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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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The Rescue Turn and the Politics of Holocaust Memory

Edited by Natalia Aleksiun, Raphael Utz, and Zofia Wóycicka

Examining the uses—and misuses—of memory of aiding Jews during the Holocaust.

Printed Paper Cased
Available December 2023
ISBN: 9780814349502
$94.99
Paperback
Available December 2023
ISBN: 9780814350836
$36.99
eBOOK
Available December 2023
ISBN: 9780814349519

Eating at God's Table

How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities

Jody Myers

The practice and meaning of kosher Orthodox foodways in sustaining a vibrant and diverse community.

Printed Paper Cased
Available November 2023
ISBN: 9780814349557
$94.99
Paperback
Available November 2023
ISBN: 9780814349540
$36.99
eBOOK
Available November 2023
ISBN: 9780814349564

The Hebrew Folktale in Premodern Morality Literature

Vered Tohar

Recontextualizing early modern Musar folktales to reveal a new reading of premodern Jewish texts.

Printed Paper Cased
Available November 2023
ISBN: 9780814347041
$94.99
Paperback
Available November 2023
ISBN: 9780814350829
$26.99
eBOOK
Available November 2023
ISBN: 9780814347058

Yiddishlands

A Memoir, Second Edition

David G. Roskies

A remarkable family story and a whirlwind tour of Yiddish culture from 1906 to the present—updated in a second edition.

Paperback
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814350720
$26.99
eBOOK
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814350737

Movie-Made Los Angeles

John Trafton

The proto-cinematic visual culture of Los Angeles that set the scene for modern Hollywood.

Printed Paper Cased
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814347775
$94.99
Paperback
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814347768
$36.99
eBOOK
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814347782
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Salvage Poetics

Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies

Sheila E. Jelen

An interdisciplinary approach to American Jewish ethnic identity in post-Holocaust America.

Printed Paper Cased
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814343180
$69.99
Paperback
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814350812
$29.99
eBOOK
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814343197

Israeli Salvage Poetics

Sheila E. Jelen

The incorporation of eastern European culture in Israeli Hebrew-language literature.

Printed Paper Cased
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814348970
$94.99
Paperback
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814348963
$34.99
eBOOK
Available October 2023
ISBN: 9780814348987

Infertilities, A Curation

Edited by Elizabeth Horn, Maria Novotny, and Robin Silbergleid

Visual art and writing on the immediate and lasting emotional toll of infertility.

Printed Paper Cased
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350652
$39.99
eBOOK
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350669

Hidden Light

Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema

Dan Chyutin

Contemporary Israeli cinema's engagement with Judaism as cultural identity and mystical tradition.

Printed Paper Cased
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350683
$94.99
Paperback
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350676
$39.99
eBOOK
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350690

Enough to Lose

Stories by RS Deeren

Stories of the small-town struggle to reconcile tradition with inevitable change.

Paperback
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350409
$19.99
eBOOK
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350416

The Second Stop Is Jupiter

Poems by upfromsumdirt

A calling into being of a surrealist African American poetic mythology.

Paperback
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350539
$19.99
eBOOK
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350546

Dear Department Chair

Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation

Edited by Stephanie Y. Evans, Stephanie Shonekan, and Stephanie G. Adams; Foreword by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole

A wellspring of wisdom from Black women leaders in higher education for the next generation.

Paperback
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350744
$24.99
eBOOK
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814350751

Will & Grace

Tison Pugh

The creation and legacy of the sitcom that transformed queer representation in American television.

Paperback
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814349069
$19.99
eBOOK
Available September 2023
ISBN: 9780814349076

Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters

Feminist Adaptations of Traditional Tales in Chinese Fantasy

Cathy Yue Wang

Politics and paradigm shifts underlying contemporary retellings of fantastic traditional Chinese tales.

Printed Paper Cased
Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814348635
$94.99
Paperback
Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814348628
$34.99
eBOOK
Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814348642

Beyond the Land

Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century

Melissa Weininger

A re-evaluation of the meaning and function of diaspora in contemporary Israeli culture.

Printed Paper Cased
Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350607
$94.99
Paperback
Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350591
$27.99
eBOOK
Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350614

What to Count

Poems by Alise Alousi

A lyrical exploration into the personal and political conflicts and identities that frame a life.

Paperback
Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350706
$17.99
eBOOK
Available August 2023
ISBN: 9780814350713
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The Dodge Brothers

The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy

Charles K. Hyde

Biography of John and Horace Dodge and the history of their company.

Paperback
Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814332474
$24.99
Hardback
Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814332467
$36.99
eBOOK
Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814337806
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"No Equal Justice"

The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr.

Edward J. Littlejohn and Peter J. Hammer

The story of a civil rights icon and Black lawyer who fought racism and political oppression with uncommon devotion.

Paperback
Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814350584
$24.99
Hardback
Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814348765
$36.99
eBOOK
Available July 2023
ISBN: 9780814348772

Bridging Worlds

Poetry and Philosophy in the Works of Immanuel of Rome

Dana W. Fishkin

A radical revisitation of Immanuel of Rome’s celestial tour, Mahberet Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-‘Eden.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: June 2023
ISBN: 9780814350362
$94.99
Paperback
Published: June 2023
ISBN: 9780814350355
$44.99
eBOOK
Published: June 2023
ISBN: 9780814350379

Memory Spaces

Visualizing Identity in Jewish Women's Graphic Narratives

Victoria Aarons

Jewish identity, memory, and place deftly revealed through the lens of Jewish women's graphic narratives.

Printed Paper Cased
Published: May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349151
$94.99
Paperback
Published: May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349144
$38.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2023
ISBN: 9780814349168

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