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Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University - New

Poor Queer Studies: Confronting Elitism in the University

Matt Brim

"Having all the makings of a classic in queer studies and pedagogy studies, his book should be required reading in every intro to queer studies course at the undergraduate and graduate level. The field has needed Poor Queer Studies for a long time." — E. Patrick Johnson
The Voice in the Headphones - New

The Voice in the Headphones

David Grubbs

"David Grubbs's books are at once bravado poetic performances and incisive works of performance theory. He combines a deep knowing with a willingness to smash everything. I will follow him into any medium."—Ben Lerner
Revolutionary Positions - New

Revolutionary Positions

Michelle Chase, Isabella Cosse, Melina Pappademos, and Heidi Tinsman, editors

As the Cuban Revolution reaches its 60th anniversary, contributors to this issue explore the revolution's impacts through the lens of sexuality and gender.
Queer Korea - New

Queer Korea

Todd A. Henry, Editor

"Queer Korea is full of remarkable interventions and exciting possibilities, and its contributors deploy Korean cultural and historical experiences for an energized critique of queer theory."—Martin F. Manalansan IV
The Process Genre: Cinema and the Aesthetic of Labor - New

The Process Genre: Cinema and the Aesthetic of Labor

Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky

"After reading Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky's original take on the process genre one wonders why this essential cinematic genre had not been an object of systematic study earlier."—Ivone Margulies
Trajectories in Race and Diaspora - New

Trajectories in Race and Diaspora

Donna Honarpisheh, editor

This issue intersects race and diaspora in a global context, presenting essays that explore the entangled histories of slavery, indentured servitude, and anticolonial resistance.
The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games - New

The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games

Bonnie Ruberg

"The queer games avant-garde isn't just pushing at the boundaries of the medium, it's exploding what games can be into millions of multi-colored worlds where we can all play! An exuberant and essential exploration of the personal, political, and playful."—Colleen Macklin
Visualizing Fascism: The Twentieth-Century Rise of the Global Right - New

Visualizing Fascism: The Twentieth-Century Rise of the Global Right

Julia Adeney Thomas and Geoff Eley, editors

"An absolutely stunning and pathbreaking intervention by leading scholars of fascism and modernity." —Takashi Fujitani
-30-: The End of the Story - New

-30-: The End of the Story

Elizabeth Weed and Ellen Rooney, editors

In this 30th-anniversary issue, contributors address the question of the “end of the story” in a number of unexpected ways, demonstrating that critical feminism is by no means limited to conventional feminist themes.

Best Sellers

Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood - Best Sellers

Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood

James Baldwin

"A brilliant exploration of black childhood with profound emotional depth, drawn from the grace and struggles of community and reinforcing the truth that no one knows Harlem like Baldwin." —Kirkus
Living a Feminist Life - Best Sellers

Living a Feminist Life

Sara Ahmed

"Living a Feminist Life makes visible the continuous work of feminism. … Playful yet methodical, the book tries to construct a living feminism that is neither essentialist nor universalist."—Bookforum
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene - Best Sellers

Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene

Donna J. Haraway

"Staying with the Trouble is Haraway at her most accessible. … This is a work to provoke and inspire. It is a call to arms (or pseudopods as the case may be)!" —Savage Minds
Stolen Life - Best Sellers

Stolen Life

Fred Moten

"At a time when both theory and criticism are frequently and convincingly attacked as exhausted forms, Moten’s trilogy has reinvented both." —Vulture
Mesoamerican Experiences of Illness and Healing - Best Sellers

Mesoamerican Experiences of Illness and Healing

Rebecca Dufendach, issue editor

Contributors to this Ethnohistory issue address how Mesoamericans experienced bodily health in the wake of the 16th-century encounter with Europeans.
Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure - Best Sellers

Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure

Eli Clare

"A dazzling work of intellectually rigorous and wildly original thinking that challenges our most deeply held beliefs about the nature of cure, exposing its place in the ideologies of domination."—Aurora Levins Morales
In the Wake: On Blackness and Being - Best Sellers

In the Wake: On Blackness and Being

Christina Sharpe

"Christina Sharpe brings everything she has to bear on her consideration of the violation and commodification of Black life and the aesthetic responses to this ongoing state of emergency. … A searing and brilliant work."—Saidiya Hartman
On Chantal Akerman - Best Sellers

On Chantal Akerman

Patricia White, issue editor

The milestone 100th issue of Camera Obscura recognizes the work and legacy of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman, arguably the most important figure in feminist film culture.

Featured Journals

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law - Featured Journals

Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

Jonathan Oberlander, editor

A leading journal in its field, JHPPL focuses on the initiation, formulation, and implementation of health policy and analyzes the relations between government and health.
Meridians - Featured Journals

Meridians

Ginetta E. B. Candelario, editor

Meridians, an interdisciplinary feminist journal, provides a forum for the finest scholarship and creative work by and about women of color in U.S. and international contexts.
Pedagogy - Featured Journals

Pedagogy

Jennifer L. Holberg and Marcy M. Taylor, editors

Pedagogy is an innovative journal that aims to build and sustain a vibrant discourse around teaching in English studies.
the minnesota review - Featured Journals

the minnesota review

Janell Watson, editor

Publishing contemporary poetry and fiction as well as reviews, critical commentary, and interviews of leading intellectual figures, the minnesota review curates smart, accessible collections of progressive new work.

Mathematics

Illinois Journal of Mathematics - Mathematics

Illinois Journal of Mathematics

Steven Bradlow, editor

The Illinois Journal of Mathematics publishes new, peer-reviewed articles in all areas of mathematics research and has published works by many of the world's leading mathematicians.
Duke Mathematical Journal - Mathematics

Duke Mathematical Journal

Richard Hain and Jonathan Wahl, editors

Duke Mathematical Journal is one of the world's top ten mathematics journals, emphasizing the most active and influential areas of current mathematics.
Kyoto Journal of Mathematics - Mathematics

Kyoto Journal of Mathematics

Koji Fujiwara and Atsushi Moriwaki, editors

The Kyoto Journal of Mathematics has a long and distinguished history of publishing high-quality, original mathematics research papers and surveys at the forefront of pure mathematics.
Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic - Mathematics

Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic

Michael Detlefsen and Anand Pillay, editors

Since 1960, the Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic has published original work in all areas of logic and the foundations of mathematics.

Syllabi

Care in Uncertain Times Syllabus - Syllabi

Care in Uncertain Times Syllabus

As we collectively deal with the implications of a global pandemic, care and self-care have become ever more important. These books, issues, and articles investigate different ways that care can bind together individuals and communities where larger institutions or governments fail to intervene.
Navigating the Threat of Pandemic Syllabus - Syllabi

Navigating the Threat of Pandemic Syllabus

Amid the worldwide spread of COVID-19, it’s a challenging time, and our thoughts are with those affected by this disease. In support and solidarity, we are providing free access to books and journal articles that help build knowledge and understanding of how we navigate the spread of communicable diseases.
Environmentalism and Climate Change Syllabus - Syllabi

Environmentalism and Climate Change Syllabus

This syllabus features books and journal articles about environmentalism and climate change. Topics include climate change, environmental crisis, climate fiction, and environmental racism.
Feminist Politics and Women’s Rights Syllabus - Syllabi

Feminist Politics and Women’s Rights Syllabus

This syllabus lists articles and books that tackle feminist and women’s rights topics, including reproductive justice, women’s marches, and transnational feminism.
Global Immigration Syllabus - Syllabi

Global Immigration Syllabus

This syllabus focuses on areas of tension within and between nations over issues of immigration. It examines how sovereignty and humanitarianism intersect with cultural, ethnic, and economic issues.
Police Violence Syllabus - Syllabi

Police Violence Syllabus

Selections in this syllabus explore and criticize police violence in both contemporary and historical contexts. Topics include the militancy of policing, Black Lives Matter, carceral technologies, gender, and more.
Prison and the Carceral State Syllabus - Syllabi

Prison and the Carceral State Syllabus

This syllabus covers life in a society governed by policing and imprisonment. Topics range from women of color abolitionist activism and the militarization of everyday life to intimacy, queerness, and parental rights in prison.
Racial Justice Syllabus - Syllabi

Racial Justice Syllabus

This syllabus features books and journal articles about racial justice. Topics include racial protests, justice movements, and racial justice history.
Trans Rights Syllabus - Syllabi

Trans Rights Syllabus

The articles and books in this syllabus address trans rights and politics on a global scale. Topics include black trans feminism, coalitional models of social justice, surgery, disability, surveillance, and more.
Women's Labor Syllabus - Syllabi

Women's Labor Syllabus

This syllabus features books and journal articles about women's labor. Topics include women labor leaders, gendered labor, gendered power, and reproductive labor.
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