books by Univ Of Minnesota Press     books:       Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination4 reviews Avery F. Gordon Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 This is a (hauntingly) beautiful and useful book. I find Ghostly Matters a brilliant, useful, and (hauntingly) beautiful book. I especially appreciate the way Gordon brings together ostensibly disparate approaches and subjects (sociology and literary studies, the material and the spiritual, Argentina's "disappeared" and slavery in the U.S., and different kinds of writing in her own text) to call into question our conventional ways of ...             Exploring the Boundary Waters: A Trip Planner and Guide to the BWCAW5 reviews Daniel Pauly Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2005 A no-nonsense guide written especially for canoe enthusiasts Exploring The Boundary Waters: A Trip Planner And Guide To The BWCAW is a no-nonsense guide written especially for canoe enthusiasts with an interest in the one million acres of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Offering an overview of each entry point, meticulously detailed accountings of one hundred routes covering difficulty level as well as pros and cons, fifty-one maps showcasing ...             When Species Meet (Posthumanities) Donna J. Haraway Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007 ?When Species Meet is a breathtaking meditation on the intersection between humankind and dog, philosophy and science, and macro and micro cultures.? ?Cameron Woo, Publisher of Bark magazine   In 2006, about 69 million U.S. households had pets, giving homes to around 73.9 million dogs, 90.5 million cats, and 16.6 million birds, and spending over $38 billion dollars on companion animals. As never before in history, our pets are truly ...             Infinite Variety: The Life and Legend of the Marchesa Casati (Definitive Edition)11 reviews Scot D. Ryersson, Michael Orlando Yaccarino, ... Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2004 Elegance Supreme! 'This book about the Marchesa Casati (1881-1957) is called "The Definitive Edition" about a lady of extravagant leisures. It is an excellent book reviving the roaring twenties in Europe and gives you a fairly good insight of the lifestyle of the truly rich and famous through to the 1940s. Part of this set was the Marchesa Casati, who is a source of inspiration to this very day for fashion ...             The Great Minnesota Fish Book Tom Dickson Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 Fishing is one of Minnesota?s consummate pastimes. The North Star state boasts the highest number of anglers per capita in the nation and the most fishing lakes. Minnesota is abundant in knowledge about how to catch game fish, but there is little information on the lore and natural history of such prized species as the walleye and largemouth bass, not to mention lesser-known varieties such as the brook stickleback and pirate perch. From trophies ...             Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation3 reviews Gilles Deleuze Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2005 new dimension about the will to knowledge in this book, deleuze demonstrates that modern knowledge is no longer powered by dialectics or rationale, but by human sensuality. bacon's work is a good example to show that how art owns the ability to go beyond discourses.             A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture (Globalization and Community)2 reviews John M. Hagedorn Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 "The Essence of Gangs, Significance & Origins" "A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture", by John M. Hagedorn, Univ. Minnesota Press, MN 2008. ISBN 978-0-8166-5066-8, (HC) 198/143 pgs. 9 Chapters, Foreword(Mike Davis) 7 pgs., Intro. 12 pgs., Notes 36 pgs., Index 18 pgs. 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Inveiglements are limited to "A Rose in the Cracks of Concrete" (a short one stanza poem), Chicago district map, 2 B&W ghetto photos. ...             Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy (Posthumanities) Roberto Esposito Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 Roberto Esposito is one of the most prolific and important exponents of contemporary Italian political theory. Bíos -his first book to be translated into English-builds on two decades of highly regarded thought, including his thesis that the modern individual-with all of its civil and political rights as well as its moral powers-is an attempt to attain immunity from the contagion of the extraindividual, namely, the community.   In Bíos, ...             In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream Eric Dregni Dregni Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 Eric Dregni?s great-grandfather Ellef fled Norway in 1893 when it was the poorest country in Europe. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson traveled back to find that?mostly due to oil and natural gas discoveries?it is now the richest. The circumstances of his return were serendipitous, as the notice that Dregni won a Fulbright Fellowship to go there arrived the same week as the knowledge that his wife Katy was pregnant. Braving a ...             French Theory: How Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze, & Co. Transformed the Intellectual Life of the United States4 reviews Francois Cusset Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 Brilliant - contextualizes the uncontextualizable I agree with the reviewers who say this book is mostly for academics who are already somewhat familiar with the subject matter. But, also agree that if you have been in the American academic system for a while, you have probably already encountered many of the relevant names already. If you have and have tried to navigate their texts on your own, you may have been like me and in desparate need ...             If I Could Write This in Fire Michelle Cliff Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 Born in a Jamaica still under British rule, the acclaimed and influential writer Michelle Cliff embraced her many identities, shaped by her experiences with the forces of colonialism and oppression: a light-skinned Creole, a lesbian, an immigrant in both England and the United States. In her celebrated novels and short stories, she has probed the intersection of prejudice and oppression with a rare and striking lyricism. In her first ...             American Prophecy: Race and Redemption in American Political Culture1 review George Shulman Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 Brilliant This book is deeply rich in its ideas and content. Shulman is able to weave threads of religion, politics, and history beautifully to portray a compelling view of America.             Collectivism after Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination after 1945 Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007 ?Don?t start an art collective until you read this book.? ?Guerrilla Girls   ?Ever since Web 2.0 with its wikis, blogs and social networks the art of collaboration is back on the agenda. Collectivism after Modernism convincingly proves that art collectives did not stop after the proclaimed death of the historical avant-gardes. Like never before technology reinvents the social and artists claim the steering wheel!? ?Geert Lovink, Institute ...             Salmela Architect3 reviews Thomas Fisher Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2005 Spectacular photography and architecture! This book is a lyrical tribute to the work of Minnesota architect David Salmela. The text is knowledgeable and engaging (Fisher is dean of the U of M's College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture), and the large format photographs are beautiful and vivid, inviting the viewer to "walk right in." Highly recommended for anyone interested in architecture, interior design or photography!             The Parasite (Posthumanities)3 reviews Michel Serres Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007 A classic philosophical text Written by history and science professor Michel Serres, and expertly translated from the original French by professor of French Lawrence R. Schehr (no simple feat, as Serres often expressed himself in unusual styles and multilingual puns), The Parasite is an eyebrow-raising treatise that compares how human relations are frequently identical to the relationship between a parasite and the host ...             Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking1 review Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2008 Open your eyes This a great book from a great seller. I love it. The transaction was excellent. Delivery was one time.             Decolonization and the Decolonized Albert Memmi Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2006 In this time of global instability and widespread violence, Albert Memmi?author of the highly influential and groundbreaking work The Colonizer and the Colonized?turns his attention to the present-day situation of formerly colonized peoples. In Decolonization and the Decolonized, Memmi expands his intellectual engagement with the subject and examines the manifold causes of the failure of decolonization efforts throughout the world. As ...             The Exploit: A Theory of Networks (Electronic Mediations)1 review Alexander R. Galloway, Eugene Thacker Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007 defining networks as they are becoming essential social presences Authors Galloway and Thacker--with New York University and the Georgia Institute of Technology respectively--pose a dichotomy between networks and sovereignty. Sovereignty is the longtime, historical form of government and society; often described as "hierarchic." Networks, on the other hand as any contemporary person knows, are newer, postmodern, forms of social organization--or topology--and ...             Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota5 reviews Doug Hoverson Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2007 Great book for reviewing Minnesota brewing history. Everything you wanted to know,and a whole lot you didn't already know, about brewing beer in Minnesota. As most of the breweries have long since closed and been torn down it was nice to see their images preserved in this book. A "must have" book for Minnesota beer can collectors and historians.             Transgender Rights5 reviews Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2006 The Transgender Movement as social movement This volume of essays conceives transgender as a global social movement for rights, including discussions of law, politics and economics. It is academic in tone, but much of it is accessible to a lay audience. While its essays are wide-ranging, covering such diverse topics as multiculturalism, disability laws and Argentinian concepts of citizenship, there is, to my mind, a theme to these ...              search for books architect, biopolitics, boundary, collectivism, community, decolonization, decolonized, definitive, electronic, exploring, globalization, imagination, infinite, intellectual, marchesa, mediations, minnesota, modernism, networks, norwegian, parasite, philosophy, political, posthumanities, prophecy, redemption, sensation, sociological, transformed, transgender books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: 1999-nen Nihon keizai no shinro: Fuan to no ketsubetsu leave a comment home  impressum - about us