The Uses of Beauty: On “Daughters of the Dust” and Diasporic Inheritance
The Sea Islands might seem like a small place. But every point in diaspora is the cutting edge if you have the nerve to touch it....
When Progress Ebbs: Career Women at the Turn of the 20th Century
Radha Vatsal muses on the shifting contours of social progress for women....
Cottage Industry: On “Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First-Century Culture”
In "Dead Pledges," Annie McClanahan uncovers how cultural production after 2008 registers a new crisis subjectivity in the wake of the mortgage meltdown....
Learning from Mistakes: Howard S. Becker’s “Evidence”
Ben Merriman reviews Howard S. Becker’s “Evidence,” on the conduct of sociological research....
Above and Below the Fruited Plain: On Edward McPherson’s “The History of the Future”
A trip through the contemporary American landscape featuring portraits of eight different cities by a creative writing professor....
Facing the Feminist in the Mirror: On Sara Ahmed’s “Living a Feminist Life”
In all the messiness of Sara Ahmed's "Living a Feminist Life," it offers more than a healthy start....
Flyover Utopia: On Keith Krumwiede’s “Atlas of Another America”
Mimi Zeiger examines “Atlas of Another America: An Architectural Fiction” by Keith Krumwiede....
Wine, Olive Oil, and Wisteria: A Sensual Tour of the “City of Lions”
Jacob Mikanowski follows Józef Wittlin through the “City of Lions.”...
“And My Frigidaire is Here!”: Gender and Family Life in Postwar France
John Merriman reviews “From Vichy to the Sexual Revolution” by Sarah Fishman....
Remaking the University: The Idea of the English University
Michael Meranze reviews Stefan Collini’s “Speaking of Universities.”...
Who’s Afraid of the White Working Class?: On Joan C. Williams’s “White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America”
David Roediger on “White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America.”...
A Space for Pleasures of All Kinds: On “Cruising the Library”
Emily Drabinski explores normativity and the Library of Congress classification system in her review of Melissa Adler’s “Cruising the Library.”...
