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
Examining the uses—and misuses—of memory of aiding Jews during the Holocaust.
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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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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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Yiddishlands
A Memoir, Second Edition
A remarkable family story and a whirlwind tour of Yiddish culture from 1906 to the present—updated in a second edition.
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Movie-Made Los Angeles
The proto-cinematic visual culture of Los Angeles that set the scene for modern Hollywood.
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Salvage Poetics
Post-Holocaust American Jewish Folk Ethnographies
An interdisciplinary approach to American Jewish ethnic identity in post-Holocaust America.
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Israeli Salvage Poetics
The incorporation of eastern European culture in Israeli Hebrew-language literature.
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Infertilities, A Curation
Visual art and writing on the immediate and lasting emotional toll of infertility.
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Hidden Light
Judaism and Mystical Experience in Israeli Cinema
Contemporary Israeli cinema's engagement with Judaism as cultural identity and mystical tradition.
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Enough to Lose
Stories of the small-town struggle to reconcile tradition with inevitable change.
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The Second Stop Is Jupiter
A calling into being of a surrealist African American poetic mythology.
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Dear Department Chair
Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation
A wellspring of wisdom from Black women leaders in higher education for the next generation.
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Will & Grace
The creation and legacy of the sitcom that transformed queer representation in American television.
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Snake Sisters and Ghost Daughters
Feminist Adaptations of Traditional Tales in Chinese Fantasy
Politics and paradigm shifts underlying contemporary retellings of fantastic traditional Chinese tales.
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Beyond the Land
Diaspora Israeli Culture in the Twenty-First Century
A re-evaluation of the meaning and function of diaspora in contemporary Israeli culture.
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What to Count
A lyrical exploration into the personal and political conflicts and identities that frame a life.
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The Dodge Brothers
The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy
Biography of John and Horace Dodge and the history of their company.
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"No Equal Justice"
The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett Jr.
The story of a civil rights icon and Black lawyer who fought racism and political oppression with uncommon devotion.
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Bridging Worlds
Poetry and Philosophy in the Works of Immanuel of Rome
A radical revisitation of Immanuel of Rome’s celestial tour, Mahberet Ha-Tofet Ve-ha-‘Eden.
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ISBN: 9780814350362
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ISBN: 9780814350355
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ISBN: 9780814350379
Memory Spaces
Visualizing Identity in Jewish Women's Graphic Narratives
Jewish identity, memory, and place deftly revealed through the lens of Jewish women's graphic narratives.
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ISBN: 9780814349151
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ISBN: 9780814349144
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ISBN: 9780814349168