June 12, 2018 - Columbia University Press Blog

June 12, 2018

Trivia Tuesday: In 1985, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Opened the Door to the Discussions of Sex, Power, and Desire in the Arenas of Literary Criticism, Politics, Society, and Culture

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Between Men has been described as a disruption in the field of literary criticism. Sedgwick almost single–handedly put a stop to the field’s tradition of suppressing queer subjects and subjectivities. She opened the door to discussions of sex, power,...

June 12, 2018

New Book Tuesday! Sentimental Tales, Restating Orientalism, Working for Respect and The Microeconomic Mode

Sentimental Tales Mikhail Zoshchenko. Translated by Boris Dralyuk Restating Orientalism A Critique of Modern Knowledge Wael B. Hallaq Working for Respect Community and Conflict at Walmart Adam Reich and Peter Bearman The Microeconomic Mode Political Subjectivity in Contemporary Popular Aesthetics...

June 12, 2018

The Keyser Söze of Fathering from the Margins

This week, our featured book is Fathering from the Margins: An Intimate Examination of Black Fatherhood. Today we are happy to present to you this thought provoking op-ed by author Aasha M. Abdill! Remember to enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1...

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Daily Archive: June 12, 2018

Trivia Tuesday: In 1985, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Opened the Door to the Discussions of Sex, Power, and Desire in the Arenas of Literary Criticism, Politics, Society, and Culture

New Book Tuesday! Sentimental Tales, Restating Orientalism, Working for Respect and The Microeconomic Mode

The Keyser Söze of Fathering from the Margins