Sample listing of current faculty book publications

Please see selected faculty's CV for full list of publications.

Intimate Politics

Intimate Politics - Bettina Apthekar

A gripping and beautifully rendered memoir, Intimate Politics is at its core the story of one woman's struggle to still the demons of her personal world while becoming a controversial public figure herself. This is the story of childhood trauma, and the triumph over one's past. 

Morning Breaks

The Morning Breaks - Bettina Apthekar

First published in 1975, and praised by The Nation for its "graphic narrative of [Davis's] legal and public fight," The Morning Breaks remains relevant today as the nation contends with the political fallout of the Sixties and the grim consequences of institutional racism.

For the Record

For the Record - Anjali Arondekar

Anjali Arondekar considers the relationship between sexuality and the colonial archive by posing the following questions: Why does sexuality (still) seek its truth in the historical archive? What are the spatial and temporal logics that compel such a return? And conversely, what kind of “archive” does such a recuperative hermeneutics produce?

Meeting the Universe Halfway

Meeting the Universe Halfway - Karen Barad

Meeting the Universe Halfway is an ambitious book with far-reaching implications for numerous fields in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. In this volume, Karen Barad, theoretical physicist and feminist theorist, elaborates her theory of agential realism.

Meeting the Universe Halfway

Black Popular Culture - Edited by Gina Dent

The latest publication in the award-winning Discussions in Contemporary Culture series, Black Popular Culture gathers together an extraordinary array of critics, scholars, and cultural producers. 30 essays explore and debate current directions in film, television, music, writing, and other cultural forms as created by or with the participation of black artists. 30 illustrations.

Meeting the Universe HalfwayConquests and Historical Identities in California, 1769-1936 - Lisbeth Haas

Spanning the period between Spanish colonization and the early twentieth century, this well-argued and convincing study examines the histories of Spanish and American conquests, and of ethnicity, race, and community in southern California.

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Pablo Tac, Indigenous Scholar: Writing on Luiseño Language and Colonial History, c.1840

This volume makes available a remarkable body of writings, the only indigenous account of early nineteenth-century California. Written by Pablo Tac, this work on Luiseño language and culture offers a new approach to understanding California's colonial history.