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Interviews | January 24, 2012

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Ben MarcusBen Marcus's books The Age of Wire and String and Notable American Women were considered "experimental" fiction because of his unconventional use of... Continue »
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The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism
by Mel Kaye Kantrowitz
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Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz exposes and challenges the common assumptionsabout whom and what Jews are, by presenting in their own voices, Jews of color fromthe Iberian Peninsula, Asia, Africa, and India. Drawing from her earlier work onJews and whiteness... (read more)
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Taboo Memories, Diasporic Voices (Next Wave) Taboo Memories, Diasporic Voices (Next Wave)
by Ella Shohat
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Since September 11, public discourse has often been framed in terms of absolutes: an age of innocence gives way to a present under siege, while the United States and its allies face off against the Axis of Evil. This special issue of Social Text aims to... (read more)
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Flying Camel : Essays on Identity By Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage (03 Edition) Flying Camel : Essays on Identity By Women of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Heritage (03 Edition)
by Loolwa (ed.) Khazzoom
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Focusing on the experiences of Jewish women of two rich and varied regions, these essays reveal hidden worlds often misunderstood or maligned by both the cultures in which they live and the European-Jewish community.... (read more)
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Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out
by Dan Berger
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Diverse authors challenge the common misconception that today's young people are apathetic, shallow, and materialistic. Aged ten to thirty-one, these atheist, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, pagan, transgender, heterosexual, bisexual, metrosexual Americans... (read more)
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Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity
by Dan Berger
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Cultural Writing. OUTLAWS OF AMERICA brings to life the motivations and actions of America's most famous renegades, who bombed their way into history. Through detailed and original research, Dan Berger offers a nuanced and compelling portrait of the... (read more)
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What Democracy Looks Like: A New Critical Realism for a Post-Seattle World What Democracy Looks Like: A New Critical Realism for a Post-Seattle World
by Amy Schrager Lang
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The constant repetition of the notion that "9-11 changed everything," Lang (English and humanities, Syracuse U.) and Tichi (Vanderbilt U.) seem to suggest, allows the national and even global discourse to be framed around agendas of imperialism and... (read more)
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Representing Sacco and Vanzetti (Italian and Italian American Studies) Representing Sacco and Vanzetti (Italian and Italian American Studies)

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Genderqueer : Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary (02 Edition) Genderqueer : Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary (02 Edition)
by Joan Nestle
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In this anthology, three experts in gender studies and politics navigate around rigid, societally imposed concepts of two genders to discover and illuminate the limitless possibilities of identity.... (read more)
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My Jewish Face and Other Stories My Jewish Face and Other Stories
by Melanie Kaye Kantrowitz
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