Micaela Di Leonardo Bücher

Focusing on the dynamics of cultural representation, the study uncovers the underlying power structures that shape popular portrayals of the exotic. Through a critical lens, it examines how these depictions reflect and influence societal perceptions. Enhanced by five line drawings and twenty halftones, the work offers a visually engaging exploration of cultural narratives. The author challenges readers to reconsider their understanding of cultural difference and the implications it has on power relations.

Taking a novel anthropological approach to the issue of white ethnicity in the United States, this book challenges the model of uniform ethnic family and community culture, and argues for a reconsideration of the meaning of class, kinship, and gender in America's past and present.

Black Radio/Black Resistance tells the story of the decades-old, wildly popular Tom Joyner Morning Show, a drive-time syndicated and streaming show with progressive politics, wicked humor, and deeply satisfying adult soul music. As lively and funny as the show itself, Black Radio/Black Resistance illuminates American working and middle-class black lives and politics over the last quarter-century.