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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New German Cinema and Its Global Contexts
A Transnational Art Cinema
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The Lake Huron Mermaid
A Tale in Poems
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A Jew in the Street
New Perspectives on European Jewish History
Reconsidering how early modern and modern Jews navigated schisms between Jewish community and European society.
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On Rhetoric and Black Music
How Black musicians and composers used their craft to define and influence public discourse.
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Carrying a Big Schtick
Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century
Jewish masculinity as a diverse set of adaptive reactions to masculine hegemony and the political, religious, and social realities of American Jews throughout the twentieth century.
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Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties
Prohibition on the Michigan-Ontario Waterway
A fascinating look at the excesses and failures of Prohibition in the United States, and specifically in Michigan.
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Matrilineal Dissent
Women Writers and Jewish American Literary History
Redefining Jewish American literature through expansive feminist frameworks.
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Ma Lineal
A Memoir of Race, Activism, and Queer Family
An inspiring memoir about love, race, identity, and contested narratives told with unflinching mettle.
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Michigan's Venice
The Transformation of the St. Clair Maritime Landscape, 16402000
A chronicle of a unique waterscape and how its inhabitants navigated, claimed, and reshaped the region.
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The Salmon Capital of Michigan
The Rise and Fall of a Great Lakes Fishery
Local voices reveal the personal stories and cultural legacy of a once-flourishing fishing town impacted by environmental change.
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When Detroit Played the Numbers
Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City
How Detroit entrepreneurs created a thriving - if illegal - lottery system to support themselves and uplift their communities.
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For Times Such as These
A Radical's Guide to the Jewish Year
A revolutionary guide to Jewish practice rooted in social justice, feminism, and queer liberation.
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Queer Jews, Queer Muslims
Race, Religion, and Representation
Groundbreaking essays on the intersection of Jewish, Muslim, and LGBTQ identities.
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The Rescue Turn and the Politics of Holocaust Memory
Examining the uses -- and misuses -- of memory of aiding Jews during the Holocaust.
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Relief After Hardship
The Ottoman Turkish Model for the Thousand and One Days
Contributes to the history of Middle Eastern narrative lore and its impact on Western tradition.
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Diver Beneath the Street
True crime meets ecopoetry at the level of the soil, bringing together life and death.
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Science Fiction Theatre
Embark on an odyssey through the series that galvanized the television sci-fi anthology genre.
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Irregular Heartbeats at the Park West
Bold yet vulnerable poems that traverse family, friendship, grief, Americana, and the writer's life.
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Eating at God's Table
How Foodways Create and Sustain Orthodox Jewish Communities
The practice and meaning of kosher Orthodox foodways in sustaining a vibrant and diverse community.
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ISBN: 9780814349540
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ISBN: 9780814349557
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ISBN: 9780814349564
The Hebrew Folktale in Premodern Morality Literature
Recontextualizing early modern Musar folktales to reveal a new reading of premodern Jewish texts.
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ISBN: 9780814350829
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ISBN: 9780814347041
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ISBN: 9780814347058