigno. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 b&w photographs, 11 figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.

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Publication date: 2000
Publisher: Duke University Press United States
Number of pages: 320
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SKU: V9780822324225
ISBN: 9780822324225

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