Wayne State University Press
Wayne State University Press is a leading publisher of Great Lakes books, Judaica, and African American studies, as well as a wide range of other scholarly and general interest titles. The Press disseminates research, advances education, and serves the local community while expanding the international reputation of the Press and the University.
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100 Years of the Detroit Historical Society
A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and evolution of a cultural institution in Detroit.
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Disputed Messiahs
Jewish and Christian Messianism in the Ashkenazic World during the Reformation
Jewish and Christian messianic thought and activism in the Reformation era in the Ashkenazic world.
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London Yiddishtown
East End Jewish Life in Yiddish Sketch and Story, 1930–1950: Selected Works of Katie Brown, A. M. Kaizer, and I. A. Lisky
Lively and engaging new view of London’s Jewish East End through translated stories of its Yiddish writers.
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Jewish Women's History from Antiquity to the Present
A survey of Jewish women’s history from biblical times to the twenty-first century.
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Eye of the Taika
New Zealand Comedy and the Films of Taika Waititi
Innovative study of Taika Waititi, whose Maori and Jewish roots influence his distinctive New Zealand comedic style.
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The Angel and the Cholent
Food Representation from the Israel Folktale Archives
A collection of food-focused folktales from the Israel Folktale Archives.
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Breaking Bad
Captivating analysis of the acclaimed TV series and its portrait of societal decline.
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Women Writing Wonder
An Anthology of Subversive Nineteenth-Century British, French, and German Fairy Tales
Critical anthology of fairy tales by nineteenth-century British, French, and German women writers.
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Our Blessed Rebel Queen
Essays on Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia
Exploration of Carrie Fisher as star, author, comedian, and iconic personification of Princess Leia.
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Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah
A comprehensive study of Jewish magic in the late antiquity and the early Islamic period—the phenomenon, the sources, and method for its research, and the history of scholarly investigation into its nature and origin.
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The Autobiography of William Sanders Scarborough
An American Journey from Slavery to Scholarship
An important autobiography that reveals the story of William Sanders Scarborough who rose out of slavery to become a renowned classical philologist and African American icon.
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How It Happens
Intergenerational story of three Black women and their struggle to stake their claim to the American dream.
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Mortality, with Friends
A collection of intensely personal lyrical essays about mortality, living well, art, and love.
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Homicide: Life on the Street
Analysis of race, racism, and the criminal justice system on Homicide: Life on the Street.
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Survivors and Exiles
Yiddish Culture after the Holocaust
Studies the variety, scope, and character of Yiddish culture in different geographical centers after the Holocaust.
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Justus S. Stearns
Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933
Examines a major Michigan timber baron and political figure who also founded a coal-mining empire in Kentucky.
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No Place in Time
The Hebraic Myth in Late-Nineteenth-Century American Literature
An exploration of the temporal function that "the Jew" plays in literature.
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When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds
A luminous and heartfelt collection of mourning poetry.
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Gun/Shy
Poems that seek stability in family and community while coping with a country full of conflict and change.
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Barbara Hammer
Pushing Out of the Frame
Surveys the boundary-pushing career of pioneering filmmaker and artist Barbara Hammer.