History & Culture

Our blood has stories to tell, and we are told stories about blood. Globally, blood is a story that is built — whose blood counts, whose blood spills and whose...

Challenging the view that globalization signifies a 'clash' of cultures, this book here develops friction in its place as a metaphor for the conflicting social interactions that make up our...

From the author of Orientalism, a searching examination of western culture and the roots of imperialism, now with a foreword by Hari Kunzru 'Readers accustomed to the precision and elegance of...

A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route A profound and harrowing meditation by a descendant of slaves who journeyed to Africa to understand her past. The slave, Saidiya Hartman observes,...

On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins *One of Times Higher Education’s Best Books of 2015* *One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 in Business and Economics*...

Postcolonial Literature and Radical Universalism The World in a Grain of Sand offers a framework for reading literature from the global South that goes against the grain of dominant theories...

Strengthening Relationships for All Australians in 7 Easy Steps Blending keen insight with engaging anecdotes and practical advice, this easy-to-read book will give you the tools you need to feel...

This book invites you to to step into the magical world of Aboriginal Dreamtime and to share in the world's oldest living culture — its ancient knowledge and spiritual wisdom....

The Story of an American Masterpiece From a superstar academic and cultural critic, an exploration of Alice Walker's critically acclaimed and controversial novel The Color Purple In 1982, Alice Walker...

Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer Radicals Revolution in a minor key: how young Black women invented freedom. At the dawn of the twentieth century, Black...

Aboriginal Identity & the Fight for Rights What does reconciliation and truth-telling look like, and how do we as a nation find justice for Indigenous people? In this deeply personal...

Inequality, Environmental Destruction, and Imagining Poverty in the 21st CenturyA critical reflection on the power of moviemaking to shape our collective imagination of better futuresThrough a close analysis of more...

How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation In her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible, moving story of three...

The essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it...