Böcker utgivna av University of Minnesota Press

Originally published by Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007.

Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar havetraveled side by side. From the first reported sightings of blues musicians tothe onset of the Great Depression, this is the most comprehensive and completeaccount ever written of the early stars of blues guitar-an essential chapter inthe history of American music.

Elusive Jannah is a remarkable portrait of thevery different experiences of Somali migrants in the UAE, South Africa, and theUnited States. Cawo M. Abdi clearly reveals the importance of immigrationpolicies in the migrant experience.

All Thoughts AreEqual is both an introductionto the work of French philosopher Francois Laruelle and an exercise in nonhumanthinking. John O Maoilearca examines how philosophy might appear when viewedwith non-philosophical and nonhuman eyes.

What does it mean to be awriter today? Is writing code for an app equivalent to writing a novel? Shouldwe change how we teach writing? Computing as Writing ponders both theimplications and contradictions of the common metaphor that equates computingand writing, from "notebook" computers to "writing" code.

How is it that self-identified environmental progressives in America can oppose liberalizing immigration policies? Environmentalism is generally assumed to be a commitment of the political left and restrictionism a commitment of the right. As John Hultgren shows, the reality is significantly more complicated. American environmentalists have support

Kurt Schock is associate professor of sociology and global affairs at Rutgers University.Contributors: Sean Chabot, Eastern Washington U; Véronique Dudouet, Berghof Foundation, Germany; Dustin Ells Howes, Louisiana State U; Brian Martin, U of Wollongong, Australia; Sharon Erickson Nepstad, U of New Mexico; Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham U; Julie M. Norman, Queen's U, Belfast; Chaiwat Satha-Anand, Thammasat U, Thailand; Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Thammasat U, Thailand; Stellan Vinthagen, U West and U of¿Göteborg, Sweden

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Virginia, 2013).

Focusing on the South African city of Durban, "Security in the Bubble" looks at spatialized security practices, engaging with strategies and dilemmas of urban security governance in cities around the world. While apartheid was spatial governance at its most brutal, postapartheid South African cities have tried to reinvent space, using it as a "posi

De-centering the human,the essays collected in Elemental Ecocriticism provide importantcorrectives to the idea of the material world as mere resource. A renewedintimacy with the elemental holds the potential for a more dynamicenvironmental ethics and the possibility of a reinvigorated materialism.

Providing a solid analytic framework forunderstanding conflict over women's rights policies without stereotypingMuslims, Bargaining for Women's Rights demonstrates that, contrary toconventional wisdom, Islam does not have a uniformly negative effect on theprospects of such legislation.

Examines the material spaces in which our networks entangle themselves

Deaf people are usually regarded by the hearing world as having a lack, as missing a sense. Yet a definition of deaf people based on hearing loss obscures a wealth of ways in which societies have benefited from the significant contributions of deaf people. In this bold intervention into ongoing debates about disability and what it means to be human, experts from a variety of disciplines—neuroscience, linguistics, bioethics, history, cultural studies, education, public policy, art, and architecture—advance the concept of Deaf Gain and challenge assumptions about what is normal.Through their in-depth articulation of Deaf Gain, the editors and authors of this pathbreaking volume approach deafness as a distinct way of being in the world, one which opens up perceptions, perspectives, and insights that are less common to the majority of hearing persons. For example, deaf individuals tend to have unique capabilities in spatial and facial recognition, peripheral processing, and the detection of images. And users of sign language, which neuroscientists have shown to be biologically equivalent to speech, contribute toward a robust range of creative expression and understanding. By framing deafness in terms of its intellectual, creative, and cultural benefits, Deaf Gain recognizes physical and cognitive difference as a vital aspect of human diversity.Contributors: David Armstrong; Benjamin Bahan, Gallaudet U; Hansel Bauman, Gallaudet U; John D. Bonvillian, U of Virginia; Alison Bryan; Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Gallaudet U; Cindee Calton; Debra Cole; Matthew Dye, U of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; Steve Emery; Ofelia García, CUNY; Peter C. Hauser, Rochester Institute of Technology; Geo Kartheiser; Caroline Kobek Pezzarossi; Christopher Krentz, U of Virginia; Annelies Kusters; Irene W. Leigh, Gallaudet U; Elizabeth M. Lockwood, U of Arizona; Summer Loeffler; Mara Lúcia Massuti, Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil; Donna A. Morere, Gallaudet U; Kati Morton; Ronice Müller de Quadros, U Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil; Donna Jo Napoli, Swarthmore College; Jennifer Nelson, Gallaudet U; Laura-Ann Petitto, Gallaudet U; Suvi Pylvänen, Kymenlaakso U of Applied Sciences; Antti Raike, Aalto U; Päivi Rainò, U of Applied Sciences Humak; Katherine D. Rogers; Clara Sherley-Appel; Kristin Snoddon, U of Alberta; Karin Strobel, U Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil; Hilary Sutherland; Rachel Sutton-Spence, U of Bristol, England; James Tabery, U of Utah; Jennifer Grinder Witteborg; Mark Zaurov.

"Originally published as Restlosigkeit. Weltprojekte um 1900. Copyright 2006 Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag in der S. Fisher Verlag HmbH, Frankfurt am Main"--Title page verso.