Books in the American Subjects series

Who are queers and what do they want? Beginning with such questions, this book traces the roots of queer theory to the growing awareness that few of us precisely fit standard categories for sexual and gender identity. It shows how Michel Foucault's work contributed to feminists' investigations into the ways that power relates to identity.

Examines the external pressures and organizational problems within the Pacifica Foundation that led, in early 1999, to the police shutdown of network stations KPFA. This title calls it "the worst crisis in the history of community radio." It is the story of Lewis Hill and the small band of pacifists who in 1946, set out to launch KPFA.

Wallace Shawn usually appears in our mind's eye as the consummate eccentric actor: the shy literature teacher in Clueless, the diabolically rational villain in "The Princess Bride", or as the eponymous protagonist of Vanya on 42nd Street. This title offers a personal look into the life and literary work of this man.

Shows why Paul Longmore is one of the most respected figures in disability studies. Understanding disability as a major variety of human experience, he urges us to establish it as a category of social, political, and historical analysis in much the same way that race, gender, and class already have been.