Soul of America: 250 Years Through Books

 

 

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Larnell Gross, an Honors BA student in Political Communication, created Soul of America: 250 Years Through Books to share a personal perspective on American identity through the lens of University of Michigan Press books.

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Jewish in America

Edited by Sara B. Blair & Jonathan E. Freedman
Subjects: American Studies, Cultural Studies, Religion, Literary Studies, American Literature

Soul Music

Tracking the Spiritual Roots of Pop from Plato to Motown

By Joel Rudinow
Subjects: African American Studies, American Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Art and Culture, Music, Philosophy
Series: Tracking Pop

A meditative exploration of the essence of soul in popular music

A Woman's Place Is in the House

Campaigning for Congress in the Feminist Era

By Barbara Burrell
Subjects: Political Science, American Politics, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Study of women candidates for U.S. House that argues women are successful in winning elections

Asian American X

An Intersection of Twenty-First Century Asian American Voices

Edited by Arar Han & John Hsu
Subjects: American Studies, Literary Studies, Asian Literature, Biography, Asian Studies, Education

Muslims in a Post-9/11 America

A Survey of Attitudes and Beliefs and Their Implications for U.S. National Security Policy

By Rachel M. Gillum
Subjects: Political Science, Race and Politics, Islamic Studies, Race and Ethnicity

Explores the vast diversity within Muslim American communities and shows how negative rhetoric toward Muslims makes America less safe

#identity

Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation

By Abigail De Kosnik & Keith Feldman
Subjects: Media Studies, New Media

Twitter shapes and influences global society, culture, and politics—for good and for ill

Translocas

The Politics of Puerto Rican Drag and Trans Performance

By Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Latin American Studies, Sexuality Studies, Gender Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, American Studies, Dance
Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer/Trans Theater/Dance/Performance

Argues for the political potential of drag and trans performance in Puerto Rico and its diaspora

Automobile and American Culture

Edited by David L. Lewis & Laurence Goldstein
Subjects: Cultural Studies, History, American History

Looks at the impact of the automobile on American folkways

For the Culture

Hip-Hop and the Fight for Social Justice

By Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey & Adolphus Belk
Subjects: Music, American Studies, African American Studies
Series: Music and Social Justice

Examines the relationship between social justice, Hip-Hop culture, and resistance

Great Lakes Indian Accommodation and Resistance during the Early Reservation Years, 1850-1900

By Edmund Jefferson Danziger
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Native American and Indigenous Studies, Race and Ethnicity, American Studies

The story of how Great Lakes Indians survived the early reservation years

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