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The Exploit: A Theory of Networks (Electronic Mediations)

University of Minnessota, 2007

It is our intention in this book to avoid the limits of academic writing in favor of a more experimental, speculative approach. To that end, we adopt a two - tier format. Throughout Part I, “Nodes,” you will find a number of condensed, italicized headers that are glued together with more standard prose. For quick immersion, we suggest...

The Disciplinary Frame: Photographic Truths and the Capture of Meaning

University of Minnessota, 2009

Photography can seem to capture reality and the eye like no other medium, commanding belief and wielding the power of proof. In some cases, a photograph itself is attributed the force of the real. How can a piece of chemically discolored paper have such potency? How does the meaning of a photograph become fixed? In The Disciplinary Frame,...

Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking

University of Minnessota, 2008

This book was born out of the Deaf Studies Think Tank, a three-day symposium in the summer of 2002 sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Gallaudet University’s Provost’s Offi ce, and the Gallaudet Research Institute. The Deaf Studies Think Tank convened twenty scholars to debate, discuss, and explore the issues and...

Scandinavian Cooking

University of Minnessota, 2003

Beatrice Ojakangas brings to life the cuisines and customs of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, countries that share borders and bounty. Danes lead with smørrebrød (an open-faced sandwich), which may be topped with cheese, green pepper, and sliced fresh strawberries. Finns specialize in earthy, chewy whole grain bread....

Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar

University of Minnessota, 2015

Winner of the 2016 Living Blues Award for Blues Book of the Year

Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar have traveled side by side. This book tells the story of their pairing from the first reported sightings of blues musicians, to the rise of nationally known stars, to the onset of the Great Depression,...

Men in Place: Trans Masculinity, Race, and Sexuality in America

University of Minnessota, 2019

Daring new theories of masculinity, built from a large and geographically diverse interview study of transgender men

American masculinity is being critiqued, questioned, and reinterpreted for a new era. In Men in Place Miriam J. Abelson makes an original contribution to this...

Diesel Heart: An Autobiography

University of Minnessota, 2019

The doctors gathered around, passing the stethoscope from hand to hand, taking turns listening to my chest. Finally, the lead doctor said, "Now, that's what I call a heartbeat!" I snapped, "Whaddaya mean?"

"It's like hearing a diesel engine inside a Mustang body," he said.

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