NYU Books on Race

“In her work, Managing Inequality, Karen R. Miller unearths the roots of modern colorblind discourse.” —American Historical Review

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"A skilled ethnographer, [Su'ad Abdul Khabeer] combines her poet's ear and thorough research in prose that flips the script on the anti-Black, anti-Muslim sentiment." —Ebony

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"Beautifully-written and insightful, How to Read African American Literature reinvigorates black feminist critique and queer literary studies. Aida Levy-Hussen’s vision of the field of African Americanist literary criticism and its problems is startlingly lucid, precise, and attentive to the nuances of its various texts both fictive and scholarly. A model of critical writing, and of how to read.”  —Darieck Scott, author of Extravagant Abjection: Blackness, Power, and Sexuality in the African American Literary

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"A bold indictment of the intellectual inflexibility that informs mainstream discourses on Blackness and the politics of difference, Archives of Flesh holds its own as a polemic by one of our most famous and respected contemporary scholars.” —Michelle Wright, author of Physics of Blackness: Beyond the Middle Passage Epistemology

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“A gripping read and a rousing call to political attunement by way of sound, The Sonic Color Line investigates scenes of racialized audition from Civil War times to the Civil Rights era. This theoretically rich and passionately argued book made me wiser about the social relations that define sound, the resonant events that suggest how the ear is disciplined, the racial politics of listening that extend into every corner of the republic.” —Eric Lott, City University of New York Graduate Center In the Postmillenial Pop Series

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“Brilliant in its dramatic sweep and analytic nuance, Strange Fruit of the Black Pacific is a bold examination of the intersections between African American and Asian American cultural production as they emerge from competing imperialist discourses. Schleitwiler’s approach is groundbreaking, synthesizing a remarkable range of texts to provide unexpected and evocative conclusions.” —Helen Jun, author of Race for Citizenship: Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoli In the Nation of Nations Series

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“Provocative and well-researched, The Cultural Politics of US Immigration analyzes the public sentiment, congressional discourse, and cultural politics surrounding immigration reform. Methodologically innovative, Leah Perry pulls multiple disciplinary threads in order to produce a unique paradigm for studying the relationship between popular culture and public policy.” —Isabel Molina-Guzmán, author of Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media In the Nation of Nations Series

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“Whiteness on the Border explores the vexed ways in which white identity in the U.S. has historically been forged in opposition to a Mexican ‘other.’  Displaying mastery of the intellectual traditions of critical whiteness studies and Chicana/o studies, Lee Bebout draws deftly on complicated concepts to show that while there is always racism, there is never only a singular homogenous racism, but instead many differentiated and tactically deployed racisms. Brimming with exceptional critical acumen, Whiteness on the Border will be a book of significant impact and influence.” —George Lipsitz, author of How Racism Takes Place In the Nation of Nations Series

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